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Elienis

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"A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« on: April 05, 2012, 06:43:25 pm »
This probably has been seen around here before, but does anyone else think this is almost a direct ripoff of DF?

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/a-game-of-dwarves
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 06:52:14 pm »
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=99278.msg2915578#msg2915578 

This thread is a ripoff of the original one, last post is only a few days ago.
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 06:55:06 pm »
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 06:56:37 pm »
Leave it to big hollywood to have not one but TWO feature films about Snow White, knowing full well that dwarves only exist within the public consciousness because of Toady One!!
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 06:58:40 pm »
Ah,  goody, a link to the site!

Yeah, the trailer video was poorly-designed for anyone who knows about DF's fanbase. "Forgotten Monsters," seriously? And the digging interface...that said, I don't think it's as much "a ripoff of" as "inspired by." If I was working for Paradox Interactive, though, I'd suggest to my superiors that mentioning inspiration from DF would be a good idea to avoid this kind of backlash. Their YouTube video got tons of dislikes, presumably due in part to reactions from the DF community. Maybe they'll learn to research fanbases of games they're inspired by.
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 07:34:41 pm »
Ahh well my error in not seeing the previous thread. Thanks for informing me of it!
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Re: "A Game of Dwarves" DF Ripoff?
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 07:36:24 pm »
I think as OP you should be able to lock this one then.
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