[Intrepid Homoludens]

I've seen it happen regularly in this and other adventure gaming communities, that when a new game is announced many of us immediately want to know if it's 2D p&c or whatever. When a 3D game receives lousy or even mediocre reviews it's immediately lumped and subsequent 3D titles are associated with bad quality (leave it to the publishers and devs to help perpetuate this generalization by not designing a better game). Combine that with the often severe adherance to the status quo and, well, we've discussed it all before countless times.