It's interesting how game mechanics evolve and become more refined over time.

For any modern game you like, you can trace back the lineage of its mechanics, just like you could trace back the evolution of a school of philosophy or a musical genre.

If you could go back in time and create, for example, Slay the Spire on the SNES, you would blow everyone's mind and be hailed as a visionary genius.

The best new games are often the ones that advance their genre mechanics in some meaningful way.

What do you think?