>>719760806 (OP)
> why couldn't Arkane make anything as interesting as this?
Because they had to piggy back off something people were actually interested in. But in most scenarios they also like to ape classic games, except it just never really turns out good because they weren't original. Take Dishonored for example, forgettable compared to Thief. Take Prey 2017, forgettable compared to System Shock. Arkane in this scenario saw that people got hyped over that gameplay footage for Prey 2 and then made sure to capitalize on it. Cheap opportunism, that's their specialty.
Look at all of Arkanes defenders, what they defend Prey 2017 on the merits of. It's practically System Shock 3 and you DARE complain that you didn't get Prey 2? but the thing is they were just using someone else's idea as a crutch and that shouldn't be celebrated.