10 Video Game Clones That CAUSED AN UPROAR

[@CedricPETIEU-hh3tk]

A good clone is better than a bad sequel.

[@chekote]

A story as old as time. If everyone had this attitude, a bunch of genres would not exist.

[@gameranxTV]

👆🏻

[@brucenatelee]

Exactly! That's where genres come from. Otherwise, Black Sabbath would sue all of classic metal and doom metal genres.

[@Emcredible]

the delorean is the coolest failed innovation, if games didn't rip each other off and innovated we'd still just be playing pong

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

@@Emcredible Well said 👍

[@micahsean8664]

For real though. It's not like Call of Duty invented the first person shooter. And all of the cool souls likes? Get outta here.

[@TwistedMetalLegion]

I remember Dante's Inferno and Conan being dismissed as God of War clones, but they're still two of my favourite games today. Or when Call of Duty was a Medal of Honour clone

[@jamestabbron8124]

Dante's inferno is a great game

[@dylangarcia4216]

@@jamestabbron8124man I haven’t heard that game name in a while! Time to break out the old 360

[@LoDown295]

I love Dante’s Inferno! I never thought of it as a God of War clone but rather another button mashing/ smash n grab/ beat em up kinda game which I would also say GoW is.

[@beastcoastindigo173]

Number 10: Yes 2003 was very recent

[@Ogami79]

LOOOOOOOOOL!!!

[@wyattlewis4069]

Came here for this comment.

[@Subject_Keter]

Very 2003 flash game... or Gameranx got hit with that MIB flash.

[@MarkAngeloMontero-k4y]

Its not 2003 its 2023, maybe falcon is confused by his research

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

​@@MarkAngeloMontero-k4y That...that is the joke. We all know he meant to say 2023, we're just poking fun at him.

[@terryshaw9017]

I remember First Person Shooter games were called "Doom clones" 😂

[@deutschelehrer69]

God youre old

[@FernieAriel]

Don’t forget about the “Metroid-Vania” genre, also.

[@leevanciel3397]

Same I loved Doom Clones Heretic, Rise of the Traid

[@Jolgeable]

"Doom clones", then "GTA clones", and now the soulslike.

[@ravenstarr30]

Doom was a Wolfenstein clone...

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Saints Row will always be an iconic franchise, It was ruined by greed

[@JustNarge]

It wasn't only ruined by greed but also wokeness

[@arthurfleck629]

@@JustNargeIndeed, may it Rest. In. Power, at least for now.

[@gsawcomic]

wOkEneSs

[@Tsupek]

@@JustNargeand greed Considering the saints row remake

[@SirBeck0621]

​@gsawcomic I mean yea did you play it lol?

[@MrIAMNOTANOOB]

Remember the days before First Person Shooter was a genre, every FPS game at the time was considered a Doom clone?

[@LadyBern]

Yeah that's 1 thing I hate about the "GTA clone" title. It's not that they were all are clones, there just wasn't a simple name for the genre of "crime shooter sandbox/open world", sadly that reflected negatively on the others leaving many to compare to GTA. those in that genre couldn't escape that shadow and it just died leaving only GTA.

[@louiemarks8501]

I remember when any game I saw that let you wander around and do stuff in between missions was a GTA clone in my mind. Gun was GTA in the wild West, Destroy All Humans was GTA with an alien, True Crime was GTA with a cop, Spider-Man 2 was GTA with Spider-Man.

[@smokeyandtheassbandit]

Simpsons hit and run​@@louiemarks8501

[@azalago]

Which was silly anyways because DOOM wasn't even the first FPS. Wolfenstein 3D was.

[@Jrock420blam]

@@azalago Doom was exponentially more successful than Wolfenstein 3d was. It didn't come first but it started a craze

[@nicolascage4eva]

When I was younger, GTA IV and Saints Row 2 were huge at the same time. My friends and I loved to play both for different reasons. GTA was great because it had big lobbies (for the time) and the overall gameplay of GTA. Saints Row 2, however, was just coop. But it allowed for so much more to do with your friend. Coop missions, flying planes, customizing cars and cribs, and over the top weapons. Not to mention GTA IV had the whole European mobster feel, while Saints Row 2 you were a street gang member. Both games are incredibly nostalgic to me.

