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Anon is a gamer (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[+] -20 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Yeah you can tell this is not real because a) it's greentext and b) you can't copyright game mechanics.

If you could we wouldn't have video game genres, or like 99% of board games.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    There is one major exception where Warner Bros. holds a highly restrictive patent on the Shadow of Mordor Nemesis system. The mechanic allows non-player characters to remember past encounters with the player, dynamically changes their personalities, and rise (or fall) through enemy ranks. If you never played it, it was a unique mechanic that I've never seen in other games since. The patent prevents other studios from utilizing this system and is set to expire on August 11, 2036.

    TL, DR: Fuck Warner Bros for patenting this.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    the patent wasnt even granted until last yesr or 2 iirc, because it kept on getting found too general...long as you don't exactly copy their code your good.

    the reason noones done something similar since is because you have to build your whole game around it

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The patent went through in 2021.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I keep hearing this one, the system was ok but I didn't really care for it that much. It's just an eternal list of respawning orks that I will kill.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Not sure that's fair. It was the first pass at something that couple have been embraced, expanded and developed. Hell, it signposted the changed aspects and immunities of the orks as they grew.

    But throw that into another harder game type where it's on you to remember who has escaped and got wiser and it has real potential. Especially with the superhero meme of catching villains but never ending them. Some real organic potential to hit the pained hero arc where this one is such a pain maybe I should just kill this one....

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