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DippinSauce
10/09/19 12:46:01 PM
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https://twitter.com/PlayEnchanted/status/1181660881593221121

Talk about blatant.
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Malfunction
10/09/19 12:49:10 PM
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It's weird, they took cuphead and made it somehow slower looking in terms of gameplay and their own attempts at original art design are awful. Ew at the space levels
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Smashingpmkns
10/09/19 12:50:33 PM
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Looks like Cuphead if Cuphead were inspired by early 2000s PBS cartoons.
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MC_BatCommander
10/09/19 12:51:36 PM
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Wow that's a pretty shameless ripoff. Looks like absolutely zero creativity went into it.
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TheVipaGTS
10/09/19 12:52:12 PM
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Right down to the music. Its like if a 2005 cartoon tried to emulate and 1930s cartoon.

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Lost_All_Senses
10/09/19 12:53:16 PM
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How sued are they?
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Malfunction
10/09/19 12:53:51 PM
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It'd be one thing if it was only the gameplay that were similar but they've so shamelessly ripped off the overall bent of the artstyle and then quite obviously taken massive cues from cuphead for boss pattern and design too.
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_Matchabuu_
10/09/19 12:54:57 PM
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Imagine putting that much work into a rip-off

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__aCEr__
10/09/19 12:56:53 PM
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And it looks like the one thing they decided not to rip off is the challenge of Cuphead. It seemed like they barely had to move during those fights.
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Shablagoo
10/09/19 12:57:13 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Looks like Cuphead if Cuphead were inspired by early 2000s PBS cartoons.

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BLAKUboy
10/09/19 12:57:52 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
How sued are they?

I don't think the Cuphead devs have any legal standing here, unless they can prove their code was reused. These sorts of cheap knockoffs are insanely common and there's nothing illegal about them.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
10/09/19 12:58:01 PM
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SmidgeIsntBack
10/09/19 12:58:39 PM
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How many people had to get together and decide "yeah we're gonna rip off this thing with a ton of heart and soul in it so we can make a fraction of the profits."
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Ilishe
10/09/19 12:58:41 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
How sued are they?

They shouldn't be

Cuphead did not invent the genre
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Lost_All_Senses
10/09/19 12:59:50 PM
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BLAKUboy posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
How sued are they?

I don't think the Cuphead devs have any legal standing here, unless they can prove their code was reused. These sorts of cheap knockoffs are insanely common and there's nothing illegal about them.


I can't use twitter. At first I thought he meant they literally reskinned the same levels and everything lol
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TheVipaGTS
10/09/19 1:00:13 PM
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Ilishe posted...
They shouldn't be

Cuphead did not invent the genre
that's the thing. games like this have existed. Contra is a game like this....its just that the theme of it is super close.

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LordMarshal
10/09/19 1:01:16 PM
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Theres too may similarities. Im not against the game at all. I wish more people would rip off games i liked but it is a rip off.
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Questionmarktarius
10/09/19 1:01:31 PM
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It's like the 1983 crash all over again.
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AdmiralStiff
10/09/19 1:01:52 PM
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SmidgeIsntBack posted...
How many people had to get together and decide "yeah we're gonna rip off this thing with a ton of heart and soul in it so we can make a fraction of the profits."

Plenty

All they gotta do is hope for more people to follow suit and their games go from "rip-off" to a "genre"
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Mistere Man
10/09/19 1:04:08 PM
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Looks interesting to me I like the witch boss.
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Solar_Crimson
10/09/19 1:05:38 PM
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Well, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this is just way too blatant in its "inspiration", and the gameplay is slow with seemingly little challenge. Maybe they'll polish things up by the time of its release, but I think I'll stick with Cuphead.
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DippinSauce
10/09/19 1:05:41 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Ilishe posted...
They shouldn't be

Cuphead did not invent the genre
that's the thing. games like this have existed. Contra is a game like this....its just that the theme of it is super close.

No one said they invented the genre, but anyone with eyes can see that cuphead is more than just an inspiration for this game.

There are literally animations taken straight from cuphead.
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BLAKUboy
10/09/19 1:06:34 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
I can't use twitter. At first I thought he meant they literally reskinned the same levels and everything lol

They just show a bunch of boss fights, but while it's clearly a straight ripoff nothing inherently looks copied.
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Solar_Crimson
10/09/19 1:06:47 PM
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGbK-blUUAAUcrY.jpg
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LordMarshal
10/09/19 1:07:34 PM
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AdmiralStiff posted...
SmidgeIsntBack posted...
How many people had to get together and decide "yeah we're gonna rip off this thing with a ton of heart and soul in it so we can make a fraction of the profits."

Plenty

All they gotta do is hope for more people to follow suit and their games go from "rip-off" to a "genre"


Honestly this is a really good angle to go about ripping them off.

