Game character rip-offs.

[tashafay]

Originally Posted by Xernova

Snake Plissken (from "Escape from New York/L.A.")


Naked Snake (MGS series)

Kojima sure loves those older movies, huh?

yes i love that! And how in MGS 2 he is called Plissken NICE!

[vegetollo7]

I know this is an obvious rip-off but I'm a big fan of both:

Bruce Lee



Fei Long

[YenRou]

Originally Posted by Xernova

I can't see the first image either, but yeah, that's him.

While Policenauts was clearly inspired by Lethal Weapon, Snatcher had obvious similarities with Blade Runner. Which reminds me, adding to the previously posted Solid Snake comparison;



Snake Plissken (from "Escape from New York/L.A.")


Naked Snake (MGS series)

Kojima sure loves those older movies, huh?

Originally Posted by vegetollo7

I know this is an obvious rip-off but I'm a big fan of both:

Bruce Lee



Fei Long

The line between a homage and a blatant rip-off is incredibly thin eh?

[vegetollo7]

Originally Posted by YenRou

The line between a homage and a blatant rip-off is incredibly thin eh?

Hahaha, yes. Yes it is. I also stumbled across this awesome gif animation. The image alone does all the explaining. Enjoy.

[drezzal]

Originally Posted by Kheapathic

That's a huge rivalry from way back. Capcom had Ryu and Ken and SNK had Ryo. Everyone called Ryo a cut down Ryu and then Capcom made Dan to parody Ryo.

On topic, here's a fun one.

rofl

[Kahuna]

Originally Posted by Bandar

First image says it's stolen .

Image Thief!

maybe find a different link?

EDIT:

I googled his name and came up with this image. Is that him?

Oops Yeah that's the one.

In the Japanese version of the game they visit a nightclub and all the characters in the club were so blatantly ripped off from various movies that they had to change all of them for the western versions of the game!

Originally Posted by YenRou

The line between a homage and a blatant rip-off is incredibly thin eh?

So thin you need a microscope to see it sometimes

[vegetollo7]

Curse this thread. I'm obsessed with finding potential videogame character rip-offs now. This one may be a bit of a stretch but I still think the similarity is kind of funny.

Norman Jayden



Cyclops

[kingofirony]

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I might be the only one that sees the resemblance.

[Xernova]

Originally Posted by vegetollo7

Curse this thread. I'm obsessed with finding potential videogame character rip-offs now. This one may be a bit of a stretch but I still think the similarity is kind of funny.

Norman Jayden



Cyclops

Jayden reminds me more of Neo from The Matrix;


The, uhm, "virtual theme" (if that makes any sense) of both characters also helps.

Oh, and this reminds me of another Heavy Rain character;


Carter Blake


David Rossi from Criminal Minds (portrayed by Joe Mantegna)

Carter immediately made me think of Rossi. In appearance only, though. Carter is like, Rossi's rotten evil twin. x]

[vegetollo7]

Another pretty obvious rip-off but an awesome one. On a side note I am having a blast participating in this thread. Such a great idea!

Jason Voorhees



Rick (Splatterhouse)