Ex-Zipper Employee Sends Anonymous Letter

[Jay520]

Chark said:

Jay520 said:

M.U.G.E.N said:
ugh I call BS. Sony are known for giving more freedom to their devs with the games they make

and can someone who played the game tell me what parts they had that were taken from infamous/uc etc?

Cover system, regenerating health, camera angle, etc etc.

I think your confusing that with EVERY GAME THIS GENERATION.

Honestly those mechanics are not new or exclusive to any of those titles. If this is true then they were trying to push forward generic successful game mechanics that are "oh so popular" among current gamers and mainstream 3rd person shooter titles. Nothing wrong with tested and true mechanics if you're trying to make money and appeal to an audience already receptive to it, just a lack of creativity and originallity can easily be sacrificied placing those mechanics above all else.

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I doubt the author meant Socom copied exclusively from those games. He likely meant that Socom copied from the industry in general. He just mentioned the aforementioned games to give examples.