"Of course they look really really similar, its the second game of a genre!"
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Mistere Man
10/09/19 1:33:08 PM
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Is it wrong that I really want this too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBE8sh7nv4s" data-time="

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Lost_All_Senses
10/09/19 1:34:43 PM
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BLAKUboy posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
I can't use twitter. At first I thought he meant they literally reskinned the same levels and everything lol

They just show a bunch of boss fights, but while it's clearly a straight ripoff nothing inherently looks copied.


Thanks. I wish twitter wasn't such a bitch. I can't remember my password and everytime I log out it flips through 3 pages super fast and tries to log me in again, bringing me to the same exact "sorry" page. I don't even think they're actually sorry
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ViewtifulJoe
10/09/19 1:44:32 PM
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It definitely is a copy but the thing is I just wouldn't mind more Cuphead because it was pretty fun.
Turn the difficulty up, don't be 110% obvious about it (AKA at least change the air dash animation) and maybe we'll talk.
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Tsuyoi3
10/09/19 1:46:30 PM
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Eh. Yeah it's pretty rippy offy, but I like the new stuff.
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Kitt
10/09/19 1:50:40 PM
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I'm pretty sure you guys are just over exagg-

*Watches the trailer*

Oh. Oh my wow. They didn't even try to hide it.

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GiftedACIII
10/09/19 1:53:15 PM
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https://mobile.twitter.com/DeiTheMant/status/1181792061466595328
lmao
Also gameplay and artwork design arent copyrighted.
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Oatcakes
10/09/19 2:02:47 PM
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Isn't cuphead just a sidescrolling game that looks like Walt Disney did the art?

Can hardly complain about people copying their original idea.
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Machete
10/09/19 2:06:04 PM
#35:


Mistere Man posted...
Is it wrong that I really want this too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBE8sh7nv4s" data-time="


I would play that over actual dark souls >_>
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twitterfriends
10/09/19 2:06:19 PM
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I mean it looks inspired by Cuphead and maybe theyre aiming for Cuphead fans but theres no proof its a reskin
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Ilishe
10/09/19 5:17:40 PM
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DippinSauce posted...

There are literally animations taken straight from cuphead.


You sure?

I'm asking because the animations have nothing in common in the way they are executed.
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Ilishe
10/09/19 5:21:05 PM
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Machete posted...
Mistere Man posted...
Is it wrong that I really want this too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBE8sh7nv4s" data-time="


I would play that over actual dark souls >_>


Ah, Cupsouls. The best game never made.
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Zack_Attackv1
10/09/19 5:22:09 PM
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Darmik
10/09/19 5:25:05 PM
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Copying the artstyle or gameplay is one thing. But both? C'mon son.
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PowerOats
10/09/19 5:29:47 PM
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At that point, they shoulda called the cuphead guys and made a offer to help make a sequel

Make it about cups/ throughout cultures and time

Cuphead 2: Time Runneth Over
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DippinSauce
10/09/19 8:02:08 PM
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Ilishe posted...
DippinSauce posted...

There are literally animations taken straight from cuphead.


You sure?

I'm asking because the animations have nothing in common in the way they are executed.

Look at the dashing, jumping and shooting in the trailer. You can even make a case against boss movement of the robot being exactly like the one in cuphead.
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AceMos
10/10/19 4:29:55 PM
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yea its a rip off but this is nothing new for the video game industry and good games have come from this kind of thing

and its not like this is some cheap knock off this still took alot of effort to make
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Abiz_
10/10/19 4:47:22 PM
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This isn't a rip off. They made there own animation and everything from the looks of it. It's taking the success of cuphead and running at it for the casual crowd. I thought they literally stole something the way people are whining about it.
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The Admiral
10/10/19 5:16:55 PM
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So long as they didn't take any direct IP, there shouldn't be any legal issue with Cuphead. This isn't the first or even the 1000th time a game has ripped off another one.
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vigorm0rtis
10/10/19 5:18:11 PM
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Cuphead doesn't own an art style established 90 years ago.

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Hotel_Security
10/10/19 5:20:14 PM
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A Ripoff? Anyone look at the iOS or Apple marketplace? Feel like everything is just a reskin of something else.

At the same time, I've played some pretty good games that shamelessly rip off another title.
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Zack_Attackv1
10/10/19 5:24:22 PM
#48:


Ready?

Wallop!
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s0nicfan
10/10/19 5:28:59 PM
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This is what people said about doom clones until enough of them came out to create a genre.
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Darmik
10/10/19 5:32:53 PM
#50:


AceMos posted...
yea its a rip off but this is nothing new for the video game industry and good games have come from this kind of thing

and its not like this is some cheap knock off this still took alot of effort to make


I'm struggling to think of good games that were this blatant.

There has been plenty of direct copy cats like Gianna Sisters or Unearthed but every one I can think of were mediocre at best.

Note I'm talking about games that don't even hide what they're copying.
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