How dare they steal from both Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. It's like there's no actual innovation in here besides "yo chekkitout yo mang we gots AVATAR capability and things is shiny and brown an' we gots moving minecarts yo. Dis shit be way betta."
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[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;28331823]How dare they steal from both Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. It's like there's no actual innovation in here besides "yo chekkitout yo mang we gots AVATAR capability and things is shiny and brown an' we gots moving minecarts yo. Dis shit be way betta."[/QUOTE]
yo man don dis them they got CLEAR WATER BITCHES!
[editline]27th February 2011[/editline]
It's also not cross platform. It will be a failure.
[quote]"You mentioned the current release as Chapter 1, what is the chapter system about?
The plan is to release FortressCraft chapters, each 240MSP (roughly $3), on the Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) store. we currently have definite plans for four chapters, and slightly more vague ideas for a few more! As above, if you have any ideas for features you would like to see in FortressCraft please let us know and we'll try our best to include them! " [/quote]
Directly from the FAQ. If you've heard anything about this game, one of the "shticks" is that this game is virtually Minecraft for only 3$. Obviously this isn't the case, if every "chapter" is 3 bucks.
If you aren't aware, it seems like each "chapter" adds more gameplay. Chapter 1 is apparently supposed to be equivalent to Minecraft Creative. So, you'll be spending roughly 12$ if you actually want to play the full game.
What a rip-off.
Hey wait has anybody played this?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujn4dYM8qJ8&feature=related[/url]
Sorry btw i dont know the tag you do for youtube players.
It looks alright
If it wasn't a carbon-copy, I may have given it a little room to explain itself. Despite "Minecraft being a rip-off of Infi-Miner being a rip-off of...", they weren't exact copies of the previous game with update graphics and one tweak.
This is as if I gave Portal an texture-enhancement, tweaked the shaders and particles; and then marketed as a 'revolutionary new game.'
If the guy came out and said "Yes, this is a latent rip-off of Minecraft for the X-Box 360." I'd be fine. Instead, he's really defending it as a unique idea that only 'borrowed' inspiration from Minecraft.
[QUOTE=zach34;28332029]Directly from the FAQ. If you've heard anything about this game, one of the "shticks" is that this game is virtually Minecraft for only 3$. Obviously this isn't the case, if every "chapter" is 3 bucks.
If you aren't aware, it seems like each "chapter" adds more gameplay. Chapter 1 is apparently supposed to be equivalent to Minecraft Creative. So, you'll be spending roughly 12$ if you actually want to play the full game.
What a rip-off.[/QUOTE]
It's an Xbox game, that seems to be the most popular trend with them these days. Of course, Sony isn't innocent either.
But i think the main thing that makes minecraft different is that its also survival.
[QUOTE=zach34;28332029]Directly from the FAQ. If you've heard anything about this game, one of the "shticks" is that this game is virtually Minecraft for only 3$. Obviously this isn't the case, if every "chapter" is 3 bucks.
If you aren't aware, it seems like each "chapter" adds more gameplay. Chapter 1 is apparently supposed to be equivalent to Minecraft Creative. So, you'll be spending roughly 12$ if you actually want to play the full game.
What a rip-off.[/QUOTE]
It's still less than minecraft was, even during alpha.
[QUOTE=froztshock;28332299]It's still less than minecraft was, even during alpha.[/QUOTE]
The 31 person server load sounds like fun.
Who cares if it's a ripoff? The guy making it is an independent game dev. It's not like he's evil or has sinister intentions. Maybe Minecraft is his favorite game and he wants to bring his own version of it to console gamers.
[QUOTE=cqbcat;28332914]Who cares if it's a ripoff? The guy making it is an independent game dev. It's not like he's evil or has sinister intentions. Maybe Minecraft is his favorite game and he wants to bring his own version of it to console gamers.[/QUOTE]
He's going to sell it on XBLIG. And he said that he can do whatever he want because "minecraft is a huge ripoff of infiniminer"
The guy is a huge tool.
[QUOTE=MedicWine;28333528]He's going to sell it on XBLIG. And he said that he can do whatever he want because "minecraft is a huge ripoff of infiniminer"
The guy is a huge tool.[/QUOTE]
This is what I think.
Do I care that he's taking ideas from Minecraft? No. What I do care about is that he's being a complete dumbass and trying to market it as something that is completely original, and being a huge prick about it too.
[QUOTE=Chilblain;28333643]This is what I think.
