Zelda: Breath of the Wild Clones and Rip-offs!

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch now has CLONES AND RIPOFFS BABY. It's not often we get clones of a game as new as this, but 2020 has given us the WORLD. And... a bunch of other things too.
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[@austineruption]

FINALLY. The Breath of the Wild Clones HAVE ARRIVED. how r u i hope ur december is going ok, call a friend you havent talked to in a while. go do a backflip or something

[@z64gionnoryu]

lol

[@blackgordonramsay8603]

Backflip accomplished ! What should i do now erupti-chan ?

[@Thrash_r]

Im doing alright, I think. How bout you?

[@xanderac]

Solid video, at some point I might check out Fenyx Rising, I don't think I really like the character design all that much myself which has been off-putting. I also hope you enjoyed your time with Genshin, I have a lot of friends who are super into it, but due to technical problems and hearing about it so much I sort of got burnt out on it shortly after release

[@Gatorade69]

I don't have any friends to call. :( I can't even do a backflip. Y DO U DO THIS TO ME !?

[@marsf6080]

"stamina-based climbing, hm, I wonder where that came from" shadow of the colossus??

[@Meta9871]

nice

[@WPN300]

My thoughts exactly!

[@camharkness]

And skyward sword.

[@jugglypoof8913]

I’m pretty sure that’s just a real life thing

[@prima7154]

you can only climb the collosi in SoTC, you can’t climb cliffs, mountains or any other structure. BoTW in the other hand, uses it’s climbing mechanics as an exploration method, and that’s what Genshin Impact trying to copy!

[@rept7]

"This wildstar looking character" is something I didn't expect to hear from anyone.

[@cuppajj]

Legit I nearly flipped when I heard Wildstar. Thank god someone else is out here remembering that game

[@jackdreas4415]

No joke, I got an ad for Genshin Impact while watching this video

[@Bruztmotor]

I get that on every video. AND I ALREADY HAVE IT ON PC AND PHONE

[@richardmorgan3665]

I got a Genshin Impact ad during the Genshin Impact section.

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Ew

[@DarkKing986]

Same

[@rayzen9534]

I dont know about this claim.I have been following the game since its beta,which i accidently find searching for games in taptap.I havent gotten a single genshin ad🤔 till now.

[@main_rouge]

I call them the "Grass" Open world

[@SIMIFU]

I just call them "Botw-like" Pretty much like "Souls-like"

[@Mr.Foxhat]

*looks at Oblivion* Yup. It's a Breath of The Wild clone!

[@KodyLapointe]

minecraft = botw clone

[@doclouis4236]

"Open Field" open world game.

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@ramonturner4721]

People just love shitting on Genshin.

[@bracken271]

In Genshin there is no pay wall, only a huge resin wall.

[@jugglypoof8913]

Did you watch the video

[@saintlikegrimm]

@@Idk-zw7hs lmao ur kinda slow

[@jugglypoof8913]

@@Idk-zw7hs wasn’t talking to you I would have replied to you if I was talking to you

[@blakewalker94]

@@Idk-zw7hs Just don't share your bias then. You treat it like it's fact.

[@PiroKUSS]

@@blakewalker94 Bias towards what?

[@Etherman7]

Betting pool for what random non Japanese word/phrase is gonna be inexplicably popular for naming Japanese media here. My bet is after Re: we're going to see a lot of Fwd:.

[@panda_7714]

I love Genshin, but its business model (gacha) ain't. What I am scared of is how every AAA company will take note of how profitable Genshin is and implement it in their own games from now.

[@nezunish-898]

Well it a free game they have to make money somehow. However if it a paid game and still have gacha yeah it be bad (ehem EA)

[@rawrdino7046]

They already tried it call lootboxes and it blew up on EAs face.

[@yvastel8153]

I could see it being fairly done if it took Warframe's approach to its business model, but that approach was probably because of years of goodwill with its audience.

[@Benzinilinguine]

Hi. I'm at WR 40 and haven't spent a cent on Genshin.

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

Nah mate, gacha games are entirely different from loot boxes, whereas loot boxes Fuck you over with locking the content out, if you are dedicated enough you won't have to spend a single penny on gacha games, I still can't count the amount of time Battlefront has attempted to bleed my wallet dry for little to no payoff.

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

You mean Shadow of the Colossus clones and ripoffs.

[@shawnheatherly]

I'd probably actually play Genshin Impact if I could just pay $60 and everything just be unlocked instead of trying to play with RNG to get the stuff I want.

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

Understandable, but gacha games are more fun when you work with what you are given, makes you appreciate what is possible rather than whaling for the content, and unlike other p2w games, gacha games don't really require you to pay money, sure it helps, but if you are dedicated enough you won't need to.

[@starayurok]

dont play it, they put the character together with the weapon so when you want a certain character, chances are you gonna pull weapons instead (and shit ones at that).

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

@@starayurok Thats the point baby~

[@SimonSater]

Eh, it's kind of a compromise, as the game is not yet complete and needs support to keep going (like a game as service, sort of). It's still quite enjoyable without spending money tho

[@monikererror]

honestly yeah, i dont have time to dedicate hours to grind for stuff gacha.

[@mqfii8992]

12:53 Austin: **Creates an awesome boat that goes super fast** (Even faster) Shark: "Halt! You're having too much fun!"

[@Bell.-]

I've been playing a stupid amount of genshin impact.

[@PhantomUzu]

Same here. I’m AR 49. He is wrong about saying areas are restricted by the AR. It’s just those areas aren’t available yet. He didn’t do his research properly.

[@JPOG7TV]

It’s crack for me. I haven’t left my house. It’s not even lockdown, I just can’t leave the game.

