The downside of this game being so awesome

[nowhere man]

Is that now everyone is trying hard to capitalize on this success and releasing a lot of horrible clones to it.

Some of the clones can be fun for a little while but most of them that i've seen so far are painfuly bad.

[Giritto]

Competition is always great, yes, most clones are terrible and downright predatory, but some can improve and bring new mechanics that makes it fun, it's great for the genre to develop, Vampire Survivors isn't the first game like this, the game itself is inspired by Magic Survival (Android)

Thing is, ignore the copycats and only give attention to the good ones

[NBOX21]

This is nothing new in the industry, however. We see this happen all the time.

There's a reason why, when Mario 64 released in 1996, so many other games at the time tried to be just like it, even if not all of them understand what make Mario 64 good or at least provide their own spin on it to make it stand out which is why Spyro and Banjo are still fondly remembered despite the similarities. We saw this sort of thing happen again when Halo became popular on the XBOX - this gave rise to franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield, as well as countless other clones that never managed to catch on.

These are the kinds of games that create trends that other franchises try to capitalise on, and we're seeing the same sort of thing happen here with the success of Vampire Survivors.

[EnriKO]

imagine ♥♥♥♥ tons of dev didnt make clones of original doom lol.

[Master]

Originally posted by EnriKO:

imagine ♥♥♥♥ tons of dev didnt make clones of original doom lol.

Exactly:
https://images.wikia.com/doom/images/6/64/Doom_clone_vs_first_person_shooter.png

[Michael Daemon]

Originally posted by nowhere man:

Is that now everyone is trying hard to capitalize on this success and releasing a lot of horrible clones to it.

Some of the clones can be fun for a little while but most of them that i've seen so far are painfuly bad.

You know you loved holocure don't lie to me.

[Gralzeim]

I would like it if Vampire Survivors borrowed that "effects transparency" slider the Holocure game has, would be real nice. Some setups can result in "I literally cannot see anything and have to purely use the map to navigate" and it would be nice if that could be toned down.

[RamiroRa]

Happens with all popular games, Mario, Tetris, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Doom, Halo, GTA, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, PUBG, Fortnite, and so on.

[zero254]

the clones already have existed for a long time now. Some of them are decent.

[nowhere man]

Originally posted by Michael Daemon:

Originally posted by nowhere man:

Is that now everyone is trying hard to capitalize on this success and releasing a lot of horrible clones to it.

Some of the clones can be fun for a little while but most of them that i've seen so far are painfuly bad.

You know you loved holocure don't lie to me.

I didnt quite get into any of the clones. V.S. is just too good and complete on it's own. Some other clones have better graphics but severely lacks the awesomeness.

[Invghost]

I mean isn't this game just basically Crimsonland and I'm sure there were games that came before that were similar to that. The industry is built on copying what came before.

Oh I do love Vampire Survivor. I wasn't saying copying is a bad thing.

[CazadorDeLobo]

It's less that they're bad, more that they're taking ages to develop for what they are.

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by EnriKO:

imagine ♥♥♥♥ tons of dev didnt make clones of original doom lol.

Which itself wasn't original, just popularized the genre. ;)

[Master]

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Originally posted by EnriKO:

imagine ♥♥♥♥ tons of dev didnt make clones of original doom lol.

Which itself wasn't original, just popularized the genre. ;)

Indeed. And Llamatron is still a better game.

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by Il Silvio:

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Which itself wasn't original, just popularized the genre. ;)

Indeed. And Llamatron is still a better game. :bloodymary:

More seriously, regarding early FPS games: I contend that, while it came after Doom, if Marathon had been released on PC at the same time it was released on Mac, it would have blown Doom out of the water. Technically a superior game. Bungee just chose to only release on a system that was widely not regarded as a gaming computer. Much, much later they released a PC port of Marathon 2, but it was far too late by then and the tech had moved way beyond it. But while Doom was still struggling with "2D maps that look 3D", Marathon had managed truly 3D maps with real elevation and game mechanics that wouldn't come along in an ID product until Quake. But, ID was the bigger name because they released on a better and far more popular gaming platform.