That's one of the things these articles don't really take into account: games, much like movies, tv shows, music, etc. evolve and crossbreed. Some good games co

That's one of the things these articles don't really take into account: games, much like movies, tv shows, music, etc. evolve and crossbreed. Some good games could become virtually unplayed because they were so great that the following generation of game designers took the mechanics they liked in them and used them to create new games.