This entire medium is built on iteration. Basically every fantasy thing you ever played was basically a palette swap of Tolkien or someone who copied Tolkien before them. Original D&D had “hobbits” until they were changed into halflings. Palworld is also parody, which thrives on the similarity as it calls pals bastards for breaking out of their capture, or arms them with modern weaponry. Not only that, but “survival game with a riff on Pokemon” is creating something original.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Uh, didn’t know Earthsea, Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time were Tolkien clones. And that’s the most recognizable ones, I could mention a few dozens fantasy books I’ve read in the past few years that have nothing to do with Tolkien outside of a very superficial reading. People who say “everything is derivative” are those who don’t have enough imagination to create something unique themselves.
Also, “survival game with a riff on Pokémon” is unique and I’ve never disputed that, because I’m not an idiot who things that Pokémon is the only IP allowed to do the monster collecting thing. “Cinderace but green” is not.
Cavemanfreak@programming.dev 7 hours ago
Especially the first book of Wheel of Time famously has lots of similarities with LotR.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Yes, and those similarities end in book 1 of 11-and-a-half written by Jordan and were developed in different directions than LotR. Padan Fain is not Gollum but an alternative and equally powered entity to the Dark One, the Two Rivers are not the Shire but the remnant of a powerful empire, Moraine is no Gandalf, Lan is no Aragorn, neither Mat nor Perrin are Sam, and so on.
The recolored Cinderace is a recoloured Cinderace, there’s no thought process behind it apart from making it legally distinct from its Pokémon counterpart. There’s a difference between creating a derivative copy and creating a unique world with some superficial level similarities.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Do you research anything before posting on the internet? Pokémon Red and Blue are basically a mixup of a lot of different games from back then. Somehow you find it Okay when Pokémon does it, but when someone else does it it’s wrong?
You‘re kind of wild.
Just one small example: …redd.it/pokémon-was-in-the-same-boat-many-years-…
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That’s on you.
Zoot@reddthat.com 7 hours ago
Busy unironically proved the dude aboves point an thinks they’re in the right, hilarious