At first, the developer of blatant Pushmo rip-off BlockShift said its game is a “unique creation.” After being criticized, the developer decided to mention Pushmo in the title’s description, which states that BlockShift “is a puzzle game inspired by games like Pushmo and Catherine.”
Oh, so “inspired” is the word they use for CTRL-C and CTRL-V ?
we have to rip-off now “Blockshift=Pushmo” and “Extremely long name battle royal=Super Smash Bros” from Sony
Um, the game was inspired due to the fact that it uses characters from its huge PlayStation universe roster, but other than that it’s not a rip-off. Nintendo didn’t create fighting games.
idk, Nintendo is not used to sue other companies. They are not after the money. Like EA, they sued Zynga for copying Sims, EA is going downhill and they are after the money.
I’m not deffending EA’s business tactics or anything, but I’m on their side with suing Zynga. The industry needs companies who create new video game experiences or build off of old ones in a new way, not cheap copy cat’s like Zynga or this Blocksh!t developer.
Yeah, well, All-Stars Battle Royale isn’t exactly a typical fighting game is it? It’s the only fighting game that happens to be like Smash Bros.
Don’t generalize to make an argument.
Theres quite a few games like Smash Bros. PASBR (lol) wasnt the first “rip off”
im not talking about the genre im talking about the idea.
Sony did not rip off Nintendo. It’s like Tekken and Street Fighter: The games, at their core, are largely the same, but the mechanics are very, very different. All Sony got from Nintendo was the IDEA of doing a mascot fighter.
^ This man right here. ^
Agreed!
They’re NOT the same thing. They may both LOOK the same, but they play VERY differently. You know what is the same? Mortal Kombat DA/Deception and the Tekken games. See, now THERE’S a comparison worth doing.
Sorry, I don’t speak bullshit
Only inspired??? Give me a break!
Lol yeah right
these are the same fools who said “smartphones are the future of video games, 3ds + sales are DOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!”
ignorant fools love patcher i can tell.
There is a difference between inspired and unoriginal.
Ahhhh “inspired by”, Sony’s answer to everything of lately :P
Seriously though, they could of at least make look different.
Graphically inferior anyway
Excuse me, the wallet in my hand is only INSPIRED by the one that was just in your pocket.
Best comment I’ve read all weekend. +1
No, no, Sonic the Hedgehog is an inspired series. Uncharted is an inspired series.
This? Is a rip-off. Plain. And. Simple.
well said.
exactly,
it also use to say original, see wii got them red handed.
The Wii is an inanimate object. How can it catch ANYTHING? It can’t move.
100 internets for you, sir
the wii moves, the wii moves u…
wii owned U in soviet Russia
read the comment again carefully. carefully so your littler head can understand.
I completely understand that you’re either a fanboy, or 10 years old and use U instead of you, Wii for we, and Mii for me, all in reference to Nintendo and its Wii and Wii U. Please, grow the fuck up.
LOL, nice back-pedaling.
What’s even sadder is that this hasn’t even gotten into the fact that this reject gave his game the capability to scan the QR codes for Pushmo levels.
Plagiarism at it’s finest.
It is best to speak the FULL truth when releasing games or anything else like this, and not half of it. Otherwise, people will think you are copying someone else’s idea.
Also, it’s best to not rip off peoples ideas or they’ll think you’re ripping off someone’s ideas when caught.
I love people thinking they can slip this shit past Nintendo for very long.
joker inspiration is batman i don’t see him fighting crime in a batmobile beating bad guys up, & sony all stars Inspire by super smash you don’t see them… nvm
Nice one.
Bitch please, U know u would get into trouble when u “borrow” it. U guys are not Sony, neither COD copiers; so why U fools claim its original.
time like these that people would be dumb enough to believe that Nintendo stole this idea to make pushmo,WATCH THE COMMENTS AS THEY SAY THE WORD “NINTENDO” & “COPY”
you*, you*, you*, You*, you*.
Gets annoying right?
this so this^
nope just got troll by a guy who did not put no effort on that.
sucks to be anon.
