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[Oreiller]

Doesn't the trailer say "Open World Exploration"?

Yeah, and that's a lie. The game is separated into empty levels that all look roughly the same, that are all pretty small and that only consist in killing waves of enemies.

I guess you can explore them if you want but there is nothing to do or see in this game, so why would you? Not to mention that the collision detection on the terrain barely works, so I hope you like phasing through rocks and walls.
At one point, I had to exit the game because an enemy spawned inside the level geometry and couldn't move, and I was unable to reach it. This game is an incompetent mess, and is by far the worst commercial game I have ever played.

 

[TheSpoiler]

Yep, people think Game Certification and quality control are the same thing.

If the game is playable and doesn't brick the system, that's enough for them.

Exactly.

Why would Steam not doing that be a defense? Steam is the easy one to get on to. It's harder to get on a console. They don't have an automated and barely moderated system to get on the platform like Steam does. MS doesn't even allow a lot of really good indie games on the platform unless they give some sort of extra content.

Ignoring the stolen assets aspect, it should have been blocked because it looks like a total turd in general.

The indie thing doesn't make sense, because that's MS parity clause and not them actively blocking indies from their platform.

Regardless of whether or not it looks like shitty game, platform holders shouldn't be the ones to decide what lives on their networks beyond the agreed upon terms. I don't want Sony to start denying some cool but janky game on the grounds that it's too "anime" or whatever.

And, once again, it would take them actively playing through thousands of games to determine some subjective rating.

 

[QisTopTier]

Yeah, and that's a lie. The game is separated into empty levels that all look roughly the same, that are all pretty small and that only consist in killing waves of enemies.

I guess you can explore them if you want but there is nothing to do or see in this game, so why would you? Not to mention that the collision detection on the terrain barely works, so I hope you like phasing through rocks and walls.
At one point, I had to exit the game because an enemy spawned inside the level geometry and couldn't move, and I was unable to reach it. This game is an incompetent mess, and is by far the worst commercial game I have ever played.

But why did you play it at all

 

[Oreiller]

But why did you play it at all

Morbid curiosity mostly. It delivers quite a bit on that front.

 

[BY2K]

Reposting for visibility because wow.

I made a screencap of the end of the trailer every time it cut to the character walking and holy shit, it's not even trying. 8 cuts, 3 environments. But not only that, it cuts to the EXACT SAME SPOT.

Sorry for the quality of the screens. Bad quality trailer + Youtube compression.

http://imgur.com/a/BVb8I

Screen 1 and 2 are at the same spot.

Screen 3 and 4 are at the same spot, but a different one from Screen 1 and 2.

Then Screen 5 and 6 go back to the same spot as Screen 1 and 2.

Then I realized this cut is the same as Screen 1, 2, 5 and 6 just a TINY bit further, you can still see the pillar on the left.

Then the final cut before the trailer ends is at the same spot as Screens 3 and 4.

 

[Calm Mind]

 

[xviper]

The trailer for this game in the PS store uses a soundtrack from Ori and the blind forest, lol

 

[DeathSparks]

Man PSN is quickly turning into Steam at this rate, no quality control whatsoever.

 

[BY2K]

The trailer for this game in the PS store uses a soundtrack from Ori and the blind forest, lol

Holy shit it does.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

The trailer for this game in the PS store uses a soundtrack from Ori and the blind forest, lol

OMG LOL

 

[rhandino]

They sure love that bridge in the trailer...

 

[Gxgear]

That's disgraceful. What I don't get is how they think this shit will fly and actually turn a profit, as I'd imagine there's still considerable time invested in jjust ripping off assets.

 

[Shadow Hog]

...I was expecting it was a tokusatsu game

Shame : \

Go play the Japanese version of Shatterhand, I guess.

Spoiler

Because that's also what I thought of, when reading the name of the game. Even the name's unoriginal!

 

[DeathSparks]

I found this comment in the trailer.

This is the actual developer, I shit you not

 

[BY2K]

It's 30% on sale on PSN.

13.29$ from 18.99$.

 

[Qurupeke]

Is this a joke game? lol

 

[poodaddy]

So uh....lawsuit when?

 

[James Scott]

I also Noticed that the Developers stole their logo character from a Deviantart page

http://coocooon.deviantart.com/art/Elf-wallpaper-196617416

They also stole the Zelda font it's pretty impressive that they stole art for the logo and couldn't event find a nice font without stealing that too
I'm pretty sure the jingle at the beginning is from somewhere too

 

[morpix]

I never thought I'd see the equivalent of a "Unity Asset Flip" on the Playstation Store.

 

[QisTopTier]

I found this comment in the trailer.

This is the actual developer, I shit you not

 

[BY2K]

So I made a few tweets about the game, and I really want this to catch up because this is REALLY not ok.

