Tiberium Alliances Unit Design

[easimon1812]

Blizzard does the same. Just at a lot greater scale, yet, noone (except for Table Top fans) cares.

Made by NachoMon: http://www.deviantart.com/download/5...y_NachoMon.jpg

Look at Tyranids and Zergs:

Overmind controlling them... check
Individuals not capable of thinking... check
Swarming of enemies... check
Insectoid appearence... check
. . .
Eldar and Protoss almost the same... check
Keeping good warriors alive by putting them into walkers... check
. . .
Biggest overlooked copyright crime... check

- I think both franchises have done great trying to set themselves apart from each other (btw marines in SC and WH40 r two totally different things) even if u are half right, that doesnt excuse EA, they should know better than this.

maybe EA should hire they guys that designed the units for Contra 7 (mod for general)

http://www.moddb.com/mods/contra/ima...nshot#imagebox

[Hawki]

-Yeah, I have some problems with this unit...

Noticed the similarities myself as soon as I saw it. Can't say I have a problem with it. Heck, Nod zealots could start calling Kane the emperor/messiah of humanity and I'd accept that there are only so many original ideas in the world, and the concept of plagarism is iffy in the fictional world. Heck, what's plagarism today was considered flattery a few centuries ago.

Look at Tyranids and Zergs:

Overmind controlling them... check
Individuals not capable of thinking... check
Swarming of enemies... check
Insectoid appearence... check
. . .
Eldar and Protoss almost the same... check
Keeping good warriors alive by putting them into walkers... check
. . .
Biggest overlooked copyright crime... check

So, by your logic...

Tyranids and Arachnids/Xenomorphs/Formics/insert bug species here:

Overmind controlling them... check
Individuals not capable of thinking... check
Swarming of enemies... check
Insectoid appearence... check

Biggest copyright crime in history? I'd ask Robert Heinlein, but he's dead. Ridley Scott might help though.

Also:

Eldar/Dark Eldar and Vulcans/Romulans

Physically elves in space...check
Psychologically elves in space...check
Telepathic...check
Race divide along the lines of emotion/indulgence/beliefs...check

And with StarFront and StarCraft

Minerals feature heavily...check
Power armored terrans...check
Terrans drain resources quickly in lore...check
Bug species...check
Advanced species with superior technology...check

Ultimately, these are all sci-fi tropes. I don't have a problem with x 'copying'/paying homage to y, and anyone who does take issue I think needs to broaden their horizons.

Can you point me at a source of this claim? I don't remember seeing it anywhere, I don't remember reading it anywhere and my attempts to look it up failed.

It's funny...I've seen the claim made, but never any actual evidence for it. It's true that Blizzard actually considered making a Star Wars game before StarCraft, and the earliest concepts of the game included space vampires and orcs (yes, really), but there's never been any particular link with GW that I've seen in any independent source. Obviously orcs are a likely nod, but the concept of 'orcs in space' was also done by Blizzard in Blackthorne. That's pretty much a copy of GW orks, but the concept was quickly abandoned for StarCraft.

[mirza044]

Yeah, I have some problems with this unit...

I expected to see some reused old GDI/Nod tech from TD/TS era in the mutant's arsenal, not this.

[Stygs]

http://kotaku.com/5901887/ea-says-wa...quer-after-all

Well, that raises to questions:

1) How did these pictures got released if they were just concepts? Wasnt it EA that released them?

2) Why is EA still using the Baneblade chassis for the forgotten tanks?
Sure, they removed the guns, but you can still recognize the baneblade base if you look closely.

AntiTankVehicle_Forgotten.png

[Commander32]

There is always room for change....

[Klandri]

http://kotaku.com/5901887/ea-says-wa...quer-after-all

Well, that raises to questions:

1) How did these pictures got released if they were just concepts? Wasnt it EA that released them?

2) Why is EA still using the Baneblade chassis for the forgotten tanks?
Sure, they removed the guns, but you can still recognize the baneblade base if you look closely.

AntiTankVehicle_Forgotten.png

Lol. Stay classy EA, stay classy.

[CowCookies]

i agree the unit models in forgotten were awesome