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@JPOG7TV Welcome to gacha games, enjoy your permanent residency.

[@dain6633]

@@freshlymemed5680 AHAHHAHAHAH

[@garenmix365]

@@freshlymemed5680 Only way you can leave is to convince yourself that it's not worth it and play another game (gosh why did I return to gacha gaming for a botw ripoff)

[@eduardmazilescu3846]

While the gatcha system in genshin impact does suck, and the way it limits your gameplay, to say that it's absoluteley necesarry is absolutely wrong. The main story isn't that hard, you can complete it with free characters no problem.

[@jazz_hands6579]

Not to mention they give away free crystals all the damn time. Been playing for 3 months and i've been able to do 9 10 draw pulls, not much but much more than enough to get good characters if you find the base ones lackluster

[@LDungeon]

Clones and Rip-offs? They're just expansions of this new genre botw started, just like Demon Souls created the souls-like genre

[@PaulHofreiter]

I mean some of them are really liberally taking a looot from Zelda. But you’re right, and BotW didn’t somehow create open world exploration either so while it’s fair to criticize some games as clones you have to be pretty careful to know the game week enough to see if it just shares a genre like Genshin or is more of a ripoff like Oceanhorn.

[@AJ-po6up]

Well it's not so weird to call other games that copy the mechanics and graphics of another game "clones", just like for a long time in the 90s FPS games were called Doom clones. Most of these games are indeed almost clones of botw anyways.

[@nisnast]

@@AJ-po6up same thing happened with sandbox (now open world) games, back in the day they just called them GTA clones, pretty sure someday soon someone will invent a name for this new genre of open world game mixed with immersive sims.

[@solid_justice5855]

@@AJ-po6up well then you could call Zelda Botw also a clone technicly. Becasue they did not invent the mechanics and copied them from other games. As Austin says as soon as i see a stamina bar and glidiing i call it a Botw clone. Well Shadow of The colossus did that years before Botw

[@AJ-po6up]

@@solid_justice5855 True, Botw is a mix of a bunch of other games and a very good one at that, but I guess is about the most successful and known ones that perfected the mechanics that they copied, you could argue that Doom was a clone or spiritual successor of Wolfenstein yet people only credited Doom because it was more popular and well known and more polished, same with Dark Souls, it incorporates lots of mechanics seen before but in a very good and unique way, the problem with the clones of these successful games is that they pretty much copy these games way too closely without adding much, except a coat of paint and new story, hence why they're Doom, Dark Souls or BOTW clones, they just don't take some game mechanics, they take everything.

[@sewasify]

Dissapointed you didnt mention how good Genshin's music is. That was the biggest surprise for me

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

Ikr?

[@ionfollowhoes5860]

he didnt play

[@PaulHofreiter]

It sounds like he didn’t play much of it and is using it to put in the thumbnail and video to get more views. But I agree, the music is phenomenal.

[@BamfIamone]

@@PaulHofreiter he said he put 20 hours in

[@DavidAgudeloWeely]

Too be completely honest here, most people don't know but all of the music in Genshin is actually renditions of popular music from the regions and time period they are trying to replicate with changes here and there. You hear it the most when you are between the cities as the city music is tailor made yet still sounds extremely uninspired

[@ikoukuhn]

I see Aokana on your library, I see you're a man of culture as well...

[@DienerNoUta]

A good taste

[@Reuizi]

2nd that

[@matthewbraith0411]

A great anime must have a great game... well most of the time.

[@devonstoomuch]

hey sucrose wtf? im pulling on ventis banner right now 😂

[@notprimrose263]

Wait, genshin has harsh rates? I have a few things to say about the entire genshin section of this video, but this in particular is just stupid. The gacha isn't nesessary. Look at eniviosity or bwaap, who use only the initial characters given to you (amber, xiangling, Barbara, kaeya, lisa, MC) and are absolutely crushing this game. I'm free to play myself and pretty much all content in the game is easily beatable. Next, about the EXP books. You get those normally, and dont need to resort to the Gacha to get them. Also, how are the rates harsh? You're guaranteed a 4 star every 10 pull (the 4 stars in this game are absolutely nuts. I've seen Beidou casually one shot bosses off of a single counter, and Ningguang is literally a walking nuke. Almost every 4 star in the game can be insanely valuable, you just need to not be a dumbass and actually build them correctly) and every 90 pulls you're guaranteed a 5 star. How the fuck are those bad rates? Have you played summoners war? Have you played any other Gacha? Compared to almost any other gacha game, genshin is basically an angel. You've clearly never played any other Gacha if you unironically think genshin's rates are harsh. There is a lot wrong with this video unrelated to genshin as well, but if I picked apart this video and pointed out everything that was wrong, I would be here all night. Edit: here are some things I didn't initially catch. Adventure rank doesn't lock off parts of the game. The only things you need adventure rank for are ascensions, quests, domains, and world level increases. You can experience all content in the game at AR1 if you wanted to. I could make a new account and fight the cryo regisvine with a level 1 team if I wanted to. All adventure rank does is make you pace yourself and not rush to a world level that you aren't ready for yet, or enter a domain that's too high level for you. Most Gacha games and even most rpgs do this, just in a different way. Im starting to think this isn't a problem with genshin specifically and that you just hate Gacha games. Also some other major things wrong with this video that aren't related to genshin: the stamina based climbing thing was implemented in shadow of the colossus long before it was in BotW. Actually, most of the notable features you used to classify a game as a BotW clone were actually in other games before BotW.

