10-07-2012, 05:30 AM
I see the word clone as "a game that exists simply because the developers were like "I wanna make a game like that" and had no original ideas, resulting in the game being exactly like the original (except maybe the graphics are sorta different)", hence a clone. Therefore I hate clones, unless I haven't heard of the original. Even if I haven't played the original, just knowing that a game copies it is annoying.
However games that are based off an original but actually put effort into being different or innovative, they're good. I mean you could see Braid as being based off Mario (you jump on Monstars, "the princess is in another castle", etc) but the crux of the game is nothing like Mario.
However games that are based off an original but actually put effort into being different or innovative, they're good. I mean you could see Braid as being based off Mario (you jump on Monstars, "the princess is in another castle", etc) but the crux of the game is nothing like Mario.