Are Video Games Creative Anymore?
It is an oft-heard complaint, but it bears repeating for as long as it remains valid: the vast majority of today’s video games are merely not as creative as those made during the Golden Age of Gaming, when a single programmer can become a millionaire due to technical skill and imagination. Compare a title like Pitfall! to any number of today’s “platform scrollers” and it is obvious that aside from vastly improved graphics, modern-day entries in this genre suffer from a very bad case of derivative game play.