[Lets have fun] "These games look identical to me"

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Have you seen that some people are saying that Sony games are identical because of the third person camera?

Instead of argue about this or start complaining I think this opens a opportunity to make fun of this logic.
Post games that 'should' be considered identical "because reasons".

So, how to participate ?
Here is an exemple:

Horned Reaper said:
Ubisoft games:

First contenders:

Nightmare Creatures vs Bloodborne

I mean, both have guns too
Batman Arkham Asylum vs The Last Guardian

Orphans walking close to vegetation. Sometimes they encounter animal life.

Finale Fireworker · Jul 13, 2018

Let's try this again. This thread is meant to be fun. Please contribute in the spirit of the topic.

Cess007 · Jul 13, 2018

Like this, OP? :)

There's sand and someone standing on an hill. Therefore, they look identical :)

TheInfinityGauntlet · Jul 13, 2018

Truly the Dark Souls of lava

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Cess007 said:
Like this, OP? :)

There's sand and someone standing on an hill. Therefore, they look identical :)

And everybody is dead

TailorDKS · Jul 13, 2018

Probably Halo and Destiny to some extend...

Cess007 · Jul 13, 2018

The era of Luigi said:
And everybody is dead

lmao

Magoo · Jul 13, 2018

It would take too many pictures, so.

Die Hard Trilogy and every first person, third person and driving game since.

Keym · Jul 13, 2018

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Both of their names start with "Grimoire."

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Magoo said:
It would take too many pictures, so.

Die Hard Trilogy and every first person, third person and driving game since.

That was a great game, played a lot.

Funny thing about Nightmare Creatures is that I do believe that Bloodborne took inspiration from there

Final Fight 3 vs Tekken 3

Both had the number 3 in the title

Platy · Jul 13, 2018

Since there isn't a single pic/video of Ryu in a 1x1 stamina battle in smash bros on the ENTIRE INTERNET...

Starfy

Ecco the Dolphin

Aquaria

2D underwater games.... they could not be more equal

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Contra 3 - Alien Wars vs Super Mario World

You move from left to right, shoot (sometimes), both have turtles and you kill everything on sight

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Platy said:
Since there isn't a single pic/video of Ryu in a 1x1 stamina battle in smash bros on the ENTIRE INTERNET...

Starfy

Ecco the Dolphin

Aquaria

2D underwater games.... they could not be more equal

All I see is a bunch of copies of Mario games.[/s]

Edit: Dafuck, The dolphin fought aliens? LOL

out_of_touch · Jul 13, 2018

Keym said:
Both of their names start with "Grimoire."

Names?

Platy · Jul 13, 2018

FIFA

Super Mario Strikers

Inazuna Eleven

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Do you see ANY diference?
Because I don't see

Salvor_Hardin · Jul 13, 2018

Wait I don't understand why there's a concerted effort aimed at making light of a real concern people have about Sony's first party output?

Deleted member 1484 · Jul 13, 2018

Both are hard

Keym · Jul 13, 2018

touchmykatamari said:
Names?

Castlevania Grimoire of Souls and FF Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us...y-to-be-confused-with-square-enix-mark.54941/

Khanimus · Jul 13, 2018

Angst · Jul 13, 2018

Salvor_Hardin said:
Wait I don't understand why there's a concerted effort aimed at making light of a real concern people have about Sony's first party output?

Because being third person games is not a legitimate complaint for similarities. Most games are third person

Grettir_the_Swole · Jul 13, 2018

I was playing Gungrave Overdose a couple years ago in my university's game room (I used to bring my consoles with me during off times) and a group of underclassmen stopped to comment on what sort of "shitty Devil May Cry clone" I was playing.

I mean, I know the game isn't entirely original...but...

Deleted member 16876 · Jul 13, 2018

Salvor_Hardin said:
Wait I don't understand why there's a concerted effort aimed at making light of a real concern people have about Sony's first party output?

Because it's a bullshit narrative to begin with.

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Platy said:
FIFA

Super Mario Strikers

Inazuna Eleven

Ganbare! Super Strikers

Do you see ANY diference?
Because I don't see

International Superstar Soccer PRO, nothing changed since then

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Batman & Robin vs Spider-Man 2

Both orphans, both super-heroes

Philly Cheesesteak · Jul 13, 2018

Khanimus said:

LOL I almost choked on my honey bun. Well played.

Deleted member 17207 · Jul 13, 2018

Salvor_Hardin said:
Wait I don't understand why there's a concerted effort aimed at making light of a real concern people have about Sony's first party output?

Denial is a hell of a thing and can take many forms.

Slam Tilt · Jul 13, 2018

This comes to mind:

"All Nintendo ever does is remake the same game over and over again!"

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Khanimus said:

What is wrong with the green and red Mario ? /s

Slam Tilt said:
This comes to mind:

Is the mustache ?

Salvor_Hardin said:
Wait I don't understand why there's a concerted effort aimed at making light of a real concern people have about Sony's first party output?

Please, don't be that guy. If you have any valid argument about this subject feel free to talk about it elsewhere. No one will stop you.

Rotobit · Jul 13, 2018

Third Person Shooters are clearly all the same said:

Get_crazy · Jul 13, 2018

Final Fantasy

Chrono Trigger

bulletyen · Jul 13, 2018

I'm surprised this thread is reopened. OP began with presuppositions and his argument is in bad faith.
None of the Sony games in that meme are identical. They are however, similar. This is an argument thread masquerading as a fun satire thread meant to shut down discussion of why certain Sony games are very similar in certain regards.

