Eurogamer: AC art used for Uncharted 4 trailer (Up: Naughty Dog responds)
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Kenzodielocke
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It depends on how ND handles something like this. I guess a lot of companies would just fire the guy, but if it's a more family like environment, he could just get his ass kicked and continue to work there.
I think it really loses a bit of an effect now that the picture doesn't show rocks arching over a beach like we see in the game itself a split second later.
Though I imagine the final game wont have a cut like that
:lol
Another easter egg popped up
It's all good. Can't wait for the game.
amstradcpc
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For a chance do you know what does presumption of innocence mean?. Well, is what makes justice better and not a sort of inquisition.
DeepEnigma
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Hahaha, now this made me laugh.
Cow Goes Moo
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nice
Yes and by tomorrow this will be forgotten and the Internet machine will get outraged about something else.
What other options did they have?
As pretty as it looks, I can't be sure how many other assets have been lifted, and I'd prefer not to give my money to plagiarists.
I guess if they had stolen from an indie game instead of an Ubi Soft title, people would be more upset.
Newtype-001
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Man that was fast.
I wonder how it went down at the offices.
"Which one of you guys dun fucked up"
I wonder how it went down at the offices.
"Which one of you guys dun fucked up"
Ubisoft was so pissed off about this they went and canceled the AC game for this year!
Lord Error
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I don't know, the other image was pretty clearly not the same place. There was much less foliage, and even the shape of the cliff was all wrong.
Maybe it's supposed to be like that.
Now it has this essence of the reality of the island not living up to the fantasy.
Just get Nolan North in a recording booth. "I expected more green". Done.
This one is more clearly not the same place, I'd say. It goes from this mountainous terrain heavily covered in foliage to sparsely covered.
PintSizedSlasher
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This.
ND apologized and you can't hold the entire studio accountable, given it's pretty much what people were speculating. The problem with google and grab is that there are copyright laws. It's funny because there is even a filter for this called the "creative commons", so whoever did this is incredibly lazy.
FunkyPajamas
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A Thief's End indeed.
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Mass_Pincup
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Because it's ND I guess.
Tell us who should be tarred and feathered then. Off with their heads!
bananafactory
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Could have easily just apologized to Ubisoft in private and waited for the issue to disappear, which it certainly would when the game is released and acclaimed. They corrected the video and apologized publicly within hours. The fuck up was bad but they did the right thing, even if their options were limited
Clairvoyance
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Most other companies wouldn't be in this situation to begin with.
never presumed anything. Everyone wanted to write it off immediately because it was naughty dog and that's sad.
They admitted that it was a mistake, fixed it and apologised, what else are they supposed to do?
they took the time to edit the original artwork so it wouldnt look 100% the same and it wasn't intentional?
WickedLaharl
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lol @ waiting until the video was fixed before reopening the thread
I think you are overreaching man. But that's just my opinion.
Most other companies? Name one.
It was more or less due to the fact ND basically plagiarized someone else's work. It wasn't done out of malicious intent, but rather negligence, since they probably googled "carribean artwork" and then popped a result they liked into the trailer, and they have done it before with that map in the last of us.
Plagiarism is a problem, especially when its done in something designed to be sold, since you are profiting using someone elses work, no matter how minor the inclusion is. As for people claiming it to be an easter egg, or claiming its not a big deal, it would be like writing an essay paper, copying and pasting a paragraph from another essay without citing it or even putting it in their own words. You can not benifit from someone elses work, no matter how minor its inclusion. Its still plagiarism.
And ND owned up to their mistake, but this whole thing could have been avoided if they simply used their own piece of concept art.
Primethius
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Imagine if for the division ubisoft used some art asset from the last of us and they were called out on it. I feel like this thread would have gone differently.
Come on. It was a fuck up by likely one individual and look how fast they responded and changed it. But if you want to miss out on what looks to be a mind blowing game and probably GOTY, then more power to you.
Green Yoshi
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It's PR for Black Flag and for Uncharted 4. ;-)
Of course it can be a mistake, but that's not a 20 hour game, but a two minutes trailer. So really nobody noticed?
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Yes, it's all a vast right-wing conspiracy.
Cert.in.Death
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Personally I could see it passing a fair use defense, but it's certainly faux pas for an industry staple to let something like that happen, at the very least.
Alas, apology has been issued and image replaced. A black mark on ND, but harmless IMHO. I think they'll shrug it off and take steps to avoid a repeat in the future.
Alas, apology has been issued and image replaced. A black mark on ND, but harmless IMHO. I think they'll shrug it off and take steps to avoid a repeat in the future.
No it's actually quite the opposite, where people went out of their way to protect their beloved Naughty Dog.
You're right, I'm not happy either not until we burn their office down, or if Druckmann admits his favorite game of all time is Black Flag.
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