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KOREAN GAME ‘H.A.V.E. ONLINE’ RIPPING OFF TEAM FORTRESS 2?

July 6, 2009


Take a look at the video and decide for yourself to see if South Korea’s SK iMedia has crossed a line. Some in South Korea are saying it looks so much like Team Fortress 2 that they feel it is an embarrassment to the Korean videogame industry.

I don’t really know what to think yet. It’s obvious the developers were inspired by Valve’s awesome look, feel and even intensely fast pace action of Team Fortress 2 but this is just a trailer. Although, a trailer almost exactly copied from Valve. They still have time to change a few things (like not having the weapons be exactly the same, like the bat) and if they do so, they might stop some of the complaints. They will need to do some things that sets it apart from it’s inspiration and not just be a Korean version of TF2. We’ll have to wait and see what the single player story and actual gameplay is all about. Until then, I’ll have to reserve my judgment.