• pyre@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    i don’t give a shit? doom had like a thousand clones; guess what, doom is still a household name and most of the clones are long forgotten. some good ones made their own name and following.

    unless there’s outright stolen assets or code, or they’re using a deliberately confusing name, i don’t care. if it’s a slavish clone as you say, there’s nothing to worry about.

    it would be one thing if horizon was this underdog game made by a couple people and has largely gone under the radar then yeah it would suck. but fuck me no one’s mistaking another game for horizon zero dawn.

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      DOOM clones weren’t literal clones called HELL where you play as the Hell Man killing demons with the Large Heckin’ Pistol.

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        i don’t think you’re remembering things well or maybe you played the popular ones. there was a bunch of doom clones that barely tried to be something different. lots of w3d clones too. also this game isn’t called Orion: Null sunrise so your “HELL” example is a bit unwarranted.

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          Yes, and all analogies have to be exactly applicable to carry wisdom, too…

          Must be nice having a brain of mush.

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            this is coming from the genius who doesn’t get how name similarity is relevant in IP disputes… it’s not about being exact, Einstein, that’s a very specific issue that this game doesn’t engage in.

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              You’re the one calling their “HELL” example inaccurate, you fucking mushbrain.

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                  16 hours ago

                  Yes, and thusly demonstrating you’re too dumb to understand the basic concept of hyperbole or analogy. Thank you for further proving it.

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      3 days ago

      You’re right. Us, the consumers, will only ever benefit from more competition for our money. Also, the people who wanted to buy Horizon already did, if they like the theme and playstyle they may also buy this other one, but it’s not like Horizon is losing buyers on this.

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      I mostly agree. And honestly, maybe one of these games will be more interesting if there’s some competition.