Deal with it B-)
yeah yeah yeah Wii Nintendo fanboys know how to use correct grammar U know what I mean Wii use it like this because Nintendo is ALWAYS correct and U can’t disagree with Mii because this is correct grammar because Nintendo is God. U have to agree with Mii and what Wii say.
The ”U” ”Mii” and ”Wii” thing is kinda annoying, no offense
I was making a joke of the guy who does it in every comment. It is fucking annoying.
Tell that to revolution5268.
yeah i don’t give a fuck, deal with it. same with U anon
I think you’re a little young for such language.
Haha. I see what U did there!
U got mii mistake with fanboy with a person who love to hear some news. people want to hear some news from tv to pc. DEAL WITH IT!!!
Maybe they should explain what’s different about it.
That would be a good start… If they can.
“Our graphics are inferior.
Everything else is ripped off, right down to QR functionality.”
That’s their problem, isn’t it? They can’t.
love that show
They were inspired…to copy and paste the game. Sue their asses then put them ON THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOON-AAAAAA, BEEE-YEEETCH!
I dont want to spam, or post unrelated links to an article, but this is a big deal. Its not bashing Sony, but it gives a very clear and present out look on next gen as a whole. Looking at all the trolls, you know who you are. When Rich says something, you shut up and listen
http://youtu.be/hBcG8_zjZW8
As far as the video goes, I agree with him.
Right now, visuals on games are looking pretty damned good.
By any standard but the most snobbish/elitist, the 360 and PS3 are giving experiences that more than satisfy gamers.
The Wii U at its worst, by some reports, will likely only be a small bit above the best of the 360’s capabilities, in terms of visuals, but even that small bit will be enough of a gap to put it at a near-perfect balance of affordability and power.
Gamers looking for something that won’t kill their bank accounts while still wanting a great-looking game will all turn to the Wii U, alongside the other two systems of last gen, because all three are very much up-to-par for the average gamer, and they all have plenty of life left in them. [the term “average gamer” does not include elitists who look down on anyone for playing a system they don’t like, or anyone who spends their time on a site like this for the sole purpose of bashing others or trying to turn others away from a system they don’t like. Those arrogant bastards can fuck off.]
But due to manufacturing costs, I don’t think Sony or Microsoft would be wise to try for a gigantic leap in graphical capability with the next gen.
Even just equaling up to what the Wii U will be capable of, will be enough to garner each of the next-gen systems from Sony and Micro all of the financial support they could want, because the visuals and power will be good enough for anyone but rich gamers who want the best. [said people probably already have a PC that outdoes consoles by now anyways, though….]
We’re approaching a limit line between what hardware can achieve, and what hardware can be monetarily justified, as far as consoles go.
As long as none of the big 3 cross that line and continue to provide new, interesting ways of playing over focusing on more expensive tech, then all of them will do just fine in the coming generation.
The thing is, because MS and Sony forced this huge leap, now theyre stuck in a rut where they either make an expensive console, and less it at a loss, which could destroy Sony, or make one on par, or slightly better than the WiiU, at the risk of disappointing fanboys. Wii owners, and people who play Nintendo games are going to have that blown away feeling, because we havent experienced a Nintendo game looking that good. People came in their pants when they saw the Zelda tech demo, and that wasnt even them trying, it was alpha footage, and the consoles apparently improved since then, to be more powerful, and streamline. Im happy with my ps3’s graphics, because i dont need super graphics, its not like the N64 where it changed gaming.
That’s exactly it. They should have stayed happy in the slight bump-up in graphics that Nintendo did with the Wii; now, they gotta keep doing stupidass things in order to recoup the high costs of prematurely making expensive-as-hell machines. If they’d realized that consoles were never meant to be like PCs in the first place (and let’s face it, the 360 and PS3 ARE like PCs…stunted PCs more like) …we would totally not have this problem right now. Nintendo is right to compete on its own, because at least they would never fall into the PC trap. It’s too late for MS and Sony now; they HAVE to keep consoles that are more powerful than what they have from now on, because they’re stuck in the “need to beat PC” mentality, not to mention every spoiled-ass fanboy who was spoiled by them in this gen (remember how I said it’s not wise to give free stuff away and receive free stuff so easily?) will be expecting that sort of thing from them. If there’s anyone worth beating now, it’s the mobile devices, and let me tell ya, bigass graphics are hardly necessary to beat them.
