B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Why support lazy mimicking shit? I'll play good games with no care for where the originate, to support quality.snoopeasystreet said:
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Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta announced - It's Uncharted but in Arabic
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snoopeasystreet
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B_Rik_Schitthaus said:
It's the first game from a studio in a country that doesn't really develop games. Throwing them a few quid will hardly break my wallet and maybe their next game will be something cool and original. I don't think it's that strange to want to support game development in new regions.
MalboroRed
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Takao said:
Are his pants on fire? Game looks like such a cheap fucking knock-off lol.
snoopeasystreet said:
You're basically rewarding them not for an original idea, but for making a cheap knock-off and completely ripping off another developer.
Same.Stumpokapow said:Provided that it actually gets released, which I'm not conceding it will, I'd be happy to try it. I love the idea of game development from atypical countries.
I can think of at least one big developer that started similarly. Does the game Gnop sound familiar?MalboroRed said:
shidoshi said:
There was a Polish game called The Terminator for Atari, I think. It was about a time-traveling cyborg and featured Arnie's likeness. It was also completely unlicensed.
The man who made it is now an art director at Techland. He was a project leader on Bound in Blood and Dead Island among other things.
Speaking of Techland, they started off as a single stand with pirated games. Then they began"publishing" shareware games downloaded off BBS. Now they're not only a publishing power, but also one of the big three major game development companies in Poland.
RustyNails
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I hope we get Arne's reaction.
AlphaDragoon
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Kingsora said:
D'awwww.
We <3 you too, Elena. Now the knockoff game this thread is based on...not so much.
Stabby McSter
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Is there a Unearthed defense force yet?
RyanardoDaVinci
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dragonelite said:Could use some more Chloe ass never can get enough of that perfect ass.
dat ass junior derailing thread.
Even Lazarevic agrees:
nelsonroyale
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Lighting at the beginning brought a chortle and the game is a huge bite...still its a fledgling industry....they are not going to go far unless they inject some originality/quality though
Indeed, it's like a carnival in here.SouSouRocket said:As a Muslim woman I'm delighted to see a character like that in a game, though I wish it was in a more original property. Headscarves are not a cliche. This may come as news to you but it's an important way of life for many people. Some people may be forced to wear it, but most are not (unless they live somewhere like Saudi Arabia).
I don't wear a scarf but my mom, cousin, and several of my relatives do. I'm sorry to go off like this but I always thought it would be great to include a strong Muslim woman in some of my work and to see this kind of reaction is incredibly disheartening
I can only speak for Egypt due to lack of experience from other areas (haven't been to anywhere in the Gulf since my father passed away), but here it is almost nonexistant. The first commercially released PC game came out a few years ago, and even that had some trouble. There are some indie projects on the side, but nothing major really. Excluding the university I'm in, there's only one or two other (all private) universities here whose CS Departments have courses remotely related to game development.shidoshi said:
MalboroRed
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Crunched said:
You're reaching. Let's not pretend these guys are going to be the next bungie.
AlphaDragoon
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Gravijah said:
It's super adorable that she's even doing the hand heart.
Getting way more technical that you meant with your joke, it's an in-game model IIRC so it's probably limits Elena's ability to do the hand heart with complete accuracy.
corkscrewblow said:
My eyes must have blocked out this blasphemy the first time so I missed it. Elena is the best and don't you forget it.
dragonelite
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Stabby McSter said:
If it is a good game why not. Haven't really seen a western oriented dev do something original. Hell i mean didn't the uncharted franchise in the beginning get called a Tomb raider and indiana jones rip off. Funny how Tomb Raider gets called a uncharted rip off by younger gamers.
Interesting...
The site describes it as kind of Alan Wake too. Which chapters as episodes, ending with cliffhangers and new chapters starting with a recap of what happened in the previous one; plus mixed with Uncharted; could be nice.
And the main character is good looking and looks "normal", not all muscles.
