Eurogamer: AC art used for Uncharted 4 trailer (Up: Naughty Dog responds)
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Polygon reporting as well
http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/24/11...stolen-assassins-creed-black-flag-concept-art
http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/24/11...stolen-assassins-creed-black-flag-concept-art
Alcoholikaust
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Uhh what the fuck? How is this a non-issue when it establishes a pattern of unattributed work somehow funding it's way into their game? lets not forget the whole Ellen Paige likeness in TLOU either. You know the situation for which they were nearly sued until they relented and made minor tweaks to the character model.
Whether or not you wanna hear it this shit is relevant to the topic at hand. I'm sorry if it gets in the way of your dismissive dialogue.
CosmicGroinPull
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It's just fucking games. They don't have to be your mortal enemies.
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Whoops. Looks pretty similar to me. Did they HAVE to do that? This is not the first time.
SkullplateMurray
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Mistakes happen, sure, but it's far from the first time Naughty Dog has done this.
There was also the time a cartographer found out his map had been copy and pasted into The Last of Us, for example.
There was also the time a cartographer found out his map had been copy and pasted into The Last of Us, for example.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
LOL anything to tear Naughty Dog a new one, eh?
This won't stop Uncharted 4 from winning 2016 GOTY and racking up that critical acclaim on Metacrtiic
This won't stop Uncharted 4 from winning 2016 GOTY and racking up that critical acclaim on Metacrtiic
Principate
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Indeed that's why people can get sued for that.
Relax.
Breakfast at Noon
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If anyone should moan it should be Bungie because that consept art looks like the beach on Halo CE
I'm assuming that's what happened and putting ill intent on this would be silly at this time. But to dismiss it as some are suggesting in this very thread is idiotic and damaging to artists.
APZonerunner
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I think it's probably just some shady contractors (or even artists within the studio) who lift stuff from the internet and touch it up rather than working from scratch.
While people want to talk about the Ellen Page/Battlestar actress stuff, which can definitely be argued over, but people seem to have forgotten this exact thing has happened before where an artist was playing The Last of Us and noticed, er, a Boston subway map he'd created in the game.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/06/25/mbta-map-last-of-us-transit-map/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/25/subway-map-artist-and-naughty-dog-settle-the-last-of-us-complain/
In that instance ND owned up that it was indeed stolen without permission and apologized and came to some sort of 'agreement' with him - presumably they gave him some money, as he even deleted his initial angry blog posts and said he was happy with the resolution.
Anyway, point is, it's a shame but it has happened before.
too slow Nibel, everyone is reporting it right now. oh wait, it's because of this thread. ;P
Get_craycray
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LOL anything to tear Naughty Dog a new one, eh?
This won't stop Uncharted 4 from winning 2016 GOTY and racking up that critical acclaim on Metacrtiic
That's not what's happening. LOL anything to defend your favorite dev huh?
Especially the one about how a guy has had his own art stolen before and it's not that big of a deal. lol
Samurai G0SU
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Welp-I'm out.
LOL omg.
How could they 'mistakenly' use concept art from Assassin's Creed? ND are among the best in the business and I love them, but this was ripped off plain as day.
TheAutomator
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LOL anything to tear Naughty Dog a new one, eh?
This won't stop Uncharted 4 from winning 2016 GOTY and racking up that critical acclaim on Metacrtiic
Bringing up something totally irrelevant to the actual topic at hand.
Yeah, this is becoming a pattern. Very bizarre from such a high quality studio.
ArchedThunder
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And I'm saying in the actual reveal footage she didn't actually look the same as the artwork, which is why I posted that image.
Besides, even the artwork still has some pretty big differences form Ellen Page.
Different nose, different chin, different lips, different eyes, different brow, different cheek bones, different hair line.
The Ellen Page resemblance was accidental
I don't understand why things like this can't just be seen as a complement to the original concept artist. It's not like that picture on the wall is some vital part of the game, or that anyone playing it really even gives a damn. Game isn't going to make more money because of this picture on the wall. I'd think an artist would just be happy to have the exposure.
I'm not sure that anybody here is suggesting it is a big deal that they copied another's artwork (seemingly without permission) with the intent to profit or claim it as their own, however, it is clearly a copy-and-paste job and an embarrassing situation.
Also in regards to making similar looking characters, people look like other people, news at 11. They're not complete facsimiles.
Also in regards to making similar looking characters, people look like other people, news at 11. They're not complete facsimiles.
oh, I agree with you. this is kinda bad for whoever submitted the art.
yea, PS3 version. I assume PS4 one was fixed.
iNvid02
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GDC presentation next year: 'The dangers of outsourcing'
naw its just eurogamer blocking hotlinks
here it is though
naw its just eurogamer blocking hotlinks
here it is though
I agree.
Principate
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And I'm saying in the actual reveal footage she didn't actually look the same as the artwork, which is why I posted that image.
Besides, even the artwork still has some pretty big differences form Ellen Page.
Different nose, different chin, different lips, different eyes, different brow, different cheek bones, different hair line.
The Ellen Page resemblance was accidental
Why are you using the changed version and not the original? It's posted right in this thread
TheOctodad
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Isn't the most likely possibility that some single artist imported an image without the knowledge of anyone else?
So instead of Naughty Dog = Pirates. Shouldn't it be "someone within Naughty Dog" is a pirate?
I would suspect someone will be reprimanded and the image changed. But the outrage culture here is just silly sometimes.
So instead of Naughty Dog = Pirates. Shouldn't it be "someone within Naughty Dog" is a pirate?
I would suspect someone will be reprimanded and the image changed. But the outrage culture here is just silly sometimes.
LOL anything to tear Naughty Dog a new one, eh?
This won't stop Uncharted 4 from winning 2016 GOTY and racking up that critical acclaim on Metacrtiic
WTF is this post?
What is happening here?
Ubisoft people have reacted to this, including on this very forum the community manager confirmed that the author still works with Ubi and no agreement confirmation. It's a theft. It will be corrected for launch, but it's still a stupid theft that is a center piece in their beautiful trailer.
bryanee
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A delay to remove a single image and replace it with another? No its not going to be delayed.
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