yeah, sorry, I should have phrased that "store-bought" differently. I neber wanted to imply that you didn't follow the rules, but rather that these massive pre-made assets where really prominent in the game and I am sure you worked your a**es off to match that quality with your own work - in that regard it feels like a double-edged sword to me, but that might be my personal take.
again, sorry if my comment came off as judgemental or something, playing all these different games give me a lot of things to think about in my own work and sometimes these thoughts go unfiltered into the comment section *monkeythathideshisfaceemoji*