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stardew valley is a rip off harvest moon and still took 4 years to develop. dwarf fortress has alot of fully original concepts, and has been in development fo

stardew valley is a rip off harvest moon and still took 4 years to develop. dwarf fortress has alot of fully original concepts, and has been in development for 20 years.

LoveMortuus 5y ago
Is it a rip off? I'm sure multiple people can have the same ideas. Vampire Survival released a few months ago, while Magic Survival was released a few years ago. They're extremely similar games. I guess at the end it depends on what's your definition of rip off. Is Torchlight a rip off of Diablo or do they just use similar mechanics and ideas?
- NineStarPoint 5y ago
  Stardew Valley is unashamedly a Harvest Moon rip off. This isn’t a bad thing though, Concerned Ape took a formula that the original creators had been phoning in for years and created the best version of that formula ever made.
- bzzzt 5y ago
  Torchlight is made by 2 of the Diablo/Diablo 2 developers.
- indigochill 5y ago
  > Is Torchlight a rip off of Diablo or do they just use similar mechanics and ideas? Well, Torchlight had designers from Diablo 1 & 2 on the team as well as Diablo's composer/sound designer, so it's a bit of a special case.
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Diablo invented a genre, Torchlight, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile carry the torch (ha) further. I don't believe they ever denied Diablo's influence and inspiration on them. Is League of Legends a DotA ripoff (the mod), or is DotA (the full game) a League of Legends ripoff?
  - stryan 5y ago
    Not your point, but League of Legends, DOTA2 (DOTA is a the trademarked, Valve name, DotA for the mod) and Heroes of NewEarth all had had people who worked on at least a version of the original DotA All Stars mod so technically they're all equally sequels or continuations. It's Heroes of the Storm and SMITE that are the rip-offs :). Or at the very least, League, DOTA2, and HoN (may it soon RIP) are all equally rip-offs of the original mods.
flakyfilibuster 5y ago
no matter your opinion about the game itself, it's valid mentioning it as a passion project though
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
It's definitely a rip off (or, 'inspired by' to put it more kindly), but Stardew managed to make it much more enjoyable and feature-rich than the long Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons lines - and by just the one guy. But there's a lot of others like that. Hollow Knight is a better Metroid / Castlevania. Shadow of Tsushima is a better Assassin's Creed. Final Fantasy XIV is a better World of Warcraft. Dwarf Fortress is a better Rogue/Nethack. I will go into hiding now.
- slothtrop 5y ago
  I think he saw the potential for a HM-like to be far more feature-rich, and correctly predicted that it would be well received. The HM series was basically stagnant, but they were the only game in town. Strongly disagree about Hollow Knight, but it's greater than the sum of its parts.
WastingMyTime89 5y ago
It's definitely strongly influenced by Stardew Valley and reuse some of its mechanics and gameplay loops but it does add a lot to them.It's as much a ripoff of it than Rayman is a ripoff of Mario and Half Life a ripoff of Doom. It's very much a sprawling game. It's not surprising it took a long time to develop.
beaconstudios 5y ago
Are all FPS games DOOM ripoffs?

stardew valley is a rip off harvest moon and still took 4 years to develop. dwarf fortress has alot of fully original concepts, and has been in development for 20 years.

LoveMortuus 5y ago

Is it a rip off? I'm sure multiple people can have the same ideas. Vampire Survival released a few months ago, while Magic Survival was released a few years ago. They're extremely similar games. I guess at the end it depends on what's your definition of rip off. Is Torchlight a rip off of Diablo or do they just use similar mechanics and ideas?

NineStarPoint 5y ago
Stardew Valley is unashamedly a Harvest Moon rip off. This isn’t a bad thing though, Concerned Ape took a formula that the original creators had been phoning in for years and created the best version of that formula ever made.
bzzzt 5y ago
Torchlight is made by 2 of the Diablo/Diablo 2 developers.
indigochill 5y ago
> Is Torchlight a rip off of Diablo or do they just use similar mechanics and ideas? Well, Torchlight had designers from Diablo 1 & 2 on the team as well as Diablo's composer/sound designer, so it's a bit of a special case.
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
Diablo invented a genre, Torchlight, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile carry the torch (ha) further. I don't believe they ever denied Diablo's influence and inspiration on them. Is League of Legends a DotA ripoff (the mod), or is DotA (the full game) a League of Legends ripoff?
- stryan 5y ago
  Not your point, but League of Legends, DOTA2 (DOTA is a the trademarked, Valve name, DotA for the mod) and Heroes of NewEarth all had had people who worked on at least a version of the original DotA All Stars mod so technically they're all equally sequels or continuations. It's Heroes of the Storm and SMITE that are the rip-offs :). Or at the very least, League, DOTA2, and HoN (may it soon RIP) are all equally rip-offs of the original mods.

flakyfilibuster 5y ago

no matter your opinion about the game itself, it's valid mentioning it as a passion project though

Cthulhu_ 5y ago

It's definitely a rip off (or, 'inspired by' to put it more kindly), but Stardew managed to make it much more enjoyable and feature-rich than the long Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons lines - and by just the one guy. But there's a lot of others like that. Hollow Knight is a better Metroid / Castlevania. Shadow of Tsushima is a better Assassin's Creed. Final Fantasy XIV is a better World of Warcraft. Dwarf Fortress is a better Rogue/Nethack. I will go into hiding now.

slothtrop 5y ago
I think he saw the potential for a HM-like to be far more feature-rich, and correctly predicted that it would be well received. The HM series was basically stagnant, but they were the only game in town. Strongly disagree about Hollow Knight, but it's greater than the sum of its parts.

WastingMyTime89 5y ago

It's definitely strongly influenced by Stardew Valley and reuse some of its mechanics and gameplay loops but it does add a lot to them.It's as much a ripoff of it than Rayman is a ripoff of Mario and Half Life a ripoff of Doom. It's very much a sprawling game. It's not surprising it took a long time to develop.

beaconstudios 5y ago

Are all FPS games DOOM ripoffs?