So if you guys could give this a re-tweet if you use twitter that would be nice.

https://twitter.com/TheBY2K/status/765680738402377728 This one is for Jim Sterling. He loves to cover that sort of bullshit.

https://twitter.com/TheBY2K/status/765683729016631296

 

[Bergerac]

It's High Fantasy. Of course it's regurgitated.

 

[SomTervo]

Their twitter page is nothing but stolen assets

https://twitter.com/lightningstudi

Lightning Game Studios® is an independent game studio, our main goal is to bring the best developer tools.

Sounds legit.

 

[Collateral22]

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

 

[CreeperBlocks]

So I made a few tweets about the game, and I really want this to catch up because this is REALLY not ok.

So if you guys could give this a re-tweet if you use twitter that would be nice.

https://twitter.com/TheBY2K/status/765680738402377728 This one is for Jim Sterling. He loves to cover that sort of bullshit.

https://twitter.com/TheBY2K/status/765683729016631296

Thank you for doing this.

 

[Kinsei]

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

Silver
Silver
Gold

Bronze
Bronze
Silver

Great trophy icons.

 

[DeathSparks]

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

I dead 300, LOL

 

[SomTervo]

As a Scot, it's rather amusing that the country the game's set in is called 'cannae'. As in, 'you cannae shove yer granny off a bus'.

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

Come on, everyone, it's a logical progression.

Knight > Darkness > ... Solbrain

Spoiler

I found this comment in the trailer.

This is the actual developer, I shit you not

Fucking hell.

 

[ThouIsARobber]

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

That's a tombstone worthy accomplishment right there.

 

[JP]

Those trophies are amazing.

https://www.facebook.com/LightningGameStudios/?ref=page_internal

https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/gilson-pontes/id1035683864

 

[poodaddy]

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

Lmfao

 

[veloxStrix]

 

[Sera O]

Stolebrain...

Is there some technique that makes this IP theft profitable? Like, if they put little to zero effort into the game, get a bunch of sales (enough to make a profit) and then immediately comply with takedown letters from everyone whose assets they stole, do they just bank everything they made?

It's so weird that this can actually be approved.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

there you go, PlayStation users. now you have the true steam user experience.

 

[Jaeger]

...I was expecting it was a tokusatsu game

Shame : \

This.

 

[RoboPlato]

there you go, PlayStation users. now you have the true steam user experience.

I hope one day my PSN library can look like Jim Sterling's Steam library.

 

[mollipen]

I dropped a line to one of my contacts about this (with a link to the thread), so any other examples of stolen assets in the game people know about, please post them.

 

[BY2K]

I really hope Jim makes a video about this.

This is just not ok. If the game itself uses Ori and the Blind Forest music, there's ground for a lawsuit, here. Not to mention all the other stolen assets.

 

[sqwarlock]

That icon in the bottom left is the GOD DAMN WARRIOR CREST FROM WOW.

 

[Wanderer5]

So many interesting things from this game and devs twitter page (dat banner).

That icon in the bottom left is the GOD DAMN WARRIOR CREST FROM WOW.

Lol damn.

 

[blackjaw]

That icon in the bottom left is the GOD DAMN WARRIOR CREST FROM WOW.

Hey guys lets "borrow" from one of the most successful franchises of all time, nobody will know

 

[Drencrom]

Welp, only a matter of time until this game is taken down.

even the trophy descriptions lmao.

How many enemies did you dead during your playthroughs guys?

lol

 

[MaximumSpider]

11 levels AND open for exploration!?
Holy shit, stop spoiling me!

 

[BY2K]

That icon in the bottom left is the GOD DAMN WARRIOR CREST FROM WOW.

How the hell did he think no one would notice!?

 

[Drencrom]

How the hell did he think no one would notice!?

Going by the amount of stolen assets, I'm pretty sure they don't care or think it's legal to "borrow" them.

 

[BY2K]

Anybody can identify the music in the launch trailer? I'd bet it's stolen, too.

 

[TruthasaurusRex]

I can't remember the last time I dead 300 enemies in one stage.

 

[Azuardo]

With the way the dev's comments on YouTube sound, it just sounds like the dev is trolling, just seeing what they can get away with for the lulz. I mean, they've ripped assets from just about everywhere, AND managed to get a basic as fuck "game" approved to make money off of on PSN. They must be laughing... That is until shit comes back to bite them in the ass big time... which I hope it does. But just the whole state of it is a complete joke.

 

[Wanderer5]

Anybody can identify the music in the launch trailer? I'd bet it's stolen, too.

Well the part with the lightning studios presents reminded me of the first 5 seconds of this song from Sin & Punishment 2 heh. Can't recognize the music during the gameplay through, but yeah I wouldn't be surprise if it is from something else.

 

[Aters]

I'm legitimately sad now. Not for this game, but for JP developers. I think some Japanese games today look the same as this one graphically (maybe it's because this game steals some good quality assets).