That's why people like Watchdog, Last of Us and 1313(for the most part). Right.
I'll say it because no one wants to say anything negative about games that otherwise look great. Watchdog and Last of Us aren't nearly as experimental or different from other huge established series as this is. They're still the similar type of almost-shooter action/adventure game that you've seen with the better blockbuster titles last gen. They're as close as you can get to "the more of the same" without having people on NeoGAF react in such a way. I remember seeing a post on NeoGAF lament that no big companies really try to challenge Zelda in the action-adventure genre anymore, and it's pretty obvious why.