>>532017147
That's not really an issue that original ideas don't exist.
It's an issue of gamers and milenials only growing up consuming slop.
I get quality original ideas because I get my inspiration from things outside games, anime and comics.
By example I want to make a water jousting fighting game set in venice between 17 century pirates and neo granadians, meanwhile vanuatu water musicians make the OST.
You could literally pick any empire that isn't explored from history, like the hitites, the zulus, the manchurians, the maoris, the bizantines, the ottomans, the olmecs, the moches.
And have literally an entire newer IP with dozens of games about such empire, and it will be 100% original.
But that requires research and reading books.
Which 99% of milenials wont do.