Uncharted 2: A Eight Days rip off? (or vice versa?)

Rashid Sayed - 21 days 22 hours ago

Well 8 days is a game which is under development by SCEE, it was canceled before but now again we got news that its under production. It generated a lot of hype since in 2006 it displayed great character animations.

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TheGrimBunny - 21 days 22 hours ago

hmm, pretty interesting.

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vhero - 21 days 21 hours ago

Yeah like Halo is a Quake Rip Off (look at the stuff they comparing then compare Halo to Quake they also have a lot of similarities but are different games). Honestly what a stupid article. These 360 fanboys are really nit picking at the ps3 right now and they can't find anything negative so they are making crap up.

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jcgamer - 21 days 21 hours ago

They never were cancelled, just put on hold...can't wait to see more from both graphically stunning games...

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Saaking - 21 days 21 hours ago

I think UC2 perhaps used some stuff from Eight Days, but it is in NO way a ripoff.

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morganfell - 21 days 21 hours ago

Uncharted 2 builds so firmly on Uncharted DF there is a very clear evolution.

Idiotic article.

Is gamingbolt owned (of course they are...constantly) by the same teenagers that run dualshockers?

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Saaking - 21 days 20 hours ago

They don't look similar, it's just the animations. UC2's animations are similar to those shown in the eight days tech demo. It's a known fact that Sony devs help each other out therefore, UC2 built on UC, but added some tech from Eight Days.

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willie32 - 21 days 20 hours ago

In other words, an action game that looks and plays like an action game, are you serious? That is like saying all games play the same since they fit under the category of "video game."

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DarkMantrid - 21 days 19 hours ago

No no no. Its Killzone 2 that riped it off! Just look at those destructable pillars.
Actually maybe its NFS:shift that ripped it off. I saw a car!

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morganfell - 21 days 19 hours ago

@Saaking - And we know how ND uses animations that are absolutely 100% their own work. They are the masters of MOCAP.

This article is just another desperate and vain attempt to slow down the inevitable and inexorable march toward the UC2 GOTY award all the while trying to replace their "PS3 is teh doomed" articles.

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jmare - 21 days 19 hours ago

How do you rip off something that doesn't exist? Yes, a trailer of Eight Days was shown before Uncharted came out, but what does it mean? Nothing you can't rip off something that is only a concept, especially an unoriginal concept. There have been cover-based 3rd person shooters before. The article is bullshit.

Is it me or did one of the guns sound like a jackhammer?

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lordgodalming - 21 days 19 hours ago

Gamingbolt: A Gamespot ripoff?

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GrandTheftStreetcar - 21 days 19 hours ago

How can "Vice versa" even be implied since UC2 just came out, and Eight Days footage is quite old?

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GrandTheftStreetcar - 21 days 18 hours ago

"i had never heard of eight days before i read this article."

Many haven't even heard of that game, but Naughty Dog somehow managed to copy it.
/s

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DaTruth - 21 days 18 hours ago

It's not a ripoff per se, but the seemless transition from gameplay to cutscenes was a big standout of the Eight Days gameplay.

They probably used some of the technology from that game, but the Uncharted 2 use of these transitions was very linear, whereas the Eight days use was suppose to be less linear in its execution. If you run out of ammo, it transitions to a cutscene where your partner throws you the ammo, but If you are not in that same place the next time you play, it will generate the cutscene to where you are and he might have to throw it a little further but it would appear different!

In short, it is generating cutscenes on the fly, is the only way I could explain it!

For all who haven't heard of this game, just type it into Youtube. They have a really good tech demo too!

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NickIni - 21 days 18 hours ago

God this article is stupid.

How is having co-op in the game proof? Or a 3rd person cover system? Or an action packed storyline? Those are things a countless number of games have.

The only legitimate point they made was the one about animations, which do look quite similar, but then again, both are 3rd person and will have been designed using real life models.

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xTruthx - 21 days 17 hours ago

This guys are talking about a game that didn't even released and based their opinions on 2 trailers ? That's professional journalism /s

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lsujester - 21 days 17 hours ago

Both of these games have a 3rd person cover system, which make both of them a Kill.switch ripoff.

