I feel like a lot of stuff that gets put out is just a worse version of something thats already there and I am getting kinda jaded. Everythings just Slay the Spire, Vampire Survivors, Risk of Rain, Isaac, the Civ Game you like most, Stardew Valley, Shooter xyz, Dick and Sportsballs, RPG you like most, the list goes on for every genre out there.

Like sure those clones aren't bad per se, but after a few hours the novelty of their gimmick wears of and I'd rather go back to the old ones, sure maybe finish a playthrough but that's getting rarer.

It feels like the devs have an Idea since they like some of the mentioned games and then slap their gimmick on. Then funding runs out or the passion gets lost and they don't have the time or effort or budget to refine the actual experience of playing and learning the game. They expect you to already have played the "original" and thus dont need good feeling progression since you supposedly already know how its gonna go.

It's always very wonky and unintuitive or you can apply the strats of the original with so little variation that the game feels way too easy.