Current Events > Clone games are so lazy

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Nioh and Ashen to me are lazy because they just take dark souls and change some things around
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By that logic, literally every game today is a clone game of something
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Touch posted...

By that logic, literally every game today is a clone game of something

If all the reviews for a game says it's very reminiscent of another game, it's a clone game.

Here, from a review i just read
Ashen is not a terribly original game. But that doesn't make it a terrible game - in fact, far from it. As far as copycats and coattail riders go, it's possibly the best game to use the Dark Souls formula that isn't made by FromSoftware. Or at the very least, it's the most overt about the audience it's courting.

I'm really not kidding when I say Ashen wears the Souls influence on its sleeve. Estus Flask? Ashen calls it a Crimson Gourd, but it works the same. Bonfires? They're ritual stones now. Souls used as currency, lost upon death but able to be recovered next life? Here it's "scoria." Stamina-based combat with light and heavy attacks, plus an emphasis on dodge rolls? Literally the same control scheme. A story where you must reignite the world's heart to bring light to a dying world? The Souls games were never so opaque with their plot, but yeah.
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clone games can be fine if they're good

Nioh is good, Ashen doesn't sound good
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Touch posted...

By that logic, literally every game today is a clone game of something

This,

Also Nioh in it's own way is fine and tries its best to stand out.
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