[@camharkness]

Yeah. This video made me unsubscribe from him. Just the lack of any actual research just kill my enjoyment of his videos

[@wendra3676]

my guy do you even look at what you are writing firstly the 10 pull 4 star guarantee is in almost every single gacha game just because genshin has it that doesnt make it any special, not to mention that 4 star can be a weapon which isnt the thing you are rolling for on a *character* banner and that 90 pull 5 star guarantee is a 50/50 chance at the up rate character you need to pull 180 times to make sure you get the desired character and that my friend is absolute garbage for a pity system also what you are talking about is pity not actuall rates so do some fact checking first before you go writing shit like that the actual rates for 5 star charaters is 0.600% which is worse then FGO's gacha rates, a game notorious for its garbage rates secondly AR does lock parts of the world away from the player stormterror's lair is locked till you reach a certain part of the story in mondstad and inazuma is completly locked until you finish liyue's story story which is locked behind AR and thirdly AR is there to draw out the nonexistant game time of the game not to "pace you" the powerspike the enemeies get after WL 5 is absurd and you have no way of knowing that it will be so harsh on you just because you wanted to progress not to mention the only way of getting stronger is doing the same boring dungeon over and over again like a 100 times to *maybe* get an srtifact that has the stats you need and to even start grinding the ones that are worth it you need to get to a higher WL this is what i hate about you genshin fans that you cant even take a good look at game you are playing and its issues it has you are just drooling over it like some dumb dogs while sucking mihoyo's dick and before you come saying that im just another genshin hater or that i hate gacha games A) while what i mentioned above and many other things are massive issues in the game i do acknowledge the good in the game which is the exploration of the world i absolutely loved exploring inazuma and im actively waiting for part to to release cuz its fun as well as the world itself they built with its characters in it which makes me want to know more and B) i play 4 other gacha games other then genshin and im enjoying them

[@myelin4100]

uh stamina based climbing is not original to botw

[@JiF28]

its not even original to that game in the series, was literally in skyward sword

[@jonettheonly]

Adventure Rank doesn't lock areas in Genshin Impact, it only locks Domains.

[@Kenshin6321]

Yeah, he didn't actually play (or pay attention) long enough before putting that in his video.

[@jazz_hands6579]

Yeah, game is really feckin good and it honestly kinda hurt to hear him shit on it, especially when its gacha mechanics are nowhere near as egregious as many other gacha games (not to mention you don't even need to spend any money because you get a character of each major vision type for exploration for free)

[@Benzinilinguine]

He also said "a mobile version is in the works" when I've been playing co-op with people on mobile since co-op was ADDED TO THE GAME.

[@dark-lord-vinay]

Those areas he shown are going to be unlocked over updates not AR restriction

[@starayurok]

@@jazz_hands6579 still gacha, and I'm not gonna spend precious time farming for gem and get angry/disappointed when I pull

[@meaninglez100]

Legend of Mana music, what a treat

[@MFutsure]

"Stamina based mountain climbing. Gee, I wonder where that came from." The game you're looking for is Shadow of the Colossus. Speaking of, BotW sure has a lot in common with SotC...where's the video about that?

[@Benzinilinguine]

T H A N K👏 Y O U👏

[@weregretohio7728]

Exactly, it's not like BotW is original in its own right. Certainly not the stamina shit. Just gets way too much credit for what it is.

[@PlayPodOG]

it doesn't really have a lot in common. its does way more of its own things. just cause it has stanima doesn't make it like shadow of the colossus

[@Azure_Iolite]

@@PlayPodOG but the stamina pretty much behaves exactly the same way, from climbing, swimming, and drawing your bow, just because BotW applied the stamina bar to a few extra abilities doesn't automatically make it a new mechanic

[@d_denragon]

What if we say BoTW is a Minecraft clone? 🤣

[@RizztooHard]

The crazy part is the Palworld developers also made craftopia

[@youare5907]

Really hope peoples definitions of clone evolves from this "they have x similar thing that isn't a huge factor to the story or game".

[@ArandZyrus]

The Legend of Mana soundtrack is definitely underrated. In fact, Legend of Mana in general is underrated. Props to Yoko Shimomura.

[@GomerJ]

I feel like any anime/cartoonish style action game is immediately labeled a BotW clone as if there hadn’t been any before, it’s gotten a bit overkill. The trailer for Genshin as one example looked like a straight up rip but honestly besides a few overlapping mechanics it’s not as similar as people make it out to be from my time with it. I don’t think climbing, gliding and cooking automatically makes something a BotW knockoff (though there are absolutely some out there as there are for any big game), and while BotW has a distinct art style that’s wholly it’s own, it certainly didn’t invent the more broad strokes of it which have been around forever. Not saying there aren’t clones and knockoffs, but it’s gotten over the top with how many games immediately get called one.

[@valkyrie1138]

The craziest part about it is that, zelda fans hate Genshin, but Nintendo doesn’t. Some of the voice actors even play characters with relevant roles in Genshin. But nothing can be similar in this world, right? So burn it down and throw your computer out the window.

[@nikgeniuses6856]

@@valkyrie1138 I'm a Zelda fan, and I had similar views before playing Genshin... Only to realize that it's a completely new experience. The storyline sold it for me. The fact that it has similar elements to Botw just means that I enjoy it more, since I liked botw. But yeah, I don't exactly like zelda fans taht call the game a ripoff straight from the get go.

[@khangchu57]

Nintendo is even putting the game on the Switch lmfao

[@Viitor550]

0:59 WICH IS a take on the manga Battle Royale

[@GamersInHellOnYt]

Small nitpick... 1:47 Stamina based mountain climbing has been a long term game mechanic. zelda didnt create it >> look at shadow of the collosus or even monster hunter. Same with glider. I've played MMORPGs with the same gliders/wings that act the same. While Zelda may have made these niche mechanics "mainstream" they didn't create it , so saying any game that has this is =zelda clone is a bit much.

