Kind of? You get novel branches of thought, but in the limit case, you're also reinventing the universe to bake an apple pie. So there's something of a tradeo

Kind of? You get novel branches of thought, but in the limit case, you're also reinventing the universe to bake an apple pie. So there's something of a tradeoff between attempting to ensure people can do more than mimic existing doctrine and efficiency of getting up to speed without having to re-prove existing math and science. The Balatro dev also, for example, has talked about how he was heavily influenced by several specific other games.