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Musli
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Poland5130 Posts
February 07 2011 11:36 GMT
#1
Just look at this:

It's impossible not to notice the resemblance it bears to SC1. 3 races (1 hum, 2 alien; robo & organic). Look at those buildings, units, maps O_O
And the name... StarFront -_-
I wonder if Blizzard's gonna sue Gameloft.
iPhone owners should check it out anyway

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall || mail/msn: muslii@gmail.com
ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
February 07 2011 11:42 GMT
#2
That game could actually be better than SC2 lol
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
February 07 2011 11:43 GMT
#3
It does resemble SC but then again it looks like super old. then again...bug aliens and robot aliens in space isnt...too uncommon. Kinda reminds me of alpha alpha and even then this looks crappy T____T Im sure it will look better on an iphone where res is lower though. The video creation looks pretty dull...gameplay doesnt look too exciting.

Also the low apm doesnt hype me


Jaedong :3
QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-07 11:56:58
February 07 2011 11:56 GMT
#4
Gameloft is famous for copying popular franchises and creating their own games with it. Another one is Soul of Darkness a blatant Castlevania "homage".



"Suum Cuique" - Cicero
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
February 07 2011 12:00 GMT
#5
gotta love copywrite laws.... just like with music, just change a few key words and you are home free.... seriously, thats how karaoke companies can get away with what they do.... ever noticed the words in a karaoke song are nearly always ever so slightly wrong? Thats so they don't have to pay massive royalties.

Games have been doing this for years, how many tetris clones exist? Called like Tenpid and Tetroid etc.....
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
x-Catalyst
Profile Joined August 2010
United States921 Posts
February 07 2011 12:02 GMT
#6
I don't know... I'm not a fan of rip-offs and copiers, and it does have a resemblance, very much so. I mean seriously, take an archon, remove the blue glow, give it a viking's helmet, and bam! What you get, :27.

Just saying.
Noxie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2227 Posts
February 07 2011 12:05 GMT
#7
I am not really sure its close enough to call it a rip off... and besides is this really competing with SC2?
101TFP
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-07 12:48:25
February 07 2011 12:48 GMT
#8
On February 07 2011 20:36 Musli wrote:
It's impossible not to notice the resemblance it bears to SC1. 3 races (1 hum, 2 alien; robo & organic). Look at those buildings, units, maps O_O
And the name... StarFront -_-
I wonder if Blizzard's gonna sue Gameloft.
iPhone owners should check it out anyway


Nothing to sue here.
"You made a game that is similar to ours!" is not really a good reason to sue.

The gaming industry is so full of rip-offs, just think of the thousands of WoW rip-offs.
People get what they get, this has nothing to do with what they deserve.
Xyik
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada728 Posts
February 07 2011 12:50 GMT
#9
Looks like a blatant rip-off to me. Especially seeing the scene with 'zerglings' or whatever running up the ramp against the 'terrans'.
vek
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia936 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-07 13:52:18
February 07 2011 13:45 GMT
#10
Don't forget Starcraft is just a "ripoff" of Warhammer 40k.

...and WoW was a "ripoff" of Everquest.

The only real resemblance that game has to SC is that it is an RTS and it has 3 races. So yeah, I highly doubt they will be sued.

People should be happy that other games developers realise how well Starcraft works and want to copy ideas from it. I'm hoping that some developers take the idea of having a super balanced, competitive and fun RTS and refine that idea into the ultimate game.

That was what Blizzard did with WoW after all. They took the basic ideas of Everquest and refined the hell out of it so it played more smoothly, was more fun and in turn more popular. I still remember people laughing at WoW during the beta because of it's shit graphics (compared to EQ2) and the fact it didn't really bring much new to the genre as well as being extremely linear. We all know how that story ends.

In the 90s Blizzard was well known being able to take an existing idea or genre and do it better than anyone else could. They weren't really known as the company that came up with fantastic and fresh ideas. A good example of that would have to be Nintendo.

The sad exception to the Blizzard rule (in my opinion!) is SC2. It just seems more and more like an attempt to cash in on the name rather than an honest attempt at making a great RTS that will stand the test of time like the original.
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
February 07 2011 13:45 GMT
#11
This game as a local multiplayer feature, hell...im off playing this instead, cya guys!
Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
February 07 2011 13:57 GMT
#12
Wait, it has LAN?!
Gingerninja
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom1339 Posts
February 07 2011 14:00 GMT
#13
Think of it like this, this is never going to remove people from SC, but tits cheap enough people might try it and like it and decide to try a real version of these games.. ie SC / Total War etc etc.

Once I saw the name gameloft I understood.. quick knock offs for a quick buck, usually pretty poor, but still popular. Kind of like that company that makes movies with titles similar to blockbuster films, that way some people are suckered into buying them thinking it's maybe a sequal when really its a low budget nasty cash in.
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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
February 07 2011 14:05 GMT
#14
IT HAS LAN!
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
IskatuMesk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada969 Posts
February 07 2011 14:09 GMT
#15
That voice acting is absolutely terrible. Not as terrible as much of sc2's, but still horrible. The strange phaser they have on his voice makes it 69x as terrible.

I don't own a mobile device, unless you count boom boxes, but might be worth looking into if you're into that kind of thing I suppose.

Wait, it has LAN?! brb buying phone
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
February 07 2011 14:18 GMT
#16
That's how gameloft rolls. They rip off every genre possible lolol.
When they see MC Probe, all the ladies disrobe.
Attican
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark531 Posts
February 07 2011 14:21 GMT
#17
Are those graphics good for a cell phone? I'm not quite sure how far behind cell phone graphics are compared to video game graphics so I can't really tell if it's bad or good.
lindn
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden833 Posts
February 07 2011 14:33 GMT
#18
one day at the gameloft house.

-Hey Stan, we should make a new game!
-Yeah that would be fun!
-Sooo... what popular games have come out this last month?
-OH! what about starcraft?
-starcraft? you mean... STARFRONT????
-YEEEEEEESESEESESESERSESKDFKFJHEJKHAFAHDFJKÖADSGJFDJHDFÖOHDH

then they went to Stan's house, had cider, crackers and watched grey's anatomy
gautamvirk86
Profile Joined August 2010
India55 Posts
February 07 2011 15:08 GMT
#19
OMFG lulzzz
its the exact same copy, they definatly should be sued
I just cant wait to hear what they have to say in there defense
"Hopefully you're not the real TLO so it's not casted" - SpecialK
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
February 07 2011 15:38 GMT
#20
On February 07 2011 21:48 101TFP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2011 20:36 Musli wrote:
It's impossible not to notice the resemblance it bears to SC1. 3 races (1 hum, 2 alien; robo & organic). Look at those buildings, units, maps O_O
And the name... StarFront -_-
I wonder if Blizzard's gonna sue Gameloft.
iPhone owners should check it out anyway


Nothing to sue here.
"You made a game that is similar to ours!" is not really a good reason to sue.

The gaming industry is so full of rip-offs, just think of the thousands of WoW rip-offs.


wow was a ripoff of everquest
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
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