You're right. Ironically, at the time many of us called it a Tetris clone.Mr C said:"Shariki was the original match-three game" Sega's Columns was released in 1989. That was match-three if memory serves.
No, not really. "Diablo clone" has always been simply a description of the genre, not a pejorative at all. ARPG is probably more common these days, but that's actually a much more general genre that includes a lot of other styles of game as well. I suspect it's precisely that lack of any specific term to refer to a Diablo clone that lead to the term not being pejorative, since the other clones you mention already had perfectly serviceable names for their genres already.Shamus Young said:"Clone" is often used as a pejorative: Diablo clone
Really no. Firstly, Dune was not an RTS. That would be Dune 2, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the game it was supposedly a sequel to. Secondly, while Warcraft was one of the influential RTS series, crediting it as the only thing responsible for its advancement is just plain nonsense. C&C was at least as important, if not more so. The games really responsible for making the genre what it is were probably Red Alert and Starcraft.Dune invented the Real-Time Strategy genre, but it was Warcraft that turned it into something amazing.
Actually, we've had a term for years now: "MOBA"Scrumpmonkey said:You are correct about the different tiers of 'cloning'. Before the term First person shooter was developed people just used to use the term 'doom clone' or 'Quake Clone'. Kind of recently we've been scrambling to find a universal term to replace "DOTA type game".
But since it was coined by Riot, some Dota2 fans throw a hissy fit if you use itAtmos Duality said:Actually, we've had a term for years now: "MOBA"Scrumpmonkey said:You are correct about the different tiers of 'cloning'. Before the term First person shooter was developed people just used to use the term 'doom clone' or 'Quake Clone'. Kind of recently we've been scrambling to find a universal term to replace "DOTA type game".
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I'm about as old a DOTA fan as you can find, and to that I say: let them throw their fits.batti said:But since it was coined by Riot, some Dota2 fans throw a hissy fit if you use it
I believe blizzard is calling heroes of the storm a team brawler I guess they just dont want to give any recognition to their biggest competitorbatti said:But since it was coined by Riot, some Dota2 fans throw a hissy fit if you use itAtmos Duality said:Actually, we've had a term for years now: "MOBA"Scrumpmonkey said:You are correct about the different tiers of 'cloning'. Before the term First person shooter was developed people just used to use the term 'doom clone' or 'Quake Clone'. Kind of recently we've been scrambling to find a universal term to replace "DOTA type game".
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