[@austintownsendmusic7666]

So did anyone else catch the very first thing he said about the first cup head like game was " this one's more recent, 2003" clearly a whoopsie

[@diegojosesoriano]

I love living in 2004

[@cincaicincai7847]

of course.. and they claimed that they're gamers too lmao

[@Boomer112]

Yeah, caught that immediately. So, then it's not a Cuphead clone. 🤷‍♀ jk

[@YAH2121]

a typo in the scrit., it confused me at first too

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

Bro it's just a goof 😂 Not a big deal

[@MrAtheking0]

Gameranx ripped off gameranx

[@Gamer88334]

How dare they

[@LCARS-DATANODE]

"the Falcon" is a basement ripoff of "Falcon"

[@thesilentassassin1167]

Falcon ripped of Eagle

[@hurricaneharvey9053]

BINGO

[@StrodaIe]

… 😐

[@kancerking2234]

Saints Row 1 and 2 were the reason GTA had to step there game up I remember seeing in gta 4 on the penthouse laptop they had an actual article in the game talking about the game rivalry between Rockstar and Saints Row

[@youngnat]

Funny enough, gta 5 got the flying bike that SR3 had. Call that a victory lap.

[@jeremytesticleman1607]

I actually enjoyed saints row 2 better then GTA 4 but the thing is both games are one of the best games of all time in my opinion, we ate good.

[@DeuceDeucePhantom]

Remember: Saint's Row is no longer with us because it lost its identity. Volition really thought "the 3rd Street Saints without Johnny Gat paying off their student debts" was a good idea. Then proceeded to drop a half-assed game at full price, and tried to gaslight their fanbase saying nothing was wrong with it. It's a damn shame.

[@negadoge]

Trust us... we know. It hurts. That's why we play the OG games

[@zackalcar5488]

Deep Silver is the one that pushed Volition to change it to what we got. Volition wanted a SR 2.5 style story.

[@Subject_Keter]

​@@zackalcar5488 You either fight or get the steaming hot L brand applied to Forehead. Aint our job to do their Job.

[@jordanallen7130]

@@zackalcar5488 It's really weird because both Saints Row The Third and Saints Row IV were good games but should have NEVER been Saints Row. Saints Row has always been a a gritty crime drama about terrible people doing terrible things but trying to justify it. Saints Row The Third is a really fun and funny game that could've started a new franchise. Saints Row IV is one of the best open world free roam superhero games and had they made some adjustments it could've either been a serious superhero game with some lightheartedness, or they could've kept the jokes in but changed the powers or story some and made it an amazing open world Deadpool game. Hell, I'm currently replaying it as Lex Luthor and just pretend all the powers are coming from my suit and having a blast. I don't know why all of these games are falling under Saints Row.

[@ghost656metal8]

@@zackalcar5488 You actually believe those lies

[@JoziWOW]

playstation allstars is a criminally underatted game. It played more like a hybrid between traditional fighters and SSMB than a smash rippoff. It suffered from not having the activision characters Spyro and Crash which were staples of playstation classics.

[@kcmmeagher]

Agreed.

[@BananaNohl]

But it had Raiden tho, so im happy

[@TrolletAmok]

The Great Giana Sisters was not bad. A blatant Mario clone, yes, but it was actually a good game, which is why it is still remembered and people play it today.

[@SkiBumMSP]

Considering it was also basically the only way to play a Super Mario type game at the time if you did not have an NES, also made it fairly popular at the time. Kinda like today how Palworld was a way to basically play Pokemon if you did not have a Switch.

[@Redreaperify]

​@@SkiBumMSP for casual players of Pokemon, absolutely. The prime way to play Pokemon if you're competitive and don't own a switch is Pokemon Showdown. Absolutely free, been around for over a decade, and is available through your browser even. However, they're still two inherently different game. Pal world is not a pokemon clone because of similar designs, that aren't even similar enough for Nintendo to snag a lawsuit. I'm more inclined to call Digimon a Pokemon clone since it was released after. The same could be brought up about Pokemon itself being a clone of Dragon Quest. All of That being said Giana Sisters was good, it was just niche.

[@ultor99]

It's simple, I see saints row 2, I click the video

[@obihan_shinobi]

1:20 Say Cuphead ONE MORE TIME. 😂

[@brandishwar]

"Doom clones", "Quake clones", "Diablo clones", "Myst clones", "Mario Kart clones", "Zelda clones". Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Even more so when the games in question - like Saints Row - go on to become their own thing.

[@rezaqalam482]

Bioshock clones,soulslike,metroidvania

[@Al-Cohol999]

Wolfenstein 3d, Doom and Quake were all from the same company.

