oh well shit, and here I thought ZeroRanger was the most original game ever

Which is crazy because it's literally just most how video games used to be until about 20 years ago.

When an indie game like Silksong comes out that actually pushes back against the player, it's made as an artistic statement willfully bucking modern trends. And of course everyone complains about actually having to play a video game. It might as well be The Refusing Chair among modern games.