SC-like mobile game from Gameloft

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

On February 07 2011 21:48 101TFP wrote:


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.

On February 07 2011 22:45 vek wrote:


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.

On February 07 2011 23:18 da_head wrote:
That's how gameloft rolls. They rip off every genre possible lolol.

On February 08 2011 03:11 Bibdy wrote:


You expect every video game company to invent entire genres? Are you kidding? The VAST majority spend their time improving on existing genres. Know why? That's where most of the money comes from, because that's what people want! Blizzard are a classic example of a strong company that takes an existing genre and makes a fucking awesome game out of it.

On February 08 2011 03:14 infinity2k9 wrote:


Whoa i'm not sure why you're getting so angry at him for, but Gameloft literally makes exact copies of current popular games with different titles for mobile systems, they done it for years, beginning with Java game clones of whatever big name game was of the time. Check out what they actually do before getting mad at someone.

On February 08 2011 04:13 infinity2k9 wrote:
I dunno why you find it hard to believe, if you were familar with the mobile sector at all you'd know they completely rip off other games all the times. Such as: Angry Bird clones with other names but exact gameplay for a recent example. Gameloft's legitimate stuff is mainly Ubisoft ports they get allowed to do, but they also do the same as many other mobile devs and just capitalize on a popular current game. They just own more legit licenses than most.

How can you not look at that page and not think of rip-offs? Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus? Hero of Sparta 2? How is that not trying to completely jump on the bandwagon of popularity by trying to make their game look associated with Call of Duty and God of War?

On February 08 2011 00:38 RoieTRS wrote:


wow was a ripoff of everquest

On February 08 2011 04:26 Bibdy wrote:


I'm not saying they're not rip-offs. I'm just saying it happens all the time, because that's what people want. If people didn't buy them, then they wouldn't do it. And I can only assume they're good games on top of it, if not, they'd sell even worse and the company would go out of business. The guy I originally responded to was seemingly expecting that every video game company was out there forging new ground.

Its kind of a weird nexus in the industry. You've got years of awesome gameplay fleshed out in the last 20 years of video gaming, on high-tech devices, and all of a sudden there's this emerging market with tons of demand for good games, but on low-tech devices. Who wouldn't look at those great games and try to hit that market hard and fast with lots of good stuff? Gameloft are just doing what everyone else (in the mobile market development scene) is doing, so I think its a little unfair to single them out.

On February 08 2011 00:08 gautamvirk86 wrote:
OMFG lulzzz
its the exact same copy, they definatly should be sued

On February 08 2011 04:29 JakeBurton wrote:



On the contrary, I think it's totally fair to single them out for producing horrible knock offs. Just because lots of people are producing horrible knock offs doesn't mean they aren't guilty of producing cultural diarrhea.

On February 08 2011 04:35 TotalBiscuit wrote:


Warcraft.

Warhammer.

Let's not have any double standards here. Starcraft takes elements whole-cloth from Warhammer 40,000, nobody kicks up a stink about that. Derirative work != Rip-off. Similar? Certainly? "Inspired by?", definitely. Rip-off? Not really. It's a 3 race space RTS with a simple resource system. It was not uncommon during the RTS boom, to see huge amounts of derirative, similar RTS games. Why is it suddenly not ok now?

On February 08 2011 03:24 Bibdy wrote:

There's a LOT of games there, and its not like you can afford to make a Metal Gear Solid experience on a mobile device. I don't see how its any different to what most video game companies do: Take an existing genre, take an existing game, and make it better.

On February 08 2011 08:16 acidfreak wrote:


Say hello to http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metal-gear-solid-touch-us/id307338306?mt=8.