They’re not similar at all though. I know it was an inspiration. It’s like calling Minecraft and Infiniminer clone derogatorily, which is what Minecraft was first described as (but not derogatorily).
I’m not sure I’m getting my point across very well, though. Calling shooters “doom clones” is still over simplifying the comparisons, yeah, they’re still very different games, but my point is that they’re still the same genre of game. I would not consider Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress the same genre. In Minecraft you control a single character. In Dwarf Fortress you give orders to a colony. Even the Dwarf Fortress Adventurer mode is still extremely different from Minecraft. You can pick aspects about your character, you have a variety of stats, etc. It’s more of an RPG. Still a very different genre.
“Doom clone features guns” this is how these titles should be read. Or for a more modern example, calling Terraria “2d Minecraft” (derogatorily).
Should be calling Minecraft ‘very shitty FPS dwarf fortress without any dwarves’.
Minecraft and Terraria are more similar than Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress.
Minecraft was inspired by DF
They’re not similar at all though. I know it was an inspiration. It’s like calling Minecraft and Infiniminer clone derogatorily, which is what Minecraft was first described as (but not derogatorily).
I’m not sure I’m getting my point across very well, though. Calling shooters “doom clones” is still over simplifying the comparisons, yeah, they’re still very different games, but my point is that they’re still the same genre of game. I would not consider Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress the same genre. In Minecraft you control a single character. In Dwarf Fortress you give orders to a colony. Even the Dwarf Fortress Adventurer mode is still extremely different from Minecraft. You can pick aspects about your character, you have a variety of stats, etc. It’s more of an RPG. Still a very different genre.
I know.
The whole argument is just silly, and that was the point.