I remember saying Years ago that cartoonish style was the way to go ,Now I see so much games with that style and Battle royal is the trending .I know there will be much more BR mode.
What I want to say is By the time the game is developped and out the Trending will be out again and the ones that Got something different will have a better chances as ppl will be bored.
A thing( new mb) I would try/explore is making maps in different time lines for the same game .Passing from western…nish to present to far futur
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rookie1
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Mustang
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Depends what you mean by “way to go”. Popular? Maybe. A game I’d be interested in? No.
Radical Heights was cartoonish, and that didn’t go so well. 
Too many games recently have been trying to ride the hype train and relying on fickle streamers to latch on to and/or regurgitating the same thing which should have been a DLC as a full price release.
rookie1
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Fornite ,realm royale… Overwatch …are allcartoonish and popular but trending will past as ppl will get bored of them…Studios need to develop now a new style so it doesnt fall into the "we have enough of these style"when it will go out.For now its like most copy the others games with some alteration