Yes, when you consider how innovative and creative games as a medium can be.
Why can't it?
Hahaha. Surely you don't believe this. They do it partly because it's 'safe' as people are used to the format and it's easy to get into for casual gamers, and partly to hide the fact that the sandboxes are too small like in God of War. Uncharted games actually don't use the over the shoulder angle since the levels in those games are pretty big.
My opinion shouldn't be this controversial lol. Sony fanboys(god knows why they still exist as console wars have ended) shouldn't take these criticisms so personally.
Think about it. You can already tell how the gameplay of this game is going to be like. The only unknown is the story, but for a medium like gaming, that shouldn't be the only element of surprise.