User blog comment:Le Rottweiler/A little more rambling/@comment-1496755-20150129211828

Sad but true.

And yes, modern companies do turn back to the old classics for inspiration and ideas. Some gamers (including myself) consider the 1990's to be the "Golden Age" of gaming - this is mostly because everything was new and exciting back then. Every good game turned into a megahit.

And today, being good is not enough - one has to be exceptional, in order to impress an audience that has already seen it all. Modern gamers have become spoiled :P