This piece of obvious truth is something that many developers often forget. The setting, the environment and atmosphere, of a game is important. No matter if the coding is smooth and the features are cool and new, the feeling must be there as well.
There are those who have mastered this art nonetheless. Take all the detective games that have been launched recently. Many of them use a Sherlock Holmes like environment since this is a familiar setting for detective games and mysteries. Other games use the 1970’s detective series as inspiration.
