{"id":47684,"date":"2012-11-23T10:06:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=47684"},"modified":"2012-11-23T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T08:08:00","slug":"5-shameless-rip-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/47684-5-shameless-rip-offs","title":{"rendered":"5 shameless rip-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but sometimes flattery can go a little far.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve rounded up some of the gaming industry&#8217;s hidden gems that borrow a little more than they give.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we\u2019re not saying these games are bad, they\u2019re just lazy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Adventurer<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to not love Uncharted. The series has sparked other developers to kick it into gear if they want to compete with Naughty Dog\u2019s cinematic action\/adventure franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Polish studio The farm51 definitely love Uncharted, even if they don\u2019t want to admit it. Their game, \u201cAdventurer\u201d, features a good-looking male treasure-hunter and elderly moustachioed sidekick as they travel into a jungle in search of a lost artefact. Hmmmm\u2026 sounds familiar.<\/p>\n<p>The game does have some unique qualities, such as taking form of a FPS as opposed to a third-person adventure game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41132 aligncenter\" title=\"Adventurer\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Adventurer-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">3D Cartoon Land: Safari<\/h3>\n<p>The Apple App store is known to be home of a lot of clones and imitation games, but there are some releases that are so blatantly similar that it\u2019s borderline criminal.<\/p>\n<p>One game in particular, 3D Cartoon Land: Safari, may have a relatively original name, but that\u2019s where it ends.<\/p>\n<p>3D Cartoon Land: Safari is described as a \u201cunique game\u201d in which you \u201cquickly jump over obstacles and collect coins\u201d \u2013 its also a mind-blowing rip-off of Mario\u2019s 3DS adventure, Super Mario Land 3D.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful though, as the game\u2019s developer Jiang Zhi warns: \u201cAn angry tortoise could bite you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we\u2019re jumping the gun and the game is actually pretty good. Louie82y played some 3D Cartoon Land: Safari, and wrote a customer review:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best f**king game I have EVER played. Highly original, TONS O FUN. Strap on your hardhat and fixed clogged toilets in these intricately designed levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44743 aligncenter\" title=\"3D Cartoon land header\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/3D-Cartoon-land-header-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">War Z<\/h3>\n<p>We hate to label War Z, because the fact of the matter is that it looks pretty damn cool and we\u2019ll definitely play it; but there\u2019s no denying where it got its inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden boom that is the ARMA 2 mod DayZ exceeded the expectations of the game\u2019s own creator, and the guys behind War Z saw this and jumped on that flesh-decaying bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p>The War Z devs were probably also pretty\u00a0embarrassed\u00a0when it was revealed that they had copy-pasted the League of Legends terms of use agreement, without even changing the text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47685 aligncenter\" title=\"War Z screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/War-Z-screenshot-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Buttuta<\/h3>\n<p>As seen with Adventurer, Uncharted seems to be a game that \u201cinspires\u201d a lot of developers.<\/p>\n<p>Unearthed : Trail of Ibn Buttuta is another example of this, as this Arabic-developed adventure game shares an uncanny resemblance to that of Nathan Drake\u2019s adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Unearthed has everything you\u2019d expect from an Uncharted game \u2013 fighting, shooting, platforming and stealth, albeit with a little more facial hair and sketchy animations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/unearthed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47686 aligncenter\" title=\"unearthed\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/unearthed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/unearthed.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/unearthed-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/unearthed-250x147.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Armed Heroes Online<\/h3>\n<p>Armed Heroes Online didn\u2019t even try and add a goatee or Arabic accent to any of its characters, as the developers practically ripped the character assets straight from Runic Games\u2019 RPG Torchlight.<\/p>\n<p>After being accused of theft, the Armed Heroes Online developer denied stealing art assets from Torchlight, when it\u2019s totally obvious to everybody that they did.<\/p>\n<p>She never explained why <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.toucharcade.com\/showthread.php?p=2349850#post2349850\" target=\"_blank\">the game\u2019s sound files are exactly the same as Torchlight\u2019s<\/a>, including the misspellings, though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/armed-heroes-online-versus-torchlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41499 aligncenter\" title=\"armed heroes online versus torchlight\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/armed-heroes-online-versus-torchlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/armed-heroes-online-versus-torchlight.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/armed-heroes-online-versus-torchlight-300x188.jpg 300w, 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