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PlayStation and Tencent settle Horizon lawsuit by removing Light of Motiram from stores

Every trace of the clone has vanished from Steam and Epic Games Store.

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Game has been delisted from all stores it seems. Not sure if the project will come back under a different name and theme or if it's dead for good.

 

[nial]

Hideaki Nishino going with the chad energy moves.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

 

[Perrott]

Hideaki Nishino going with the chad energy moves.

 

[Astray]

Hideaki Nishino going with the chad energy moves.

He completely Thanos'd the game away lol

(Tbh Sony had a super strong case there).

 

[alphachino]

 

[Cakeboxer]

The best thing about this franchise is the unlicensed brick-building sets.

 

[lh032]

The fake game seems more interesting than the original one

 

[nial]

Looking back, Xbox fans should have definitely been on his side.

 

[Cyborg]

Looking back, Xbox fans should have definitely been on his side.

Yup! It's ironic, Xbox fans expected to win only to have bought a Trojan horse.

 

[blastprocessor]

Good job Sony Ninjas.

 

[GymWolf]

Too bad, i would have played an horizon clone with cute chicks.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

A rate slap in the face of Chinese copycats

 

[nowhat]

(Tbh Sony had a super strong case there).

For real. I think some court cases when it comes to likeness, similar mechanics, whatnot, can be pretty weak. But here... I mean, come on. It's about as blatant as they come.

 

[t_wilson01]

It's a shame that now we're stock with the original.

 

[TheHellenicGuy]

The game blatantly copied anything (but the protagonist) from Horizon, no wonder it lost its case.
Perhaps the devs could rework their assets so that they don't look 100% same as Horizon.

 

[Astray]

Perhaps the devs could rework their assets so that they don't look 100% same as Horizon.

That's basically them re-doing %90 of their assets, which honestly feels impossible.

 

[TheHellenicGuy]

That's basically them re-doing %90 of their assets, which honestly feels impossible.

That's fair. I imagine they'll either go ahead with a total rework anyway or sell it only in... China?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

This was the only way things were going. There was no way for Tencent to win this lol.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

That's basically them re-doing %90 of their assets, which honestly feels impossible.

What assets? The Horizon resemblance is characters and dinobots. Remove that and the game looks nothing like Horizon, unless Horizon invented forests and city ruins.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

Rather play the copycat. Horizon was lame and gay.

 

[Wolzard]

What assets? The Horizon resemblance is characters and dinobots. Remove that and the game looks nothing like Horizon, unless Horizon invented forests and city ruins.

What I find funny is that Guerrilla was inspired by the design of Enslaved, by Ninja Theory.

I could go further and say they're copied from Transformers.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

What assets? The Horizon resemblance is characters and dinobots. Remove that and the game looks nothing like Horizon, unless Horizon invented forests and city ruins.

huh? characters, dinobots, concept art, wardrobe design, audio design sounded exactly the same in fights, the soundtrack from the reveal trailer, the gameplay...there were moves that were literally from Horizon. What are you even talking about? This made Palworld look like a totally original idea lmao.

The game was copy pasta in every sense of the word. Saying it was only characters and dinos is insane!

 

[STARSBarry]

My assumption is that it will become some "China region only" game with its own launcher. While sony has to keep its live service horizon game out the region when that drops.

 

[diffusionx]

Where are the shills who claimed Sony had no case?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

My assumption is that it will become some "China region only" game with its own launcher. While sony has to keep its live service horizon game out the region when that drops.

Sony has a mobile Horizon game being made especially for that market (character design shows that). They won't stop releasing that game in there because Tencent tried to rip off their game with another one lol. They don't have t lose here.

 

[Astray]

What assets? The Horizon resemblance is characters and dinobots. Remove that and the game looks nothing like Horizon, unless Horizon invented forests and city ruins.

So basically redo all the animations, textures etc etc?

Also Sony's complaint related to music and similarity in environment, are they gonna redo that too?

You're basically doing a new game at this point.

 

[Humdinger]

Good. It was just too blatant a rip-off. I would've been interested in seeing how the game turned out, but I don't like plagiarism in videogame form.

 

[simpatico]

You guys killed the wrong one...

Soon a bunch of former God of War, Siphon Filter and SOCOM fans will come in here to defend their new favorite gaming IP. Boss Lady Dinosaur Hunter! Saving the hides of the incompetent and cruel tribal men one robot at a time.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Good. Come up with your own ideas. We as a gaming community cannot rip Bungie for stealing art, but ok this kind of crap.

 

[Mr Hyde]

IIRC Light of Motiram also had stolen animations and creatures design from Elden Ring. I think it was from the Fallingstar Beast. But yeah, this case was as good as closed. Never seen such a blatant ripoff since Nintendo went scorched earth on Giana Sisters back in the 80s.

Spoiler

Would love to play it though. Looked kinda cool

 

[Hookshot]

Good guy Sony, lets see them take down Palworld next.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Looking back, Xbox fans should have definitely been on his side.

The deal brought the attention of higher ups and investors.

Turned out to be a very bad thing.

 

[xenosys]

Not sure anyone should be surprised by this.

The Chinese have been ripping off Western ingenuity for the past 50 years.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Not sure anyone should be surprised by this.

The Chinese have been ripping off Western ingenuity for the past 50 years.

Chinese don't innovate, they replicate.

 

[DrFigs]

I feel like they could've worked out a deal to license the Horizon name. PlayStation needs more games.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Meanwhile, in PSN Store...

 

[Magic Carpet]

IIRC Light of Motiram also had stolen animations and creatures design from Elden Ring. I think it was from the Fallingstar Beast. But yeah, this case was as good as closed. Never seen such a blatant ripoff since Nintendo went scorched earth on Giana Sisters back in the 80s.

Spoiler

Would love to play it though. Looked kinda cool

The Twisted Dreams and the Owlverlord are actually decent games. Too bad they never made anymore, or went 3d platforming.

 

[yurinka]

That's basically them re-doing %90 of their assets, which honestly feels impossible.

Nah, I assume changing the costumes and enemies to make them more different would be enough.

Lol at dumb people thinking generative AI can make PlayStation games. The anti AI hate is getting out of control and people have no idea how complicated is to make a videogame and the huge amount of work it requires in a lot of very different areas.

 

[Mr Hyde]

The Twisted Dreams and the Owlverlord are actually decent games. Too bad they never made anymore, or went 3d platforming.

Twisted Dreams is great, had a lot of fun with it

 

[xanaum]

It's a shame that now we're stock with the original.

Kill Aloy and turn this waifu into the protagonist.

Ironically, Horizon would be a much more marketable and global franchise, in Asia they don't like unattractive protagonists.