gameloft's Nova3 looks exactly like Crysis2

[TechBoyJK]

http://kotaku.com/5905910/gamelofts-newest-mobile-game-looks-a-lot-like-crysis-2

 

[gorcorps]

The article mentions the quality of visuals which I wasn't that impressed with. I thought the bigger issue would be what a blatant copy it is. I was skeptical at first because lots of shooters happen in the city, but you can't ignore those pink-purple tentacles. What a joke.

 

[-Slacker-]

Why is this in the 'console gaming' subforum? Smartphones are closer to PC's than they are to consoles.

 

[purbeast0]

Why is this in the 'console gaming' subforum? Smartphones are closer to PC's than they are to consoles.

actually they are closer to "mobile devices & gadgets" and pc's.

 

[mmntech]

Gameloft makes a lot of blatant ripoffs but at least they do a good job of it. Most of their games are pretty decent.

 

[Monster_Munch]

I think around 90% of smartphone games are blatant clones of popular titles. How many tower defence or angry birds type games do we really need?

 

[Nightrainsrt4]

I think around 90% of smartphone games are blatant clones of popular titles. How many tower defence or angry birds type games do we really need?

Crush the castle, and others, were out before Angry Birds. Cloning, or taking influence (even heavily), is just part of the cycle. Sometimes the minor improvements to an otherwise seemingly identical game can make all the difference in gameplay and marketing. Other times, companies just fall short of the mark. I can't blame them for trying, unless it is to simply cash in and they had zero ambition to try and improve on the game they are emulating.

 

[viivo]

Gameloft is the scummiest mobile developer in existence. I imagine their office as a dimly lit sweatshop, laborers hunched over their computers extracting art and audio assets from real games, switching evenly between their pirated Photoshop, modeling and programming software.