MORE Clones and Rip-Off Games you've Probably Never Played

[@austineruption]

Check out Rocket Money for free: rocketmoney.com/Eruption #rocketmoney #personalfinance Sponsored by Rocket Money What are some other clones I should take a look at? You can BET I'll probably be making more of these considering this is one of my favorite topics in general. one day I swear ill do alundra 2 its just too long and i dont like it

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

I'm new to your channel and have enjoyed your videos...I haven't seen any WOKE or politics, so that makes my day (but I haven't watched your older videos. I'm an ex-combat medic veteran, stand-up comic, a tobacco farmers son and a recreation therapist (several other careers too LOL) and am a Conservative Gen X and hate when people say BOOMER...that's my mom who is 76, But I don't look 52...the ladies say 35 to 39 😆😉) but I love gaming and even used as one of my modalities to help (I mostly helped behavioral disordered children) ...I best shut up but I always introduce myself to almost every Channel I subscribed to. Anyways I am a fan just wanted to say thanks for the good videos with HUMOR! ONE last thing, what is your opinion on the games 1) Armello 2) Ghost of a Tale and lastly 3) any JRPG that is more open world/like that doesn't look like a bunch a 11 year old girls with cat ears...it just feels weird...I'm not talking full Dragons Dogma but more like the Xbox 360 'Lost Odyssey'.... I'd much appreciate it. God Bless

[@demonhacker]

Its kinda a RE/Silent hill clone...but I really just want one of the youtubers I follow to cover Siren: Blood Curse

[@Boonehams]

I don't know if you've covered it, but if you want a Metal Slug clone, play Demon Front.

[@blackreign673]

rocket money doesn't cancel anything. that was the whole reason i got it and it did not cancel a single one of my subscriptions

[@DarkeningDemise]

Please do more Sword Art Online, you've missed several games now.

[@Highstar25]

I can't believe Austin mispronounced 'Thames' in the EXACT same way that the super best friends have never lived down.

[@yoursonisold8743]

Continuing the legacy as an old SBFP fan.

[@BugsyFoga]

I just finished watching last week’s video, and then Austin cranks out another one, gotta respect the grind.

[@austineruption]

VIDEO GAMES

[@thewholecircus]

The thing that sucks about stumble guys is that it's gotten some big-name crossovers, like the companies didn't even notice it was a knock off

[@griffinkelly8694]

The “Th-ames River”? All your British fans are going “Oi!” Right now

[@riku3220]

That was rough to hear for us Americans as well

[@LilyoftheLake14]

Lol! I was looking for this comment as soon as I heard it. BTW, Austin, "Thames" is pronounced like: "Tim's" only pronounce the "i" like the "e" in the word "them" "Te-mz" 😊 Hopefully (if you see this) it will save you from being clowned on by the inevitable flood of comments you're about to get correcting you lol. 😋

[@konrikosuave]

@@LilyoftheLake14 So it's not pronounced like "Tim's" at all. Hopefully (if you see this) it will save you from being clowned...

[@LilyoftheLake14]

@@konrikosuave ...right. That's why I specified to replace the "i" in "Tim's" with an "e" sound like in the word "them" So: Te-mz

[@konrikosuave]

@@LilyoftheLake14 Is the 14 in your name your age or birth year?

[@PuppetMasterIX]

One time, SMB speedrunner and NES connoisseur Kosmic constructed a tier list of infamously hard NES/Famicom games based on difficulty; this of course includes Battletoads, the Ninja Gaiden trilogy, Silver Surfer, all that jazz. When he got to Holy Diver, he added a new tier - above top tier - solely dedicated to Holy Diver.

[@Nitragon]

Yeah, do the funk fusion review - you're good at getting to the essence of that stuff no one wants to touch

[@austineruption]

My default AI response to this included something that said "It's a cult classic for a reason" which is just heresy.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

You have no empathy for the suffering he gonna go through?!

[@kozaky6584]

​@@LillyP-xs5qeyou say empathy I say schadenfreude

[@MelRetro]

*If my friend and I made a Video Game, not gonna lie, it’ll likely be a River City Girls clone* 👊

[@austineruption]

Not a bad pick to be honest.

[@RinaRetro]

That be so Cool! 💙

[@MelRetro]

@@austineruption My mom gave me her Super Famicom when I was a kid. One of the titles she had was a Kunio-Kun and a Double Dragon game. Been into beat’em ups ever since. RCG is top tier and only few are on its level.

