[1] (Fahey, reliable per SPS). "The Original Grand Theft Auto iPhone Clone Returns [...] Back in 2009 James Daniels released Payback for the iPhone, a game that was essentially a knock-off of the original isometric Grand Theft Auto."
[2] (Fahey, reliable per SPS). "Gameloft Shows Off Impressive New Grand Theft Auto And Diablo Clones"
[3] "Saints Row 3 is the GTA-clone that worships at the altar of fun [...] Saints Row 3 began as a way to rip off Grand Theft Auto."
[4] "Battle of the GTA clones [...] The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive." And on and on.
[5] "But of course, yes, Sleeping Dogs really is a GTA clone."
[6] This doesn't call the game a GTA clone, but nevertheless compares it to GTA throughout the entire article. "Watch Dogs is at its best when it separates itself from the mold that GTA created so many years ago. Yes, WD is a perfectly fine open world game filled with all of the successful pieces of Rockstar’s puzzle."
[7] "See, Sleeping Dogs isn’t your typical Grand Theft Auto clone. Unlike recent titans of the genre -- Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption and Saints Row: The Third..."
[8] "When you make a Grand Theft Auto clone, you better make sure it provides some special ingredient that makes it stand out."
[9] "It was Rockstar Games' groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III that launched the franchise's popularity into the stratosphere and inspired a million clones ranging from Mercenaries to Saints Row."
[10] "...the people you meet are usually amusing and of course the game is absolutely loaded with expletives and other racy material that the GTA clones haven't dared come close to."
[11] (TotalPlaystation via Metacritic) "Probably the first real unabashed "GTA" clone that manages to still work well on its own merits."
[12] \"Saints Row is the video game series many of us think of, with good reason, as the premiere Grand Theft Auto imitator."
[13] "If you read the name "Car Jack Streets" and think "Grand Theft Auto," you're exactly right. This is an ambitious, if not wholly original, clone of the popular sandbox car-stealing design by Rockstar".
[14] "But Sleeping Dogs is a Grand Theft Auto clone".
