oh come on you knew exactly what you
were trying to do welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 failed
video game copycats for more gaming
videos check out our new spinoff channel
mojo plays for in-depth reviews
thoughtful video essays detailed
character origins and insightful
commentary mojo plays game smarter for
this list we’re looking at games that
trying to replicate other titles for a
quick cash grab but utterly failed in
making a decent product games that have
succeeded very well and being copycats
number 10
Disney infinity series the toys to life
Shara exploded when the Skylanders
franchise released in 2011 while some
games like lego dimensions have managed
to set themselves apart decently well
Disney infinity practically replicated
the formula to a tee level up your
favorite Disney character by power discs
for more weapons and improved stats and
beat up the bad guys you could even
design your own levels a feature which
would evolve in 2.0 and 3.0 however
there just wasn’t enough content and
buying a new version of the game every
year weekly became expensive by the time
the series had reached its true
potential players had gone eventually
Disney called it quits and promptly shut
down developer Avalanche software and
copycat games have been an issue for a
long time as the oldest entry on this
list the great giana sisters was a
shameless clone of Super Mario Brothers
just look at this it’s as if the art
style was directly lifted from Super
Mario Brothers and then the developers
made tiny tweaks to look slightly
different
while it’s believed that Nintendo filed
a lawsuit against the developers that
rumor has actually since been proven
false however Nintendo did take part in
number eight unearthed trail of even
Battuta man that’s a great title a
anyway it’s hard to imagine anyone
trying to replicate the look and feel of
the Uncharted series considering the
game size and scope it would be hard to
pull off right and yet someone still
tried what resulted was an earth trail
of even Battuta a game that tried so
hard to look exactly like Uncharted the
main character looks like he could be
Nathan Drake’s cousin the most notable
flaw here though is the incredibly
awkward animations everything looks
stiff hey man those reviews on
number seven The Simpsons
skateboarding 50/50 grind The Simpsons
have had some pretty good copycat games
over the years with a few actually
setting themselves apart from the games
they were inspired by however not every
title is a real shiner enter The
Simpsons
skateboarding a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
clone that forgot to include anything
that made those games fun why can’t I
pull off this trick why am I not able to
grind on that railing why is it so
frustrating to control well this game
was just buggy the physics were broken
and it failed to replicate the fluidity
that Pro Skater was known for also
Simpsons skateboarding that’s dumb hey
number six sonic shuffle Mario Party has
been known for its simple yet replayable
gameplay you hit the dice block navigate
your way to a star and play a bunch of
silly minigames if you have tried to
replicate this formula and very few have
succeeded sonic shuffle is not one of
the ones that succeeded the game was
essentially Mario Party with a sonic
skin but its gameplay was just too
confusing you draw a random card from
your hand to move but you can also steal
an opponent’s card and baby the load
times you spend more time waiting on the
game than actually playing it this is
another very sad and sorry case of Sonic
number five for fun
aka Cupid jazzy these days it’s not rare
to see games billed as a spiritual
successor and end up as porn invitations
fer fun was a steam game that
desperately tried jumping on the ukulele
hypetrain in early 2017
like other abusive steam developers for
fun was littered with stolen assets
using gold ingots from Minecraft
head-ripping music straight out of hanjo
kazooie oh and did we mention that a
youtuber published this yeah
Dallas review not only published this
game but he also provided some of the
worst narration we’ve ever heard and we
listened to my voice all the time on top
of that he went out of his way to file
DMCA takedowns and hide negative
criticism for shame number 4 Cartoon
Network Punch Time Explosion there were
so many games that tried to copy the
success of Super Smash Brothers what
most of them failed to realize is that
you need a strong character roster good
level design and a balanced game Punch
Time Explosion at a pretty decent
character roster with Dexter Billy and
Mandy Samurai Jack and the Powerpuff
Girls however some of these characters
were way Opie and most of them played
too much like their Smash Bros
counterparts the game even had its own
version of Subspace Emissary from brawl
Punch Time Explosion had the potential
to be a good Cartoon Network branded
game but it turned out to be yet another
[Music]
number three tattoo assassins amidst its
own controversy mortal combat still saw
outstanding success with its gory
gameplay and realistic looking visuals
of course with a blend of success like
that you’re bound to see some copycats
and the worst offender was definitely
tattoo assassins the character designs
were bland and as for their versions of
fatalities well something tells us they
didn’t actually get the point
fatalities in mortal combat were badass
brutal over-the-top and completely
horrifying in tattoo assassins the
fatalities were utterly stupid and just
didn’t make any sense in the end it was
simply another knockoff that didn’t
understand what made the original a
success good thing it was never actually
MOBAs were all the rage a year or two
ago but the market quickly became so
oversaturated that there’s basically no
room for new ones anymore unfortunately
Warner Brothers Interactive and
developer turbine realized this a bit
too late
infinite crisis as you playing as your
favorite DC character trying to destroy
the enemy teams base it was this sort of
a decent MOBA but the problem is that we
already have League of Legends dota 2
and smite plus the DC characters didn’t
seem like a good fit for this genre
anyway with all three of the previously
mentioned games already having
established communities you can have a
hard time trying to get players to
switch over to your new thing Infinite
Crisis soon found itself in a crisis of
its own and servers were shut down less
than five months after release number
one the War Z aka infestations or fiber
if you want to understand the definition
of shameless this game perfectly
encapsulates that meaning the War Z was
one of many games that tried riding the
coattails of Daisy during its peak of
success in fact War Z went so far to
replicate the game that it looked like
an exact copy problems quickly escalated
when the developers were caught lying
about features within their game and
they would incorporate microtransactions
later down the road to smooth things
over add in a couple of homophobic slurs
thrown around by the executive producer
and censoring of criticism and Wars II
would go down as one of the most
infamous games ever made do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