[@RinaRetro]

@@austineruption We’ve been watching your channel since we were teens. Keep up the great work 💙

[@MelRetro]

@@RinaRetro Yeah! ❤

[@SireRed13]

OH GODS PLEASE DON’T DO FUNKO 100% ! I’m dead serious, that game made me physically sick and was a bug-ridden mess at launch, which made some levels impossible to finish ! It was DREADFUL reviewing that game and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy to try it out, let alone 100% it x)

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

Wait it's out already?

[@puffnisse]

​@@LillyP-xs5qeIt's been out for a while now.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

@@puffnisse not on switch or pc though, and that the two platforms I got , not that I plan to play it...

[@lumirairazbyte9697]

I’m glad that you’re having a nice experience with Foamstars. This was released between AAAA finest, Suicide Squad and Skull & Bones… and Helldivers 2… so you know how much people forgot that this game existed. Unfortunately, even if it’s now f2p, there’s no news about bringing it outside PlayStation. There’s a huge chance that it may last until January next year. Please enjoy this and cheer on, while it lasts.

[@shadowmaksim]

Despite never thinking "God Eater" would ever actually get brought up here, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it did under the context of being a "Monster Hunter" clone. That's pretty much the one and only aspect most people know it for. Funnily, the same thing happened to its spin-off, "Code Vein". Yeah, "Code Vein" is strongly implied, to the point of just not outright stating it, to be part of the "God Eater" universe. And the one thing "Code Vein" is regarded as being is that one "SoulsBorne" clone, but "anime". Can't really catch a break there. But yeah, "God Eater" surprisingly might just be the second largest Monster Hunting series in that sub-genre. 3 mainline entries (with multiple enhanced iterations in-between), the aforementioned spin-off, something like 2-3 mobile games, an (albeit incomplete) anime adaption as well as multiple OVAs, multiple manga, for some reason has top billing from both Ufotable and Go Shiina, was featured in crossovers like both "Project X Zone" entries as well as having a one-off rep in "Neptunia" of all things, and more. It's kind of absurd how recognizably popular it actually was. Kind of a shame it's probably dead now. Shift, the developer of the series, got completely absorbed into Bandai with their company name being essentially discarded. Like, they don't even show up in the credits but the staff is all there. Their last project was over 5 years ago now with "Code Vein" and there's pretty much been no news since. You'd think it'd be "God Eater 3" which did release after but apparently not. Despite it being a mainline entry in Shift's flagship franchise, it was instead outsourced to Marvelous since they were busy working on "Code Vein". That's really sad. And given the mass layoffs at Bandai not too long ago, I really got to wonder if the final nail was finally hammered in on that coffin.

[@kirbyhm]

An interesting clone-ish game is Tornado Outbreak. It’s similar to Katamari where you play as a tornado sucking things up to get bigger and there are items to collect before moving on in each zone. I feel like you may have talked about it before but it was a fun take on the Katamari genre.

[@thesosoartist4458]

How could you not mention HoloCure in Survivor clones? It's COMPLETELY (no microtransactions or anything) FREE! And a new update adding a casino, new abilities and characters on November 15th!

[@krayozmines]

I gotta reinstall this game

[@crimsonshadow1140]

actually fun fact, freedom planet was originally going to be a sonic fan game but was later changed to become its own thing, Changing lilac from a hedgehog to a dragon and so on

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

My favorite "Survivor-like" is Holocure. Like, I don't really watch Vtubers all that much, especially Hololive, but Holocure is probably my favorite of these types of games, and the price of admission is free, so there is no harm in playing and enjoying the game.

[@MrPsymind]

If you don't 100% Funko Fusion, I'm afraid no one else will :/

[@Artista_Frustrado]

shoutouts to the GOAT of VS Clones that is HoloCure, adding Twinstick aiming to VS is genius, and the characters are unique, and the guy keeps adding more content for Entirelly Free

[@KrimsonKattYT]

I'm making a game right now, and I dont THINK its a ripoff but it does take a lot pf its systems from other games. Its called Chronicles Meteorfall. It has the battle system from SMT5 Vengence, the class system from Bravely Default, the skill building from Digital Devil Saga, the random events from Yokai Watch, the seemless overworld from 2D Zelda, the open ended exploration from Octopath, story concepts from Fire Emblem, Persona, SMT, Xenoblade, Legend of Dragoon, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy, some semi-obscure childrens book series, and many other sources, the sidequest formula from Chrono Trigger or Xenoblade X, the visusal style from Vagrant Story, and a lot of other stuff.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

So this will sound made up. But the "H" is silent in Thames. 😅

[@zombielynx21]

Should've paywalled that fightful joke, brother. Can't give the good stuff away for free.

