Yeah, I was thinking "wow BotW was good so maybe this will be too", but BotW was only good because of how creative it is and lets you be, copying it isnt going to result in a game nearly as good unless you come in inspired. Which I doubt the devs of this game are judging by how blatant it is.
It's been like that for a while, man :P
As long as they don't directly copy any actual copyrighted, trademarked or patented assets then there's no issue. There's no automatic legal protection for gameplay mechanics, so unless there's a patent involved (which is pretty rare), you can't infringe on those grounds. The closest it comes to actual IP infringement is with it's UI design, but even then it seems like it's just different enough to be safe (and it's not like BotW's UI was super unique to begin with).
Nailed it. Games go for different experiences and their mechanics and visuals are made to service that experience, so, ideally, they should all synergize. By just jamming in concepts and mechanics from different games you destroy that synergy, so no wonder the game isnt good.
Yup, but if there is no enforcement and there is demand for these clones it will keep happening. Basically a combination of China letting domestic companies copy foreign companies without consequences and most foreign games/consoles prohibited from official sale in China.
This is why I gave up trying to be anything but an indie dev. I'd rather make something with a set vision from the getgo and take 10 times as long than to push out some project that someone higher than the people literally in charge of designing of the game telling them to change the design to appeal to something different.
You have to be being pretty intentionally dense to not see elements/gameplay/animations/menus ripped wholesale from another game and see what they're doing with it. Intent matters somewhat but this isn't one of those "I'm promoting people copyright dances or mechanics" this is one of those "They put gacha in literally the engine of BOTW and are looking to make money." Copying mechanics isn't the only thing at odds here. IT's literally EVERYTHING but a few elements ripped wholesale. Come on.
Fair enough.
Great post.
If it were "literally the engine of BOTW" you'd have a point, but there's absolutely no evidence that's the case (it would be totally ridiculous if it were case as that would be more work than simply recreating the look and gameplay systems in another PC native engine).
Yeah the combat here actually looks better than BotW. Pleasantly surprised.
I doubt they can do that. 👀
You should read the thread. Specifically my post on the last page, here I'll quote it for you because you're lazy:
I mean, even the UI sound effects are nearly identical to BOTW. Like there's blatant and then there's kill all enemies in this base camp that looks nearly identical to the ones in BOTW which will trigger an animation signaling that the chest is now open:
a stamina fueled climb everything system that looks nearly identical:
An incredibly similar UI and sound effects for picking up items:
Hell even the dialogue layout nearly identical:
All things considered it's most likely an intentional ripoff. One that will likely appeal to those who're off put by creativity and inspired art direction and prefer something much more derivative and lame when it comes to character art.
Isnt that because playable female characters are extremely popular with anime games crowd(for reasons)? I doubt the intention was to be inclusive
Go back and look at BoTW. This knockoff looks like a knockoffgame looks way better visually than botw tho, gotta give it that
like this screenshot here
i wish anything in botw looked as good as this
You sure it aint some crack in your cigar mike?game looks way better visually than botw tho, gotta give it that
like this screenshot here
i wish anything in botw looked as good as this
