Biggest game clone/rip-off you've seen?

[Altio]

I'd say either Saints row or any Halo-killer on PS3, like Haze or Killzone. All of which are peices of shit chock full of American foreign policy

Why you gotta be hating on Killzone?

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Bioshock ripped off System Shock 2 to the point where the game started bleeding. It was still a good game, but you'd be surprised at the number of people who call it "original."

One of my co-workers told me that Bioshock was made by the same people who did System Shock 2, so I guess they can rip off themselves all they want.

System Shock 2 was made by Irrational Games. After they merged with publisher 2K games, they became 2K Boston, and made Bioshock. So yes, they did have the right to rip off the game entirely, but I don't believe in any of that "spiritual successor" crap. If you're not calling the game System Shock 3, then it implies that they were trying something new.

Surprise, surprise; they weren't.

 

[DAMG]

Anyone ever play Soldier of Fortune: Payback? Biggest COD 4 rip-off I've ever seen

No, my friend, no, that's way too broad of a statement; there are way too many modern warfare shooters that have been made in the past, like the original Soldier of Fortune. Besides, Soldier of Fortune has that that whole-gore-niche-thing.

 

[Grayl]

I don't remember the game, but it was a COMPLETE rip-off of Warcraft 3. It had undead and elves and it was a peon style RTS. Honestly, if I can find the name I'll post it here, but I played the demo for it and it was pretty much the same as WC3 but with updated graphics.

EDIT: Armies of Exigo was it's name. If you read the Eurogamer review they compare it to WC3 quite a lot. It did have some differences, but look at this [http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/919920_20041214_screen003.jpg] screenshot; so similar it's painful to play.

 

[Altio]

I don't remember the game, but it was a COMPLETE rip-off of Warcraft 3. It had undead and elves and it was a peon style RTS. Honestly, if I can find the name I'll post it here, but I played the demo for it and it was pretty much the same as WC3 but with updated graphics.

EDIT: Armies of Exigo was it's name. If you read the Eurogamer review they compare it to WC3 quite a lot. It did have some differences, but look at this [http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/919920_20041214_screen003.jpg] screenshot; so similar it's painful to play.

Haha wow that is a big rip-off

 

[Streetfighter]

I'd say either Saints row or any Halo-killer on PS3, like Haze or Killzone. All of which are peices of shit chock full of American foreign policy

Why you gotta be hating on Killzone?

Because Killzone is shit. Don't bother arguing otherwise, you have zero chance of changing my opinion, I don't have a PS3 so there's no point me buying it, the concept is unoriginal, the characters bland and stereotypical, it's target audience is suburban midland American 14-year-old boys with parentally-diagnosed ADHD (ie - being a shithead disorder) who listen to Korn, Disturbed and Slipknot and claim to be "metalheads".
It.
Is.
Shit.
There's no discussion, no debate, no back-and-forth flame war that will arise out of this.
It's shit.
So are Haze and Saints row, for the same reasons.

 

[Altio]

I'd say either Saints row or any Halo-killer on PS3, like Haze or Killzone. All of which are peices of shit chock full of American foreign policy

Why you gotta be hating on Killzone?

Because Killzone is shit. Don't bother arguing otherwise, you have zero chance of changing my opinion, I don't have a PS3 so there's no point me buying it, the concept is unoriginal, the characters bland and stereotypical, it's target audience is suburban midland American 14-year-old boys with parentally-diagnosed ADHD (ie - being a shithead disorder) who listen to Korn, Disturbed and Slipknot and claim to be "metalheads".
It.
Is.
Shit.
There's no discussion, no debate, no back-and-forth flame war that will arise out of this.
It's shit.
So are Haze and Saints row, for the same reasons.

O...k then, just asking, to all their own opinions I suppose

 

[brewbeard]

System Shock 2 was made by Irrational Games. After they merged with publisher 2K games, they became 2K Boston, and made Bioshock. So yes, they did have the right to rip off the game entirely, but I don't believe in any of that "spiritual successor" crap. If you're not calling the game System Shock 3, then it implies that they were trying something new.

Surprise, surprise; they weren't.

From what I recall, their former publisher still owns the rights to the System Shock IP and they could not legally call Bioshock "System Shock III."

 

[Internet Kraken]

The conduit is a massive rip off of Halo with a few other elements taken from other FPS games thrown in.

Oh yeah, Starcraft rips off Warhammer 40K lore LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Rock Revolution. Huge, huge rip-off of Rock Band. Yes, I know it was made by Konami, creators of Guitar Freaks, the forerunner to Amplitude, the first Harmonix rhythm game. That doesn't change the fact that Rock Revolution was just an attempt to clone the success of Guitar Hero/Rock BAnd by making their own band game.

 

[Altio]

Well I'm off, have fun

 

[Pimppeter2]

Mario party: bagillion

 

[Scrub47]

I'd say either Saints row or any Halo-killer on PS3, like Haze or Killzone. All of which are peices of shit chock full of American foreign policy

Why you gotta be hating on Killzone?

Because Killzone is shit. Don't bother arguing otherwise, you have zero chance of changing my opinion, I don't have a PS3 so there's no point me buying it, the concept is unoriginal, the characters bland and stereotypical, it's target audience is suburban midland American 14-year-old boys with parentally-diagnosed ADHD (ie - being a shithead disorder) who listen to Korn, Disturbed and Slipknot and claim to be "metalheads".
It.
Is.
Shit.
There's no discussion, no debate, no back-and-forth flame war that will arise out of this.
It's shit.
So are Haze and Saints row, for the same reasons.

Spot the Xbox fanboi?
Stop trying to sound intelligent and go play Halo Wars or something.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I'd say either Saints row or any Halo-killer on PS3, like Haze or Killzone. All of which are peices of shit chock full of American foreign policy

Why you gotta be hating on Killzone?

Because Killzone is shit. Don't bother arguing otherwise, you have zero chance of changing my opinion, I don't have a PS3 so there's no point me buying it, the concept is unoriginal, the characters bland and stereotypical, it's target audience is suburban midland American 14-year-old boys with parentally-diagnosed ADHD (ie - being a shithead disorder) who listen to Korn, Disturbed and Slipknot and claim to be "metalheads".
It.
Is.
Shit.
There's no discussion, no debate, no back-and-forth flame war that will arise out of this.
It's shit.
So are Haze and Saints row, for the same reasons.

Spot the Xbox fanboi?
Stop trying to sound intelligent and go play Halo Wars or something.

He can't be an Xbox fanboy. He insulted Saint's Row, and that was Xbox 360 exclusive. Nope, I think we are dealing with a genuine bigot.

 

[furnatic]

Saint's Row. Anyone who argues that its not a GTA clone needs a sanity check.

It may be a clone, but goddamned it's fun! I've played both of them and what I play depends on my mood. If I'm in the mood for unrealistic mindless fun, it's Saint's Row and Saint's Row 2 for me. When it's time for some realism and a dark feel, GTA 4 is where it's at.

 

[MrBrightside919]

Half of the Smash Brothers roster is just a clone of another character...

Did we really need 3 characters based off of FOX?

 

[Quadtrix]

Ocarina of Time.