10 Video Game Clones That Kicked Your (Own) Ass
Shoot THEM, I'm the real one!
Clones. Am I right?
It's a tried and tested trope for TV, Film and especially comic books, and with good reason. After all what better foe to fight against than yourself, especially if that version is nefariously evil and has a great laugh. In the medium of video games especially clones can create some of the best boss encounters or hurdles for the player to overcome as they know all your moves and all of your weaknesses.
These mirror matches can be arduous slogs as you are forced to think outside the box at the best of times, but what if the clone is actually superior to the original? You'll see a lot of examples where it might not be a spitting image but that's because version 2.0 over here is rocking more beef that a butchers window.
Here you have an even tougher fight ahead of you, because if you can't beat yourself then how in the hell are you going to beat your doppelganger who's been hitting the gym more than twice a month? HOW!?
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10. Crunch - Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex
Poor old Crash has been through a lot in his life right? First he gets mutated against his will by an evil scientist with a never ending forehead, then he gets his girlfriend captured and has to save her, THEN he has to save the world twice more from the block brained scientist, and to cap it all off he had to star in the abysmal Wrath Of Cortex game.
Tragic.
To be fair the game does have SOME interesting moments and you can't knock the sheer variety of gameplay on offer, but it was a huge stepdown from the beef boys that were the original trilogy. And speaking of beef boys, say hello to Crunch Bandicoot, a clone of Crash who Dr. Cortex has tweaked and refined to become the ultimate warrior.
Crunch makes up the majority of boss fights in the game, imbuing himself with one of the elemental masks that have been unleashed in order to boost his skills even further. This means that you'll likely die to Crunch A LOT through your time, as you'll be not only dodging molten rocks, hurricanes and typhoons, but also the BLOODY CONTROLS OF THIS GAME WHICH ABSOLUTELY SUCK.
Still for Crunch, a kills a kill.