It is not uncommon for certains so-called games indies » present on the PlayStation Store have characteristics or scenarios resembling those offered by certain games called “ AAA “. Indeed, in recent times, plagiarism has been present on the PlayStation Store, and this time it concerns The Last of Usparticularly one of its main characters, Joel Miller.
Already in 2023, the game The Last Hope on Nintendo Switch had been talked about, in the bad sense of the word. When we read its title, there is no need to remind you that the game had been banned from Nintendo eShop, the Japanese company’s title sales platform, due to plagiarism of the title of Naughty Dog, The Last of Us.
Today it is the game developed by the independent studio Grizzly Games, Forest Ranger Life Simulatorpresent on the PlayStation Store, which calls out. Even if the gameplay presented is not similar to that of the Naughty Dog title, on the contraryother details seem to bring it closer.
Forest Ranger Life Simulatoranother plagiarism?
After The Last Hopeit’s around Forest Ranger Life Simulator to openly plagiarize The Last of Usand in particular one of its key protagonists: Joel Miller. The character highlighted in the official photo of the game can only be reminiscent of Joel, since he sports a beard and an almost similar outfit, even if the gameplay offers more of a forest ranger adventure than a smuggler like Joel.
Indeed, this shovelware (low-budget, low-quality video game) offers a gameplay different of The Last of Usnot having had the will all the same to promise fights against infected. In this game, you can then fight against pollution with a selective sorting system, explore forests and even feed animals.
Recently, the studio decided to change theoriginal image of the game, by offering a version… much more soft than that proposed at the beginning. It remains to be seen whether the game will ever be released, since the PlayStation Store does not currently offer a release date.
The Last Hopemore extensive plagiarism
It is with an original soundtrack and a similar scenario that The Last Hope plagiarized The Last of Us. This time, the plagiarism concerned more elements than those of Forest Ranger Life Simulator. So, Nintendo removed the game from eShop without waiting.
This withdrawal did not prevent other studios from playing with fire. Indeed, Grizzly Games tried to innovate on the gameplaybut plagiarism still remains quite easy to observe. In the world of video games, these plagiarism attempts are not ready to stop, as the studios try to achieve the same success as their peers.
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