Interested on seeing this released; since it's a digital release it will be easier to keep an eye out, try a demo and don't worry about they not shipping many copies.
There's a Facebook game too, downloading now.
EDIT:
The Facebook game seems quite nice. Is a multiplayer shooter, and 3D. Kinda looks like a PSP game, which was quite surprising for a "Facebook game".
The site describes it as kind of Alan Wake too. Which chapters as episodes, ending with cliffhangers and new chapters starting with a recap of what happened in the previous one; plus mixed with Uncharted; could be nice.
And the main character is good looking and looks "normal", not all muscles.
Interested on seeing this released; since it's a digital release it will be easier to keep an eye out, try a demo and don't worry about they not shipping many copies.
There's a Facebook game too, downloading now.
EDIT:
The Facebook game seems quite nice. Is a multiplayer shooter, and 3D. Kinda looks like a PSP game, which was quite surprising for a "Facebook game".
hey_it's_that_dog
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Crunched said:
It's not just derivative. All games are derivative. This is plagiarism. And to be clear I'm not morally offended on behalf of Naughty Dog or anything like that. I don't care that they're copying something. I care that they are copying something to which they cannot compare favorably in the end. I admire their ambition, but I think their efforts are misguided, unless this turns out to be more different from Uncharted than it initially appears.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Supposedly the company is Saudi, but the actual place of development is Singapore, so yeah...
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Is there any anti-jewish messages in there? If so, we could see yet another videogame fight in the courts.
AlphaDragoon
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gogo said:
There you go, proper hand heart. XD
hey_it's_that_dog
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tiff said:
This kind of direct copying happens with a low enough frequency that it's still worth remarking about, especially on major console platforms. I know Gameloft does a ton of this but their games are not on my radar.
DiscoJer
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Kingsora said:
Actually there is a collection of Arabic card games.
They're Minis, so probably only me and Takao noticed. But nevertheless, they exist.
http://www.pspminis.com/5295/basha-card-game-collection-review-deal/
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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No, those ones tend to be done using the BUILD engine or something hilariously out of date. This just looks like what Italy did with Hollywood Plots (among other countries) or what Gameloft does all the time.Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
What is this I don't even.Dr. Kitty Muffins said:
If that's not a joke post, you are jumping from the developers' location to a specific type of religious bigotry to another big video game debacle in court. That's pretty big stretch for a game we know so little about, don't you think?
Takao said:
Thing is, this clone will probably be good because from the games I played from Gameloft, even if they are clearly immitating, they are generally great clones.
InfiniDragon
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So off topic, Elena is totally better than Chloe, and anyone who says different is insane. XD
On topic, the high res of the lead character is actually pretty darn respectable. But everything about this so far screams "trainwreck" to me. Hopefully it does its inspiration justice.
On topic, the high res of the lead character is actually pretty darn respectable. But everything about this so far screams "trainwreck" to me. Hopefully it does its inspiration justice.
Discotheque
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fuuuuuuck Elena. I feel obligated to say that in every Uncharted thread whenever she's mentioned. Annoying, whiny, annoying voice etc. She's like the digital world's jennifer aniston.
Team Chloe. Way better in every aspect (especially voice)
Team Chloe. Way better in every aspect (especially voice)
shidoshi said:
Yeah I dunno about Arab countries but Iran has a decent bit of videogame output. You've been beaten to the punch a bit by some other outlets though.
http://www.slate.com/id/2255103/
http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/12/10/inside-irans-video-game-industry/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_developed_in_Iran
Also, this dude made some well-regarded indie games, he won some prizes and wanted to put the game on XBLIG but couldn't due to sanctions.
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2010/10/indie_spotlight_mahdi_bahrami.php
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Hilarious.
Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
Multiplayer video of the game
It however is from the facebook game, so no idea if it is representative for the full game
It however is from the facebook game, so no idea if it is representative for the full game