kitler53 on 10 December 2012
| Aielyn said: Here's how to tell. Could you take the newer game, switch out the sprites or character designs, make a few minor gameplay tweaks (and level redesigns, if applicable), and have a game practically identical to the old game? Then it's a clone. Take Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale - if you switched out the Sony characters for Nintendo characters and switched the damage meter to percentage rather than HP, you'd think you were playing Smash Bros. That makes it a clone. Note that implementation issues aren't factored in. A clone can be far better or far worse than the original in terms of gaming experience. "Clone" isn't necessarily a negative term, although many will use it negatively. As an example, many would probably call the original Metroid a Kid Icarus clone. |
so take completely change the core dyamic of the gameplay.
you know it makes sense now. if you switched all the walking in uncharted and replaced it will vehicles and switched all the guns for shells you'd have a mario kart clone...
