I hadn't really thought about it much until I perused this article:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-mo...n-video-games/
I'm not really too concerned about much of the other points, other than the bit about creativity. I'm not saying the guy who wrote this is the video game gospel or anything, but he's sort of got a point. MW3 = Call of Duty 8. Halo is set to have 7-9 as a new trilogy. Assassin's Creed 4 is coming out soon. Almost everything at E3 was a sequel of some preexisting series. Games are starting to look goddamn identical.
I dunno, my opinions may be different. All I can say is that I was ridiculously excited when I saw the first trailers for Assassin's Creed. That general feeling of, "holy shit this looks so cool I can't wait to see all the new shit this game is going to bring" was immense. I have felt any of that for any new games in a while.
Is this a product of the industry itself suppressing new ideas, or the same trends in what the public wants?
I'm curious to see what more "gamer-y" gamers than myself think of this.