Not many new ideas for games

[jj]

I think some of you are missing some gems because of blindness.  yes there are a lot of similar games out there but some of them are the best of the genre.  Gears 2, MW2, dead space resident evil 4  etc
 
Also Mario Galazy is so full of ideas and nintendo does do simple games well, but the main idea is usally simple with lots and lots of cool ideas thrown in

[jj]

Assassins creed II is an amazing updateish to thief.
 
I think most people are missing the point.  yes there are a lot of games out there that are more or less the same.  And yes it was the same in the 8 bit and 16 bit days.
 
As to mario having child like graphics., so what really does not make it any less of a game.
 
There are still a lot of fresh ideas out there especially on abox arcade.  Things like limbo and rreally good updates like shadow complex and trails HD.