What to do when your idea was already taken

eliris · 2015-07-06T21:41:09

I might not be the only one here who possibly had the idea of a very great game but after some ressearch found out that it was already taken (technically, same gameplay, artstyle and story). In cases like this,should you still continue and start working on it or do a completely different project? Let's say you wanted to conceive a video game inspired by a concept from a movie, REC as an example, but realized another person or company has already "made it", if you were to work on your project and change a few things so it doesn't look the same, will people still want to play it? Will it still be as hype as a new game or will it be labeled a copy/paste? Considering the time and work you'll put in it you don't want those to be in vain. I need some advices before I move on or continue, thank you.