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Why there was a sudden increase in Breath of the Wild ripoffs in the early 2020s? (fedia.io)

submitted 8 hours ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming

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It's because BotW was very influential, more than previous Zelda games?

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[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Which rip-offs? Name 3

[–] Elkenders@feddit.uk 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Top of my head, aesthetically, Genshin Impact, Ocean Horn, maybe Pokémon.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 5 points 1 hour ago

You mean, aesthetically, Shadow of the Colossus, Ico and the Last Guardian? The games BotW aped? And that's just aesthetically. BotW is every single Ubisoft open world dumbed down for children with a couple of garry's mod dodaads added to the mix. The execution and polish are top notch but there isn't a single innovative bone to BotW, there's ample refinement but nothing new. I invite you to expand your played games repertoire to include some of the ones I mentioned. Ueda is nothing short of genius.