Comment on Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit

callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To be fair, there have been a few great Chinese AAA games lately. And the Chinese are far from the only ones who steal IP

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• criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ooh yeah that’s a bit much.

  Games are gonna copy major mechanics. Look at all the BOTW clones that came out after Breath of the Wild was successful. But you have to put a liiitle effort into mixing up the art style and color palette.

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• A7thStone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wow! I didn’t realize Sony invented sweeping vistas and giant creatures.

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  • derin@lemmy.beru.co ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s because of the colors used, visual theme, mecha nature of the enemies, and character design of the protagonists - too many direct similarities to argue it’s just inspiration.

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    • callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am a huge fan of the original. It did not take long for the trailer to seem like a Horizon game, and then it was clear it was a watered down ripoff. Agreed the similarities are way too obvious.

      In the trailer there’s clearly some new things and different creatures Horizon doesn’t have, but the stylistic nature of it all is so damn similar.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They might have been able to get away with it if they didn’t use giant mechanical creatures. That’s pretty distinct.

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    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Eh, it’s unique but I don’t think that should give Sony the right to use the exclusively (looking at you Nintendo and Pokemon)

      You could have the exact same game but with flashy dinosaurs and all of a sudden it’s not a problem? And then a third company can come out with another copy with fleshy dinosaurs and there’s no issue because fleshy dinosaurs aren’t unique.

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not that they used animal mechs. It’s that the style of the mechs are very close to that of Horizon. Sony has copyright on the design, not on the idea.

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• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Surprised they didn’t call it Light of Noziroh.

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