| ssj12 said: theres a difference between sequals, rip-offs, and spin-offs. plus the review even calls it a rip-off, and your point on super mario world being a rip off of Super Mario Bros 3 doesnt work because its an spin-off just like Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy. |
Irrational never claimed anything other than that Bioshock is the spiritual successor to System Shock 2. I don't know about you, but I hear the words "spiritual successor" and immediately think "the game is going to be damned similar, if not the same". Not that it's a bad thing, it's just the course many teams take with their gaming strategy and in the case of Irrational (or now 2K Boston/Australia/Outer Congo/Whatever the f*** they're called now), they stuck with their highly-acclaimed formula and ran with it. That's not a "rip-off", that's just a dev team playing to their quite highly-praised strengths. So, in short, please do us all a favor and shut the hell up about a game I seriously doubt you've played for more than 20 minutes.
With that said, that review was freakin' hilarious. While I think he was a little harsh, that's obviously his schtick and it was damned funny none-the-less.
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