"Shameless ripoff games"

[Chaosy]

Today I found a second straight ripoff game in a rather short time.

This is a sponsored ad on Facebook: featuring Demon Hunter, Kael'thas, Tyrande, Malfurion.
A game called League of Angels II

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1701040110218806

Secondly: Overwatch ripoff aka Legend of Titan

Thoughts?

 

[Edge45]

Could be fan games whom maybe they didn't mention any authors due to copyright. Lmao, I see alot of these games from site ads.

Really annoying to see though.

 

[Chaosy]

The League of Angels team are spending money on ads, that's no fan game for fun, that's business.
And even if it was a fan game - it would be against copy right laws. (just look at the new pokemon (uranium?) game that got removed after 1 million downloads)

I do not know enough about the chinese Overwatch ripoff, but I do know that China gives zero fucks about copyright laws.

 

[DD Mikasa]

Surprised you had no knowlege on LoAII those fuckers have been spaming ads and even sponsored youtubers to play it for them...

 

[pyf]

Imho, the ultimate example of plagiarism in video games is Limbo of the Lost

Backgrounds
Video
Audio
Menus
Models
Items
Concept Art
Amiga Prototype
Text


For French readers
Limbo of the Lost ou l’énorme plagiat
Les plagiats dans les jeux vidéo
(broader examples of plagiarism in video games - possibly nsfw here and there)


While I am at it, I also point out Advanced Civilization (1996) rips 2 seconds from Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978). Please see attachment (no audio, should play in MPC-HC)

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Please jump at 0:55 for comparisons

 

[Roland]

Well, If they want to make a game they should really start something from scratch and made from their Bloody hands, Not copying fucking good games just to earn some Shitty money.. It sounds like you're selling China stuff in a Black market in Manila's Flea markets.

 

[pyf]

(more or less OT, but hey!)

World Joyland is a theme park located in Changzhou (People's Republic of China). The park's theme is inspired by WoW and StarCraft. It opened in May 2011.

Pics and comparisons:
Inside China's Unauthorized "World Of Warcraft" Theme Park
Gallery Of China's Bootleg World Of Warcraft Theme Park

About the theme park itself:
Joyland: China's 'Disneyland' for the digital era | CNN Travel


** update **

Even more examples of plagiarism in video games:
Hardcore Gaming 101: Tracing the Influence

*Lots* of well-organized pics - possibly nsfw here and there too

 

[Dr Super Good]

Rip of games show that people lack imagination lol. It is one thing to steal vague ideas or design decisions. It is another to out right try to steal a game.

 

[Naze]

Rip of games show that people lack imagination lol. It is one thing to steal vague ideas or design decisions. It is another to out right try to steal a game.

Well, If they want to make a game they should really start something from scratch and made from their Bloody hands, Not copying fucking good games just to earn some Shitty money

I once talked to a guy who does kind of rip-off games for mobiles. He told me that of course it is cooler to design something 100% original, as you'll have your own ideas going on and all, but you tend to get small to no attention (at least in mobile the game market, so he said), and a plagiarized game will benefit from the advertising/marketing of the original and more famous game. So it seems people do that not due to lack of imagination, it is because it actually sells better than original ideas. (who buys this kind of plagiraized stuff anyway?)

Surprised you had no knowlege on LoAII those fuckers have been spaming ads and even sponsored youtubers to play it for them...

Indeed, they appear all over facebook and youtube advertising! However I never clicked their ads and I didn't know about the WoW rip-offs.

 

[Eagle XI]

feel the power of Adblocker,
mwa'hahahah