Though this topic may spark a bit of controversy for some, but what video game settings do you think are overused?
Personally, I think it varies from genre to genre. The biggest problem plaguing shooters for the last decade was WWII. I'm happy that it's seen a die-down in the last couple of years. Now it seems like modern military shooters, which sprung up after they caught on that people were tired of WWII games, seem to be suffering the same fate. Every one of them is the same. COD, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor to a lesser extent. In some ways, interstellar wars are hardly a new topic either. But these days, it seems like modern military shooters are the ones over-saturating the market.
In terms of RPGs and RTS games, bleeding into other types of games as well, I feel it's medieval fantasy. Especially ones that use Tolkien-esque tropes. Skyrim, Everquest, Warcraft, and the list goes on and on. So many tropes of western fantasy are so overused in video games that it would take a hell of a miracle to come up with something original. What I find even more annoying is the fanbase. The never-ending, pushy, stuck-up fanbase stereotype that shuns and humiliates you if you make the simple statement that you "just don't like it". Granted, that subject should be discussed in another topic.
