Huh, cool hadn’t realized Mordor was originally a Batman game
Batman game that became Shadow of Mordor footage surfaces online
Submitted 11 months ago by Blxter@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.eurogamer.net/batman-game-that-became-shadow-of-mordor-footage-surfaces-online?
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Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Blxter@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Yea I didn’t know that either. It does make sense that they didn’t want two different batman universe games… But now we have the suicide squad so…
Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I remember my brother describing the gameplay as a mix between Arkham and Assassin’s Creed so the fact that it was originally going to be a Batman game makes sense to me.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WB owning the patent for the Nemesis system really sucks.
Those games were amazing because of the system, but because WB is a shit show, they won’t use it again and no one else can do anything similar
runjun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Looking back, the nemesis system and active reloading in GOW not being implemented in other games made me realize the old style of game creation of implementing and improving was over. The nemesis system is truly innovative and there was several times that I was like fuck Sauron, this random orc that got several lucky kills on me MUST be destroyed.
DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Intellectual property kills innovation, slows down technological development, and consolidates resources.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I really don’t think the patent would hold up if someone made a similar system.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It took 6 years to get it approved, but lots of stupider patents still stand.
You can’t count on common sense for stuff like this.
shani66@ani.social 11 months ago
Technically it shouldn’t, but that’s never stopped legal abuse before
TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Wow it came out in 2014 and was patented in 2021 which means it’s locked until 2028? That’s not fair. The patent should have been 2014-2021 not 2021-2028. How can you patent something that’s already released to the public, why is that allowed.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
If.they delayed filing the patent they were more vulnerable than they had to be for those years. They would have had a weaker case to sue if someone imitated the system in their own game between the public learning about it and their patent filing date.
Of course it’s worth mentioning that a competitor making something TOO similar (as in a copy or clone) would have run into the territory of copyright law, which requires no filing for protections to take effect.