Did Blizzard Rip SC off Aliens? - Page 2
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bubblegumbo
Taiwan1296 Posts
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Funguuuuu
United States198 Posts
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
And of course I was aware 12 years ago that they ripped it but never discussed it. It's good to see somec comments though. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45167 Posts
I can't wait for the OP to make a new thread... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have same names as famous artists. Coincidence? | ||
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Ph4ZeD
United Kingdom753 Posts
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Nick!
Scotland701 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:36 Disengaged wrote: Just a few words. Protoss= Eldar Zerg=Tyranids Terran=Space Marines Warhammer 40k. This. I've heard that Games workshop took warhammer 40k to blizzard in like the 80's or something to pitch the idea, they said they didnt like it...then they made starcraft lol. Complete rip off (i love both btw) | ||
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:50 Nick! wrote: This. I've heard that Games workshop took warhammer 40k to blizzard in like the 80's or something to pitch the idea, they said they didnt like it...then they made starcraft lol. Complete rip off (i love both btw) Aliens came before WarHammer which is why I didn't even mention warhammer. I went to the "original" source. | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:30 BlazeFury01 wrote: There's a lot more but I just wanted to see if anyone thinks the same thing. Feel free to add comparisions to the thread. SC got inspirations from Alien, Starship Troopers, Warhammer 40.000 and probably some other franchises. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:50 Ph4ZeD wrote: Art naturally takes influences from the previous work, and especially when Blizzard are actively trying to use Sci-Fi cliches. And the entire genre is a cliche to begin with ;p. | ||
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Xcobidoo
Sweden1871 Posts
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phanto
Sweden708 Posts
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sotaporo
Finland195 Posts
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DanceSC
United States751 Posts
But tottallly think that predator would have been much better if the dark templar had blades and not guns. | ||
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
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Nick!
Scotland701 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:52 BlazeFury01 wrote: Aliens came before WarHammer which is why I didn't even mention warhammer. I went to the "original" source. Yeah but...the similarities between marines is hardly some massive comparision, id say the differences between SC and 40k universe is far more noticeable, being the entire races...their units etc | ||
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:53 Arkless wrote: Rip off? Naw, inspired by... most definitely. But i thought this was common knowledge, they have a lot of outside influences in the game. Zerglings remind me of the bugs from starship troopers as well. Look at the Alien video link in 1:43 and then the StarCraft cinematic scene link. That first half is exactly the same. | ||
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Kevan
Sweden2303 Posts
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Sinedd
Poland7052 Posts
lol.. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8225 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:38 Demizzle wrote: teamliquid won't say shit about this because they're all blizzard loving fanboys. Go talk to the guys that own the Alien franchise about this gross copyright infringement. I'm sure you can persuade them to split the profits after they sue the pants off of Blizzard. You're not the first person to have noticed this but maybe you'll be the one that has the guts to do something about this. Blizzard have gone on long enough ripping off of other games, series', you name it. It's time somewhat put a stop to their gross abuse. Be the 1%, Blazefury01. It's even in your name. You can do it. What exactly are you doing on this site? This -is- a starcraft community you know. Also. I'd lvoe to see the person who sues someone for referencing their movie/game. Maybe Schwarzenegger should sue everyone who uses the phrase "I'll be back". I'm not hating on americans..but this needs to stop. You don't go around looking for people to sue. Thats not how a system should work. | ||
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ChinaRestaurant
Austria324 Posts
On March 18 2012 22:52 [F_]aths wrote: SC got inspirations from Alien, Starship Troopers, Warhammer 40.000 and probably some other franchises. StarCraft and WarCraft were still originally meant to be games for Games Workshop until they revoked their rights. Since Blizzard didnt want to completely start from the beginning again they changed it so they could call it their own creation. Not that thats necessarily a bad thing, we all know those games are still great in their own right :>. Edit: in retrospect I'm not even sure about StarCraft being a WH40k project originally, but I'm pretty sure about WarCraft. | ||
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