Top 10: Great copycat games

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These days Mortal Kombat is a huge franchise that's branched out far beyond its 2D beat 'em up beginnings, but it owes a lot to one game. While MK didn't exactly copy Street Fighter II, the success of Capcom's fighter no doubt led to Mortal Kombat's existence and considerable success. Ironically, the game of Street Fighter The Movie used digitised characters from the film, giving it a look not too dissimilar to Midway's fighter.

THQ's open-city action game took a lot of criticism from internet fanboys desperate to label it as another GTA rip-off without any merit. Gladly they were wrong. Saints Row is perhaps the most blatant rip-off in this top 10, but it's also one of the best. While it didn't have the same impact GTA had, developer Volition introduced some great features like the GPS navigation system and a proper third-person shooter control system. As the first proper next-gen GTA-alike Saints Row ranks as one of THQ's best games in years.

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