>>720608343
i would argue that silk song and hollow knight have zero to little innovation and they still sell like crazy. I dont think innovation drives sales directly like that.
the upgrades are fucking lame: you get a double jump and a wall jump pretty much, the focus of the entire game is really the combat of all things.

I am currently in act 2 of silk song and I can't give a fuck to boot up and grind missions to get act 3 and the true ending.
Im fucking bored and that style of metroidvania doesnt scratch the itch of metroid's power scaling. yet somehow like 20 games delayed their release because they were afraid of silksong mogging them