02-23-2006, 05:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-23-2006, 05:33 AM by SwissMercenary.)
Roland,Feb 23 2006, 04:12 AM Wrote:I wasn't trying to be a whistle-blower or anything. It just really struck me how very similar the two are. If you really study it, you can see differences, yes. But the similarities are undeniable, and go beyond what you mention (and brush off as petty).
It's a pumpking patch with a house.
There's only so many ways to have a 'fantasy' pumpkin patch with a house. And, unless you mean to imply that Blizzard has copyright on pumpking patches, next to houses, in a fantasy setting, it's still just a pumpkin patch with a house.
Quote:It just seems like a blatant near-plageurism of parts of WoW. Whether or not its copyright infringement is not for me to say, and I doubt it's enough to form much of a case, either. But still. You can honestly say it doesn't look a thing like WoW?
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No, I'm not saying that. I said that it has the exact same artistic style.
So does 90% of anime (Just something that immediately springs to mind, when I think art direction). I don't see anyone raising hell over the fact that just about all of it shares the exact same artistic style ('Petty' differences aside).
And I personally doubt that Blizzard could, or should lay claim to the "Cartoon realism" style of WoW. Because someone's certainly done it before.
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