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JRPGfan on 22 September 2017

from neogaf:

"Bluehole was a company literally founded by the developers of Lineage 3 stealing the code and art assets from NCSoft and making their own game TERA with it. Afterwards, they made Diablo clone Devilian." - Nirolak


I dont see the problem with any developers of a shooter, that want to add a Battle Royale mode to their game doing so.

PUBG are worried about the wrong game.

Watch Red Dead Redemption 2 get a battle royal mode :p



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JRPGfan on 22 September 2017
jason1637 said:
Mordred11 said:
But didn't H1Z1 do it first? :thinking:

Its made by the same Dev.

What about "Arma II" didnt that have a mod that was kinda a battleroyal like PUBG is? and DayZ: Battle Royale.

Pretty sure PUBG isnt the first game of its type, it just blew up and became a huge success.

Successfull games get imitated all the time.



foodfather on 22 September 2017

I hope they do consider action, so Epic can bend them over the table in court. Such an overrated game.



jason1637 on 22 September 2017
JRPGfan said:
jason1637 said:

Its made by the same Dev.

What about "Arma II" didnt that have a mod that was kinda a battleroyal like PUBG is? and DayZ: Battle Royale.

Pretty sure PUBG isnt the first game of its type, it just blew up and became a huge success.

Successfull games get imitated all the time.

He made the ARMA, DAYZ, H1Z1 BR modes.



Chazore on 22 September 2017
shikamaru317 said:

I hope they don't do it. These types of lawsuits never go well for the smaller party, they just end up wasting alot of money on legal fees. I don't see how they could prove that this is similar enough to PUBG. Games copy other games all the time. We didn't see From Software suing Deck13 over Lords of the Fallen, which was pretty much a Souls clone.

I will however say that it is pretty shitty of Epic to watch PUBG throughout it's development, then copy it and add it into one of their own failing games in the hopes of making it successful, even going as far as to use PUBG in their marketing. Epic has fallen pretty far sadly. 

I don't see them going to court over trying to claim they own a genre. What I find shitty about all of this, is that devs like Epic and R* are only now trying to cash in on the BR popularity rise, that PuB had fostered. H1 and before that DayZ started things off, but PuB really reeled it in with what they provided. It seems other devs are now simply picking up what PuB is dropping on the floor, even Epic anded up slapping PuB in their advertisementm, which Blue didn't have any knowledge of, nor given permission, so it's really on Epic for pulling that stunt.

 

We should be asking devs to make their own experiences, rather than trying to copy another mode that one game has clearly become popular for. All PuB is known for, is BR, nothing else. FN is known for being an open world crafting tower defense type game, not a BR game, but Epic are clearly trying to steal some of that light. We've seen devs now adopting MT's, because a few mobile companies made a few successful ventures in using them, now devs just copy what works for a company or two, rather than coming up with their own ways of making more money, we've seen this with MT's, Season passes, day 1 DLC, pre-order DLC, store DLC, system exclusive DLC etc.



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Chazore on 22 September 2017
JRPGfan said:

from neogaf:

"Bluehole was a company literally founded by the developers of Lineage 3 stealing the code and art assets from NCSoft and making their own game TERA with it. Afterwards, they made Diablo clone Devilian." - Nirolak


I dont see the problem with any developers of a shooter, that want to add a Battle Royale mode to their game doing so.

PUBG are worried about the wrong game.

Watch Red Dead Redemption 2 get a battle royal mode :p

RDR is known squarely for pioneering BR?.

 

They recently added the mode in GTA V, I don't see it exploding anywhere as PuB has.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

VGPolyglot on 22 September 2017

If Fighter's History isn't deemed as too similar to Street Fighter II, I don't see how this could be.



Chazore on 23 September 2017

New interview with one of the devs:

http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-exec-clarifies-objection-to-fortnite-battle-royale-its-not-about-the-idea-itself-its-about-epic-games/#comment-jump

Actually paints things that bit better than the media slapping "X company is copying me", that people seem tor eally love rooting for.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

arcaneguyver on 23 September 2017

It's not the game mode, it's Epic? Sounds an awful lot like an excuse to demand some shekels from another company. I hope Epic ignores them entirely.



Chrizum on 24 September 2017
Chazore said:
New interview with one of the devs:

http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-exec-clarifies-objection-to-fortnite-battle-royale-its-not-about-the-idea-itself-its-about-epic-games/#comment-jump

Actually paints things that bit better than the media slapping "X company is copying me", that people seem tor eally love rooting for.

This makes it even worse. So Epic has to ask permission to anyone using their engine to make a new game or gamemode? Epic mentioned PUGB as an inspiration, that's as transparant as it's going to get in this industry. Man up.