[@pridefulmaster1390]

Freedom Planet is also notable as I believe it was the first official acting roles for Dawn M. Bennett (Lilac) and Alejandro Saab (Mayor Zao), alongside early roles from Sean Chiplock (Prince Dail, Spade)

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Good ol, Kinger himself!

[@justtree64]

here's a fun fact there's so many vampire survivor clones, i have a steam collection dedicated to VS Clones alone! I've found 150+ yes i'm normal

[@godspeedyoublacknerd]

As a long time Austin Eruption subscriber, it was a pleasure and a joy to play a game with you for a video

[@austineruption]

Foam UP

[@uhobme2028]

"We've been covering these for ten years now" _(Remembers his talking about 2014)_ *PAIN*

[@reivar45]

Foamstars doesn't feel unique enough on gameplay but the ost is just so good, the tutorial song got me good

[@littlethompsonjr5354]

I think its important to point out how the Narnia game was basically Lego Star Wars fused with the Lord of the Rings PS2 games, such as with the combat having different combos, parries, etc., and even stuff like selecting levels on the wardrobe being very similar to the level select in Return of the King. Very interesting fusion.

[@horrocks65]

Surprised that "Holocure - Save the Fans" didn't get mentioned in the Vampire Survivors section. It's a VS clone using V-Tubers from Hololive (Gura, Korone, Pekora etc.) and it's honestly very good (and free to play might I add... Like ACTUALLY free to play not modern "free" to play)

[@lucylu3342]

Yeah i can't believe he skimmed over that but added some movie adaption game that nobody heard of lol

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

"Imagine Waterworld but anime." So "My boat..." meets "Nice boat."

[@reptilez13]

High refresh monitors have been a life saver for being old now and low frame rates being impossible to deal with now lol

[@kso0514]

One name I have heard for Vampire Survivor-likes is "Horde Survivor". I feel that name perfectly describes what those games are.

[@Jarl_Hoetam]

I always love it that Austin bears his wrestling heart on his wrist with only his own joy in mind - there´s always at least one reference you gotta sneak in there and they´re always pretty current to the IWC. My boy´s keeping up with the product lol

[@TheSunnyOne]

Oh hey, I actually own Master of Darkness physically. Never see it get mentioned, so was pleasantly surprised to see it here.

[@stevenshansen5024]

Funko fusions reminds me of Lego Dimensions. Dimensions was a blast, but had a steep buy-in as a toys to life title. I vote yes, as long as there's at least something to it within the first hour or so.

[@Tenpouin]

Holy Diver is probably one of the hardest games ever made. I couldn't beat it even on the emulator with save states. It's just ridiculous

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

For that 100% Yes, I want to see it No, I don't want you to go through that...

[@brunomoraes9967]

Hey, Austin! Thanks for your work! Hope one day you'll do a "indie RPG" or "games programmed and designed by one or two people teams". Anything that makes you talk about the Hylics series. Keep the great work. Thanks!

[@InfiniteComboReviews]

Oh man. Freedom Planet 2! It was your Sonic Clones covering the first Freedom Planet that lead me to your channel all those years ago!

[@PerryMason123]

Believe it or not, Holy Diver *did* get an English release, if you count reproductions. RetroBit released one in 2018 with Irem's blessing that was limited to 2,900 copies. It was on a US NES compatible cart and IIRC was translated too. It goes for a decent bit of money now though

[@vinny-zebu]

15:20 I do remember seeing Space Bunnies being advertised on PC Gamer back then. Although I was too young to understand much, this picture of the babe and the bunny monster are burned in my brain

[@scissors0009]

Man, I saw Twin Bee Rainbow Bell Adventures in the back of an EGM in the import store ads when I was a kid and I really wanted it.

[@marcellosilva9286]

Freedom Planet 2 is the kind of sequel that just improves on everything the first game did, I love it so much, just playing Adventure Mode with all four characters took over 40 hours and yet it went by so fast, the pixel art is what I'd call the "Symphony of the Night of indie games", even the writing felt better to me, with a much darker tale of war and racial conflict, it caught me by surprise! Also, Space Bunnies Must Die was actually distributed here in Brazil by publisher Greenleaf back in the late 90s, it was common seeing ads for this game on the CD Expert magazine my dad used to buy back in the day, in fact, _the boxart you showed at __15:37__ is from the brazilian version of the game, it's in portuguese and everything!_

[@mikethetowns]

Picked up Space Bunnies Must Die for two bucks 'round fifteen years back, planned to make a video review of it. I gave up on that idea pretty early into the game when I didn't feel like recording much more than the first level haha.

