I agreed with everything up to this part. That's just wrong. There is no excuse to rip another games UI. Streets of LA was a GTA clone too, but it didn't directly steal because "they ran out of ideas" sorry my friend, but I can't accept that as a viable excuse. And yes the child would be plagerizing if they wrote exactly what they saw, while changing only minor details. But I digress..Gameloft does put out quality games, so just shed this fricking dasterdly exterior and hire some artists. christ. Rant over
Huh!? Your right. I never thought of that. "They sell and they are good"... I guess that's good enough for me..thanks for the insightful addition to the debate.
Just a question, but do you have a picture of the GTA UI? I want to see exactly how close they are and since I don't own GTA, I can't tell exactly how close they are. If it's an exact copy, then I agree with you, but if it has a lot of similiarities and only borrows the style, I dunno what you're complaining about.
QUOTE=Brazilian Rider;485774]Just a question, but do you have a picture of the GTA UI? I want to see exactly how close they are and since I don't own GTA, I can't tell exactly how close they are. If it's an exact copy, then I agree with you, but if it has a lot of similiarities and only borrows the style, I dunno what you're complaining about.[/QUOTE] Well they're pretty fricking similar!
They both have the gun you are using in the top right hand corner... and they both have maps... That's literally the only similarity I see...
Wow really. What about color pallete, bolding around menu items, etc? Sounds like your avoiding the similarities instead of looking for them.
Hooray halo!!! I hope gameloft makes gears of battle, or burnup (racing game) or maybe street conflict resolver.
I really don't see the problem... By the pictures you showed, you're saying they ripped off the UI of GTA for the PSP because they: 1) Have the weapons and maps shown. 2) Have the weapons shown in the same location 3) Have the health shown in almost the same location with the same color as the other 4) Emphasize their menu options by making them bold font 5) Have colors from the same color pallet? What are they supposed to do? Completely flip things around? I really don't understand what you think is so wrong. EDIT: Did Car Jack Streets also Plagiarize? Because they use the same color for the health bar, bold their menu options, show the weapons, health and score on screen, etc.
I think we just need one thread for all Gameloft disapprovers to comment on and all the announcement threads for new Gameloft games can be commented on by people who are interested in the game itself and not by who it's made by.... ah if only
I don't know, they could start by not directly TRYING to look like GTA. All of what you just said, are similarities that could have just as arbitrarily been left out. Why with so many color choices, fonts, graphics, would they just happen to use the schemes which happen to evoke the look and theme of GTA. Wait, cause they ripped it off, so that GTA fans can sink their teeth into gamelofts next shallow adventure.
It's so sad that the Gameloft naysayers are forcing themselves to miss about 5-6 good games in two weeks, just on principle. Sad, yo.
Well CJS doesn't have a UI like GTA does it? No. Because they made their "own" game. Sure it's a GTA alike in that it's a sandbox, crime game, but at least they tried to give it it's own identity. Honestly with each comment you only further my argument. I'm not attacking you keep in mind, I rather like you, but your stance on this I can't understand.
