One of the many things I'm upset about with MMOs is the constant bashing of upcoming games (Read: games before they are even released), among the complaints trollings include claims that certain games are a 'clone' or rip-off of the original.
Case-in-point: The upcoming Korean MMOFPS, H.A.V.E. Online vs. Team Fortress 2.
The reason I choose to argue about this is because lots of people can't stop complaining that H.A.V.E. is a rip-off of Team Fortress 2, even in spite of the things that H.A.V.E. has tried to do to differentiate itself from TF2. Here are a couple of contrasts in case you do not believe me:
-Player Models
TF2: A bunch of cartoony, 3D men of various shapes and sizes, depending on the class.
H.A.V.E.: Three different kinds of action figures; soldier toys, anime figurines, and vampiress/demoness/succubus figurines.
-Weaponry
TF2: Limited depending on class type.
H.A.V.E.: Various types, not limited to the figure type as well.
-Customization
TF2: Only the aforementioned weapons, and more recently, the inclusion of hats.
H.A.V.E.: You can decorate not only your head, but your whole (avatar's) body.
And now, the more controversial part of this blog entry, the similarities.
-Trailer/Intro
H.A.V.E.'s trailer consists of similar clips from not only the TF2 trailers, but some of the "Meet the Team" clips as well. A few people even went so far as to put them up in a comparison video on YouTube, in case you want to look at it.
-Music
H.A.V.E. and TF2's music is also said to be similar, even though TF2's music has a more nostalgic, good-old-fashioned caper feel to it, while H.A.V.E.'s consists of more jazz-like riffs.
-The Grenades
A lot of people claim that H.A.V.E.'s grenades look very similar to TF2's Demoman grenades, except H.A.V.E.'s 'explosion' effect consists of an electrical shock.
-Violence
TF2 has the good old fashioned blood-and-gore, while H.A.V.E. has the very unique 'blue blood' with falling body parts similar to a doll breaking apart.
-Gameplay
TF2 And H.A.V.E.'s gameplay also carry similarties, with one game mode being 'Deathmatch'.
However, in spite of all of these comparisons, there is one simple fact that these trollers forgot to begin with.
TEAM FORTRESS 2 WAS ORIGINALLY A SO-CALLED "CLONE" OF OTHER FPS SHOOTERS!
Team Fortress 2 originally began as it's PREQUEL, Team Fortress, which had its roots as a Quake MOD. Even then, Quake, which the original Team Fortress was built on, was back in the day another FPS alongside games such as Unreal, DOOM and Half-Life.
Which brings me to my point: Team Fortress 2 wasn't the only game of its kind right before H.A.V.E. came along, which you should have known by now.
So the next time you want to blame something for ripping something off, please do your research first!
You appear to be missing the point as the why people call HAVE a TF2 Clone.
Wed Aug 26 2009 9:29PM Report-Trailer
In the H.A.V.E. Trailer, you can see multiple scenes taken from TF2 (Scout, Sniper and Demoman) multiple trailers.
-The Grenades
The grenades, the missile, the guns (the basic look before painting) are the same.
-Violence
TF2 also have "body parts" falling around upon death by explosives
-Gameplay
I don't know what was your point there, never heard anyone say this stupid complain.
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TF2 being a clone of another game? Have you ever played TF2 before? Now matter how you look at it, it's one of the only multiplayer-only FPS game with character depth (voices, accents, ideology, etc). One of the first cartoony FPS offering more than just classes but each of these classes have different health, speed, size, etc (including character depth).
What H.A.V.E. basically is: A TF2 that fits the asian market (anime style).
Another exemple: Take WoW, remove the characters and maps but keep everything else (UI, Quests, etc) then add your own character models and maps.
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