I mean, OP is claiming a subset of Sony games are not identical, but that's self evident. No two games are identical. What he's actually trying to say is that they're not remotely similar, wherein there is actually much room for debate. He fails to see how major aspects of the games share similarities and analogizes this dissimilarity to two comparisons of supposedly highly dissimilar games that can be misconstrued to be similar owing to a single screenshot comparison. The problem is that in one of his comparisons the games can indeed be argued similar owing to their genre, and in the other comparison the screenshots are obviously not even similar, and if you dive deeper Batman and Last Guardian share far, far less than the Sony games in question. His two comparisons, which are suppose to argue his logic without him having to construct a verbal argument, fails to prove anything about anything.

In the end, I think people should come to a consensus of what the word "similar" means before trying start fights about what is and isn't "similar". Similarity can mean a shared set of characteristics, in any noticeable capacity but not necessarily all encompassing. The dictionary definition of "similar", which is "resembling without being identical", or "having characteristics in common" is vague enough that there is room for discussion and debate. Genres and subgenres exist for a reason, and really there is no inherently negativity to certain works beings similar in certain ways.

I feel like this would be a less inflammatory thread if OP began with questions of an open nature rather than harsh stance that condemns critics who disagree with his veiled premise.
But since the mods demand that we contribute, then I will play OP's game of low hanging fruit:

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Fallout 1 vs Little Big Adventure

You go around the world to save people at home. Oh, both have isometric view too.

Deleted member 426 · Jul 13, 2018

Get_crazy said:
Final Fantasy

Chrono Trigger

Is the joke what I think it is? :P

Get_crazy · Jul 13, 2018

Jack Orion said:
Is the joke what I think it is? :P

Maybe? :)

Probably

Edit: Kept you waiting uh?!

immortal-joe · Jul 13, 2018

bulletyen said:
I'm surprised this thread is reopened. OP began with presuppositions and his argument is in bad faith.
None of the Sony games in that meme are identical. They are however, similar. This is an argument thread masquerading as a fun satire thread meant to shut down discussion of why certain Sony games are very similar in certain regards.

I mean, OP is claiming a subset of Sony games are not identical, but that's self evident. No two games are identical. What he's actually trying to say is that they're not remotely similar, wherein there is actually much room for debate. He fails to see how major aspects of the games share similarities and analogizes this dissimilarity to two comparisons of supposedly highly dissimilar games that can be misconstrued to be similar owing to a single screenshot comparison. The problem is that in one of his comparisons the games can indeed be argued similar owing to their genre, and in the other comparison the screenshots are obviously not even similar, and if you dive deeper Batman and Last Guardian share far, far less than the Sony games in question. His two comparisons, which are suppose to argue his logic without him having to construct a verbal argument, fails to prove anything about anything.

In the end, I think people should come to a consensus of what the word "similar" means before trying start fights about what is and isn't "similar". Similarity can mean a shared set of characteristics, in any noticeable capacity but not necessarily all encompassing. The dictionary definition of "similar", which is "resembling without being identical", or "having characteristics in common" is vague enough that there is room for discussion and debate. Genres and subgenres exist for a reason, and really there is no inherently negativity to certain works beings similar in certain ways.

I feel like this would be a less inflammatory thread if OP began with questions of an open nature rather than harsh stance that condemns critics who disagree with his veiled premise.
But since the mods demand that we contribute, then I will play OP's game of low hanging fruit:

The original argument is console warrior rhetoric, evolved out of the "I don't play cinematic games cause I care about gameplay" BS.

It deserves as much respect as "PS3 has no games" or "Nintendo makes kiddy games".

ArjanN · Jul 13, 2018

Angst said:
Because being third person games is not a legitimate complaint for similarities. Most games are third person

What about the dozens of other design similarities though?

Even putting the console wars thing aside, a lof of AAA games in general really are similar, just because their budget is so big they can't afford to not play it safe.

rusty chrome · Jul 13, 2018

rusty chrome · Jul 13, 2018

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BossAttack · Jul 13, 2018

Don't hate me.

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

BossAttack said:
Don't hate me.

Cinematic gameplay
LMAO

PKrockin · Jul 13, 2018

Look at how easily I can make these completely dissimilar games look the same!

Get_crazy · Jul 13, 2018

BossAttack said:
Don't hate me.

You gave me an idea:

PKrockin · Jul 13, 2018

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

PKrockin said:
Look at how easily I can make these completely dissimilar games look the same!

I mean, that's the spirit kiddo.

KarasuEXE said:
Both are hard

One is hard in the name, the others 2 are hard in the gameplay.

Spring-Loaded · Jul 13, 2018

Overwatch:

Super Smash Bros.

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

PKrockin said:

Hahahah
No mention to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in this thread. Era, you were, suposedly, the chosen one

BossAttack · Jul 13, 2018

Get_crazy said:
You gave me an idea:

I thought about posting that UC4 gif and then the picture of a movie theater but, to be fair to the OP, went with The Movies game since it's an actual game.

Dremorak · Jul 13, 2018

I think that the sony image can be easily explained because 3rd person cameras nowadays have very similar angles, and sony makes lots of 3rd person games.

silva1991 · Jul 13, 2018

MunkyMan33 · Jul 13, 2018

kikiribu said:

Oh I like this one

Era of not Yakuza · Jul 13, 2018

Get_crazy said:
You gave me an idea:

Parents who lose their children?

[Lets have fun] "These games look identical to me"

Love each other or die trying.

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