What games are the biggest rip-offs of others, and which is the worst?

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#1 incuensuocha
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There are games that, regardless of quality, clearly were developed as imitations of others. Dante's Inferno is an obvious imitation of God of War, and Singularity obviously stole a lot from Bioshock. The worst one that I personally experienced though is Quantum Theory. This blatant rip-off of Gears of War is so inferior to the original in every way that I literally laughed while playing the demo. I know, it's a demo, but if that was what they released as a representation of their game, then what does that say about the rest of the game. What do you thing are the biggest rip-offs, and is there one that just made you want to puke more than others?
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#2 ampiva
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StarFront: Collisions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrxwcVpZKs
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#3 KeithFerns
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

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#4 abuabed
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Van Hellsing possibly?
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#5 rzepak
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Quantum Theory is just about the only one I can think of. Singularity is not a rip off of Bioshock and Dantes Infero is not a rip off of GoW. They were avarage games in the same genre as the other two, but that doesnt make them rip offs. With Quantum Theory...you can see that its Gears of War by an eastern dev.

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#6 rzepak
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns

...I take it you have not played it or you would have noticed that MNC takes more from tower defense games.

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#7 DJ_Headshot
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Limbo of the lost copies oblivino and some other games very blatantly.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/12/limbo-of-the-lost-an-astonishing-tale/

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#8 DJ_Headshot
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And Forgot Deus Ex defiantly the biggest ripoff ever game is pretty much a carbon copy of doom!

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#9 Wanderer5
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns

I guessing you only took a look at the graphics and classes and not everything else.

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#10 Yangire
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First thing that popped into my head was Robopon.

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#11 OneSanitarium
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First thing that popped into my head was Robopon.

Yangire

Oh god, I remember that. Just Terrible.

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Gameloft, Maxplosion. Limbo of the Lost, "Lugaru".

"Lugaru" obviously being the worst. Shady ass people literally took the game and released it as their own.

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#14 GreenGoblin2099
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Super Mario Bros. 2 rips off Doki Doki Panic.

doki

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#15 Warhawk_
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This game which tried to be Super Mario Bros

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#16 OreoMilkshake
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameloft#Games_developed_or_published_by_Gameloft

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[QUOTE="KeithFerns"]

Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

rzepak

...I take it you have not played it or you would have noticed that MNC takes more from tower defense games.

Yup. It takes more from action-RPGs like DotA, HoN, and LoL than TF2.
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#18 Warhawk_
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First thing that popped into my head was Robopon.

Yangire

I'm surprised that Nintendo had even licensed this game.

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#19 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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Super Mario Bros. 2 rips off Doki Doki Panic.GreenGoblin2099
That's not really a rip-off, since they didn't copy DDP, they added Mario characters to it.
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#20 jg4xchamp
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns
the ****? Monday Night Combat is hardly a TF2 clone outside of maybe the cartoonish vibe of it.
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#21 glez13
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns

Someone didn't play MNC.:|

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#22 LegatoSkyheart
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns

Character Models just look the Same.

The Games themselves look like they Play VERY Differently.

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#23 dercoo
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Of this gen...

Dante's Inferno.

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#24 glez13
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[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]Super Mario Bros. 2 rips off Doki Doki Panic.IronBass
That's not really a rip-off, since they didn't copy DDP, they added Mario characters to it.

This. Hardly a rip off since SMB2 USA is basically DDP. Just some Mario characters sprites, some changes here and there, and you get a game that you would probably never play but now you can and probably will because it's a sequel of a big game, done.

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#25 Grovilis
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I guess Castlevania Lords of Shadow would be one, but I personally love it way more than God of War.

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#26 chapnzaba
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Dante's Inferno was pretty much a copy and paste of God of War II. They didn't even have the decency to at least make some of the smallest details original.
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#27 Thefatness16
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First thing that popped into my head was Robopon.

Yangire

Lol. What the hell is this.

Once you look at some of them, it kinda looks like Gamefreak used some of these designs as well. The 5th one on the 11th row looks like wailord and the 5th one on th 7th row sorta resembles nosepass.

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#28 Mr_Cumberdale
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I felt that Forza tried too much to be like Gran Turismo.
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#29 miless
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Almost every Gameloft game ever ( most of them are awesome tho). Juiced- NFSU . Red Dead Redemption ,although being an amazing game, ripped off Gun. Payback for the GBA and iP ripped off the first GTAs in that line of thought you might say Saints Row ripped off later GTAs. Stranglehold - Max Payne and so on

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#30 Twin-Blade
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Of this gen...

Dante's Inferno.

dercoo

Can't believe it took three pages before Dante's Inferno was mentioned.

I felt that Forza tried too much to be like Gran Turismo.Mr_Cumberdale

I think GT should start trying to copy Forza now.

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#31 TheOtherTheoG
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Halo, Call of Duty, Medal of Honour, Mass Effect, God of War, Need fo Speed - you name it, Gameloft's blatantly copied it :)
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#32 chocolate1325
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Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtle Smash up on Wii a bad rip off when compared to Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Sonic Racing games a bad rip off of Mario Kart

Sonic Unleashed a bad rip off compared to God of War

Sonic Shuffle a terrible rip off of Mario Party

3D Dot Game Heroes a Zelda clone in the making

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#33 hippiesanta
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Dead space is a rip off from RE4 Alone in the dark is a ripoff from Resident eviL1,2
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#35 badtaker
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Ea definitely wins when it comes to making ripped-off games create,dante inferno,MOH,shift,army of two
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#37 II_Seraphim_II
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns
Only in art style. The actual game has more in common with Dota than TF2 IMO.
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#38 speedfreak48t5p
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Medal of Honor trying to be Call of Duty. They failed miserably. :(

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#39 Ravensmash
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Monday Night Combat blatent TF2 ripoff

KeithFerns
Not sure if serious. Have you even played it?
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#40 Lord_Nas3k
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How many people need to reply, and say the same thing for that matter, to the same MNC/TF2 comment?

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#41 deactivated-5bda06edf37ee
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loads of God Of War/Devil May Cry copies. or what ever was the first one... they all play pretty much the same. even the new Castlevania went down that road...

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#42 KevinnButlerNPK
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Uncharted riped off Tomb Raider and Gears of War and the storyline of Raiders of the Lost Ark...

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#43 AsadMahdi59
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God of war probably has the most imitators in recent years if you ask me. God of War is also very similar to Rygar for the ps2.

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#44 Mr_Alexander
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Well like I've always said: Good artists copy, great artists steal -Mr_Alexander But still Duty Calls is pretty similar to CoD
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#45 meetroid8
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CoD, each game being virtually identical to the previous entry.
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#46 dotWithShoes
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CoD, each game being virtually identical to the previous entry.meetroid8
How much different can you get in a War based FPS? Perhaps they should have super powers other than being able to live through being shot up a lot?
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[QUOTE="meetroid8"]CoD, each game being virtually identical to the previous entry.dotWithShoes
How much different can you get in a War based FPS? Perhaps they should have super powers other than being able to live through being shot up a lot?

just look at Battlefields and Unreal Tournaments. you can do a lot to make it different. super powers would be a good start :D

the real problem is the "CoD-formula". if they are not going to alter it, then the situation will propably remain the same. altering it would make it not-CoD, so they are screwed.

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#50 cainetao11
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Dante's Inferno was pretty much a copy and paste of God of War II. They didn't even have the decency to at least make some of the smallest details original. chapnzaba
Agreed. And yet I liked DI. I guess it was the source material. I have read the Divine Comedy, and saw a great off b'way production of it in 1999. One of my favorite stories.