Light of Motiram is an open world game with co-op, base-building, and mech combat that Sony argues lifts too much from the Horizon Zero Dawn series
  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
    16·
    1 month ago

    co-op, base-building, and mech combat

    ah yes, just like Horizon Zero Dawn.

    Or is it just the ‘humans fighting giant machines’ part that they’re likening to Shadow of the Colossus Metal Gear Solid Horizon Zero Dawn?

    Jokes aside, the standard of “could confuse consumers into mistaking one for another” was meant to prevent things like essentially typo-squatting in product names, e.g. going and making Orao cookies, instead of Oreo (which is why Oreo was able to copy Hydrox).

    It wasn’t meant to just be about aping a concept or art style. No one would actually mistake “Light of Motiram” for “Horizon: Zero Dawn”.

  • rowdy@lemmy.zip
    9·
    1 month ago

    Yes, let them fight.

    I say unless they’re using the exact same assets, then who cares. People will play the better game.

    • ranandtoldthat@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      I agree with your latter paragraph but not the former. I’m really not liking these overbroad IP claims. This is almost worse than the Nintendo/Palworld stuff, which was already pretty bad.

      Tencent may also be a villain, but if Sony gets its way here, it will be bad for games and other forms of expression.

      • mohab@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        I agree: fuck Tencent, but Sony winning sets a pretty bad precedent.

        Did Capcom sue over God Eater? If not, they should if Sony wins.

        And what’s next? FromSoftware suing the entire soulslike genre?