Obvious Minecraft Copy:FortressCraft

[gamey353]

http://www.fortresscraft.com/

Discuss.

[Ham701]

Blegh. That just sickens me.

[Robot Monkey]

Blegh. That just sickens me.

[Ross_Varn]

Doesn't this infringe Mojang's copyright?:
No it doesn't infringe copy right. All the graphics, code, branding and trademarks are our own.

Damned idiots. You can't copyright intellectual property.

[Keldoclock]

How will they get the controls to work on Xbox?

/intrigued.

I may end up getting this if it doesn't turn out to just be Console Minecraft with a shitty texture pack.

[Ham701]

Olololololol.

Your character is your avatar. Doesn't seem like that would work in a block based world.

[Scottsamn]

obvious clone is obvious

[feuer_faust]

I'm slow to actively call this a clone. It's possible that we are seeing a new genre happen here, much like Devil May Cry and God of War pioneered the 3D Actiony Quicktimey Adventurey genre. After all, people are still calling games like Castlevania: Lords of Darkness and Star Wars: Force Unleashed God of War clones, even though the genre is fairly well-established (and Devil May Cry predates God of War, but anyways).

That aside, I suspect that the main purpose of Fortress Craft is similar to that of Transmorphers: feed off of people's desire to get something that isn't out yet, making a quick buck in the interim. The name is certainly... original enough (it's be like making a 3D Action game about a fallen god who battles and call it God of Battle). The graphics are much nicer, clearly; I've often wondered if Notch would be better off updating the graphics and lighting a bit (there seems to be as many that want that as don't, and at least a few potentials I know are disinterested mainly due to the graphics).

On a nerd-ragier front, some people are quick to say that Minecraft is just a rip-off of Infiniminer, a game that was worked on for a few months then abandoned and made open source. I don't think "ripoff" is accurate so much as "successor." But therein likes the issue: Fortress Craft is (likely) also based on the open-source Infiniminer stuff, and therefore as immune to criticism as Minecraft.

My judgment: I don't know. Fortress Craft, itself, is pretty suspicious (the bookcases look almost identical, and they have a big fat disclaimer that is usually reserved for shameless clones). But, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and it's possible that we've just got a new genre going here.

[ForlornCreature]

Hey guys stop hating on this, remeber that it is worked on a person and not some chingchong who can't speak english who's sole purpose is to make a quick buck by scamming people with fake lego. I'm interested in it, and might give it a go until the real minecraft comes out.

[ForlornCreature]

Got the game...less than impressed, no minecarts!

[RJ]

Hehehehe...

I reported this to Notch a while ago, but Forlorn's side-change makes me laugh.

Now, do we have any takers who still think this is a good idea?

Oh, and faustus, it's not a successor, it's a clone. God of War is in many ways different to Devil May Cry. This, not so much. And it's on Xbox, so that's funny too.

[muffinman42]

The graphics look nice on the preview.
Like the mine-cart and water especially!
I'm willing to cool this a new genre "Survival construction".

[ForlornCreature]

More like 'voxgame'
And it's not survival yet either.

[tecm]

I think the fact that it doesn't really seem to add anything new and came out after minecraft started to take off pretty conclusively rules this one a clone. Still if the creator can make it a unique and fun experience different from minecraft more power to him.

[RJ]

He didn't. I played the game. It's ONLY building.