[@CourtneySovitsaRobinson]

I didn’t see a wrestling journalist referenced in a video about video game clones on my bingo card for day but here we are

[@maccamachine]

Man another new video already it feels like you’ve been putting them out like crazy lately great job!

[@palthea6468]

yes, please do the thing you mentioned at the end!

[@ohjeezriles]

I don't want to start playing Foamstars, only for the servers to get shut down *months* later, like with Knockout City ;_; Also, Freedom Planet is rad! I still need to pick up the sequel. That series has always had a very charming 'Treasure'/Mischief Makers vibe to it, to the point where I wonder if it's intentional. Great video man.

[@KremBotop]

Good to know that Castlevania's gameplay inspired many more games before SotN. Classicvania clones are something I've never heard before.

[@YungMecha]

I think the streets need that funko fusion 100% vid, we GOTTA see what they're cooking in there

[@TheWordPlay]

The world needs more God Hand Clones. If Capcom ain't gonna bring this back, indie devs pls!

[@aykorYT]

you should totally do a funko fusion review~

[@kildaver]

Reminder: the foam in Foamstars is the bodily fluids of the player characters. This makes sense for Splatoon, as your character is an anthropomorphic cephalopod.

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

Yes on the Funko Fusion 100% video

[@Fools_Requiem]

I feel like I'm being spoiled with all of these videos. Thanks for all of these fun videos, Austin.

[@thesquishedelf1301]

Brotato is actually older than Vampire Survivors, lol. I used to play the genre back during the Flash game boom, the Boxhead series from Kongregate is basically Brotato from 2008. Bullet Heaven is a good name for the genre.

[@moistraven1849]

I can't read a single thing in your foam stars footage, like it hurts to try to figure out what's going on.

[@r.o.brobot3296]

holocure is the best VS clone tbh and i don't watch vtubers. it's free, and you wouldnt think it given the quality

[@DexLeroy]

Glad you added that Asterisk, because I'm usually that "Someone" oof-

[@NatSpectrum]

Can't believe you didn't mention HoloCure during the Vampire Survivors segment, it's one of the best ones! 😭😭

[@spectrumbots4268]

I see Twinbee and Freedom Planet 2! Okay, I did NOT expect a Harry Potter game to take inspiration from Gears of War. Master of Darkness looks like a Mega Drive game; it looks nice!

[@strain42]

There was a mobile game years ago called Robo5. I'm not sure if it's still accessible anywhere, but it was a Catherine rip-off. Yeah, like Atlus' weird block moving tower climbing Catherine. Very bizarre inspiration choice, but it always stood out to me.

[@Houldey]

Oh god, this time i'm 'that guy' - I had Master of Darkess for the Game Gear and loved it. Love seeing it pop up once in a blue moon :)

[@WizardChadillac]

Yes. Because morbidly fascinating is the best kind

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

You hit and Nostalgia chord by showing space bunnies Must Die. I remember seeing it in a GameStop when it first came out and wondering what the heck the game was

[@BirdNerd375]

Please make a forgotten or underrated 3ds video.

[@ROBSONtheGHOUL]

Awesome video as always Austin. Dolphin Blue is a fun time for what it is. Well worth an hour or two.

[@InnocentSoul0283]

Speaking of Sonic clones, check out Spark the Electric Jester 1-3. They are really good Sonic clones and the first one feels like Sonic mixed with Kirby.

[@ImperfectSlendy]

My favorite racing game is Sean Ross Sapp

[@FranFranFrann]

So happy to get a new a video today I needed this so much

[@davidt3563]

BRUH KZbin didn't give me a notification. I have this channel set to execute me if I miss a video within the hour of its release.

[@Nealuigi]

I personally would love to see Austin make a video about getting 100% in Funko Fusion.

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Holy Diver by Dio mentioned? I'm all in

[@cearlach32]

pikmin clones: Masters of anima, the Overlord game series, The Wild at Heart, hotel Transylvania 3 monsters over board Zelda clones: 2d Oceanhorn 1 and 3d oceanhorn 2 paper Mario clone: Bug Fables

[@xXSoulGeoXx]

24:21 I was hoping to see HoloCure mentioned here, or perhaps the VS clones added to Gacha games recently (Nikke and Zenless Zone Zero added their own clones as well, really fun honestly)

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Yay ! A visit to Kloney Island. 8 eyes is the worst best Castlevania clone. Holy Diver has the best level name of "hell of entrails" the 2nd level i believe. I never played a Zelda game (2 this very day) but i loved Golden Axe Warrior.