[@camharkness]

Exactly

[@NathanWoyessa]

Its not a zelda clone, Its a breath of the wild clone.

[@anon1692]

Your nitpick doesn't work here. One he wasn't talking about just stamina based mountain climbing, if he was the list would go on and on. He's talking about the little icon that all these games have near their character when they start climbing. Shadow of the Colossus nor do Monster Hunter have it near them. Its near their health bar. Same goes for the glider. Gliders don't use stamina in any other games before Breath of the Wild. Those that do are in this video.

[@anon1692]

@@camharkness Not exactly

[@camharkness]

@@anon1692 he did say at the start that stamina based mountain climbing was a botw thing. So yes it does work here. He should have worded the start better. And before you say anything I've been watching this dude for years. So I'm not just some ass coming to give him hate.

[@LilBoyHexley]

Genshin Impact is a perfect example of what a plague the F2P model can be. Like, why can't you just decide to pay $60 upfront not to worry about any of those elements? Because they need to continuously push players to spend more than they expect to.

[@daymi7300]

because they wouldn't be able to fund the game otherwise. genshin is a live service game that already has a 4 year road map of consistent updates, patches and huge expansions. it costs millions to maintain every year thus the scummy monetization practices.

[@Nekoszowa]

Because no one would buy it.

[@ceecee7465]

In terms of Genshin and its pay wall, it depends on the person and how well they planned ahead their progression. You absolutely do not need to spend any money to progress in the game. I haven't and I'm already Adventure Rank 50+. I haven't struggled with any of the games content playing solo. This is primarily because of my obsession with planning ahead and future proofing myself, which isn't hard to do in Genshin.

[@Azure9577]

The average person doesn't do that

[@TheRageng]

Nerd

[@fiboxx6813]

yeah, you can play it without paying, only that you will need 500 h to almost everything, all in the game is long for no reason, the enemies are literal trash programated, im ar 33 and i never died, not even need to teletransport, the game is farming farming farming with no reason because the world also levels up, making no difference

[@Azure9577]

@@fiboxx6813 this comment says it all

[@ceecee7465]

@@fiboxx6813 not even sure why you're playing since it sounds like you dont even enjoy it lol

[@kalladerexperimentx983]

Zelda games steal idea themselves, they are not the first to do gliding mechanism or the cooling system, both was in older game like Cube world and Ni no kuni etc. Peoples give Nintendo credit without doing research at all

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Breath of the Wild is already anime in and of itself, but it's inspired by different anime. Genshin Impact is inspired by modern shounen anime while Breath of the Wild is inspired by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's films.

[@palqn_official]

Literally almost everything is anime and that is what scares me

[@amirgarcia547]

Dayum, we’ve truly come full-circle if BotW, an almost 4-year old game, is now getting clones.

[@omrydadon67]

That peelander z shirt... I knew you were my secret long lost brother.

[@mamasboyproductions1463]

Bike bike bike

[@Gameslinga]

That Final Fantasy 9 music fit perfectly!

[@LutraLovegood]

Using wings to glide is clearly a rip-off of Soul Reaver (1999)

[@ryujigaming6888]

I'm currently at AR39 and I still don't have a 5* character. Genshin Impact is still one of my favourite games.

[@WakkaMadeInYevon]

You should have hit the pity by now. Are you splitting your pulls between the three banners instead of going all in on Event, or are you saving? 39 and no 5 star has to be one of the two. I'm F2P (Considering Welkin) and the free pulls from 1.2 will get me to my Standard pity, and I expect to hit my next Event pity around February.

[@ryujigaming6888]

@@WakkaMadeInYevon I'm waiting for the ascension awards to come out. I should be able to reach my pity with it. The problem is that I kept swapping between banners. If I stayed on the standard I would have a 5* by now. Also F2P.

[@WakkaMadeInYevon]

@@ryujigaming6888 Yeah I get that. I made some mistakes early on with Primogems on the Standard banner (luckily not going too far in). If the 1.0 rewards for AR7 were still available, I would have restarted, but too far in now. Anyway, after you hit the standard pity, I would recommend only spending Primogems on the Event banners. The 90 pity on Event can only give you characters, the standard pity can give you weapons. Thus, it's way more valuable to do pulls on the Event. My friend went hard on the Standard banner and got a 5 star Claymore for his pity. It's a good weapon, so he isn't too salty, but he wishes he'd stuck to the Event banners instead.

[@yonaskurnia8644]

@@ryujigaming6888 dude, aim for event banner instead of standard. In event banner you can't get 5* weapons, only 5* characters

[@ryujigaming6888]

@@yonaskurnia8644 That's what I'm doi g now. 1 or 2 days after my comment I ended up getting Keqing which I'm very happy about.

[@faisalal-gethar9967]

Breath of the wild is a rip off of shadow of the colossus Zelda Botw doesn't have complex dungeons like the other zelda games just a massive open world which is good

[@the9file]

just started botw, realizing how jank xenoblade x is

[@arfarfarf256]

Yeah that one wasn't fun to me. Cool looking though

[@BerryBabaBear]

I think there should be classification based on term: 'Rip-off', 'Clone', and 'Inspired'.

[@PaulHofreiter]

Agreed, I thought Genshin was a clone before I actually started playing it and there are similarities to other games like Nier Automata as well - it takes inspiration from a number of games whereas some of these in the video are absolutely clones of Zelda games.

