Which Games Failed To Copy Another Games Success? (Sales and/or Gameplay)

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disolitude on 12 March 2015

Platina said:
Sonic and Sega Racing copying Mario Kart

That actually worked cause Sega games were great.

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anthony64641 on 12 March 2015

Saints row to GTA

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Augen on 12 March 2015

The fighting craze of the 16 bit era saw many try to mimic Street Fighter. I think the most bizarre one was Clay Fighter...although not sure if it sold well or not.

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Platina on 12 March 2015

disolitude said:

Platina said:
Sonic and Sega Racing copying Mario Kart

That actually worked cause Sega games were great.

In terms of sales, they weren't that great especially when compared to Mario Kart

Sega games being great depends on who you ask :P

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Playstation All Stars Battle Royal copied from Super Smash Bros.
Dante's Inferno copied from God of War.

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V-r0cK said:
- All 'kart' games failed against Mario Kart
- Dante's Inferno failed against God of War (it felt like a poor man's version of GoW)
- All 2D sidescroll fighthing failed against Street Fighter
- Playstation Allstars failed agasint Smash Bros
- All 2D platformers failed against Mario, except LBP did one step better and brought in 4 player coop platformer games which Mario and Rayman copied.
- Zelda failed against 3D Dot game heroes ....lol jk 3D Dot game heroes is a great homage to classic Zelda and would recommend it to fans of Zelda and that type of gameplay.

I guess you haven't played Crash Team Racing. A lot things from the recent Mario Kart games are stolen from Crash Team Racing.

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Dr.Vita said:

V-r0cK said:
- All 'kart' games failed against Mario Kart
- Dante's Inferno failed against God of War (it felt like a poor man's version of GoW)
- All 2D sidescroll fighthing failed against Street Fighter
- Playstation Allstars failed agasint Smash Bros
- All 2D platformers failed against Mario, except LBP did one step better and brought in 4 player coop platformer games which Mario and Rayman copied.
- Zelda failed against 3D Dot game heroes ....lol jk 3D Dot game heroes is a great homage to classic Zelda and would recommend it to fans of Zelda and that type of gameplay.

I guess you haven't played Crash Team Racing. A lot things from the recent Mario Kart games are stolen from Crash Team Racing.

I second that. And even now the battle mode in MK isn't anywhere close to CTR.

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d21lewis on 12 March 2015

Ironfall looks like Gears of War and kinda plays like Gears of War but it is missing the story, the intensity, the comraderie, the variety, etc. It's just to generic to recommend.