Half-Life 2 In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?

[CSN NewsBot]

These so-called "Nets" have been buzzing lately with some comments that the recently released game from GSC Game World, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., has "borrowed" certain game assets from games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. Ruh-roh!

Later in the same thread, user Johnny posted an image allegedly comparing a water texture from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to a water texture from Half-Life 2. As in the Doom 3 case, the images were nearly identical and the filename was unchanged with the exception of its extension.

The following image showcases the Half-Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. water textures.

This screenshot came from Shacknews where you can see two more shots showing off the Doom 3 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. texture comparisons.

[Zips]

1. I hope I never have to type that out like that again. From hereon it, it's STALKER.



2. I love the game, so be gentle with them Valve and Id.



3. And yes, I also know there's a (SPOILER) PDA in STALKER that pays tribute to Gordon Freeman.

[DevgruSeal H.E]

I was just about to mention the PDA :P One of my friends/teammates posted a screenshot of it on our forums, keke..

[omgomgz]

Z.I.P.S

[snkcube]

STALKER also borrows some sound effects from CS. I was watching some videos of STALKER and I recognized some sound effects straight from CS.

[DevgruSeal H.E]

Interesting, I'd like to see these movies =P



P.U.T.T.I.N.G. P.E.R.I.O.D.S. B.E.T.W.E.E.N. E.V.E.R.Y. L.E.T.T.E.R. G.E.T.S. P.R.E.T.T.Y. A.N.N.O.Y.I.N.G. F.O.R. T.E.H. S.U.C.K.

[scottyk87]

snkcube wrote..

STALKER also borrows some sound effects from CS. I was watching some videos of STALKER and I recognized some sound effects straight from CS.

The pistols sound just like the CS ones.

[Linux]

Yeah a lot of same things. But under general copyright, you can have the same looking\sounding stuff as long as it was recreated by a new person, can be same name and look and feel and everything (as long as that direct model\item is copyrighted) this is as far I know from working a business. BUt ohh well who really cares, kick ass game :P.

[Diamond Dust]

If they liked the textures from the other games, they could have recreated them to be identical without copying. Then again they could have just stole them, but I assume they know the laws and whatnot. It's not like they are a mod or something there is lots of money that goes around game making and to steal textures wouldn't be very smart.

[kerosine99]

They ripped a fire sprite straight out of Battlefield 2 as well. Google it.



Anyway, this seems pretty lazy to me.

[meowmeow]

Let's not forget that these ass clowns took almost 6 years to make this game, so within that time frame, I'm sure the thought of "let's copy other games" didn't cross their minds.

[acidsnow]

What I want to know is how this affects the man on the street?

[-AK-]

those sneaky russians...

[milly9]

unless legal action is being taken.. who cares?

[omgomgz]

acidsnow wrote..

What I want to know is how this affects the man on the street?

The man is the monopoly guy and he's being pissed on from a guy in a 2 story window.