[@shubhod9569]

@@PaulHofreiter lol genshin is just as much a copy as the other games they just got you in the palm of their hands with the waifus. Idk how you could call the other games rip offs and genshin "inspired", nah genshin is literally botw with anime tropes slapped on top. The story beats are basically lifted straight from their previous game and the quest to find your missing twin is such a cliche hook. These games are all rip offs and clones and genshin doesnt get a free pass for copy pasting some generic anime plotlines on top

[@PaulHofreiter]

@@shubhod9569 when the gameplay is different then it isn’t a clone and botw isn’t the first game that did what it did despite what fans think. Just take the combat for example - it plays totally differently and just because something vaguely resembles another game aesthetically doesn’t make it a clone. The glider was the most similar thing imo but there were games with similar flying mechanics before botw too, as well as other open world games before botw and so on. If anything, botw fans are blind to the fact that it took elements from games that existed before it and then call anything that they see as even remotely similar a Zelda clone. One of the games in the video (I forget which one, they are so unremarkable) literally advertises itself as a zelda like experience, has a single protagonist with a blue shirt and tan pants, the whole thing was ripped off to capitalize on people wanting more botw. I remember when Oceanhorn came out they did something similar advertising like a Zelda game because at the time it was the only game on phones offering that. Botw was not the first game with gliders, with a bright color palate, with open world exploration etc. It did combine many elements into a great game (though light on the story unfortunately) but it seems like Zelda fans are blinded a bit by their allegiance and quickly criticize other games as being clones - I can understand because before I played Genshin I thought the same thing and thought this was another game trying to copy and paste botw. There are too many differences to call it one of those games though and the only people who would say so are either 1) Zelda brand loyalists or 2) people who haven’t played Genshin enough to see the difference. Oh and you covered part of my point already by noting the storytelling differences so thanks for helping me there, and I’m guessing you haven’t played through the story based on your criticisms but I understand that liking it is subjective (though if you watch anime then you don’t have a right to criticize this for tropes since anime is rife with them). If you really want to get that hate boner going you should add how they ripped off Nier Automata’s combat elements and disappearing weapons too, maybe go into how it ripped off the dodge mechanic from whatever the very first game was that implemented sprint dodging with i frames, go into the first game that had an element system that let you combine elements for more effect or traverse the world differently, or that pitted elements against each other. Because those are all things that aren’t in botw but I’m sure you could scrape together an argument if you found enough games that actually did these things first, therefor making any subsequent game a clone. Oh but wait, if you did that then it would be clear where botw copied other games too...it’s almost like copying and building on previous games is both expected and good because it refines gameplay elements and elevates them as they evolve over time and combine into different games, pushing development and making more enjoyable experiences.

[@DivineeTray]

2 months later we still callin Genshin a botw clone ok.... Botw fans cant stop i see

[@duntemdraws310]

As much as I enjoyed BOTW, after playing Genshin (and getting slightly obsessed because I just love the genre), I saw how it was its own thing despite the BOTW inspiration. It's legit a great game.

[@DivineeTray]

@@duntemdraws310 cause what genshin does is it uses graphics that are similar and mechanics like gliding and stamina to attract those zelda fans in but then uses it own lore gameplay loop and mechanics to make u stay So many look at the surface and say oh its a clone when its not if u play for more than a couple hours especially with characters and the content id say a game that copied botw more is fenyx rising

[@jasondphoenix]

Genshin impact is like a freemium BOTW demo... While it is fun, it's got the standard gacha energy crap and kinda lacks content at the moment.

[@camharkness]

Lacks content? Either I'm an idiot or we both played different games

[@jasondphoenix]

@@camharkness the content is minimalistic at best.

[@camharkness]

@@jasondphoenix tons of side quests, daily quests, special events, big open world to explore, a good story, mini games. Dungeons to fight through. Chests to find. Wilowisps to help get to its areas to get a reward Guess I'm just easily impressed since this doesn't seem minimalist

[@jasondphoenix]

@@camharkness daily quests are done in a few minutes, chests rewards are ridiculous and once you're done with the side quests the only tings left are restricted by the resin... And the story ain't that good either, the Liyue part was very weak, where most of the time was spent on planing a funeral.

[@camharkness]

@@jasondphoenix to each their own. I personally lie the game and have a lot of fun with it. I like the story and dont think its lacking. So. I'm sorry I guess.

[@ninja_tony]

As someone else said below, grinding is NOT a paywall. You can play Geshin Impact hundreds of hours without paying a penny, and nothing that you CAN pay for is required. The only things that are actually paid content are cosmetic items that are entirely optional. Grinding for gear or stats is not the same thing at all. Now, we could argue whether grinding is good or not, or what actually separates the two, but no matter how you cut it, grinding is not the same thing as a paywall. If you aren't required to pay real money at any point in the game, there is no paywall.

[@anyok8045]

Cosmetic items aren't behind paywalls yet. The only cosmetics genshin has are gliders and you can unlock those via the reputation reward system or playing through the story. There's another glider coming in the 1.2 update that is also free..

[@yonaskurnia8644]

The only paid content in genshin afaik is bp related items like bp 4 star weapons and bp name card

[@Nick-rf2dm]

"As soon as a game has climbing and gliding I think of it as a botw clone." A certain mobile game already has those and I'm pretty sure it came out before botw. And what's more is that it's not even an action/adventure rpg. It's a battle royale game called cyber hunter. So does that mean that botw is a cyber hunter clone? Or is it the other way around?

[@camharkness]

Shadow of the colossus also had stamina based climbing, and that was a ps2 game.

[@andrewbrock3675]

BotW didn't invent openworld/sandbox games or rpg's. What? If anything Zelda is a Hydelide clone, lmao.

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

It's not..sorry

[@garrickkthegreat5762]

There is no pay wall in genshin. I have been 100% free to play and have made it to end game. All the stuff you are saying is a paywall are things you have to grind to get, not buy.

