If they go this far, it won't be a surprise if all of their articles is AI garbage
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Yes, actually. Explicitly. Video game nerd history pedantry alert: John Romero himself pitched it as a Doom-like game but in a medieval fantasy setting, and id prevented Raven Software from implementing too many of the RPG mechanics in it that they originally wanted to, instructing them not to deviate from the Doom formula. John Carmack's instructions were, "Do it like Doom, and add the fantasy flavor."
id also hired Raven to make the game in the first place, though, so it's kind of hard to be a rip-off when you have the support and permission of the creators of the original thing.
Yes, I know the history and that's why I also asked if it mattered. None of those "Doom clones" threatened Doom or id and breed innovation in the FPS scene. Palworld doesn't actually threaten Pokemon and if we had more Pokemon-likes, we'd probably have better official Pokemon games.