From Cyberpunk 2077 to The Outer Worlds: are role-playing games getting too predictable?

Two forthcoming games are generating a lot of buzz - but they also suggest the genre is in need of a shakeup It might be set in space rather than on an Earth ravaged by nuclear war, but there is a strong argument that The Outer Worlds, a forthcoming first-person role-playing game (RPG) by storied developers Obsidian, is spiritually a Fallout game. Not only is it directed by Fallout creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, it shares a lot of DNA with Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas - a spin-off with...