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Assassin's Creed 2 lead accuses Shadow of Mordor of reusing code/anims
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Not me, I'll take an open world Lotr game over yet another FPS any day of the week. I kind of wish they had shown some of the open world, or had shown how you could play that section differently, because how the devs have described the game makes it seem like it's possible to play these encounters in a variety of ways. The sneaking looks similar to Ass Creed but it will be interesting to see what the rest of the game looks like.
Like a lot of folks have already said, there's no way I could tell if something were stolen. but watching the first two minutes it looks pretty freaking similar.
Climbing animation
Crouched running between the buildings
Wraith vision=eagle vision
Combat
As an AC fan I think the game looks like it could be really cool.
Climbing animation
Crouched running between the buildings
Wraith vision=eagle vision
Combat
As an AC fan I think the game looks like it could be really cool.
emiranda061288
Banned
they could sue him for defamation.
Or they have the common influence of real life. The climbing doesn't seem to be as intricate as Assassin's Creed. Like a bad imitation, but an imitation nonetheless. Not a wholesale copy.
I mean, Uncharted's climbing can be viewed similarly.
Black Door
Banned
Just the climbing? You could have put that dude in a white cloak and gave the orcs armor and it'd be identical to AC2
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
The shimmy I could pass but that "hanging on from one peg on the wall" animation is identical.
F.E.A.R. 1 and 2 transcend being "yet another FPS". Another true F.E.A.R. game from the Monolith team would do well to show all these other devs how FPS games are supposed to be.
anexanhume
Member
Yeah, and they stole the 'spidey sense' indicator for an incoming hit from Batman AA and AC. ME stole combat from Gears. Games can still be good in their own right.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Christberg
Member
It's the walking, climbing and air assassination animations at the beginning of the video he's referencing in particular, I believe. They really do look a LOT like the they're ripped straight from AC.
AtomicShroom
Member
They're similar and that is obviously the intent, but nothing seems 100% identical, and to claim that animations and code were outright stolen makes it seem as if he believes no one is able to reproduce their work from scratch, which is highly pretentious.
Always-honest
Banned
He is the one.
Discotheque
Banned
man i hope they at least use some of the god-tier soundtrack from the trilogy.
otherwise it will just be mediocre in a presentation standpoint too.
otherwise it will just be mediocre in a presentation standpoint too.
EvilKatarn
Member
Word. F.E.A.R., the first expansion and F.E.A.R. 2 are among the top tier of FPSs.
Meanwhile this LotR game doesn't draw me in at all.
These are words from a guy who generally dislikes FPSs and adores dark fantasy stuff.
We should all just relax before things get out of hand.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
The rope walkway between the buildings sure looked like it was ripped straight from AC.
Kadayi
Banned
As soon as it hit the bit around the 1.00 minute mark where he was crouch running along the ropes I was thinking of AC2 tbh.
Might well be a case of the mocap having been sold on. After all why keep re-inventing the wheel. Makes sense to share that sort of thing and save development costs.
Could well become the Wilhelm scream for action games.
Might well be a case of the mocap having been sold on. After all why keep re-inventing the wheel. Makes sense to share that sort of thing and save development costs.
Could well become the Wilhelm scream for action games.
U n i o n 0015
Member
Looks similar, but honestly, how many ways are there to animate someone climbing a wall or walking on a tightrope?
2's not even the best in the series, fella.
Quadraphonic
Member
If the animation assets were ripped, then it's possible that the code to read the animation assets were also ripped.
Dat repetition and awful plot. Also, dat sailing (in an Assassins game) from 3?
It is. Brotherhood is a glorified epilogue, I consider them to be the same game.
Please Quit crack.
Green Yoshi
Member
The only consolation is that this game will probably come very quickly forgotten. This license deserves better games.
Shia?
AC2's plot wasn't anything great either, and it was also fairly repetitive? Sailing from 4 feels a bit different from 3. Assassin's creed 2 did have my favorite setting and favorite protagonist though. I guess this isn't the topic to be getting into this, but I respect your opinion bro.
Is it not possible they used the same actors for motion-capture?
Because I don't know how or why a big company like Warner Brothers would not just take inspiration from but directly copy game content over, which is what he's insinuating. That would open Ubisoft up to a huge lawsuit which could end with a big chunk of the profits/major damages being lost.
In general I mean, that's a pretty damn serious accusation.
Because I don't know how or why a big company like Warner Brothers would not just take inspiration from but directly copy game content over, which is what he's insinuating. That would open Ubisoft up to a huge lawsuit which could end with a big chunk of the profits/major damages being lost.
In general I mean, that's a pretty damn serious accusation.
Ha don't worry it's in good blood. I can see people liking AC4 as a rebound from 3 and because the pirate setting is a welcomed change of pace. But while it had great ship systems it had the worst on foot missions in the series (barring 1) yes, worse than 3. You can only have so many eavesdrops and kill 4 men before they ring the bell. Also the plot felt kinda dumb, AC2 might have a corny plot BUT it was made by smart people, AC4 felt like a cartoon, but it's ok. I liked it. Any game that copies AC2 is cool in my book.
Well, I guess if you arbitrarily redefine things then it makes it very hard to argue against your position.
Desilets said it was supposed to be the last chapter but they ran out of time, didn't he?. If not, well, let's say Ac2 and BH are in the same spot as the best AC, one can't live with the other.
These animations indeed look similar to Ac2, not the recent ones, do we know how much has the game been in development?
never