Sonic X-treme update

[Pete]

I disagree. I think it is...shallow to make a game that is a clone, in most cases. Of course there are exceptions to this rule, but in general, the fact that you have made a game a clone just to be popular shows leaps and bounds about confidence in your own creative prowess.

It may be shallow, but there's something to be said for getting some recognition for your work. You and Na_th_an made The Quest for Opa Opa, which is a great game... but nobody but a handful of QBers are ever gonna play it. Now if you made "Spider-Man vs. Harry Potter: The Text Adventure" instead, you'd get a lot more players -- even if the game is crappy.

It's a toss up. Personally, I prefer to play *good* games, whether they're original or not. I'd choose to play SonicX (with custom levels) over most original QB games, since it's a lot more fun to play. It's just so much more polished, even if the graphics and music are the same ones I've seen for the last 15 years.