Armed and Dangerous steals Team Fortress 2's flag

There's a squad strategy game coming to iPhone soon - and you may well recognise a couple of its characters.

Armed and Dangerous puts you in control of a squad of soldiers, each with specific abilities and strengths, as they take on the incoming enemy.

All sounds perfectly normal - until you take a closer look. The majority of the character models have clearly been inspired by popular team shooter Team Fortress 2.

In fact, the Grunt character is a rip of TF2's Heavy, from the square jaw to the ammo shoulder strap.

The character classes are the same, too - there's the Grunt (Heavy), Scout, Sniper and Technician (Engineer).

Even the interface takes from Valve's hit. The font is the same, and the white border around a red background is Team Fortress 2 all over.

Of course, the title Armed and Dangerous isn't even unique - it was originally a critically acclaimed PC shooter release from developer Planet Moon back in 2003.

Thankfully the gameplay in the iPhone title is completely different to those two as the turn-based topdown tactics game is split into planning and action modes.

You and your opponent make your moves with your three squad characters, which are then simultaneously set in motion.

Check out the video below to see what we mean.

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