SlickShoes
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Maybe Drake is a fan of AC: Black Flag and framed the concept art?
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Eurogamer: AC art used for Uncharted 4 trailer (Up: Naughty Dog responds)
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I go 2.5 years without one avatar quote and now I've have three in a week.
Yeah I guess you're right.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yeah Naughty Dog are pretty well known for this.
benicillin
Banned
I think it's fine to talk about but now people are like pulling up shots a Naughty Dog animator made two years ago and I'm just wondering like, what is the point of a whole thread?
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
I see this cross promotion Naughty Dog, you ain't slick.
Uncharted Vs.Assassin's Creed fighting game incoming.
Uncharted Vs.Assassin's Creed fighting game incoming.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
Things like this shouldn't happen and should be pointed out when they do, but the reaction will probably be disproportionate to the error, because the internet.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Wow, that is bad form ND.
Modern image editing tools, how do they work
Alcoholikaust
Member
Shame this oversight taking away from that glorious trailer. Thankfully the game is not released yet, and the portion of the trailer the artwork occupies is well under %10 -litigation would be stupid
ND just needs to apologize and move on.
(and remind person who used placeholder art to remove it-before trailer time going forward)
ND just needs to apologize and move on.
(and remind person who used placeholder art to remove it-before trailer time going forward)
I actually do think it's a bit more understandable in the case of character designs. They seem like they start with a celebrity reference then mix in more and more of the actor playing them as time goes on. Still, they tend to start out pretty blatantly.
Ivory Samoan
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I thought of it as a cheeky easter egg, and they actually go to that location so... I don't see the big deal.
This dev war stuff is pretty fun though.
This dev war stuff is pretty fun though.
There's a lot of things that could be going on here.
1) Naughty Dog could've licensed the artwork from Ubisoft. Not likely, bur certainly possible. Even Ubisoft's head of content wouldn't necessarily be made aware of that if it was the case.
2) A third-party asset creation team hired by Sony/ND could've snuck this into their commissioned art package hoping no one would notice.
3) Someone at Naughty Dog could've used the artwork as a placeholder and forgotten to replace it in time for the trailer.
There is a chance Naughty Dog is entirely at fault here, but it's also very likely that there is something else going on here. I don't think it's healthy to jump to conclusions about this.
1) Naughty Dog could've licensed the artwork from Ubisoft. Not likely, bur certainly possible. Even Ubisoft's head of content wouldn't necessarily be made aware of that if it was the case.
2) A third-party asset creation team hired by Sony/ND could've snuck this into their commissioned art package hoping no one would notice.
3) Someone at Naughty Dog could've used the artwork as a placeholder and forgotten to replace it in time for the trailer.
There is a chance Naughty Dog is entirely at fault here, but it's also very likely that there is something else going on here. I don't think it's healthy to jump to conclusions about this.
ArchedThunder
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She didn't even look that much like Ellen Page...
Krappadizzle
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No honor amongst thieves.
I'm sure they'll change it.
Triggerhappytel
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This is a shitty attitude to have.
They didn't 'borrow' her appearance; they just changed it when people pointed out she bore a strong resemblance to Ellen Page. Shock, horror: made up characters can sometimes look like real people!
Goldrusher
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Seems more like an easter egg to me.
SictorVullivan
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Most likely this was outsourced and whoever provided the image didn't know it was from an Assassin's Creed game.
It wont be in the final release
SomedayTheFire
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that's pretty funny. also probably not a big deal.
James Scott
Banned
I imagine it's just Ubi and Sony trying to stir up some controversy.
Can't imagine ND being so inept that they'd steal a picture from google images and then focus on it during their trailer.
Seems pretty obvious to me.
Can't imagine ND being so inept that they'd steal a picture from google images and then focus on it during their trailer.
Seems pretty obvious to me.
snake_eater_raiden
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Shameless. Goes to show how they clearly don't deserve the greatest games studio title fan boys use for them.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yeah she did, even Ellen Paige commented about it.
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Quickly download the trailer, it's going to increase in value tenfold once it's replaced!
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Thanks for delaying the game again, Ubisoft.
benicillin
Banned
Let's not forget the Nadine Ross / Kandyse McClure uncanny resemblance.
WTF is going on? Fool me once...
This shit is starting to stink.
Oh god go away that was the biggest non-issue ever.
Lord British
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Holy fuck this is kind of crazy.
brickarts295
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Some poor junior dev probably going to get it today. The Druckmann is coming...
Cereal Enthusiast
Banned
The game is two months away from release, they have plenty of time to fix this.
ArchedThunder
Banned
It's not the location, it's that they straight up put a piece of AC concept art in the game.
Surely it makes a difference that the art is literally in a picture frame in a character's apartment. It's not like they're plagiarising it in an environment.
I'm not familiar with the laws and whatnot, but do film/TV producers need to get licensing for pieces of art hung up on walls too?
I'm not familiar with the laws and whatnot, but do film/TV producers need to get licensing for pieces of art hung up on walls too?
Yeah she did. And still does.
Get_craycray
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Hash Slinging Slasher
Banned
we know how they work mr grumpy. It's a different image technically since they removed the guy LOL
obviously this was done under the protection of parody law
I don't really care that this or that happened really.
I do give a crap about grown-ass men and representative of beloved companies and IPs tweeting it out in passive-agressive ways trying to 1-up each other in the face of their public, especially ex-colleagues.
It's embarassing.
Though all things considered I don't really care that much about either actually.
I do give a crap about grown-ass men and representative of beloved companies and IPs tweeting it out in passive-agressive ways trying to 1-up each other in the face of their public, especially ex-colleagues.
It's embarassing.
Though all things considered I don't really care that much about either actually.
Triggerhappytel
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Do you even know what it is we're talking about?!
Look: an easter egg is something that is hidden and that pays homage; it is actually meant for the game itself and not for a key scene in the game/trailer.
Also, if this was an easter egg, why did they edit the AC-stuff like the pirate out?
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