[@AttilaGorilla]

Oh my god. This is the earliest I've ever been able to watch a gameranx vid when it drops. It's a proud moment.

[@mizaru666]

Enchanted Portals developers said themselves that the game is inspired by Cuphead, and the audience knew it well. Steam reviews are negative simply because the game is bad, not because the players are pissed of ripping ideas from Cuphead.

[@WaynerTheGamer]

It looks so much better is weird part.

[@kush7138]

​@WaynerTheGamer yeah the game looks more fresh and vibrant. Super smooth animation as well which is levels higher than cuphead. A real head scratcher.

[@user-wp7zc1np9x]

@@WaynerTheGamermore frames in the animation doesn’t necessarily make it better looking. It looks way worse because lack of art direction

[@mordisgaminggedons5119]

​@@user-wp7zc1np9xcuphead is 30s Cartoon Style, Portals IS more of a weird 90s/00s Cartoon. It has a good Art direction.

[@user-wp7zc1np9x]

@@mordisgaminggedons5119 doesn’t have that magic that cuphead has though. In cuphead you get immersed, in Portal you constantly think that they were trying to go for this kind of style etc

[@Cyrus_Milani]

0:22 Number 10 Enchanted Portals vs. Cuphead 2:25 Number 9 Genin Impact vs. Zelda 3:43 Number 8 The War Z vs. DayZ 5:12 Number 7 PlayStation Allstars vs. Super Smash Brothers 6:50 Number 6 Gleamlight vs. Hollow Knight 7:48 Number 5 Saints Row vs. Grand Theft Auto 9:35 Number 4 Pal World vs. Pokemon 11:12 Number 3 Foam Stars vs. Splatoon 12:49 Number 2 Final Combat vs. Team Fortress 2 13:30 Number 1 The Great Giana Sisters vs. Super Mario Brothers

[@Th3RightStuff]

What doesn't cause an uproar these days 😂

[@doyowan]

I am uproared at this comment!

[@Lenariet]

Good games with SBI/DEI

[@spjewkes]

I think one reason "The Great Giana Sisters" was popular was because around that time in Europe home computers were more popular than NES consoles. That was certainly the case where I was. So for many people this style of platformer was quite new to them.

[@tomweather8887]

Nintendo: you copied Squirtle, and Pigeotto. Palworld: no, we copied turtles, and pigeons.

[@kcmmeagher]

PlayStation Battle Royal, a clone or not, was a blast and a fun change of pace from Super Smash. My friends and I would regularly swap back and fourth between the 2 depending on what kind of mode we felt like.

[@JimmiHoevring]

I remember playing The Great Giana Sisters on our Amiga 500. I did not own a Nintendo, so I had to play "Mario" like this, and I had NO regrets!

[@ferd617]

That Foam Stars detail is as insane as Sanrio declaring that Hello Kitty is an (apparently deformed!?) human girl. WHY WOULD YOU EVER SPECIFY THAT????

[@gameranxTV]

LOL some of these decisions companies make are bewildering

[@cuhleef]

Rust was originally a DayZ clone but they managed to build their identity. If you had played rust legacy you can tell.

[@MadnessMan13]

The multiplayer for Saints Row 1 still has a dedicated following with a discord. There’s still people playing Protect Tha Pimp & Blinged Out Ride everyday & I’m happy to say that.

[@FredsHiddenAccount]

Saint's Row is one of the greatest game franchises of all time. It might have had the reputation early on of being a GTA clone, but for anyone who's played those first two games, they were truly something special. That "reboot" still breaks my heart.

[@GageisME333]

YES

[@willcarey3001]

What happened to that franchise is terrible

[@oepj12345]

It wasn’t even that bad :( it was just written by people who were afraid to get cancelled

[@danielflanard8274]

I played all but the most recent one not long ago, they hold up in a lot of ways. 1-4 are all good games. Saints Row 1 has one of the best clothing systems I have seen in a game (unfortunately they downgraded it in 2). Saints Row 2 has the best story and characters in the series. 3 & 4 have gotten a lot of hate but that comes down to older fans who don't like the change in direction. The gameplay is very satisfying and fun in both of them. Gat out of Hell is not bad either, just generic.

[@speedracer2please]

I loved Vigilante 8. I can't say if it was better than Twisted Metal because I never had a Playstation, but I was grateful that it took the genre to other platforms and hope something like that comes back

[@MrUbister]

Can't believe you forgot the MAIN difference between Cuphead and its ripoff: Cuphead is ACTUALLY HAND-DRAWN. That's why it holds up to the 30s era Disney style so well, because it uses the same production techniques. Enchanted portals is just standard flash-like animation, with nothing hand-drawn.

