NZGamer writes: "So we got our hands on a German copy of Giana Sisters for the DS. That is to say, the instructions and box are printed in German. Giana Sisters is still Giana Sisters, even in German. The game itself is in English. This isn't important context, but it does show you what we're up against sometimes. If I hadn't played Great Giana Sister on my Amiga 500 back in the day, I wouldn't have known what to expect. On the surface, Giana Sisters looks like a rip off of Super Mario Brothers. Oh wait. Wait..."
On this episode, Sayed Stafa and Jake talk about Killing Floor, Hard Corps Uprising, and then have a discussion on game rip-offs.
Rip offs are only bad if they are bad games, OR the company making them is actually out of ideas themselves.
All Stars Battle Royale can be called a rip off, but since fans were asking for it and it's shaping up to be a great game, I see no problem. And like I said, it's not like SCE is out of ideas - new IPs lead the way.
Dorkly writes: "Hi everybody! Sophie Prell won’t be joining us today. Instead, allow me to introduce myself in her stead. I am Sofia Bell, video game journalist, humor writer, and just plain good-lookin’ gal on the Internet. My lawyer has advised me to state that, for the record, I have never heard of Sophie Prell, and any similarities between my own writing and hers are purely coincidental. That disclaimer firmly – and totally legally! – out of the way, I thought I’d bring with my introduction a present. Dear Dorkly, I give you seven of the most blatant video game rip-offs of all time!"
Well it's true, the original Saints Row was for the most part a GTA clone.
I mean yeah it wasn't as serious as GTA4 and had moments that were just pure win the design choices for the most part were rather safe. Being mostly guys in suits or regular clothing.
SR2 is where it started accepting the ridiculousness and The Third outwardly embraces it. I mean look at the differences in style of the gangs you face.
From 2 suits and a bunch of punks, to a voodoo dealing suit a samurai and a tattooed up hulk of a man in a monster truck to a Luchadore, Twin 20th century Pimps, and Hackers that can fight in a Tron like world.
tl;dr
Volition was playing safe and experimenting the integration of silly with each iteration. The first being the safest, a clone of a successful franchise until it became it's own unique blend.
Gamereactor writes: "First a history lesson: The Great Giana Sisters was originally released for Amiga, Atari and other systems back in 1987. The Giana sister jumps on enemies, breaks rocks with her head and with the help of a power-up she turns into a "punk" and gains the ability to throw fireballs. Heard it before? Of course you have, since the game was a totally shameless copy of Super Mario Bros".
