EPTAlso blizzard has boycotted every single initiative to bring broodwar to mobile devices such as the ds and mobile phones, so basically its their fault.
I'm actually buying this game, it looks entertaining
Gameloft's blatant copy of starcraft (on iPhone!) - Page 3
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theBlues
El Salvador638 Posts
Also blizzard has boycotted every single initiative to bring broodwar to mobile devices such as the ds and mobile phones, so basically its their fault. I'm actually buying this game, it looks entertaining | ||
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GoodRamen
United States713 Posts
On February 08 2011 05:58 cnas wrote: Name one major concept from a Blizz game thats really, truly original to only Bliz. Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft are HEAVILY influenced from the pop culture around us. I'm happy they didn't get sued for it. Otherwise, we certainly wouldn't be playing sc2 right now. iirc starcraft was the first rts game with completely different factions. and diablos with the point and click control. not to mention bnet which is a free server where ppl can play games back then. thats to my knowledge though so feel free to correct me xD | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On February 08 2011 05:42 LegendaryZ wrote: It's not like they're seriously trying to pass this off as a real competitive product anyway. They're not? Last I checked, Gameloft announced they sold over 20 million App store games total. If that's not real and competitive, I don't know what is. And that was a couple months back, that number has surely increased since then. Also, I personally think it's borderline unethical to cash in on the popularity and success of another's idea and work like they do. There's being inspired by something and adapting it into something new, and then there's blatant copying constantly skirting on the edge of a copyright infringement lawsuit. I'm feeling the same about knockoffs in certain other industries, like the aforementioned Asylum mockbusters. | ||
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MichaelJLowell
United States610 Posts
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cnas
Sweden640 Posts
On February 08 2011 06:15 jaiBing wrote: iirc starcraft was the first rts game with completely different factions. and diablos with the point and click control. not to mention bnet which is a free server where ppl can play games back then. thats to my knowledge though so feel free to correct me xD I think all those things are true, but what i meant was the concept of hero vs demons (diablo), man vs alien vs "predator" (sc) and man vs orc. What i get a sense of from the video is that they're really just doing what bliz used to do, but bliz just didn't get stuff from the same genre of game (a luxury from the early computer days). How it actually plays and how u control units and stuff like finding people to play against might not be very bliz-like, but I dont know, haven't played it. | ||
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SnowSC2
United States678 Posts
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vlnplyr
United States76 Posts
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hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On February 08 2011 06:19 Bobster wrote: They're not? Last I checked, Gameloft announced they sold over 20 million App store games total. If that's not real and competitive, I don't know what is. And that was a couple months back, that number has surely increased since then. Also, I personally think it's borderline unethical to cash in on the popularity and success of another's idea and work like they do. There's being inspired by something and adapting it into something new, and then there's blatant copying constantly skirting on the edge of a copyright infringement lawsuit. I'm feeling the same about knockoffs in certain other industries, like the aforementioned Asylum mockbusters. This isn't a competitive product because Blizzard isn't in the business of making iPhone games. Honestly you could make a more legitimate argument about blatant rip-offs in the Fighting Game genre or the MMORPG genre since those are clearly designed to directly compete with each other on the same platform. It may certainly be unethical, but it's a common practice that anyone who enters this kind of business comes to expect. Just like companies like IKEA basically rip off designs and makes cheaper copies of designer furniture, these guys just make cheap knockoffs of popular games. If you seriously think an iPhone game like this is going to take away sales from Starcraft or any other game that they've copied, you're just kidding yourself. | ||
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On February 08 2011 06:33 LegendaryZ wrote: Yeah, absolutely. You could definitely make arguments for these, although I'm not aware of too many recent games where things have been as obviously stolen/copied as Gameloft usually does.This isn't a competitive product because Blizzard isn't in the business of making iPhone games. Honestly you could make a more legitimate argument about blatant rip-offs in the Fighting Game genre or the MMORPG genre since those are clearly designed to directly compete with each other on the same platform. On February 08 2011 06:33 LegendaryZ wrote: It may certainly be unethical, but it's a common practice that anyone who enters this kind of business comes to expect. Just like companies like IKEA basically rip off designs and makes cheaper copies of designer furniture, these guys just make cheap knockoffs of popular games. If you seriously think an iPhone game like this is going to take away sales from Starcraft or any other game that they've copied, you're just kidding yourself. Well, just because it's common practice doesn't make it any less unethical, so I guess we actually agree on all points. :DYou asked why I called Gameloft's modus operandi despicable, it's because I consider it unethical (as do you, apparently). | ||
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bloodmeat
United States160 Posts
Knock offs are nothing new and they all suck. Usually provided for a niche market as I can't imagine the market for that title being very big at all. If you're into that type of game then you're probably playing SC2 or some other superior game on a PC like a proper gamer. | ||
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DuckS
United States845 Posts
EDIT: My god, watching the video, these players have terrible macro. | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On February 08 2011 06:38 Bobster wrote: You asked why I called Gameloft's modus operandi despicable, it's because I consider it unethical (as do you, apparently). I suppose the only disagreement we may have is on the use of the word, "despicable". To me, reverse engineering or copying a product is far from it. Despicable to me would probably be more like the exploitation of sweatshop labor by clothing companies or deliberately disposing of toxic waste in an improper manner. Knockoffs like this really just amuse me more than anything else just like the fake LV and Coach bags you find in Chinatown for a few bucks. | ||
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Looky
United States1608 Posts
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djWHEAT
United States925 Posts
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satsang
39 Posts
BUT nothing can compare to the "world of lordcraft" :D. | ||
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tsuxiit
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
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pzea469
United States1520 Posts
Yeah I think its very SC2 like from the vid, probably a copy. | ||
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