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What usually happens:

1)  A good rpg comes out and makes lots of money.

2)  Another company wants to make money too and tries to use the same formula.

or

1)  A good rpg comes out and makes lots of money.

2)  For nostalgic and other purposes, some elements become staple elements in said series.

Although, I would argue that some on the list are pushing it, as they kind of come with the genre, like saying shooters that use guns are cliche, because they all use guns... *goes off to make a list of shooter cliches*