I see what you're saying. But I'm not too concerned with 'alternate takes' and experimenting with genres. I mean some of my fave games were once upon a time new things, so I'm not against it - it's just... I dunno... boring? Actually I think the thing is I lean toward competitive multiplayer and not many smaller games go for that. I'm fine with shooter, fighter, arcady stuff. Even some of the games you mentioned could be boiled down to mechanics you already valued. I'm a guy who's content with Tetris, and it takes a bit to get me into new games. So I'm not disagreeing completely, many of those just don't do it for me.
I will say Fez is garbage, though. Objectively. Second me.
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