[@panda_7714]

Genshin Impact is like the best Tales Of series in a while and a good "BOTW clone" at the same time.

[@lucasLSD]

We need waaaay more character episodes for that tales of comparison.

[@aidanpro673]

6:45 the better clone😂

[@Victory1456]

??

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

It is

[@darkknightnate]

Oh man, that Final Fantasy Mystic Quest music! 🤎

[@shadowreaperjb]

Craftopia is like 50% an asset flip, they use so many generic assets and barely make an effort to make them fit, it's why the art style seems janky and why the tables in the dungeons are not even close to.the right proportions

[@NickBLeaveIt]

5:04 What do you think Sly Cooper's paraglider is?! Chopped liver?

[@rikustorm13]

Bruh true

[@nekopunchi9793]

lmao, i felt the exact same way about Genshin. I was freaking awed by the game......for the first 10 hours. Then it was like "Why couldn't this just be a normal game?" "Why must I continue to suffer getting weapons and characters I have no interest in using while missing the characters I want and weapons I need?" but most importantly "OH GOD THE DANCING BUNNY IS SO GOD DAMN COOL!!" .....ahem....I mean, "Wish, I didn't have to wait a whole damn day just to fight a boss, to maybe get an item to upgrade my weapon/character/talents." P.S. Xinyan is bae, and I hate this game for not giving me her, Mona and Qi Qi....

[@Pohatarunic6]

I think thats the strength and weakness of a gacha genre, you will find it very difficult to get what you want, but then you get more attached to the characters you do get and then try to make your own best combos with what you currently have instead of just looking for the best team comps and using those from the start. For progression yeh its very slow so it requires a lot of planning and not spreading your upgrades on too many characters, so if someone isn't decisive and keeps trying to upgrade a lot of characters they will have a harder time than picking 4-6 characters they like and only upgrading those the entire time with their limited resin.

[@Saule.j0n]

genshin is not a zelda clone!

[@Victory1456]

It is

[@chopper3875]

It is

[@gothtaku6666]

I still search 4 Kingdom Hearts clones and RIP offs

[@aidandix7296]

Thing is with genshin, I've had no trouble as a low cost (I've spent barely anything and i barely use the "better characters"), and sure there is a grind but anything that matters is completely free, it just takes time And you can explore the entire map at adventure rank 0, and then you can farm the dungeons for items and alot of adventure rank, that gives you items and quests, it's quite f2p friendly

[@davidavila3846]

Just is clear he didnt actually play lol

[@denodinodadinosaur1338]

Genshin fan be like : legend of never land why you copy us! Zelda: Look your self!

[@NexusNine]

You could not have been more wrong about Genshin. I have literally been playing since day one, and I have not spent a single penny on the game. I have competed ALL content up until this point. I have 42 characters. You absolutely do NOT need to pay to progress. If you do, you're impatient, plain and simple.

[@jackson5116]

Nintendo: Other companies are cloning our game, what will we do? Why not clone it ourselves, and charge $90 for it? Nintendo managers: Done and done!

[@RowinMarkov]

Genshin Impact looks like it would be my damn jam if they just, took the FTP crap, put it in a dumpster and then just put a price tag on what they had left.

[@enrkm85]

You know what's really funny with Immortals? The tag line in the epic store is "If Zelda and Assassin creed had a baby" Not joking

[@Kenshin6321]

I truly have no idea why people call Genshin Impact a breath of the wild clone. They don't feel remotely similar. Are all open world anime games gonna be called breath of the wild clones now?

[@ChaosZero1031]

It's starting to creep up their alongside Dark Souls & Grand Theft Auto as the things people will lazily compare something to just cause it seems similar, no matter how minor those similarities are. "Oh it's slightly difficult, it's clearly a Souls rip-off." "It's set in a city, it's a GTA rip-off."

[@fakeigniz13]

Gatcha put me right off genshin. Don't want to hit that wall, don't want to get sucked in

[@fastasgaupthebargaining7174]

Lol know that feeling laugh when I get a character with earned currency to do a spawn that payed players spends thousands to get a specific character then i end up getting that sought after character what a treat

[@someiraniandudez5886]

What wall? I'm a ar lvl 48 player and am f2p. Finished most content on genshin and waiting for the new update.

[@nikgeniuses6856]

@@someiraniandudez5886 Same here, f2p AR 45. Difference is, I somehow still have a lot of quests and content that I would most definitely fall behind when the next update coms out.

[@FanDethklok]

As soon as you mentioned hitting the Genshin Impact wall hit i got a Genshin Impact ad. Gorgeous.

[@vincenzopaollogrieco9385]

Sometimes playing Genshin Impact i can kind feel like at some point in the development this was going to be a "normal game" like a normal action RPG beath of the wild like, especially on some of the story events, the way the character interect make me think that way, especially Mona and maybe she was going to be a part of the main character party

[@DivineeTray]

If it wasnt free nobody would play it as much as everyone likes to say nobody wouldn't pay 60 dollars for genshin at release

[@jazz_hands6579]

@@DivineeTray honestly though? Hell yes I would have

[@DivineeTray]

@@jazz_hands6579 a majority of ppl wouldnt have thats its main apeal to many so u may think oh it should just be 60 dollara but that wouldnt work who paying for A 60$ half done game

[@jazz_hands6579]

@@DivineeTray many people, that's why early access games are so popular, same thing with pre ordering games that you can't even play yet

[@DivineeTray]

@@jazz_hands6579 wheather u like it or not f2p is very attractive to many compared to 60 Especially to the younger ppl or ppl i their teens who dont have money to blow

[@aisadal2521]

I've been waiting for this! Especially with Immortal Fenyx Uprising being released recently!

[@IllMatic97]

How is it? Honest question.

