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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Team Not Art Thieves

Posted by Zonk on from the in-the-clear dept.

Via Kotaku an Inquirer article reports that, despite earlier claims to the contrary, it looks like the folks behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. title are not guilty of art theft. It seems both Half-Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. use textures from a pack produced by Marlin Studios. The similarities are there because both teams used pre-canned materials for their titles, not because of any tom-foolery on the part of GSC GameWorld.

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  1. Good thing by fishybell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good thing we all jumped to conclusions.

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    1. Re:Good thing by Hsensei · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Goes with our guilty until proven innocent society, and even then your ruined for life becuase no believes your innocent.

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    2. Re:Good thing by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Indeed! I always find it interesting to hear about the little things that go on behind the scenes of game development. Had no one jumped to these conclusions, I never would have known about this interesting Marlin Studios.

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    3. Re:Good thing by CogDissident · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Excuse me for a moment if I quote a person of great wisdom, myself, from when this story came around the first time.

      Remember this is a Zonk story.
      It is a allegation that stalker may possibly use the same assets as are used in HL2 or D3, and an assumption that they did not pay for the rights to use these (through purchasing the same developer tools, or simply paying eachother off).

      Good ol Zonk, posting a story that is not just an assumption, but an assumption of an assumption.
  2. Re:In the minds of the consumer by CogDissident · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you have any idea the hundreds of thousands of hours that would be wasted if every game made all of their own unique textures. How different do you want that crate to look from game to game? What about that door? Or how about on a smaller scale, what about the trash texture used to cover the top of a garbage dumpster, do you want to recreate that for every game just to give it another point of difference that nobody will notice?