Development legend Archer Maclean has told MCV publishers have become reluctant to invest in new and innovative ideas.
Maclean's new futuristic racing title for Wii, Wheelspin, will be released through Bethesda in November.
Discussing his future projects, he told MCV: "I've got one or two ideas I'm playing around with, but they're not going to fit into any one genre. The problem with this is it's very hard to get publishers to buy into new ideas."
GAMElitist.com "The reason for it is obvious stuff. Game does well. Investors see game doing well. Investors clone game. Their game does well. It's the perfect cycle."
Multiplayer.it: From a game designer like Archer MacLean and Bethesda as a publisher, committed to the achievement of a "mature way" for Wii, it was possible to expect great things. The prospect of a cross between a futuristic racer WipEout and F-Zero looked tempting, but when the game was shown to the public are literally rained criticism.
YLG writes: "I like racing games a lot. Some you can get to grips with within seconds, some involve a steep learning curve, while others also allow you to modify your cars as much as you dare.
Wheelspin, for all of its substandard graphics, does not lack a sense of speed.
It does however lack any sort of common sense control system. A sideways controller, twisted one way or the other, makes you steer and the 2 button makes things go blurry."