[@WolfPlisken]

@@IllMatic97 my husband has really enjoyed it since I got it for him on launch. He’s beat the story already and has just been doing all the other stuff now, has put a ton of time into it

[@Ennahdee]

@@WolfPlisken I love it, especially considering I've never played BotW but really wanted to

[@SimpleSlave]

Immortals: Fenyx Rising is in fact not just a clone of Breath of the Wild but the Kid Icarus game Nintendo never made. ...Because Nintendo hates their fans... 👍👌So Sad!!!👌👍

[@RyukoFanBoy]

Me:*looks at Fenyx rising* wOw ThE nEw BrEaTh oF tHe WiLd LoOkS gReAt

[@bowserkeep]

The adventurer rank in Genshin only blocks quests and stuff. From the moment you're allowed to go anywhere you *can* go anywhere that is currently released (because as of the current version there's only Liyue and Mondstad, Inazuma is coming in 2.0 update though.)

[@darienb1127]

Crafttopia feels like it wants to be EVERYTHING, but it succeeds at nothing. it's gonna be one of those early access games that just stays in limbo for all eternity.

[@byoutifulmonster]

Dat Dark Cloud Music tho

[@Andrex2311]

Are all metroidvanias metroid and castelvania clones? Are all battle royals PUBG clones? I'm just saying, it's with "clones" that's a new genre of games can be made.

[@maxchaos44]

I don't get it. Why is grinding a "paywall". You don't buy the the majority of items with irl money. That's deliberately misleading. It' grindy with mobile game daily login systems in place, but leveling up and getting crafting items aren't something you pay for. I don't understand why you westerners equate "grind" with "pay" in games that don't even necessitate payment for level ups. You're probably gonna dismiss this and ignore it like the majority of people who make this same statement though :/

[@ninja_tony]

I agree with you. I think for SOME people, it's a matter of wanting instant gratification. A lot of younger gamers just want everything NOW NOW NOW, so anything that challenges them to be patient tends to annoy. It's certainly not a "paywall". A paywall is quite literal in what it is. If you are paying in time, it's not a paywall.

[@marxmanw3877]

lmao he did, he's a scrub lord.

[@Meta9871]

What did you expect, he literally called Genshin "anime botw" as if it had anything to do with botw beside the graphics. This man is a bipedal sentient turd

[@maxchaos44]

@@Meta9871 He pulled a jwitz and went in tosomething he didn't understand and tried to act like he knew something. I love this guy's content but christ.

[@SallyBerry9]

I know I’m 2yrs later, but I think Genshin has really cut down on the monetary aspect. I’ve played about 30-40hrs so far and I’ve never felt like I need to pay money, and therefore I haven’t. I’m sure back when it launched it was probably worse!

[@SilentSky1992]

I personally think that Genshin Impact improved on everything botw did. I'd choose Genshin over any Zelda game any day

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

Personally , I like Zelda better

[@tj5425]

Genshin would be such a good game without the gacha mechanics

[@PaulHofreiter]

The gacha mechanics don’t affect the meat of the game at all. You can play the main story and side quests without even using the gacha if you wanted to, though just by playing you get resources to summon new characters. People whale hard on it but it’s very f2p friendly compared to other gachas.

[@tj5425]

@@PaulHofreiter yeah it does effect the game. A lot.

[@duntemdraws310]

@@tj5425 After reaching lvl21, I can say it doesn't yet. The only gacha stuff is characters and fancy weapons, I'm sure you can manage even with shit luck.

[@jNetDowling]

Holy SHIT, Austin, you're wearing a Peelander-Z shirt! Those guys rule.

[@21stcenturyschizoidmana29]

Ah yes Genshin Impact, the one thing that will make you miss 90's Chinese

[@Yoshixandir]

For me I dont really mind clones as long as it has some uniqueness and if its fun

[@onelasada1707]

After playing the Liyue chapter. This game is not like BOTW and it's even better in my opinion.

[@nikgeniuses6856]

@@onelasada1707 As both an avid Botw and Genshin fan, I agree that the story in Genshin is definitely better than Botw's vague one, but man, the physics engine in botw is what makes it so fun for me. Both games are good in their own ways, definitely.

[@Nekoszowa]

@@nikgeniuses6856 Yeah no. Fuck the ragdoll physics that happen when dumbass Link gets hit by moblins and you have to wait 30 fucking seconds for him to get up. And fuck the weapons that have durability. I'd enjoy this game way more if those two things weren't a thing.

[@nikgeniuses6856]

@@Nekoszowa To each their own, but if the engines weren't the way they are, the things that made them fun won't happen. I mean, the level of anime epic scenes we can get from flying a tree directly to enemy camp, fly three boomerangs into a circle while going ultra instinct backflip is something on its own. (not saying i haven't died after getting rammed by a goat on a hill). The weapon durability is kinda annoying though. But honestly, without it, the game won't force you to play on your skills at all times. Really does make the world feel a lot more dangerous.

[@katofphats3689]

Genshin Impact sucked my soul out and now I run around bonking stuff with Diluc and haven't spent a single cent on this god forsaken game.

[@redfin382]

I love immortals, it's a really fun game. I didn't like BOTW weapon degradation. So immortals is right up my alley.

[@BigDreamsSmallWalletRC]

Yep agree enjoyed Immortals Fenyx Rising much more than Breath of the fart

[@dedecoVGMDJ]

is the sega exclusives on ps2 video on the works?

[@MySplatterhouse]

Immortals had me just because the weapons don't frickin' break!!! The character customization helps too.

