Most blatant plagiarism you have ever seen.
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The entire Warcraft franchise actually started with Blizzard making a Warhammer fantasy RTS, presenting it to Games Workshop to get a license to Warhammer, and failing miserably. They then altered it just enough to not get sued and called it Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. So yeah, the similarities between the Warcraft games and the Warhammer franchise are entirely not coincidental.Raddra said:
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I know we've been over this but come on! This is just one example.
Btw, that's called an homage, I guess the Thor pilot sounding like Aw-nald is plagarism too.
Well someone's voice isn't IP.Spencer Petersen said:\Death_Korps_Kommissar said:I know we've been over this but come on! This is just one example.
Btw, that's called an homage, I guess the Thor pilot sounding like Aw-nald is plagarism too.
At what point does it stop being a homage and then becomes plagiarism?
/thread. Bravo Sir/Madam! I was going to do this, but wanted to see if someone else had thought to do it first. Nicely done!MidnightKnight said:
I was shocked at the bold use of footage from "Battlestar Galactica" when I watched the 1988 film "Space Mutiny". It's obvious it's ripped from somewhere else even if you've never seen BSG as the model shots look FAR better than any other prop or set in the film.
As for games I can't remember the name off the top of my head, but wasn't there a game that straight off used screenshots ripped from games like Oblivion, and such as backgrounds.
As for games I can't remember the name off the top of my head, but wasn't there a game that straight off used screenshots ripped from games like Oblivion, and such as backgrounds.
The pet monster thing is older then pokemon, only example I can think of is Monster Ranchers but I'm sure older ones exist, it's pretty much it's own genre.Auron225 said:
And for everyone mentioning Warhammer and warcraft both are just copying a form of fantasy popularized by Lord of the Rings, same goes for the sci fi versions.
That's a good question, something that we should probably define in the thread, as the general literary definition doesn't fit. I would say the plagiarism becomes apparent when the game and/or characters are lifted directly with the intent on making money by pretending to associate with that product or appealing to an audience that might not be aware of the original work.Death_Korps_Kommissar said:Well someone's voice isn't IP.Spencer Petersen said:\Death_Korps_Kommissar said:I know we've been over this but come on! This is just one example.
Btw, that's called an homage, I guess the Thor pilot sounding like Aw-nald is plagarism too.
At what point does it stop being a homage and then becomes plagiarism?
I would think the image is iconic enough that you wouldn't need to have it say "This is from War of the Worlds" to get the reference, and it isn't being used as the main selling point of the game. I mean this isn't "War of the Worlds: The Strategy Game", its SC2, which is known for having a large number of classic sci-fi references. And to say its trying to trick people who haven't seen War of the Worlds to thinking it did the concept first doesn't fit, as the colossi are minor parts of the game. The plot doesn't revolve around them, they don't impact the story too much, and they exist to serve only their battle purpose. You don't even see them in singleplayer until about halfway through the game.
I would ask you this, how would you create a long range siege vehicle that uses perpendicularly linear damage mechanics, is vulnerable to both air and ground attacks, and conforms to the traditional protoss art design, but without making it a tall robot? The only thing i can imagine is like a tall kite that shoots fricken lasers out of its fricken head! (oh noes i plagiarized a line from Austin Powers).
The way I would consider it plagiarism is if the plot revolved around saving earth/some planet from the colossi and the game treated itself as the spiritual sequel of War of the Worlds. As it stands they are just a reference to another piece of scifi, much like many other units in the game.
I saw that yesterday! At first I was laughing at how hard the game was ripping off Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield Heroes, but as more details rose I wanted to play it more and more.Not G. Ivingname said:
Infiminer, thats the game Notch was playing when he made minecraft.Lord Kloo said:
and i think Mafia 2 is a slight ripoff off GTA:
you enter an unfamiliar area, and through the help of a contact in the city rise through the ranks of a criminal group, while driving around and open-world city, attacking civilians and shooting out with the cops.
'TOOUCH MEEE - How can it beeee?'
'TOOOUCH MEEE - Take me to that other place!'
Same chords, same melody, even same lyric.
For shame, Bono.
Warcraft. Just look at Warhammer and then back at Warcraft. See the difference? No? That's because it's the same thing.