were trying to do welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 failed
video game copycats for more gaming
videos check out our new spinoff channel
mojo plays for in-depth reviews
thoughtful video essays detailed
character origins and insightful
commentary mojo plays game smarter for
this list we’re looking at games that
trying to replicate other titles for a
quick cash grab but utterly failed in
making a decent product games that have
succeeded very well and being copycats
number 10
Disney infinity series the toys to life
Shara exploded when the Skylanders
franchise released in 2011 while some
games like lego dimensions have managed
to set themselves apart decently well
Disney infinity practically replicated
the formula to a tee level up your
favorite Disney character by power discs
for more weapons and improved stats and
beat up the bad guys you could even
design your own levels a feature which
would evolve in 2.0 and 3.0 however
there just wasn’t enough content and
buying a new version of the game every
year weekly became expensive by the time
the series had reached its true
potential players had gone eventually
Disney called it quits and promptly shut
down developer Avalanche software and
copycat games have been an issue for a
long time as the oldest entry on this
list the great giana sisters was a
shameless clone of Super Mario Brothers
just look at this it’s as if the art
style was directly lifted from Super
Mario Brothers and then the developers
made tiny tweaks to look slightly
different
while it’s believed that Nintendo filed
a lawsuit against the developers that
rumor has actually since been proven
false however Nintendo did take part in
number eight unearthed trail of even
Battuta man that’s a great title a
anyway it’s hard to imagine anyone
trying to replicate the look and feel of
the Uncharted series considering the
game size and scope it would be hard to
pull off right and yet someone still
tried what resulted was an earth trail
of even Battuta a game that tried so
hard to look exactly like Uncharted the
main character looks like he could be
Nathan Drake’s cousin the most notable
flaw here though is the incredibly
awkward animations everything looks
stiff hey man those reviews on
number seven The Simpsons
skateboarding 50/50 grind The Simpsons
have had some pretty good copycat games
over the years with a few actually
setting themselves apart from the games
they were inspired by however not every
title is a real shiner enter The
Simpsons
skateboarding a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
clone that forgot to include anything
that made those games fun why can’t I
pull off this trick why am I not able to
grind on that railing why is it so
frustrating to control well this game
was just buggy the physics were broken
and it failed to replicate the fluidity
that Pro Skater was known for also
Simpsons skateboarding that’s dumb hey
number six sonic shuffle Mario Party has
been known for its simple yet replayable
gameplay you hit the dice block navigate
your way to a star and play a bunch of
silly minigames if you have tried to
replicate this formula and very few have
succeeded sonic shuffle is not one of
the ones that succeeded the game was
essentially Mario Party with a sonic
skin but its gameplay was just too
confusing you draw a random card from
your hand to move but you can also steal
an opponent’s card and baby the load
times you spend more time waiting on the
game than actually playing it this is
another very sad and sorry case of Sonic
number five for fun
aka Cupid jazzy these days it’s not rare
to see games billed as a spiritual
successor and end up as porn invitations
fer fun was a steam game that
desperately tried jumping on the ukulele
hypetrain in early 2017
like other abusive steam developers for
fun was littered with stolen assets
using gold ingots from Minecraft
head-ripping music straight out of hanjo
kazooie oh and did we mention that a
youtuber published this yeah
Dallas review not only published this
game but he also provided some of the
worst narration we’ve ever heard and we
listened to my voice all the time on top
of that he went out of his way to file
DMCA takedowns and hide negative
criticism for shame number 4 Cartoon
Network Punch Time Explosion there were
so many games that tried to copy the
success of Super Smash Brothers what
most of them failed to realize is that
you need a strong character roster good
level design and a balanced game Punch
Time Explosion at a pretty decent
character roster with Dexter Billy and
Mandy Samurai Jack and the Powerpuff
Girls however some of these characters
were way Opie and most of them played
too much like their Smash Bros
counterparts the game even had its own
version of Subspace Emissary from brawl
Punch Time Explosion had the potential
to be a good Cartoon Network branded
game but it turned out to be yet another
[Music]
number three tattoo assassins amidst its
own controversy mortal combat still saw
outstanding success with its gory
gameplay and realistic looking visuals
of course with a blend of success like
that you’re bound to see some copycats
and the worst offender was definitely
tattoo assassins the character designs
were bland and as for their versions of
fatalities well something tells us they
didn’t actually get the point
fatalities in mortal combat were badass
brutal over-the-top and completely
horrifying in tattoo assassins the
fatalities were utterly stupid and just
didn’t make any sense in the end it was
simply another knockoff that didn’t
understand what made the original a
success good thing it was never actually
MOBAs were all the rage a year or two
ago but the market quickly became so
oversaturated that there’s basically no
room for new ones anymore unfortunately
Warner Brothers Interactive and
developer turbine realized this a bit
too late
infinite crisis as you playing as your
favorite DC character trying to destroy
the enemy teams base it was this sort of
a decent MOBA but the problem is that we
already have League of Legends dota 2
and smite plus the DC characters didn’t
seem like a good fit for this genre
anyway with all three of the previously
mentioned games already having
established communities you can have a
hard time trying to get players to
switch over to your new thing Infinite
Crisis soon found itself in a crisis of
its own and servers were shut down less
than five months after release number
one the War Z aka infestations or fiber
if you want to understand the definition
of shameless this game perfectly
encapsulates that meaning the War Z was
one of many games that tried riding the
coattails of Daisy during its peak of
success in fact War Z went so far to
replicate the game that it looked like
an exact copy problems quickly escalated
when the developers were caught lying
about features within their game and
they would incorporate microtransactions
later down the road to smooth things
over add in a couple of homophobic slurs
thrown around by the executive producer
and censoring of criticism and Wars II
would go down as one of the most
infamous games ever made do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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