On its own merits, Django is a smart reinvigoration of a lot of dead genres — Westerns, slavery movies, and various strands of exploitation cinema. (theringer.com)
When Yooka - Laylee was originally announced as a Kickstarter project by former Rare developers, it gave fans of the 3D platformer hope that a nearly dead genre could return to its former glory. (metacritic.com)
The cel shaded, comic cook art style lends an interesting vibrancy and color to an otherwise dead genre, pun completely intended, because everyone knows the zombie genre is far from dead. (playstationlifestyle.net)