Does every game really need to copy gears' style?

Now i'm not only talking about the gameplay here, but isn't this borderline copy right infringement?

So much for killing halo, kill gears.

Well I wouldn't agree with every game...i'd agree that this game does a bit. Bandanna (sp?) and the blue light thing - doesn't the gears armour have that?

Whats this a pic of anyway? Halo recon?

Similarities:

1) There both shooters

2) They both have guns

3) They both have grenades

4) Both set somewhere in the universe

5) In both you are shooting at the enemy

Oh my god TC I see what you mean!!!!!!!!! :o

Why, even COD4 and COD5 is copying gears 2 then! In fact every shooter there is copies gears 2!!!! :o

Thankyou TC for creating this thread, its just staggaring!!!

Well I wouldn't agree with every game...i'd agree that this game does a bit. Bandanna (sp?) and the blue light thing - doesn't the gears armour have that?

Whats this a pic of anyway? Halo recon?

angryfodder

(Commits suicide)

Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

what style? you mean releasing an overhyped generic poorly designed interactive piece of plastic?

only a couple games have borrowed a few things from gears anyway. dark sector was probally the biggest in terms of "borrowing" but IMO that game walks all over gears in every way except MP...

Well I wouldn't agree with every game...i'd agree that this game does a bit. Bandanna (sp?) and the blue light thing - doesn't the gears armour have that?

Whats this a pic of anyway? Halo recon?

(Commits suicide)

Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

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Well I wouldn't agree with every game...i'd agree that this game does a bit. Bandanna (sp?) and the blue light thing - doesn't the gears armour have that?

Whats this a pic of anyway? Halo recon?

angryfodder

(Commits suicide)

Im just trying to understand how you thought that pic was of halo recon :P Have you been on gamespot in the past... 3 or 4 years? Thats how long KZ2 has been hyped for :P

Go and watch some KZ2 gameaplay vids, catch up on what you have missed.

You'd have a point.

Except that the grizzled, scowling space marine in impractical armor is the very definition of "video game cliché".

It's not that Killzone rips off Gears. It's that both take one of the most common hero archetypes in gaming.

Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

RotaryRX7

Well, I think the two don't look alike at all, with the exception of a bandana, look at KZ in 2005.

Looks nothing like the screen the TC posted.

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

tmatte

Well, I think the two don't look alike at all, with the exception of a bandana, look at KZ in 2005.

Looks nothing like the screen the TC posted.

Lol, are you serious?

A.) They look better than Gears of War 2's cutscenes

B.)Killzone 2 has been in development longer than Gears 1 and 2 combined

C.)Killzone 1 had the same gritty, dark feel as KZ2 and was released many years before Gears was invented.

If anything, Gears copied Killzone.

Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

RotaryRX7

wow, this topic is a huge fail. another 360 fanboy to stubborn to admit killzone 2 kinda looks cool, and wants a PS3. contrary to what you may believe though sir, Gears of War is not that originall! OMG WOW REALLY?!!! Yeah, breaking news man. ronniepage588

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Did killzone's characters look like this in the E3 2005 trailer? Had nowhere near the same look.

The character resemblance is uncanny with gears.

MaxPower15

Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

RotaryRX7

How about the dude with the do friggin rag? He's caucasian for crying out loud. I don't remember a black dude in killzone previouslyMaxPower15

So, they have now revealed bandanna's and a black guy in the new Killzone 2 videogame, and due to that, They are copying GeoW?

Oh man, EPIC truly is one original company for adding such neat ideas, so different, and underused.

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Killzone 2 has been in development before the first Gears even came out. Epic fail.

darkslider99

Well, I think the two don't look alike at all, with the exception of a bandana, look at KZ in 2005.

Looks nothing like the screen the TC posted.

LOLWUT? I think you completely missed the point of what I was saying. I was saying that the style has clearly changed from KZ in 2005 to now. The Dark Knight, your example, has a dark atmosphere to it, and that stays pretty much consistent throughout the film. If you look at the two different pictures, the first is a grayer looking game (loved that art style), and now it's definitely more brown/grit. I was talking about the atmosphere and style of the screens, and that should stay the same. A game/movie where the art style is different in every scene would seem pretty weird.

Not to mention I don't think KZ2 copied from Gears at all, I was just making a point that the style of a game can change in its many years of development.