What would you rather do.. Take a chance, maybe fail? Or make a "cookie cut

So as a developer what do you think you would do....

Would you go out and take a chance on an idea that could be make (ex: Metroid Prime 3 as an FPS) or break (ex: Lair w/ only SIXAXIS flying), or would you toss out a cookie-cutter onto the market (an example that comes to mind is something like Area 51).

EDIT: Remember if you take a chance, you could commercially fail big time

Not sure what you mean with "cookie-cutter".m_machine024

I think he means generic, no innovation.

Not sure what you mean with "cookie-cutter".m_machine024

[QUOTE="m_machine024"]Not sure what you mean with "cookie-cutter".jackvegas21

I think he means generic, no innovation.

Yeah, basically.....something that is cliched that it really doesn't differntiate itself at all. It takes no thought to make.

Who wouldn't want to innovate? :?

The question's a bit vague.

I'd like to make a game with a combination of things from other games.

Like an open world RPG like oblivion with bioshock like combat and the destructability of stranglehold and mercenaries.

Take a chance.

At least if you fail, you have redeeming quality of being different.

If you try to make something similar to what's already out there.... and fail.... you have absolutely no redeeming quality.

A combination.

BTW: Do you mean asa sequel or a new IP?

This reminds me of a line in SEGAGAGA:

"Please! Let me make games here!" "I want to make totally innovative games that nobody has ever seen before!"

"Bah! Innovation? How foolish! Who will take responsibility if the game flops?"

"But if we do it your way, we'll never attract new customers. It's worth giving a shot. Please!"

"You know nothing about the business, boy! I'll teach you the harsh reality of the corporate world!"

I guess it's a good question for me as I am in the film industry and want to get into gaming in the future.

I pick neither.

I wouldn't do either to be honest. That's now how I ever operate. I would only do what I felt was good. For example I have this project...I guess a superhero movie but the plot I originally had was that the main hero was a little crazy and did some very disgusting things. Now what they were could be out of the box and original but... I choose not to even do it and take all that out of it...not because I know it would destroy the film box office wise but cause it wasn't essential for the story... it didn't feel right or justified for being there...

I think a good dev of producer or writer only writes. They don't think about innovating this and that but only writing or doing what they believe to be a good piece of art. If you find it innovative then great. If it's just cookie cutter...well great. as long as you were entertained, I got paid and can work again

I have a few game ideas. One was thought of when I was messing with the Miis on the Wii. It was nothing more than a bunch of Miis in a bar fighting. MY image of it was one mii kicking another mii, while another mii smacked the back of his head with a barstool (and broke it). It was an idea of total chaos involving the miis. Just some harmless fun. And it was to be an online game idea too.

The other game idea comes from FPS, but is a person wielding special energy weapons that have a few modifications for unique weaponry. It had a balance of melee versus ranged weapons as well as utility of different elemental effects. It had FPS combat, exploration, multiplayer, but... it at first did not have story. Now it does have a story...

A combination.

BTW: Do you mean asa sequel or a new IP?

II-FBIsniper-II

new IP.