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Let's be honest. After over 20 years of media, every idea has probably already been used in one way, or another. It's almost impossible now to see something 100% original.

What matters now is the execution. it depends on if the game devs are able to take a mish-mash of ideas, and present them in a appealing matter. If they do it successfully, it doesn't really matter if what they based it off wasn't 100% original.

Like I always say: A lot of good creativity is just extended thought.

More like after millenia of art. People didn't start having creative ideas just 20 years ago, and many things people point at as being "100% original" can be indirectly traced back to something else before it. All art comments on and expands upon the art that came before it and there's nothing wrong with that. Being 100% original is not a worthwhile goal, because it would probably mean your art would be completely alien and unenjoyable. Taking existing ideas and using them in a creative way is real originality and these are the movies, games, books and music that are called "original".