I hate stupid articles.

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venomcarnage89 - 21 days 17 hours ago

how the SEQUEL of a popular game be a rip off of another game.

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frostypants - 21 days 16 hours ago

When I want to read child-like analysis of the latest gaming trends, all written at a 5th grade level, I turn to gamingbolt.com.

Can N4G ban sites from submissions? Because gamingbolt is f**king ludicrously terrible. Enough already.

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mal_tez92 - 21 days 16 hours ago

Eight days isn't out yet and might not ever come out, so how can something rip it off?

While I think Uncharted 2 is he greatest game ever, I am just realising how underrated Uncharted 1 was. The games are very similar and yet Uncharted 2 recieved a lot more praise. The only difference is that Uncharted 2 has stealth gameplay and a lot more epic action moments, the rest of the gameplay is nearly identical. Before Uncharted 2 came out, Drake's Fortune was my favourite game, and people thought I was crazy; but now if I say Uncharted 2 is my favourite game they completely understand, which is weird considering how similar they are.

Anyway, the Uncharted series is not a rip off, and people are just making heaps of Uncharted 2 articles where the same thing could be said about the original.

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sikbeta - 21 days 14 hours ago

When I have the chance to play both (UC2 done) and 8 Days turn out to be awesome like Uncharted, I'll don't even care lol

I really want to see the face of this article writer when it comes out:

-"but both have gunfights" lol

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LastDance - 21 days 14 hours ago

How can a game that has been released be a rip off of a fantastical game?

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badz149 - 21 days 10 hours ago

what about making a 'real' article rather than these stupid articles twice a day?

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cgoodno - 21 days 8 hours ago

Yes... Uncharted 2... a rip off of a game that technically doesn't exist...

Astounding logic!

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Sevir04 - 21 days 8 hours ago

The title should read, "Uncharted 2: "AN" not "A" Eight Days Rip Off..."

Simple grammar lessons in 2nd grade would tell you that "An" is always followed by a word that begins with a vowel and not a consonant... Lame title normally equals lame attempt at troll journalism, and this article totally fits the billet of lame. You cant rip off something that wasn't original to begin with. There were so many games that are 3rd person action oriented. Besides 8 days was something totally conceptual at the moment and never came to fruition.

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hay - 21 days 4 hours ago

Sooooo, well made game is now accused of being a rip-off? Stupidity surprises me every day.

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sinncross - 21 days 19 hours ago

Its all honesty its just the animation similarities the article can go on.. everything else is just picking at straws.

and yes, I noticed when UC2 was being shown off in different builds that animation looked similar to 8D. So what? Different devs working for Sony share resources.

Obviously when 8D was put on hold the decision was taken to help out the ND team to make as good a game as possible so resources were shared. Doesn't make either game less of a game.

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GrandTheftStreetcar - 21 days 19 hours ago

They are both supposed to be a "rip-off" of real life physics. Hence a similarity.

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cgoodno - 21 days ago

Rashid, can you tell me where I can pick up my copy of 8 Days in order to make the same assessment you did?

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Kalowest - 21 days 21 hours ago

Does that Sh!t likes better than UC2, or is it just me. The way the game kept switching from gameplay to cut scene like was flawless, and that sh!t was a 06 build.

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zerocrossing - 21 days 21 hours ago

wow that looks better than uncharted 2 i meen you can see its graphics are outdated but the animation and everything is great hope they do make this

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PS360WiiRocks - 21 days 20 hours ago

whats up with all the disagrees?? that looked sick tho!

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Rock Bottom - 21 days 20 hours ago

That doesn't look better than uncharted, because there's nothing there, everything in that video is computer generated, no in game and not even in game engine, everything is CG, you guys just need to see a higher resolution version of that to notice it.

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Trebius - 21 days 18 hours ago

You can clearly see the aim Reticle...so obviously it's not ALL CG.

