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9:00 AM on 10.01.2009
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whoa whoa
The Naked Gun is ripping off James Bond? I bet next you'll tell us that Scary Movie is a rip off of scary movies! Pffft as if!
I think this game looks so awesome.
And there are gameplay videos now?!?! I thought this game was just a series of screenshots
Diverse: I don't think anyone has, Jim's just trying to drive hits because daddy's got to get paid.
Thank you for backing this game up, Jim. You're my favoritest dtoid editor evar.
This game is not really a parody. Its Zelda done in a different style. It looks awesome and I would probably pick it up. But it is certainly not parody.
The developers have said the game is intended to send up the action RPG genre. So yeah, it's being designed as a parody.
This game looks sick.
Classic!
but almost looks to easy with that giant sword. is it true its based on your life bar or something? like less life = smaller sword?
Of course, I'll still have to wait until a review comes out. I mean, how does this game PLAY? How long does it last? How are the controls. Those are blanks for me.
At the very least, though, I think a lot of people are going to be very interested.
Yahtzee's just a rip-off of Charlie Brooker.
I bet you 100 Gol that this game will be really good.
I don't understand about the backlash about it though, it's like people saying Castle Crashers is a Golden Axe rip-off. Yes you beat up the little thieves for items, but I didn't start screaming at the television. I was more impressed by the homage.
Seriously, though. This game looks fantastic.
Read the text in the first trailer and you will see how it is a parody.
I lol'ed a bit.
These are the first clips I've seen that make it seem like parody, as opposed to tribute, or homage. I'm not calling it a rip-off though, it definitely looks interesting.
Now I wonder what inspired this rage that not even fox news can incite from you.
But the game DOES say something about the graphics. The very plot of the game involves the king deciding that he's sick of the world being in 2D and deciding that everything will have three dimensions from now on. How is that not worth even a smirk?
:)
It's not worth a smirk because it's not funny.
so ya, it seems funny to me, looks like a good parody so far. Also total gameplay time we have seen of it amounts to less then 5 minutes so you can't really judge that its a "Ripoff" yet anyway.
( also, lol at "Lego Zelda," I'm calling it that from now on )
That doesn't say anything about Zelda's graphics, other than they were 2D. Not exactly side-splitting commentary. To be a parody they would have to maybe say something about how Link can't see past a certain point until he changes screens, or maybe how everybody looks really stout, or something. Zelda graphics weren't that weird or different, other than being an overhead view, which makes them kind of a shitty thing to parody. Much easier things to parody would be dialogue, puzzles, or weapons. It's not in English, so I can't comment on the dialogue, I haven't seen any puzzles, and the sword is cool, but again, not really a parody. If this is a parody, then so is Meet the Spartans.
It's deffinitely not a pejorative rip-off, but it does mimic a little too much, too close from the Zelda series, specially in the first video.
By the way, I can't express how ridiculous, unneeded and stupid I find that huge sword to be. I hope the final game is WAY harder and has more inventive combat options than it seems to be.