Nah. This is waaay more of an infringement than Palworld. I can’t even tell the difference in screenshots.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Sony (Horizon vs Light of Motiram) and Nintendo (Pokemon vs Palword), man. They really hurt the gaming industries freedom. Now we just need Microsoft (Blizzard) to sue Marvel Rivals for copying Overwatch in some form, then the Triforce is complete.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 day ago
You not being able to tell the difference in screenshots is not an infringement. These are two different games, that look similar and play similar. Its totally fine to do this. It’s sad that companies and even some players (like you) do not want that. Doing something similar should be okay.
Imagine cars couldn’t look the same, or websites couldn’t look the same or couldn’t be structured the same. Or imagine every music you listen to has to be vastly different from anything else. This stifles creativity and competition. Otherwise no one can improve on existing games.
As long as nothing directly is stolen, like the exact art, program code or whatever copyright is, it’s okay. I want more of the “same”, from more devs, more competition. I want more Pokemon, more Horizon, more Overwatch and I’m not even joking.
Smoke@beehaw.org 18 hours ago
Or imagine every music you listen to has to be vastly different from anything else.
Yeah…imagine if you could sue because someone put out a song with a beat almost identical to your own, which is what Sony is alleging happened here: americansongwriter.com/ice-ice-baby-and-the-david…
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 17 hours ago
An identical sound means its a theft. That’s not the issue “we” or “I” am talking about. The issue with the games getting sued is, because they are similar. There is no audio, graphic or code being identical. It’s more like, if the music sounds similar, then you can sue someone.
lath@piefed.social 2 days ago
You’ll get Escape from Tarkov vs Escape from Duckov and you’ll like it!
excursion22@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Tencent's Arena Breakout is very similar to Tarkov. Like, watching it, you'd just think tarkov got a bit of an update. They don't really care about IP unless it's their own.
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
No chance Tarkov will ever sue with the amount of IP they rip for the game.
mohab@piefed.social 14 hours ago
From Software could kill the entire soulslike genre with one lawsuit. Like, just pick the biggest non-From Software soulslike and sue the publisher.