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PUBG dev Bluehole concerned over Fortnite's Battle Royale [Up: Background Both Sides]
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Sounds like a great way to stop people using your engine.
mullet2000
Member
Again, not saying it shouldn't be allowed. I also think it's fair for Bluehole to think it was tacky and say as such.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
giancarlo123x
Banned
Until Konami learns what netcode is please don't. Mgo is bad because of it and the player count is 16.
PeskyToaster
Member
Building a game for UE4 doesn't imply some sort of super special secret relationship with Epic anymore. It's a pretty open engine.
Yeah it's a company with that history plus the fact that PUBG is so heavily indebted creatively to its predecessors like Dayz, H1Z1, and the Battle Royale film that it's laughable that they have the balls to insinuate some sort of violation on Epic's part.
This is why the marketing idea with MS was short sighted. Theyre going to be beaten to the PS4 by multiple devs so they can chase a marketing deal for the XBX? I just dont get that decision, it was really fucking stupid. If youre making money hand over fist you put it all into getting on the console with the larger user base as quick as possible.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Lol. 1.3 million concurrent players aren't going to suddenly disappear. Not even when Ubisoft or someone else copies PUBG.
Wouldn't that fuck their reputation and drive developers away?
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
I like the way you think.
benicillin
Banned
of course they'd feel this way then. cheaters are always the most paranoid someone is gonna cheat on them.
jim2point0
Banned
Hmmm.
So Fornite rips off PUBG rips off H1Z1. I'm sure it goes back further than that...
Point is, nothing is original. Fortnite does more to distinguish itself from PUBG than PUBG does from H1Z1.... from what I've seen at least.
Triggerhappytel
Member
What are they going to sue over? They didn't invent the sub-genre and you can't patent gameplay ideas, as I recall.
Yearsoflurking
Member
I'm not a fan of creatively broke copy cats never been so i can see why bluehole is pissed. Epic basically stole the games whole formula including Animations ui etc they should sue
bonesmccoy
Banned
That seems like the kind of thing that would get people emailing their legal team.
Ninja Scooter
Member
the way Fortnite completely cribs certain apsects of PUBG goes a little beyond "inspired by" or "homage".
Local Game Made In Same Engine As Other Game Finds It Easy To Replicate Other Game's Gameplay
NeOak
Member
True. But those developers left after the lawsuit. And TERA went downhill in quality of content due to that.
Playing TERA since open beta, it was noticeable how suddenly art direction and what seemed to be planned was scrapped.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Ignoring that your argument is correct in that lawsuits over games styles rarely occur for good reason. No one really owns dota so there's no aggrieved party. It started off as a mod for Warcraft 3 so blizzard has certain rights but it's not creatively there's. It's a bit of a legal mess but there's a reason why Dota 2 isn't called defense of the ancients 2.
Chobel
Member
Wait, you implying Epic stole PUBG code?
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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BronsonLee
Member
benicillin
Banned
None of those had such a big chance of eating PUBG's lunch on consoles.
yukianderson
Member
Expect a lot of game next E3 to clone this game. They should move fast and finish the game or get lost behind.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I'm not saying that they should or even would, I am just curious if it's within their rights to do so.
It's almost a certainty. If one game can toss PUBG in the dustbin on consoles, it's RDR2.The ๖ۜBronx;249656565 said:
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Welcome to the creatively bankrupt game industry, where copying something is better then innovating.
If a better alternative comes along, those numbers WILL go way down. I personally don't get the hype over the concept and game, but whatever.
lol.
Death Penalty
Member
Agreed. Considering the dev was heavily involved in the Arma mod AND H1Z1 I'd be peeved too. Like I'm sure it's not legally wrong, but Epic is definitely being scummy.
OK, in competitive type games. Or maybe I meant to say PC Communities also last longer despite new games coming out. I can play COD 2 right now on PC, because people still like it (not many though
) , or an older BF, but console moves on fast to the next shiny thing.I had a point damnit
, A pro-pc point, I swear I did.Thats how ti works like it always did its up to the devs to keep people interested.
Beyond PS4 users, I'm not sure it matters.
As long as PUBG continues to update its game. It is the leader of the pack and because there will be dozens of clones, none should challenge the one already in place.
Counter Strike is still Counter Strike, even if Battlefield and Call of Duty copied it's gameplay a decade and a half ago.
As long as PUBG continues to update its game. It is the leader of the pack and because there will be dozens of clones, none should challenge the one already in place.
Counter Strike is still Counter Strike, even if Battlefield and Call of Duty copied it's gameplay a decade and a half ago.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
PUBG is like a ripoff of a billion games before it.
Vital Tundra
Member
I can't even imagine. That Xbox deal would be literally for nothing. Hell it'll probably still be for nothing. The PS4 will get its AAA clone in only a matter of time.
Anyone that is saying PUBG has a right to be pissed, does this mean H1Z1 devs have a right to be pissed about PUBG stealing a ton of what makes King of the Kill fun? Unless Bluehole has some kind of rights to King of the Kill, there is a metric ton of similarities between those two games, and King of the Kill did it first.
I also think it was a mod on ArmA first, but I don't think it was a paid mod so that may not matter.
I also think it was a mod on ArmA first, but I don't think it was a paid mod so that may not matter.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...elopers-guilty-of-stealing-lineage-iii-assets
I mean, this was years ago but cmon man
I mean, this was years ago but cmon man
Teletraan1
Banned
I guess other trains are what is going to stop this train.
I meant the games whose lunch Bluehole ate. No concern for keeping H1Z1 alive.
yukianderson
Member
Second class citizen confirmed.
PlayerUnknown was involved with all of the major ones (Arma 3 BR, H1Z1 KOTK, and now PUBG)
This concern is now emerging because PUBG is the biggest game on Steam and Twitch right now, and Bluehole wants to protect that revenue.
I don't think anyone has a right to be pissed about genre ideas, but see my above comments, all of these games share a common author.
I'm speaking in an ideal world where the netcode of the game would be good of course.
Unfortunately we don't live in that ideal world, because more than just not having good online functionality, Konami are just allergic to good ideas - such as an MGO with a Battle Royale mode that would actually justify MGSV's dumb as hell oversized map.
TimeEffect
Member
How is pubg different from day z
Genuinely asking because i dont understand its success if theyre all the same concept
Id really like to see Last of Us do it as the mechanics are all there
Genuinely asking because i dont understand its success if theyre all the same concept
Id really like to see Last of Us do it as the mechanics are all there
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