Possible plagiarism in amateur mmorpg?

elpistolero

Hi fellow polycounters... I just came across a mmorpg game in development by just one person, but I was surprised to find in the screenshots of the supposed models from the game a character that resembles a locust xD
Almost as if it was ripped of directly from gears of war... what do you think?
BTW according to the developer All of the models are the different "races" in the MMORPG...



more pictures and info here https://www.facebook.com/DARKWAROnline
sorry for the fb link.

feel free to remove the thread if not worth the time xP

Isaiah Sherman

All of it looks ripped. Every model just looks like a screenshot from a different game.

Also, an MMO made by 1 person would be pretty sweet. I bet it'll take him like 3000 years to complete it. Hope he found the fountain of youth!

Ninjas

here is his source for model 1:

http://dexsoft-games.com/models/sci_fi_orc.html

Justin Meisse

hrmm, nothing looks like it was ripped from GOW or any high profile game. It could just be a hodge-podge 3d store assets.

leilei

You sure? Looks like a diffuse-only Umodel rip found on some alleged "Free 3D Models" site. Those intentionally misleading sites are the fuel for crap like this.

Kwramm

Isaiah Sherman wrote: »

Also, an MMO made by 1 person would be pretty sweet. I bet it'll take him like 3000 years to complete it. Hope he found the fountain of youth!

just lower your expectations. I'm pretty sure a talented individual could make an ascii based rogue like MMO, 1977 style

illo

does anyone but EPIC care?

Ace-Angel

NVM

a3sthesia

it's probably a kid or someone fresh getting all excited at the prospect of creating something. Let them have their fun.

ambershee

The first is from Gears. Some of the others (3,5) I've seen as freely available assets.

chrisradsby

I also saw a Warhammer space dude in there somewhere in the videos.

MainManiac

Isaiah Sherman wrote: »

All of it looks ripped. Every model just looks like a screenshot from a different game.

Also, an MMO made by 1 person would be pretty sweet. I bet it'll take him like 3000 years to complete it. Hope he found the fountain of youth!

cubeworld..

Vertrucio

Psh, cubeworld is basically a minecraft clone. That's not belittling the game, but just giving you a proper view of what it is. They're both very good games.

However Minecraft, and Cubeworld, are not MMOs, and most of their content is procedurally generally, and generally lacking in nuanced gameplay systems save for crafting and openness.

And even these games are incredibly difficult to make, let alone an proper MMO. Also, much of what you see today in Minecraft and (probably) cubeworld will have been added to via others.

Vailias

Guys, they're not ripped. They're low quality purchaseable or free models. I swear I've seen that mecha on the FB page on turbosquid.. though I cannot find it now.
The top one isn't a locust, its the space orc that ninjas linked. Its obviously GOW inspired, but Its decidedly not EPIC quality.

Also the lower blue mecha is here http://dexsoft-games.com/models/robot2.html
The green dude next to him is here http://dexsoft-games.com/models/orc_elite.html
Marine guy one is here http://dexsoft-games.com/models/elite_trooper.html
..notice all from the same site.

leilei

...sorry, just had to post this for the epic typo.

Torch

Almost as good as when people in WoW shout out "Rouge LFG"

Thanks, we're ok for make-up blush for the moment :P