Anyone else annoyed by all this "Doodle This - Doodle That", "Copycat VS. Zombie" Games lately? I don´t even look at them anymore, can´t they come up with something fresh and original? Maybe i´m being mean here, but honestly, do they really expect the game to sell better, just because it has "Doodle" or "Zombie" in its name? Come on, the fact that there has been ONE particular strong selling game with this setting, doesn´t mean all those games will sell like cake per se. The cake is a lie anyway.
Just because it uses an unimaginative title doesn't necessarily mean it's not an original game. With zombie games in particular, I have about ten and they all use pretty much completely different gameplay mechanics and are all based on a different core contention.
And I know of at least one best-selling zombie game that was created long before it was a cliché... in fact, it seems to me it helped establish the zombie genre on the AppStore. When games like Doodle Jump and Zombieville USA nail down what looks like a hit concept, lots of other devs are going to follow. And I'm curious... what does "the cake is a lie anyway" mean?
Aaaah... no, sadly, I haven't. It's one of the PC games that looked really intensely interesting to me, but I have just never had time to try it. But now I have an even better reason to check it out... to learn a new phrase!
I know, and that makes it even more problematic. I guess the market is oversaturated with Doodle Games, so those few Doodle themed games which actually would be quite good don´t get much attention. You can call it prejudice, but i just don´t take the time to look at them anymore. Guess i´m not the only one.
And of course -> We Farm, We Rule, We Milk You Dry, ... I´m glad that there are still indie devs with fresh ideas developing for the Appstore. It´s not like those are the only games fortunately.