[@Darth1Marik]

I dunno Craftopia to me seems more like a Breath of the Wild clone, it almost does everything BotW does 1:1. Genshin seems to be its own thing while having mechanics *INSPIRED* by BoTW. Such as stamina used for climbing, running and gliding. There's also the freezing cold mechanic but it's not like the temp meter from BoTW where you can protect yourself with warm clothing. There also seems to be a heat gauge that was only used for a single boss fight. The desert area doesn't do the heat bar. Outside of that Genshin doesn't really use anything else seen in BoTW. No weapon durability, no shrines(although some domains seem inspired by them) and no night/day cycle that affects what enemies appear(aka undead ones). Cooking is there too but it's different from BoTW but does share the food buffs. I'd say the BIGGEST difference being that BoTW was more hands off and let the player explore with minimal story interference and interaction while Genshin is the absolute opposite. Exploration is limited until certain story elements have been cleared and the story is a LARGE part of the game and there are ALOT of cutscenes. I used to unfairly judge Genshin for being a BoTW clone but after experiencing the game it's honestly a game inspired by BoTW. Though I refuse to pay a single dollar to that game XD, I don't NEED waifus. You can play the game just fine for free. Sure it takes longer but a game having longevity for me isn't a bad thing.

[@chaoskitten57]

the fact you have Legend of Mana music going as background brings me great joy

[@TheBandoBandito]

Yo did you even actually PLAY Genshin Impact? It is way more than you make it out to be.

[@otaking3582]

It's even MORE predatory and boring!

[@archie7288]

Genshin impact was original, unlike trash zelda botw the copycat.

[@otaking3582]

@@archie7288 You're getting that backwards.

[@Bramme1991]

Fenyx rising has what Breath of the Wild missed AND never froze. But breath never froze on me either so....

[@brathering8644]

15:00 whens the Prinny review coming dood

[@AsakuraEX]

I need this lol

[@GenesHand]

Really sucks that Genshin Impact is online only and Free2play like that... if it was a full game I'd gladly pay the 60$ and even a season pass, but I hate the gacha model so I won't even try it.

[@FlyinTonite]

Genshin Impact is pretty awesome and calling it a botw clone is a disservice. While it shares some things with botw (which shares a lot of things with many other open world games) it has a better story and way better combat imo.

[@Rex13013]

I completely agree

[@purpleapple123]

I'm surprised " sky: children of the light" isn't in here

[@ArcRay20]

"Genshin is anime BotW" BotW already looks anime doesnt it? you gotta be more specific man!

[@ArcRay20]

@Pinchars ABitch really? it does to me. is the lighting system and shaders to blame?

[@Benzinilinguine]

It has an actual story with a full English voice cast Cutscenes that don't sound like Sims talking.

[@ArcRay20]

@@Benzinilinguine ????? i dont know which one you are referring as it fits neither or how that has to do with art style.

[@ThatFedoraGuyyy]

@@ArcRay20 I always thought genshin was just Xenoblade 2 but again lol, still having fun at ar 47 tho.

[@deadeye9741]

Stop defending anime We looked your videos and profile picture

[@Philospilos]

I know the video aged a bit but genshin impact has no paywall at 12 hours, that's not true! genshin impact actually isn't ptw since no pvp and you can clear even the hardest content with free gacha (abyss 36*). whales are only faster at clearing, that's it. Only thing I have to complain is after reaching a certain point in the game there is not that much left to do apart from waiting for new content since everything is resin restricted, what filles up over time. and the time restriction is probably not even as bad as some ppl claim. otherwise I would overdo it and drop the game after a while and also for the sake of playing not too much (around 1/2 hour a day if no new content, event, weekly or abyss reset).

[@PaulHofreiter]

There is absolutely no paywall to experience all of the story in Genshin unless you have character envy. You can complete literally all of the content f2p with only the free characters and that isn’t even counting the many characters you will randomly get as you play. That is including hard end game content but if you want to just do the story it is much less demanding of player skill compared to what someone like Enviosity does only using the base characters given in the story. To each their own if people like it or not, but I don’t agree with your “paywall at 10 hours” statement at all and it is pretty clearly untrue for anyone playing just for the story and side quests as if it was a single player game (and even for those who want to grind and do end game content it is totally doable f2p despite how hard people whale on it to get 7 copies of their favorite character or whatever)

[@BossEvasion]

Wait you can fight the gacha machine?! I shall call him Gamblor.

[@kaistephens2694]

God, it feels so weird to look back at the days when Genshin was being called a Zelda clone. It has definitely evolved far past that stage. I personally don't like it, but I can appreciate its worldbuilding and its characters and just... its aesthetic? Like, I do not like Genshin the Game, but Genshin the Story? Genshin the world? Even I'm enthralled.

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

While Immortals is a BOTW clone i started playing it today and ir's a good game that has enough to stand as it's own thing

[@seefuud2839]

16:59 GRANDIA II BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@fistedarnes3640]

The stamina based grip thing was from shadow of colossus

[@LutraLovegood]

And it was already in MGS 2 in 2001.

[@lipsontajgordongrunk4328]

This dude always shitting on my favorite final fantasy games

[@KingsNJenssons]

"anime breath of the wild" it's not like Zelda has a anime style or anything

[@ninja_tony]

It doesn't. I've been an anime fan and a Zelda fan for most of my life, and there's no "anime style" to BOTW. But I think your first mistake is in assuming there's such a thing as "anime style" in the first place. Anime has just as wide variety of styles as western cartoons or animation does. I feel like people always equate bright colorful images and girls with big eyes as anime, but that's not the norm and not the only style for anime. But in all actuality, BOTW has a much more western comic art style than it does anime.

[@Reuizi]

you need to have high profile Japanese voice actor to play not 1 or 2 , but a lot of character to categorise as "anime game" . Botw is not one of them