{"id":154595,"date":"2019-08-08T02:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1799098\/"},"modified":"2019-08-08T02:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T18:11:07","slug":"these-games-seem-suspiciously-similar-to-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/08\/these-games-seem-suspiciously-similar-to-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"These Games Seem Suspiciously Similar to \u2018The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zelda-rip-off-650x366.png?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Ever since its launch alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nintendo-switch-1685280\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>\u00a0two and a half years ago, I can\u2019t stop gushing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/game-of-the-year-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-1690750\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em><\/a>. Nintendo took one of its greatest series and made it an order of magnitude better with an utterly enrapturing sense of discovery and craft and experimentation applied to a typical open-world adventure game. And its minimal painterly melancholic art style is one of the most beautiful aesthetics in a franchise with some real lookers.<\/p>\n<p>Video games take a long time to make. So we knew it would be a while before games inspired by <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u00a0actually started hitting store shelves. Nintendo themselves have only just revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-2-and-nintendos-unreal-e3-2019-games-1791414\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">direct sequel<\/a>. However, a new pair of games has us wondering if developers are studying Link\u2019s latest adventure just a little too closely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyKQLhPWPaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>First there\u2019s <em>Decay of Logos<\/em> from Rising Star Games and Amplify Creations. Watching this trailer, it\u2019s tough for us to describe it any other way than \u201cit looks like <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>.\u201d The grass, the mountains, the mounts. But the characters designs for both you and your enemies have their own medieval thing going on. This more reminds us of the long history of games inspired by <em>Zelda<\/em>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/oceanhorn-isnt-zelda-but-it-might-as-well-be-1706462\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Oceanhorn<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/okami-and-minit-are-both-sides-of-zelda-on-nintendo-switch-1748639\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Okami<\/em><\/a>, rather than a full-on rip-off. And it\u2019s not like <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em> is entirely original. Just ask fans of <em>Shadow of the Colossus<\/em> or Miyazaki movies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1WmmsEXtyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For a full-on rip-off that makes <em>Decay of Logos<\/em> seem even more original in comparison, take a look at <em>Genshin Impact<\/em>. Based on this trailer for the Chinese PlayStation 4 game, it really looks like the developers at miHoYo just took <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em> and replaced all the characters with anime wives and some <em>Dynasty Warriors<\/em> (or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/whether-its-hyrule-or-fire-emblem-warriors-games-are-still-bad-on-nintendo-switch-1740034\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hyrule Warriors<\/em><\/a>) over the top action. Even the sparse piano music is the same. We aren\u2019t the only ones who noticed this either. At the China Joy gaming expo, <em>Zelda<\/em> fans destroyed PS4s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2019\/08\/05\/chinese-zelda-fans-protest-alleged-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-rip-off-genshin-impact\"  rel=\"noopener\">protest<\/a>\u00a0over the apparent theft at the <em>Genshin Impact<\/em> booth.<\/p>\n<p>But whatever. Copyright law is too restrictive anyway and copyrighting specifics of gameplay or style is even trickier. We just hope these games copy the quality of <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> along with its surface level look. For more on (official) <em>Zelda<\/em> games check out our hands on impressions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/hands-on-links-awakening-switch-remake-is-a-gorgeous-dream-1793725\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Legend of Zelda: Link\u2019s Awakening<\/em><\/a>. And as for unofficial <em>Zelda<\/em> games, check out this fan-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/fan-made-zelda-tabletop-game-returns-you-to-the-wild-1790531\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">tabletop version<\/a>\u00a0of <em>Breath of the Wild<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legend-Zelda-Breath-Wild-Nintendo-Switch\/dp\/B01MS6MO77\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1705462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SEE_IT_HERE_GEEK-1.jpg?resize=178%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"51\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/zelda-rip-off-650x366.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since its launch alongside Nintendo Switch&nbsp;two and a half years ago, I can&rsquo;t stop gushing about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nintendo took one of its greatest series and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/these-games-seem-suspiciously-similar-to-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-1799098\/\">These Games Seem Suspiciously Similar to &lsquo;The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild&rsquo;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/08\/these-games-seem-suspiciously-similar-to-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6568,2054,6569,2,2047,4167,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Edt","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154613,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154595\/revisions\/154613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}