People are whining and bitching about how developers do not innovate and try to create new mechanics and gameplay for their game anymore and at the same time simplified a lot of their game to cater to wider player base yet at the same time the same crowd religiously buy games with the same recycled gameplay without fail every year with Call of Duty game being the most obvious example as it becomes one of the best selling games without fail every time a new sequel comes out with minimal changes. Overwatch is the newest example with so many people hyping for it even though the gameplay is offering nothing new or having much complexity to it.
In my opinion, people just wants the illusion of having something new and overcoming new challenges without having to actually learn about new mechanics or having to brush up their skills to face the challenge, in other word, we all want the same old thing in a new package so that we can continue to stay inside the comfort zone.
Every time people got out of their comfort zone and faced some challenges they never seen before, almost always we will back away and try to retreat back into that confort zone. That can be seen clearly when we travel to some foreign countries. As soon as we landed, the first thing we look for is something that is familiar to us, most of the time it would be locating the nearest McDonald or KFC or something along those lines.
It makes me wonders whether people actually knows what they really wanted or just assumong that they want something that is different from the norm simply because they have been staying too long in their own comfort zone. Just a small sip of something different to shock them so that they can back away from it then have another sip before backing away again instead of really embrace the changes.