[@austineruption]

Holy Diver is way too freakin hard.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

​@@austineruptiongetting to the second level is do-able 😂

[@UltimaShadowX]

I am so glad you discussed Final Fantasy Explorers! My friend group and I dumped a lot of time into that game and loved it a lot!

[@shadowhellzx]

Was playing that yesterday at work 😂

[@austineruption]

i never got to try it myself but I hear it's totally playable on emulation!

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Final Fantasy Explorers is legit an underrated masterpiece. The plot may be non-existent and the gameplay kind of clunky, but MAN is that game a blast to grind away at with friends. There's just so much content in that game it's utterly insane. I tried playing monster Hunter generations ultimate to try to get that same itch but I didn't like the combat AT ALL so I returned the game and never tried another Monster Hunter since. IMO FF Explorers CLEARS any Monster Hunter game, World and Rise included. The only game that gave me the same feeling of playing FF Explorers is Dragon Marked for Death, and similar to FFEX that game also bombed and has maybe like 100 active players still around on the discord looking for games, and they're all max level grinding the hardest missions so newbies have no one to play with. Did you know that FFEX actually has a sequel. It was mobile JP only and was cancelled after only being a month in beta, ruining the chances of FFEX ever getting a sequel on Switch.

[@RandomAsFunk]

“I”ll give you life” me “Nah thanks never had one before why start now”

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I enjoyed Golden Axe Warrior when I played it. It was included on one of the Sega game collections on XBOX 360 (I think). The collection had a lot of Genesis titles and a few Master System titles to play.

[@ratchetpokemaster123]

People saying you shouldn't check out Funko Fusions in the comments is admittedly only making me want to see you play it more, if anything. I haven't seen a whole lot on it, I forgot it even existed, would be at the very least interesting to see you put some light on it.

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

To me, freedom planet 1 felt like a clone of classic Sonic but with extra steps: freedom planet 2 feels like a specific clone of the Sonic Advance series, but that may just be me. I would love to see you cover more Sonic content on the channel by the way😊

[@Voice.of.Thanatos]

Oh my GOD no you don’t understand; I have had THAT ONE SONG from Golden Axe Warriors stuck in my head for YEARS and YEARS and I could never find it because I thought it was from an RPG and could NEVER FIND IT. I cannot tell you how much weight literally just lifted up from my shoulders 8:34

[@krayozmines]

Austin I love your videos and admire the effort you put into them. Your channel brings me peace n familiarity.❤

[@chrisdorn3676]

The only thing about Funko Fusion that intrigues me is the Shaun of the Dead level. That movie is one of my favorites of all time. But I'm always down for more of the 100% videos!

[@nerfco2330]

23:50 me and brother had stars wars demolition! Maan don’t wanna call it a copy clone.

[@AesirSW]

Speaking of Freedom Wars, can't wait for the remaster in January!

[@BWDforever]

Yes do 100% funko fusion! I would never play that game myself but I am interested

[@Ryadic]

4:27 Rip Randy :(

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

Very cool of you to mention God Eater as I was intrested thanks to a friend, which has me impressed by the world building fleshed out cast, dope soundtrack & rawest of mechanics I've experienced in a game and its because of getting into that series, I now really gotta try Monster Hunter like World

[@shawnheatherly]

We absolutely need a video on Funko Fusions.

[@mementomori771]

22:40 i had this as a kid on the og xbox it was so cool

[@ViktarTheBarbarian]

*casually marking Sparkster and Gilius Thunderhead off of my Austin video bingo card*

[@Fluorite-Fox]

8:31 is it just me or does this kinda sound just like the bike theme from pokemon red and blue? 😅

[@SamuelWagnerSWagchi]

Do the Funko fusion. Do it.

[@Xris_Kinder]

I think Austin cloned himself; in order to produce this amount of high quality content in such a small amount of time.

[@geraldgutsueii3324]

@19:40 Goku?! What are you doing here?

[@DarthLego46]

I am almost equally curious and fearful of Holy Diver for being notably difficult in the NES era.

[@kitsunepryde507]

15:37 Brazilian game cover jumpscare D:

[@Hyphonz]

Funko Fusion! Funko Fusion!

[@snailthelostcow63]

Aw I was half-expecting HoloCure would pop-out in the vampire survivors clone part....

[@hra_Najimi99]

Prior to Palworld, the creators/devs made Overdungeon (a Hearthstone clone), Craftopia (a mincraft clone with BoW assets), Never Grave (a Hollowknight "clone"), and AI Art Imposter. The latter involves AI art, and it's trailers are still in their channel.

[@jonnycl]

Austin 3:16