Exactly. The ps3 and 360 and the future consoles, have the threat of dying, but Nintendo wont, because they create new ideas, they keep their games to themselves, they dont create massively expensive tech, just tech that is fun, and people will enjoy, although they should made a push to HD this gen, but that make the WiiU all the more inpressive in my eyes. I can imagine in 10 years, that itll just be PC’s, androids, and Nintendo products, because PC and future mobile (especially once they put the trega chip in) do what people want from gaming. Consoles will get more expensive, but PC’s will end up bein cheaper, more effective, and alot of people have PC’s anyway, its wouldnt cost them alot to just add a graphics, larger HDD and eery processing power, to have a decent machine.
U know how many dumbassess sony and M$ fanboys would be piss if they find out that ps4 and xbox 3 will not be powerful graphic or more superior than wii u?
bunch of Sony fanboys are crying right now if U ask mii.
I hadn’t been following this little saga, so I only expected a few big similarities. But it’s EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME.
Why must EVERYTHING bring about bashing Sony? Seriously, just shut up.
This is a blatant rip-off. Period. There is nothing that draws anything from Catherine, but honestly, it’s a free game, so what’s it matter?
Valid question. Here is the problem:
They blatantly ripped off a widely popular game, and put it up for free so people would download, play, and hit the affiliate/AD links. Those generate commission for the dev’s who are stealing this game. They still can make money through ADs, even when it is a free game.
It’s always about the money. Most free-to-play games rely on ADs or in-game DLC that cost money to turn a profit.
Second, they could hurt 3DS Pushmo sales.
Third, they are a Dev with no moral or ethical backbone. Originally calling this Original, then backtracking to credit Pushmo for inspiration.
They are trying to make money with a stolen idea.
^this
Anyone who thinks free stuff is good is naive. Grow up and look at the world around you.
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This game is a shit without a 3D effect.
plus the controls are more bad as they look
..Seriously? The developer of BlocKShift says that it was ‘inspired’ by games like Pushmo and Catherine?
That’s a pathetic excuse. It’s still a blatant and shitty rip-off.
As someone who has played both Pullblox and BlocKShift.
Yeah, BlocKShift plays exactly like Pullblox to the point where it rips off Pullblox levels designs.
What worse is that BlocKShift QR code is stealing other people hard work that they made for Pullblox.
Also it has very little to do with Catherine as it block puzzle was different was a bit more complicated.
The Guy can’t come up with an original idea and had to resort to stealing other peoples idea and then has the galls to claim that he was “inspired” by Pullblox and Catherine.
He is scum and is actually earning money over an idea that he didn’t come up with.
I strongly urge you that you report this to Google for plagiarism, don’t let this no talent loser get away.
This is so bullshit!! Same gameplay? same objective?! and they called it unique?!?
… inspiring my ass! this is a total rip-off
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Bull
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I had it with the “Cult of Originality”. First off, to create a culture, you need to “Copy some ideas”. Everyone does this, in fact, inspired means unoriginal but it can lead to some new things based off the same idea… You know, being inspired to make an adventure game (No matter how different it is) is still copying the idea of making an adventure game, and since it’s under the same idea of that, it might have some similarities. There is no such thing as pure originality.
Wow, if we keep calling everything a rip off just because of some ideas were the same in earlier times, we would probably not have a lot of Adventure games, etc…
Now about this game, are the levels the same? Is it too the same? If it isn’t, and there are new levels, then I will say, this is just like making a new “Adventure game” or “Puzzle game”. Just like being inspired to make a block game to keep jumping on also. Like if this was a new entrance to another part of culture.
If this game was too the same, then yeah, this might be a “Rip off” sort of like that “Mario Kart Wii rip off” but if it’s just using the same theme idea but new maps, etc then it isn’t. Because every game is like this. If this is a rip off for just using a theme idea, then every game is like that.
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