[@nick_plays22]

Cry

[@MrUbister]

Nick plays

[@jackyjew8607]

Clones aren't always bad, saints row is the perfect example! Like you said its nice to have more choices if you like a specific type of game.

[@abbasshachem3383]

gianna sisters redemption arc is amazing

[@GYTCommnts]

While I love "The Great Giana Sisters", it was the first game that came to mind when reading the title. I'm very glad that you included it, for historical reasons, and not only modern games. I like that you mix classic stuff and latest. Thanx Gameranx!

[@cramthelan]

Great Gianna Sisters got great reviews when it came out too

[@snakefriesia6808]

DANG the great Giana Sisters ! man i love digging into gaming history like this.

[@cjrensh]

Man I loved playing Saints Row the 3rd and Saints Row IV. I loved how Over the Top it was and IV was freaking awesome!!! Best superhero like game back then.

[@gameranxTV]

Absolutely! Did you give the latest installment a try?

[@cjrensh]

@@gameranxTV yeah and it's a buggy, system crashing for me. They screwed up trying to change the formula. Seems like they fd around and found out

[@snailwogg]

I've seen a lot of people called Legend of Dragoon a Final Fantasy 7 rip off, but man I loved LOD and it still sits with me. Every couple years I replay it. I still cry at the end of disc 1 every time.

[@arbknight12]

They should make a new PlayStation All Stars. Aloy vs Jin Sakai would be so cool.

[@_chris_teal]

I hope pal world makes cards, and maybe like a comic book series or KZbin shorts on their story. It would be cool to see the lore go deeper than just the in game story idk I enjoyed pal world a lot

[@marcuskennedy313]

You could also add Immortals Fenyx Rising to the BoTW clone section. I think it was more brazen than genshin in its design. Still fun as heck. Id honestly be okay with more games adopting that template

[@smokeajeff]

Saints row 2, smoking blunts and drinking 40s Good ol days

[@AwesomeSauce11823]

I’m a simple man. I see Gameranx, I click

[@kancerking2234]

Me too 😂

[@NOTHlNG]

Anything: *exists Nintendo: "That's it! I'm calling the lawyers!"

[@Terrivel119]

Nintendo only released a statement about Palworld because of the mass quantity of people bitching about it. If Nintendo had anything to litigate over, they would have already by then, because they are, as mentioned, notoriously litigious. Tons of people were just deluded enough to think Nintendo wouldn’t have already been aware, or that Microsoft wouldn’t have done their own due diligence.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

Nintendo took down the Pokemon mod for Palworld, which definitely shows that they cares. And also that they aren't going to touch Palworld unless they actually clone the design on a unacceptable accuracy. Also Nintendo allows Temtem to be on the Switch so they definitely don't care that another game is using the Pokemon formula as long as the "mons" are unique.

[@TylerZeta]

Nintendo would have hit Palworld after the first trailer launched.

[@TylerZeta]

@@FlameRat_YehLon They only went after the pokemon mod because the mod maker was charging money for it.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

@@TylerZeta charging money or not, mod making isn't considered fair use in any sense. If something violates copyright it violates copyright with or without profit.

[@Matt-md5yt]

hey glad you did this one Jake and Crew.

[@gameranxTV]

Hey

[@RenegadePandaZ]

Any open world game with a vaguely cel shaded forest is immediately branded as a BOTW clone, it's stupid. BOTW wasn't some unique new concept.

[@danieljamorabon6622]

Bro all stars was dope!

[@Flasa]

What I think is most ironic with Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale is that Solid Snake, THE character most associated with Metal Gear, which is a franchise mostly associated with Playstation, is present in Smash Bros from Nintendo but was not present in Playstation’s own Smash Bros rip-off 😂

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

You answered yourself. We all know it’s BECAUSE of the Smash inclusion THAT CAME FIRST that they couldn’t go with him in their own smash copy. Raiden was the second best option.

[@ghost656metal8]

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, had planned DLC characters before they were cancelled back in day, Old Snake from MGS4 was going to be one of those DLC characters

[@BananaNohl]

Well at least they put Raiden lmao

[@jikannomajo]

As a genshin fan, I already saw it being included from a mile away. Lol. But it being expounded aside from that is what really makes it for me and the lore is giving me things to be excited about to continue playing it.

