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Infinite Warfare borrow designs from Halo?
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Dictator93
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SuperBanana
Banned
It's not like they're ripping off core designs. They're pretty minor things like a loading screen. I mean, Witcher 3 had a part where you walk into a cave with a sword in a bonfire and kneel down in front of it. You could fool someone it was dark souls footage almost but it was obviously intended. That armour has got to be too.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Ill update the OP too:
Jorge from Halo Reach:
Character from IW:
Loading screen from Reach:
Loading screen from IW:
Those I can deal with, but the Pelican or the bomb? C'mon...
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Whoa. That's close to Naughty Dog levels. They're not even trying to hide it.
lock it down
Triggerhappytel
Member
I watched the video in the background, but I think some of these things are tenuous at best. I will give it another proper watch later.
FWIW not defending COD at all (I have little interest in the series), but a lot of sci-fi content cribs from other stuff. For example, I believe the concept of the space ring structure originates from the 1970 novel Ringworld, and I always felt like the Flood and Elites in Halo resembled the Aliens (as in Ridley Scott/James Cameron) and Predators (1987 Schwarzenegger film) respectively, and the marines are lifted straight out of Aliens, with Johnson in particular being a carbon copy of Apone. To be fair, Cameron almost seemed to retaliate as I felt like some of the ship designs in Avatar were straight out of Halo!
EDIT - to clarify, I think Halo is brilliant and I love most of its designs, but it felt more like a slick amalgamation of other ideas and designs rather than anything which felt particularly original.
FWIW not defending COD at all (I have little interest in the series), but a lot of sci-fi content cribs from other stuff. For example, I believe the concept of the space ring structure originates from the 1970 novel Ringworld, and I always felt like the Flood and Elites in Halo resembled the Aliens (as in Ridley Scott/James Cameron) and Predators (1987 Schwarzenegger film) respectively, and the marines are lifted straight out of Aliens, with Johnson in particular being a carbon copy of Apone. To be fair, Cameron almost seemed to retaliate as I felt like some of the ship designs in Avatar were straight out of Halo!
EDIT - to clarify, I think Halo is brilliant and I love most of its designs, but it felt more like a slick amalgamation of other ideas and designs rather than anything which felt particularly original.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
The plumage of smoke on the left is exactly the same. Look closer at the images. It's an AC/U4 grade lift
Regginator
Member
Loading screen from Reach:
Loading screen from IW:
Wow that's just straight out plagiarism.
This should be added to the OP. It's obviously not a ripoff so.
While this is funny af, Bungie never hide their sources of inspiration.
This shit right here is fucking insulting IMO.
Felix Lighter
Member
That load screen is egregious and unless it's an honest tribute that they got permission to use, which I doubt, I will never understand why art like this can end up in a final AAA product.
Edit:
Actually, now I see in the thread that the original purpose of the image may have been and honest tribute in Black Ops 3.
Edit:
Actually, now I see in the thread that the original purpose of the image may have been and honest tribute in Black Ops 3.
Diablohead
Member
Also from the video:
Halo 5 Rocket Launcher
Infinite Warfare Rocket Launcher
(It's even called "Spartan SA3")
Why did they reference the worst rocket launcher in halo
BigTnaples
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QuantumSquid
Member
The 2nd image that people are finding so "damning" isn't even from IW, it's from Black Ops 3, and it's a calling card. It's obviously an intentional reference to Halo: Reach that one of Treyarch's artists thought would be cool to include in the game. I see nothing wrong with that.
DudeWithNoName
Member
COD borrows from lots of games. It's kind of their thing.
Also I'm pretty sure there is real life science for building a ring space station. Pretty sure the rotation of it can most likely help to create a sense of gravity. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) But I believe you can even go back to watch 2001 and that's why they made the ship partially a ring and rotating.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I believe that is correct, but I think to create gravity on a spaceship you need to have something rotate around a centre of mass. Not sure that would work with a ring shape as there's nothing central to anchor it.
bobawesome
Member
Wow, both space guys even have visors. How blatant can you get?
Turin Turambar
Member
Also from the video:
Halo 5 Rocket Launcher
Infinite Warfare Rocket Launcher
(It's even called "Spartan SA3")
So... the rocket launcher for doom or any game from the 90s?
Just googled the Doom rocket launcher. Huh, personally I think it looks even closer to the Halo one than the IW one.
It's grey in this picture but in others is green.
Calling card from Black Ops 3, not a loading screen and based on the challenge to get it- makes it a clear homage to Reach.
Edit: Can the OP update his post before more people come in misinformed?
sixteen-bit
Member
lmao, shoulda been the 1st reply
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, I second this.
Again... (and I imagine not the last until the OP updates... which I doubt), it's a calling card in Black Ops 3 whose challenge is to play in Arena. It's a clear reference to Halo Reach.
AusRoachman
Member
With all these scifi games and all the different unlocks it's only a matter of time until they start overlapping .
Poodlestrike
Banned
The thing with Jorge is pretty blatant, yeah. Don't think the rest are so bad tho.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Loading screen from Reach:
Loading screen from IW:
Jesus. This is the worst offender imo. I wouldn't doubt if they literally just worked on top of the original Halo Reach screen. Ever character is there with slight tweaks. Cmon lol
Triggerhappytel
Member
OP, please update the misinformation in the your post so this topic isn't made up from people commenting on something which is false.
What did he mean by this?
Member
Its references. Its just a tribute.
What? How can you not copy on purpose
Yeah, OP's images only has a single comparison between Infinite Warfare and Halo.
It's misleading.
spookyfish
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Duxxy3
Member
Multiplayer characters design froms Halo. Boots on the ground gameplay from Ghosts. Boost gameplay and all other multiplayer mechanics from Black Ops 3. Single player from Killzone. Zombies from Black Ops series
To be fair though... this happens a lot, and not just to Call of Duty titles. Teams take what they want and run with it.
To be fair though... this happens a lot, and not just to Call of Duty titles. Teams take what they want and run with it.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
The examples in the OP looks like a generic ripoff of Halo to me, and I usually don't care too much about similarities between titles.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Loading screen from Reach:
Loading screen from IW:
Holy shit that looks like straight up plagiarism. Aside from the foreground, the background people standing in the exact same positions wielding the same weapons. It's like someone ran that Halo picture in photoshop.
Quoting my self. Again.
For even more clarification, Arena was a mode in Halo Reach. I believe it was the ranked mode, and it was also the ranked mode in BO3.
Zeus The Dino
Member
At least their copying the best halo in recent years
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
I will quote myself.
From another post:
Why are you misinforming us OP? The picture is still a total rip off lol
Yup, Reach sucks.
Revolutionary
Member
lol
QuantumSquid
Member
Oh no, the artwork for one calling card in Black Ops 3 is a tribute to Halo Reach. Those bastards!
Who honestly cares? It's a cute little reference, nothing more.
Who honestly cares? It's a cute little reference, nothing more.
It's a tribute to Halo Reach. Of course it's going to look like the Halo Reach art work. Unless you wanted them to make it a tribute to Halo Reach by making it look nothing like Halo Reach and therefore not a tribute?
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