XBL Indie Dev Clones Minecraft With FortressCraft

[emion]

really >.o<

 

[FogHornG36]

And how much are they selling this for $20 like most xbox download games, then it means its going to make more per sale then minecraft.

Come on guys, they are not asking that much for minecraft, and if people are going to clone it, that means that they are going to make even less money for this original idea.

 

[TiefBlau]

No, it's not fair that developers can make just as much money stealing an idea and riding on the coattails of success as they can making one up themselves.

No, it's not a bad thing at all that this might inspire Notch to work his ass a little harder with his game.

No, I'm still not buying this game.

 

[noble cookie]

I've got mixed feelings. On one hand being on XBLA gives the Minecraft gameplay a larger audience, which is good. On the other, it's pretty blatantly ripped off of a succesful indie game, which is generally how things go in the indie market anyway.

Then again if someone else can take Minecraft and make it better all the more power to them. Then back to the other hand once more, they are quite clearly lying when they say "it's not a clone of Minecraft". If that trailer is even remotely indicative of the game play it's a direct copy.

So I guess I'm kind of "meh" on this one. As long as they don't try and pretend it's completely different from Minecraft I can have respect for it.

it's an indie game anyway. They don't become popular.

wut. It's sold over a million copies. How is that not popular?

Sorry, what I mean is that games made for the "indie games" section on the XBL marketplace aren't really heard of, at all.

 

[AlternatePFG]

And how much are they selling this for $20 like most xbox download games, then it means its going to make more per sale then minecraft.

Actually, it's going to be 80 Microsoft Points, so roughly a dollar.

I think it's a little bit early to be crying rip-off, I'd like to hear more about the gameplay first.

 

[clipse15]

And how much are they selling this for $20 like most xbox download games, then it means its going to make more per sale then minecraft.

Come on guys, they are not asking that much for minecraft, and if people are going to clone it, that means that they are going to make even less money for this original idea.

It's being sold for $1.00

 

[silver wolf009]

While I don't support the idea of blatant copying, I do think that if someone can beat Notch to stable multiplayer for this kind of game, they could expect to see a return on their sale of what is basicly a repainted car sold back to the owner.

 

[Lance Arrow]

Bullfrog? Wow that sounds...so familiar.

*googles*

Ho-ly shit. Popu-fucking-lous.

I am SO buying Fortresscraft.

I know, right? The guy knows his shit. He's made games before. GOOD games!

Notch is constantly getting shown up with his own game. How many times has he said something was totally impossible only to have a modder prove him wrong a week later? Don't get me wrong, I like Notch. He's a great guy. I just don't get how someone can look at FortressCraft, see the credentials and the gameplan, and then vomit vitriol and bile all over it for daring to take something fun and make it better.

Exactly. Who cares if it's a ripoff or not. If it's good, why miss out on it? Better to have something well stolen than something poorly thought of, right? But I think I'm gonna refrain from posting on this topic further until Notch notices Fortresscraft and posts his opinion on his blog so that the Notch Defense Force won't trample me over.

 

[WabbitTwacks]

damn, there is a skype sound at the end of the video...

 

[PrototypeC]

Projector Games, I am disappoint. Shouldn't we be rejecting, not celebrating, the "borrowing" nature of the current games industry? It doesn't bother me that much, but it can't be a good thing either, right?

No, I don't think one or two added features makes it a different game. Do not use the words, "reminiscent of", because that would imply that the game they ripped off from is so totally yesterday, daddy-o, so you better get with the times and buy the high-def copy.

 

[Althocke]

If this is Minecraft with a twist, fair enough, but that trailer makes it look exactly like Minecraft. In fact, I tried a HD texture pack for Minecraft, and it looked exactly like the graphics in that trailer. Although, having seen videos of Infiniminer, it looks very similar to Minecraft as well, so I dunno, it feels wrong to criticise this when the same could be said of Minecraft.

 

[cryogeist]

so its like minecraft only on the xbox?
huh ill have to try it out

 

[Popido]

I would be okay with this, if it wasnt for the huge wave of DLC that comes along with this "tribute".

 

[Laurie Barnes]

Part of me wishes Microsoft would just buy out Minecraft, rather than make a flimsy knock-off. While I approve of bringing this type of game to a larger audience, I still wish it was Minecraft on the Xbox, not "Fortresscraft".

 

[lloopp]

I hope Notch sues 'em TBH.

 

[Spygon]

Sometimes i am ashamed of the gamer industry i am like really what the fuck someone comes out with an original idea programs the game pretty much by his self then is a reasonable person when the game randomly explodes.

So what does the industry do no not try to hire him oir encourage growth they just add a better graphic engine and try to run the game into you ground with a clone.This is disgraceful as people wonder why there is little growth in the gaming industry this is why people because the companies dont want change.

So i will support minecraft even more now and Notch.While refusing to buy "fortresscraft" as it is a total rip off

 

[Drejer43]

the graphics looks uncanny, I am not even liking it over mine craft, execpt the water, the water is okay

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

I like how so many people are insisting that this is nothing more than a Minecraft clone, based on a video that's less than a full minute. But alas, gamers never were defined by their rationality... >.>

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

For people saying that Fortress Craft is a clone of Minecraft, can I just point point to a game called Infiniminer; Minecraft seems very similar to it don't it?

People seem to be blind by some sort of fanboy rage. It makes them unable, or unwilling, to read past headlines and video clips.

Plus, they see XBL, and think "OMG Micro$oft is evil!"

Were I allowed by forum rules I would quote every single one of them with an explanation that minecraft was not original to begin with and a point to the following link:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Infiniminer However that would also shatter many peoples illusions and I'm not that mean.

 

[Techno Destructo]

Tell you what, Fortress Craft, if Minecraft doesn't get onto the consoles, I'll buy you. My 360 doesn't lag out when it realizes how big of a game Just Cause 2 is, but Minecraft on my computer will crash on the second to lowest quality? Minecraft's a fun game when it works for me, but Fortress Craft would be convenient.