[@burningxnecro]

I seriously doubt that Nintendo will sue for Palworld, they took down the Pokemon mod for Palworld in less than 8 hours and they've known about Palword for years. If they were going to do it, they would've done it already.

[@f.b.l.9813]

when Nintendo announced they will investigate this then nothing happened, that just probably means their lawyers said it wasn't a strong case.

[@opposedhydra956]

They don't have a case. Pokémon ripped off another game first. So they should just shut the fuck up and let another game be successful.

[@Zratchminisemporium]

That comment didn’t age well…

[@EvanGreenstone]

Was expecting Threes and 2048 at Number 3 :) Fun vid!

[@riblasibi]

Great vids 😂 We need a part 2 😊

[@rezaqalam482]

Part 2 Twisted metal & vigilante 8&rogue trip God of war&dante's inferno&darksiders Bioshock clone like atomic heart,prey 2017,dishonored Dark souls clone like nioh,wo long Dmc clone like bayonetta&wet

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

ROAR! 🐅

[@meric12131415]

Foamstars a weird idea indeed but absolutely amazing gameplay 😁

[@stinger.0]

SR2 is the best out the series and wasn’t a gta clone

[@JoshuaLodge2701]

The toxic GTA players are what killed the original saints row games 1 and 2 and the original volition they changed saints row it what it eventually became because they didn’t want all the greif and hostility they where getting from the GTA players

[@shadowviper5160]

@@JoshuaLodge2701yeah these people think gta having competition is a bad thing people don’t realize how bad gta not having a competitor is because gta can do whatever they want because there isn’t really a competitor for gta because it’s very unique. competitors make games have more actual good content and put more work in there’s more creativity because people will go the competitor if one game gets lazy there’s no real incentive for rockstar to actually get their stuff together or even put actual work in the content if they are monopoly because they are the only type of that game.

[@innocent-pound10]

take me back to the days of halo killers & cod killers.. now we got everything glazing fortnite and pubg

[@M00NBULLET]

@0:33 2003 is RECENT??

[@q306005]

He meant 2023.

[@detergentleman1235]

It's Jake bro, he's a bozo. He meant 2023, you should know this.

[@jslane41]

Child: "Mom, can we get Super Mario Bros?" Mom: "We have Super Mario Bros at home." Super Mario Bros at home: The Great Gianna Sisters

[@Kira-wq7eb]

2003?

[@rickvonwick4637]

In the race genre there are alot of clones too!

[@bloodstrike2513]

Saints Row was the GTA our parents never heard of. So it was the one we were aloud to play lol

[@Hinryu1984]

This 💯 I always felt like I was going to get told off for playing GTA, saints row was safer and I didn’t get anxiety 😂

[@kipdaedricartifact]

that saints row 1 gameplay looked great

[@Punx63]

Jake Dayz is not an Arma 3 mod. It started as the Arma 2 mod originally. Google searches and actual research would have told you that.

[@nicksanchez8294]

I would LOVE a PlayStation All Stars 2. If they made it a more proper platform fighter it could be a ton of fun with the characters they’ve added since the PS3 generation. Astrobot, Aloy, Ellie, Selene, and plenty more.

[@The4No]

Regarding Genshin being a BoTW clone. Non-Nintendo gamers wanted something similar. A clone would always happen

[@MikadoYuma]

Too bad it's a character of the month waifu game that slowly forces you to spend money for their insanely unbalanced characters.

[@xizar0rg]

And that's how we got Immortals Phoenix Rising.

[@f.b.l.9813]

too bad it's a kiddy casino

[@SorcererLance]

I remember Playstation All-Stars, yet nobody said a thing when Jump Super Stars/Jump Ultimate Stars was one of the first "Smash-likes" back on the DS

[@blk7747]

saints row 2 is the best open world crime game ever created. better than gta games . in the end gta 5 did everything saintsrow did, "fun"

[@starlion93]

Everyone remembers the 1993 Platfomer Cuphead! And oh boy I sure loving living in 2004

[@Azhrei2000]

Number one is such a legend I've never heard of it in my life... And, my first console was an Atari 2600, when it came out.