On top of that...if it WERE CG it wouldn't look the way it does, UC2 looks better than this footage while in-game, so to say that it's CG is pretty ridiculous.

It was definitely placed on the 'hold til later' list because it's a new name, there's already too many new games out on PS3 that are a success, so it'd be better to build on that for now and come out with this game later on in the Ps3's shelf life.

On top of that, this game probably looks 10x better now that it's not a launch work in progress anymore, the architecture behind the PS3's Cell is no longer Alien to developers, so with the sharing of information going on between 1st and 2nd party devs I'm sure this will easily be one of the top contenders for goty whatever year it comes out.

It's easy to tell only because of the fluid animations and the crazy car gun battle. (shoot wheel, car flips to its demise, SICK)

Cant wait to see what they're doing with this game behind the scenes.

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raztad - 21 days 20 hours ago

No offense intended in any way but I'm guessing you are a xbox only owner, from your comment seems like you ran out of FPSes to name.

"But you do have your run/gun shooters - Halo/COD. Your more tactical shooters - Rainbow Six Vegas/KZ2" Fixed.

BTW, I do agree with you. Inspiration is the word, though UC2 got inspiration from several sources. MGS4 is one of them, big time.

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Software_Lover - 21 days 20 hours ago

I play on ps3...................how does my comment, which even mentions a ps3 game, 1 xbox game, make me an xbox only owner. Because I didn't mention enough ps3 games?

My psn is Cherub2g. If you see me on xbox live its because I play GTA 4 on pc which is where I spend most of my time, on pc.

Edit:Forgot I mentioned Gears of War. So 2 xbox games. Didn't mention Killzone 2 because I didn't like it. Dont bash it I just didn't like it. And when people say "NO OFFENCE" then mean to offend you.

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Software_Lover - 21 days 20 hours ago

A FPS/Third person shooter is still a shooter is it not? I dont get into the console loyalty side of things I just see things for what they are. Uncharted at its heart is still a shooter.

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Cold 2000 - 21 days 20 hours ago

Paranoid much ? :)

Next time add Resistance or KZ it will make Raztad happy :)

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raztad - 21 days 18 hours ago

Paranoid?

Not at all dear Cold. I was just following the logic flow on his comment.

See he named three FPSes: Halo/COD/Rainbow and then GEARS??? Gears is not a FPS and its not even a PS3 game. This is a PS3 game thread. I just wanted to "fix" the comment including an important tactical FPS in the PS3 world.

And Cold please dont take me as a vulgar fanboy, I do enjoy my PS3 and I dont own a xbox cause it's redundant but I'm not a fanatic. I dont like Resistance. In fact you could say my preferred shooter is KZ2, closely followed by FEAR 1 on PC.

@Software Lover

I dont know you, so my previous comment was just an honest guess. Nothing to get mad. My "no offence" comment was misplaced then.

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DaTruth - 21 days 17 hours ago

Are you guys tracking each other? You guys seem to be right there to crap on each other whenever you post!

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PlayStation X - 21 days 20 hours ago

agree, starting to hate the site.

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UP - 21 days 21 hours ago

You do know that gears riped of Killswitch so if UC is a big rip off so is gears.

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PirateThom - 21 days 21 hours ago

And Gears' cover system is a rip off of kill.switch's cover system.

And Uncharted 2 blows everything about Gears 2 out of the water. Much better game.

Gears may have popularised the cover mechanic, Uncharted perfected it.

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cliffbo - 21 days 21 hours ago

Gears 2 was a really good game, but Christ, you are making yourself look stupid with that remark.

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Aquarius - 21 days 20 hours ago

I can't even be bothered to analyse what he just said, no commas or good grammar makes your post look like shlt Chet Faliszek.

Plus isn't GeoW 2 inferior to GeoW1.
Uncharted isn't all about cover you retard. It is an adventure.

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Shadow Man - 21 days 20 hours ago

Killswitch is a rip off of WinBack

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Jeromejones - 21 days 20 hours ago

and so on and so forth....

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silverchode - 21 days 11 hours ago

you dont know the entire 360's lineup FACT!!!!

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