{"id":1019871,"date":"2025-01-12T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/1019871\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T17:00:47","slug":"why-new-games-ideas-are-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/games\/1019871\/","title":{"rendered":"Why New Games Ideas Are Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Why New Games Ideas Are Dying\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e73KTtjSeI8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen was the last time a AAA game REALLY surprised you? For me it has been a while. Whilst we do get some really great games now packed with really cool ideas, so few of them seem to be original anymore. But when you look at Indie Games, they are pumping out new ideas all the time!  So let&#8217;s talk about why the gaming industry seems so averse to trying genuine new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps<\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Familiar Gaming<br \/>\n2:40 &#8211; The Safe Bet of Remakes<br \/>\n4:47 &#8211; Industry Trends<br \/>\n6:18 &#8211; The Live Service Obsession<br \/>\n8:45 &#8211; But what about?<br \/>\n10:02 &#8211; The Cost of Failure<br \/>\n11:50 &#8211; Failed Innovations<br \/>\n12:54 &#8211; What Needs to Change<br \/>\n15:49 &#8211; Patreon\/Outro<\/p>\n<p>My Remakes Video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Afa-8ZJ2GQo<br \/>\nMy Indies Video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/toJU_HjP7G4<\/p>\n<p>Support Baldie and get access to loads of extras:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udedc Join: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@backlogbaldie\/join<\/p>\n<p>Connect with Me:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc7d Discord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/BujswW8GBD<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf7 Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/backlogbaldie\/<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfae Backloggd: https:\/\/www.backloggd.com\/u\/BacklogBaldie\/games\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@backlogbaldie<\/p>\n<p>Games featured <\/p>\n<p>Silent Hill 2 (2024)<br \/>\nMarvel Rivals<br \/>\nMetaphor ReFantazio<br \/>\nStellar Blade<br \/>\nLies of P<br \/>\nPersona 5<br \/>\nResident Evil 2 (2019)<br \/>\nHi-Fi Rush<br \/>\nControl<br \/>\nParasite Eve<br \/>\nNier: Automata<br \/>\nFinal Fantasy VII Remake<br \/>\nDead Space (2023)<br \/>\nAlone in the Dark (2024)<br \/>\nBlack Myth Wukong<br \/>\nElden Ring<br \/>\nMass Effect Legendary Edition<br \/>\nGod of War Ragnarok<br \/>\nSpiderman 2<br \/>\nLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<br \/>\nDemon&#8217;s Souls (2020)<br \/>\nDestiny 2<br \/>\nAnthem<br \/>\nConcord<br \/>\nFallout76<br \/>\nHollow Knight<br \/>\nHades<br \/>\nCat Quest 3<br \/>\nForspoken<br \/>\nFlintlock: The Siege of Dawn<br \/>\nThe Callisto Protocol<br \/>\nGhostwire Tokyo<br \/>\nDishonored 2<br \/>\nPrey<br \/>\nDeathloop<br \/>\nFinal Fantasy XVI<br \/>\nSenua&#8217;s Saga: Hellblade 2<br \/>\nMinecraft<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to deliver informative, high quality and entertaining video essays about the psychology of gamers and the games we play, as I work my way through my backlog in a relaxed and stress free manner. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching!<\/p>\n<p>#gaming #videogames #backlog #gamingpsychology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time a AAA game REALLY surprised you? 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