[@andrewg3522]

The Palworld stuff was dumb. It only got backlash from fans because it got so popular, there are so many other pokemon clones and no one went after those haha

[@DamakriaStudios]

We need a whole remake of Saints Row (the og one from the 360) for PC. Its a crime the first one is 360 exclusive

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

'Big Rigs' was superb, a brilliant game! With some stunning graphics!......"Nurse! nurse!! I am talking gibberish again"

[@eekbah]

Dang that Giana Sisters cover goes, uh, hard. 😍

[@lahDsai]

The tradgedy of PASBR is it looked like a clone, everyone thought it was a clone, but once you played it you realized it wasn't a clone and the audience kinda wished it was.

[@tabularaza344]

Finally a c64 game... more retro please. It was actually really good!

[@NULUSIOS]

GGS vs SM deserved the #1. GGS is a definite classic and nobody can blame them, SM was not available for (most of) the platforms GGS was released. Love GGS.

[@coderXplus1680]

I love dis channel

[@donatedpizza]

Escape From Tarkov and Arena Breakout Infinite. The Battle state games sent their code to the developers of arena years before as apart of some collaboration effort on a different project. Arena breakout still has code referencing Tarkov characters like Killa

[@bobroberts7924]

How would you define the difference between being a clone and just being a new game in a genre a previous game created like Saints Row and GTA?

[@gaelanj]

Okay, but a Cerberus with one pug head, one chihuahua head, and one shiba inu head is hilarious, though.

[@ballyhooch]

I had Gianna Sisters for Commodore 64 back in the day and I loved it.

[@erroldtumaque3430]

High-key Lies of P is pretty much a Souls clone But I gotta say I really enjoyed it esp with the QoL changes they made to the formula

[@BananaNohl]

Playstation All Stars Battle Royale was one of my favourite games of all time (Raiden main here lol) and this game made me discover Smash Bros I no longer have a PS3, but i want to buy one again just to relive the memories of playing that game with my friends all night

[@LSSJTHOR]

Old Saints Row was so good, I can't believe they blew it.

[@dhumanizer99]

Fall guys vs stumble guys. Was waiting for that one

[@AmigaMANpt]

I loved Giana Sisters on Amiga! Also have the lateste version on PC

[@henrik971]

i know Jake meant 2023, but... "This is more recent. This is from 2003"😂😂

[@RalphH007]

The sisters were great!

[@CGCGCG91]

I still want an Xbox All Star Brawl. Smash and the PS version are so much fun

[@gameranxTV]

We wouldn’t mind seeing what that would look like!

[@CGCGCG91]

@@gameranxTV Master Chief. Marcus Fenix. Kameo. Who else should be in it?

[@leemp8352]

“good artists borrow, great artists steal.” This has been going on for time,across all media every single person has ripped someones idea and tweeked something to suit,

[@theshizl4400]

I'M MAD! **riot** *EDIT* I like that *gameranx* calls them "clones" instead of "ripoffs" in the title. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery!

[@The_Cadaver]

The only reason Saint's Row sold copies is because everyone was so hungry for GTA IV.

[@ablazedark]

the theme of giana sisters is a friggin classic. i remember waiting in the start up screen just to listen to it.

[@arefrigerator396]

My drinking game of every time Jake says "but", i drink is running strong. 5 "but"s in the first 90 seconds. Gonna be a tough one.

[@bblvrable]

I think Rockband demonstrated that you can get away with making a clone of an existing game, so long as you make it better. It was such a blatant ripoff of Guitar Hero, just with extra instruments and vocals added in.

[@X2011racer]

And now there's Fortnite Festival, which is developed by the developers of Rock Band.

[@desel8737]

without clones we wouldn't have genres

[@BabaSunWuYan]

We're not going to talk about how the gaming industry is hardcore pushing nothing but clones and copies of games we've played 10 times over?

[@ShockInazuma]

Funny how Cuphead fans will call out a game for using the same artstyle as Cuphead when Cuphead itself used the same artstyle as old cartoons back then.

[@Yoxiv]

Okami was considered by many to be a Zelda clone, especially due in part to the title releasing the same year as Twilight Princess, and featuring wolf characters. Okami even borrow some design elements from the Zelda series, such as highlighted words to denote important information, multilayered dungeons where you had to acquire keys to progress and even challenge the boss, as well as having the plot shake things up after clearing a certain number of the dungeons. Of course, Okami managed to have a lot of things that made it stand out. Its combat was much more akin to the likes of Devil May Cry, which is fitting as both games were directed by the same man, HIdeki Kamiya. The visual style was woven into the gameplay, quite literally, with how the player could turn the screen into a canvas to draw on. Incidentally, Amaterasu even featured in a fighting game, though it was more of a traditional fighter than a Smash clone.