Rip-off? Why is no one talking about this

[Sundance Kid]

The game is good but I can hardly give it merit for that when it's a near beat-for-beat copy of Overwatch. Aesthetics, character mechanics, UI, i think even some voice actors.

There's being inspired, then there's meticulously looking at every aspect of something and taking it, perhaps amending the way it sounds or looks the tiniest bit.

Does this bother no one?

[Plagues]

OW just ripped off TF2

[Star-Dust]

who cares its far better then overwatch

[᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼]

Originally posted by Lmao Kz Dun:

Originally posted by Sundance Kid:

n it's a near beat-for-beat copy of Overwatch. Aesthetics, character mechanics, UI, i think even some voice actors.

What's wrong with taking the best from different games?
Overwatch left the niche of entertaining hero pvp, Marvel Rivals took it.

so ow invented pvp?

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Terrornaut:

Who is out here trying to defend BLIZZARD on creativity lol? The company has made its bank off of straight ripping concepts and game mechanics from different games and packaging them into something accessible. They just mastercrafted that touch with WOW, and then later built OW off of WOW's aesthetic.

What is happening lol

More than that. Blizzard tried to create a Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k game for Games Workshop. But then when GW turned them down, what did Blizz do? They made Warcraft and Starcraft anyway. Which is why Starcraft's Zerg is awfully Tyranid-like, the Protoss awfully Tau-like, the Humans very Imperial (they're even marines... in space...), or how the Humans vs Undead vs Orcs vs Elves war and units of Warcraft that bear a striking resemblance to Warhammer ones.

[Oku]

Originally posted by ShowHotel:

Originally posted by Lmao Kz Dun:

What's wrong with taking the best from different games?
Overwatch left the niche of entertaining hero pvp, Marvel Rivals took it.

so ow invented pvp?

Overwatch took the then-nascent genre of Hero Shooter and popularized it in to a massive mainstream genre trend. Like WoW did with MMOs, or Skyrim did with Free-Choice Open World, or Destiny did with Looter Shooter.

None of those games invented the genre, but their massive mainstream success sparked a giant race to cash in on the popularity, dramatically bloating the market and establishing the genre in the mainstream.

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Plagues:

OW just ripped off TF2

Nah they ripped Paladins too. First off, Hi-Rez had made their own shooter game 10 years prior called Global Agenda. They even used the abilities from that game for Paladins. The CEO goes into full detail of how it came to be in this reddit post with links and proof.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/53qusf/a_brief_history_of_paladins_as_response_to/

But more than that, Paladins started as Project Aurum back in 2012 with pre-alpha test footage of the game. Overwatch wasn't announced until 2 years later. Are we really to believe that the company that never makes shooters suddenly decided they were going to make a shooter exactly like the one in development by a company known for their hit online shooter?

[MrSoul]

wait...this ♥♥♥♥'s just Quake Arena with new textures and a fancy mod pack isn't it?

Well, at least it's free.

[Syntax_ERROR]

Originally posted by Sundance Kid:

The game is good but I can hardly give it merit for that when it's a near beat-for-beat copy of Overwatch. Aesthetics, character mechanics, UI, i think even some voice actors.

There's being inspired, then there's meticulously looking at every aspect of something and taking it, perhaps amending the way it sounds or looks the tiniest bit.

Does this bother no one?

I don't you haven't been on the internet for a long time pal. nothing is new and the games can be heavily inspired by one another. like hoe hero shooters are basically inspired by TF2 or how the FPS genre came to be because of DOOM.

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Syntax_ERROR:

Originally posted by Sundance Kid:

The game is good but I can hardly give it merit for that when it's a near beat-for-beat copy of Overwatch. Aesthetics, character mechanics, UI, i think even some voice actors.

There's being inspired, then there's meticulously looking at every aspect of something and taking it, perhaps amending the way it sounds or looks the tiniest bit.

Does this bother no one?

I don't you haven't been on the internet for a long time pal. nothing is new and the games can be heavily inspired by one another. like hoe hero shooters are basically inspired by TF2 or how the FPS genre came to be because of DOOM.

Yeah, you don't have to look further than Mobas to see that. The history of MOBAs is a messed up tale of backstabbing and betrayal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1no5ox/did_dota2_copy_lol_or_did_lol_copy_dota2/

[᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼]

Originally posted by Oku:

Originally posted by ShowHotel:

so ow invented pvp?

Overwatch took the then-nascent genre of Hero Shooter and popularized it in to a massive mainstream genre trend. Like WoW did with MMOs, or Skyrim did with Free-Choice Open World, or Destiny did with Looter Shooter.

None of those games invented the genre, but their massive mainstream success sparked a giant race to cash in on the popularity, dramatically bloating the market and establishing the genre in the mainstream.

every game is diff lol idk why everyone is crying about rivals "copying" overwatch

[774]

Honestly this sounds like bait to me. The aesthetics are wildly different. The artists have clearly put a lot of effort into their work, you can see that in the character shaders alone. I believe anyone with even a dull artistic eye can see that.

Some character mechanics are similar, yes, but that is a given. This has been part of the evolution of games since the start of them—taking what works and building on it. Just because there are some similar mechanics, that does not mean you should discredit what is new. Just by reading the abilities, you can easily see that the design constraints present in this game are totally different from Overwatch. Certain characters have permanent flight, there is a tank that plays entirely different from everything that has come before (Peni), team-ups, several revival characters, etc.

Anyone claiming the game is a direct copy of Overwatch has either never played Marvel Rivals, never played Overwatch, or are just disingenuous.

[Star-Dust]

Originally posted by ShowHotel:

Originally posted by Oku:

Overwatch took the then-nascent genre of Hero Shooter and popularized it in to a massive mainstream genre trend. Like WoW did with MMOs, or Skyrim did with Free-Choice Open World, or Destiny did with Looter Shooter.

None of those games invented the genre, but their massive mainstream success sparked a giant race to cash in on the popularity, dramatically bloating the market and establishing the genre in the mainstream.

every game is diff lol idk why everyone is crying about rivals "copying" overwatch

they do this all the time with any game that comes out in this type of gameplay just ignore em

[SpenserAtlas]

Originally posted by Sundance Kid:

Originally posted by Brocko:

people forget that overwatch copied team fortress

Overwatch was influenced by TF2 yes but they do not look or play like eachother at all. You can show clips of Marvel Rivals and Overwatch side by side and someone familiar with neither would not be able to tell them apart, assuming it's the same game or a sequel.

Originally posted by Sam:

Blizzard doesn't hold the copyright to basic fantasy concepts.

bro... the look and play the same...

Originally posted by Demonsouls1993:

you must be new to the internet and gaming every game ever made is a copy of another game same goes with all the content made in the internet

I'd like to you to point to another game that has shamelessly copied another to this degree AND has been as successful.

me when i lie

[Obtuse Moose]

Originally posted by MrSoul:

wait...this ♥♥♥♥'s just Quake Arena with new textures and a fancy mod pack isn't it?

Well, at least it's free.

Man Quake with it's stupid no integrity ripping off Pong as the first projectile pvp arena mode.

Absolutely shameless

[SeaofBiscuits]

Originally posted by Trip:

Nah, I play both games. They are pretty different, though in the same genre.

Also, several of the voice actors for Overwatch are prolific in their work and have done many different games/anime/podcasts over the years. That is, frankly and as politly as I can point out, the most stupid and idiotic point to try to make to try and say that one game is a copy of the other game.

VAs make ♥♥♥♥ for money that why.