Do I care that he's taking ideas from Minecraft? No. What I do care about is that he's being a complete dumbass and trying to market it as something that is completely original, and being a huge prick about it too.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Comparing minecraft to infiniminer is like comparing CoD to BC2. Comparing FC to MC is like comparing battlefield 1942 to 1943
[QUOTE=Layley;28326723]Sure it's copying Minecraft but Minecraft doesn't work for consoles so why beat on the developers? They are basically spreading a PC sensation to console gamers[/QUOTE]
"Initially FortressCraft will only be available on XBLIG, however we are looking at PC distribution methods."
To put it succinctly: "Fortresscraft" is a blatant copy of "Minecraft".
There is a difference between being inspired by a game, such as in the case of "Minecraft" and "Dwarf Fortress", and directly copying the game-play and appearance of a game. The name itself speaks volumes of how similar the games are.
Shameless rip-off and the developer should feel ashamed for trying to make money off of it. He used the classic "Minecraft = Infiniminer = Roblox" excuse, the one that doesn't work anymore, to justify it.
I'm getting it. I may stop playing Minecraft.
So what we see here is an HD version of minecraft with what appears to be better looking water with better physics for a quarter of the Alpha price (its 3 dollars at release)...
Why not? Minecraft doesnt update that much anyway and this is going to be on the 360 where minecraft wont be.
EDIT: [QUOTE=Chilblain;28333643]This is what I think.
Do I care that he's taking ideas from Minecraft? No. What I do care about is that he's being a complete dumbass and trying to market it as something that is completely original, and being a huge prick about it too.[/QUOTE]
By the way. Hes not trying to market it as something original at all.. He said he likes minecraft but he would like to try some new things with it(I dont see any monstors in Fortresscraft). He even said its equivilant to minecraft but jsut for the 360.
EDIT: [QUOTE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSM_djIVdps] The important thing tho, is that TNT explosion totalling 262,144m3 happens without lag. \o/
On the flipside, I just requested almost a million particles, and the code dies it's best. I could ALLOW a million particles, but I'd start worrying about the framerate.[/QUOTE]
Yet again... Better
Graphics look better in some ways, but I always hated HD packs and this looks a lot like one. Looks slightly more like it would be harder to learn how to play as everything is not as simple looking as default minecraft.
[QUOTE=Zombie Strider;28335198]Graphics look better in some ways, but I always hated HD packs and this looks a lot like one. Looks slightly more like it would be harder to learn how to play as everything is not as simple looking as default minecraft.[/QUOTE]
This just made the game wayyyyy better to me ...
[img]http://www.fortresscraft.com/Content/Pictures/001.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Mentlegen45;28335303]This just made the game wayyyyy better to me ...
[img_thumb]http://www.fortresscraft.com/Content/Pictures/001.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
This makes me feel a bit better about it. It is a straight up copy of minecraft, but it looks like it goes in a slightly different direction.
Well I don't have an Xbox 360 anyway, so whatever.
Whats gay about it is the sparkle effect when you spawn a block.
Since this game takes after DF, they better present unspeakable horrors from the depths. I would rather deal with shambling blind monstrosities and things that are just hundreds of horrible feet attached to a single toothy maw than shitty Creeper, Zombie, Skeleton, and Spider rip-offs.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;28336204][i]you'll be shitting yourself in the depths while avoiding monsters such as the Blower, which explodes when it comes near you, the self-explanatory Undead, the bow-using Bones and the wall-climbing Arachnids[/i][/QUOTE]
Goddamnit I want to fight enormous stone golems and shameless Cthulu ripoffs.
[QUOTE=lockdown6;28336204][i]you'll be shitting yourself in the depths while avoiding monsters such as the [B]Blower[/B], which explodes when it comes near you, the self-explanatory Undead, the bow-using Bones and the wall-climbing Arachnids[/i][/QUOTE]
The stalker
Minecraft is a combination of Dwarf Fortress and Infiniminer.
Fortresscraft is a combination of Dwarf Fortress and Infiniminer.
It just [i]happens[/i] to have textures that are remarkably similar to Minecrafts and just [i]happens[/i] to start development now that Minecraft is successful. But don't worry guys, it's going to be original because he is going to cram in a few ideas of his own along with a few "fancy" shaders, and it will be on a different platform until he figures out how to port it to PC.
I am not amused by this blatant copy, nor by the developer's facetious arguments. :colbert:
[img]http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/f/f7/Bookshelf.png[/img][IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2l5avs.png[/IMG]
[img]http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/1/1e/TNT.png[/img][IMG]http://i55.tinypic.com/2v1t6ph.png[/IMG]
Doubt it.
BUT I could play it, if it has Ncps.
gets kinda lonely when your only friend is a Cow that won't shut up.
[editline]28th February 2011[/editline]
Oh Who am I kidding this is a blatant copy of it.
I hate this game 100%. It's just copying minecraft item for item. Next thing you know there will be creepers cause the shitty ass developer can't think of an original name let alone idea.
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