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⎛⎝DeViLMaN666⎠⎞ 4 May, 2016 @ 1:47pm

Power Drive 2000 Rip Off

Originally posted by Atum Hadu:
OutDrive is a rip-off of Powerdrive 2000. That isn't even debatable. OutDrive uses the same assets, the same tracks, the same concept...it is literally a cheap knockoff by a dev who rushed to publish it ahead of its competition.

THIS game is NOT like PowerDrive, as the dev notes above. Neon Drive is more like AudioSurf from what I can see, and while it has that same retrofuturistic 80s feel, so do plenty of other games including Far Cry Blood Dragon.

Last edited by ⎛⎝DeViLMaN666⎠⎞; 12 May, 2016 @ 3:29pm

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uberwleiss [developer] 5 May, 2016 @ 11:39am

Hi,

That kind of sun is a visual icon of the '80s synthwave era. If you type "80s sun" into Google images you'll get this [www.google.com]

As for Power Drive 2000, I'm sure it will be a great racer. We're waiting for it ourselves! But Neon Drive is not a racer at all. As you can see in the trailers, it's an arcade rhythm dodger featuring airplanes, robots, top-down shooting sequences etc.

And even if our game was a racer, the truth is we've started development on Neon Drive before anyone knew of Power Drive. We can easily prove this by the dates of our early builds and projects.

Last edited by uberwleiss; 5 May, 2016 @ 11:41am

Discop

5 May, 2016 @ 12:48pm

"100% the same model"
Even tough the game is not out yet, THEY STOLE "THE MODEL" lol

I will give Neon Drive a chance and compare it to Power Drive 2000 as soon as both games are out.

Good luck with the launch guys, let's hope it wont go under with unfair comparisons or gets called out as a Power Drive 2000 ripoff.

uberwleiss [developer] 5 May, 2016 @ 1:54pm

Thank you DMGaina! Only 7 days to go :)

Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ

5 May, 2016 @ 2:35pm

I don't see how / why it'd be a rip.
Just because Power Drive 2000 maybe was listed out there first doesn't mean people can't make a game similar just the way they'd like to.
This reminds me of AudioSurf. Looks like a completely different playstyle than Power Drive. But I'm okay with it.
I feel like more of these threads will be created upon release and people will look really dumb.

It's like they only want 1 80's themed game on Steam. Power Drive 2000.

Last edited by Ｔｅｎｓｅｎｕｍａ; 5 May, 2016 @ 2:36pm

cyxceven

6 May, 2016 @ 10:05pm

Hey now. Devs can't help but love synthwave.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/441870/

Retroween 7 May, 2016 @ 3:36am

being a 80's baby..i can't get enough of these games. looks awesome and can't wait

KitKat

7 May, 2016 @ 9:33pm

The trend of calling games "rip-offs" is the pinnacle of idiocy. To gamers that is.

Monkeyjunky has Neon Drive

10 May, 2016 @ 4:31am

I'm loving this retro wave (s♥♥♥♥♥♥), this game looks promising, onto my wishlist it goes.

Rayza

11 May, 2016 @ 1:12pm

It's a popular asthetic and Power Drive was certainly not the first to use it. Looks good to me.

Mr. Sweetchuck 11 May, 2016 @ 7:06pm

You've been told OP, delete the post.

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Chaser324 11 May, 2016 @ 9:48pm

I really don't think it's fair to call this game a rip-off. It's just using an aesthetic that's very widely used right now and that makes it difficult to distinguish alongside some other games. I personally think this aesthetic is a bit played out at this point, but it's totally fine for a developer to use it if that's the vision for their game.

All of that being said, this game looks like it's doing its aesthetic about as well as anyone could, and I look forward to trying it out. There aren't enough good rhythm games out there these days to pass over one that looks as potentially solid as this one.

#11

El Oshcuro has Neon Drive

12 May, 2016 @ 3:15am

Not at all. This isn't a racing game like PD2K.

#12

SpyroGuy

12 May, 2016 @ 8:59am

With this logic it's also a Kung Fury and Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon ripoff, lol.

#13

I2epresent has Neon Drive

12 May, 2016 @ 2:44pm

OutDrive is a rip-off of Powerdrive 2000. That isn't even debatable. OutDrive uses the same assets, the same tracks, the same concept...it is literally a cheap knockoff by a dev who rushed to publish it ahead of its competition.

THIS game is NOT like PowerDrive, as the dev notes above. Neon Drive is more like AudioSurf from what I can see, and while it has that same retrofuturistic 80s feel, so do plenty of other games including Far Cry Blood Dragon.

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⎛⎝DeViLMaN666⎠⎞ 12 May, 2016 @ 3:29pm

Originally posted by Atum Hadu:
OutDrive is a rip-off of Powerdrive 2000. That isn't even debatable. OutDrive uses the same assets, the same tracks, the same concept...it is literally a cheap knockoff by a dev who rushed to publish it ahead of its competition.

THIS game is NOT like PowerDrive, as the dev notes above. Neon Drive is more like AudioSurf from what I can see, and while it has that same retrofuturistic 80s feel, so do plenty of other games including Far Cry Blood Dragon.

Best explanation, i will edit my OP with that.

i was not talking gameplay wise but my first reaction when i saw this game was that it looked too much like Powerdrive 2000, guess i was wrong