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

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Altio

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It seems to me that there are a lot of games that are attempting (and often failing) to make a good game similar to a popular game. Some games may seem similar, but those may not be clones, just cases where they used the same engine and one used it better, and those are not what I'm asking about, I'm talking about games that are pretty much a blatant attempt to take all the elements of a good game and make it their own. One game I saw very recently was Runes of Magic, a free to play game, and this was pretty much exactly like World of Warcraft, the models, the UI, and some of the creatures, it was incredible how much it looked like WoW. I'm not complaining about them, it's just interesting to see how people will copy paste a game just so theirs might be a little popular.
 

Altio

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I remember that but I can't remember what it was called for the life of me
 

HardRockSamurai

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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."
 

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Call of Duty: World at War copying Cod 4: Modern Warfare =)
More seriously, Rock Revolution ripping off Rock Band and Guitar Hero. It's pretty obvious it's a rip off when the game only comes with a drum kit and you have to use the guitar from a different game.
 

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HardRockSamurai said:
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."
Yahtzee was saying something about that too
 

Drakulla

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how about when Guitar Hero ripped off Rock Band. It too Guitar Hero two squeals and competition from another company just to put in a drum set.
 

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HardRockSamurai said:
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.
 

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ChainsawEnima said:
Halo 1 ripping off Starcraft Ghost before they even finished it.

(Don't flame me please)
Halo was originally going to be a RTS like Halo Wars at first I'm pretty sure, I watched a video of some developer stuff
 

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Altio said:
somelameshite said:
Saint's Row. Anyone who argues that its not a GTA clone needs a sanity check.
I still like Saint's Row better than GTA
I'm not saying that Saint's Row is worse than GTA, I'm just saying its a clone of GTA. I have no intention of starting a GTA/Saint's Row flame war
 

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

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somelameshite said:
Altio said:
somelameshite said:
Saint's Row. Anyone who argues that its not a GTA clone needs a sanity check.
I still like Saint's Row better than GTA
I'm not saying that Saint's Row is worse than GTA, I'm just saying its a clone of GTA. I have no intention of starting a GTA/Saint's Row flame war
Me neither, just stating my opinion
 

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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