Now that you mention it, indeed.. where the heck are all the fresh (new ip) Sci-Fi games, most importantly rpg's , sims and action games?
I think mass effect and dead space are about the only franchises that currently serve real sci-fi. And those are only in the shallowest meaning rpg's... Fallout 3 is at best alternate timeline...
And yeah, i am sick to death of the endless WWII games as well. Why doesn't someone make Silent Hunter just with sci-fi submarines? Or a space sim alá Silent Hunter, just in space.. same goals same gameplay methods except in space/nebula and so on.
It seems developers have all lost their creativity