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The Top 7… shameless rip-offs

The games that stole from the best attempting to beat the rest

Words: Dave Meikleham, GamesRadar UK
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Amnesiac  - 2 months 29 days ago 
Holy hell, I thought I was the only person on earth who remembered Robopon.
jar-head  - 2 months 29 days ago 
If Dead Space copied from RE4...Then why do most gamers,(including myself0 Prefer Dead space over RE5? Hell, RE5 wasnt even Horror!
RonnyLive19881  - 2 months 29 days ago 
Hmmm... I liked Simpsons Road Rage loads more than Crazy Taxi! There is no competition for me Lol. Crazy Taxy was just down right boring...

Dead Space was amazing but didn't even touch the awesomness of the Resident Evil Franchise. Even RE5.
Schmegeggi  - 2 months 29 days ago 
I'm sorry, but Dead Space is a note for note rip-off of System Shock 2. That may be a bit old for your readers but far more accurate.
Cwf2008  - 2 months 29 days ago 
"A massive, resounding fifty foot yes perched atop the Empire State Building swatting down Pikachu-piloted biplanes."

Made me lol. Great article, but theres gotta be a reason none of us heard of Robopon...hmm...
Spybreak8  - 2 months 29 days ago 
Ahaha, Robopon, never heard of it!? Gotta love the mario kart like game, crazy wacky characters with lightning bolts lol.

Captcha: "baptize mother" nice
doomdude  - 2 months 29 days ago 
dude totally true about the pokemon ripoff and the mario kart one
coolbeans  - 2 months 29 days ago 
Pokémon came out in red blue and green then yellow came out with Pikachu following you around
linkganon  - 2 months 29 days ago 
i remember a part when snake says to send the guy from syphon filter or the guy from splinter cell in instead of him for a mission anyone can do, probabally implying they are worthless.
Tymiegie  - 2 months 29 days ago 
I have only played Dead Space and The Simpson's Road Rage. I loved Dead Space and I actually thought Simpson's was pretty good. Although I wasn't very critical of games back then since I played them casually so that is probably why I liked it. That and it was the Simpsons
Turkeykilla7  - 2 months 29 days ago 
Didnt every 3-D game rip off Super Mario 64. Come now lets not single out an amazing game like Banjo Kazooie
nightwalker62  - 2 months 28 days ago 
dead space was a RIVAL not a rip off
ELpork  - 2 months 28 days ago 
And the guy's that made robopon weren't sued why?
RedOutlive10  - 2 months 27 days ago 
To be honest, similarities aside Rare did a good job with Banjo games back then, the titles had a much bigger "charisma", and other details in the gameplay department that made them funnier for me.
gmilf71  - 2 months 27 days ago 
lol yes but in dead space its not a rip of cuz theres plenty of zombie/monster games, and all 3rd person games have over the shoulder aiming ex: starwars battle front, Ratchet and clank future, GTA, ect.
Englishman931  - 2 months 27 days ago 
The game even came in three different versions (Sun, Star and Moon), mimicking Pokémon Red, Green and Blue.

mimicking Pokémon Red, Green and Blue.

Red, Green and Blue.

Green
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wat
reaperman22  - 2 months 24 days ago 
banjo was more fun i reckon but you could add a lot more games to this blist especially for the mario cart one. just cause they change the characters and level textures doesnt make it any different
aatinko  - 2 months 24 days ago 
OMGosh dude, you hit that nail square on the head!

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MATTSHADOW  - 2 months 24 days ago 
i thought dead space was a very good game but simpsons road rage was indeed and rip off
BigBossOSE  - 2 months 23 days ago 
Darkwatch. That game was straight ganked from the Halo template. Before regenerating health was the popular thing to do, Darkwatch copied it, along with controls, weapons, and even system menus that were mirror imitations. It was almost fun to point out each little thing that mimicked Halo.
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