I think it would not be a joke anymore as the blockchain games are asking for the investment in NFT characters before you can play those games. Soon it will be norm and people will miss one time payment type games.
Square enix in back in time experimented a lot with isometric battles and also they seem to be pretty good even today with it. Android is full of RPGs in the isometric games.
I think ridley scott, david lynch time has gone but if they were young today they would come up with some more good movie content which if taken to game would make some good content.