Does Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Rip-Off Elysium?

Hardcore Gamer: Advanced Warfare looks to nudge the series in a new direction that seems (for the franchise) more abstract than we've witnessed before. When viewing the trailer and combing over the supplementary information released to us, however, we couldn't help but feel a "been there done that" pervading everything; we think we know why.

[ValKilmer]

I was thinking this the entire time I was watching the trailer. It's a blatant rip-off in several places. Just goes to show you that Activision truly doesn't have any originality left in them.

[GarrusVakarian]

1) Observe mainstream trends and interests

2) Blatantly rip those things off and include them in your game

3) Profit

Genius.

[Delsin_Rowe]

Sony should sue Activision, and for every copy they sale Sony earn royalty from it.

[brich233]

Call of Duty - Elysium Warfare

[Fireseed]

@Delsin

That is most likely the single most awful idea I have ever heard on this website...

If that were allowed to happen then Alien should sue Elysium for using an exoskleton suit... And then Alien can be sued by the Georges Méliès Foundation for using the concept of an Alien in a film... And on and on and on.

Art is iterative. Anything you think is original has some sort of inspiration behind it. Kill iteration and you kill art.

[morganfell]

No it doesn't. If you look at current R&D trends, exoskeletons have been on the radar a long time for the military. You might as well ask if Elysium ripped off DOD and DARPA.

[thorstein]

...and Elysium is a dead ripoff of Rodman Philbrick's Last Book in the Universe.

"With Ryter as his companion, Spaz sets off an unlikely quest to save his dying sister -- and in the process, perhaps the world."

[porkChop]

Elysium only came out a year ago. COD: AW has been in development for 2.5 years, since the release of MW3.

Elysium didn't invent these exoskeleton suits or the drones or any of that technology. It's all based on real technology that is currently being built for the future. No one is "ripping off" anything.

Edit:

Activision switched to a 3 year development cycle for COD, remember? This game is the first COD to have that 3 year cycle. Sledgehammer started working on it when they finished helping IW with MW3.

[-Foxtrot]

Well first of all we don't really know how long it's been in development, I mean it is Activision maybe them exaggerating a tad and saying it's been in development longer makes it sound better overall. I wouldn't put it past them, they do need this game to do well. Hell I can't believe past COD games had a 2 year development cycle when they looked the same, seems like they either took their time making the games being all laid back.

Anyway when something is half way through development there's still a long way to go in terms of designs and other concepts so if they only saw the film last year it's not unlikely someone went to the design team or something and went "That film....yeah that one, we can use that in our game, great concepts right there"

It's like WatchDogs and Person of Interest, people say "Well WatchDogs was in development longer before POI came out" but the fact is they still could of been influenced the first time info started to come out about Person of Interest when it was in the early stages of development it's self.

[ValKilmer]

There's no way in hell this game has been in development two and a half years.

[its_JEFF]

@PorkChop

All true. It's not ripping off when the idea of exoskeleton's used for military purposes have been around for awhile, it some form or another.

Activision says they've moved to a 3 year cycle. If you don't believe them, not directed at porkChop, then don't. All we know is that Activision is saying they've moved to a 3 team rotation giving each team 3 years. And from the trailer it looks like a new engine... or as they like to say "highly customized" version of source code.

Game seems interesting tho. Please wanted something new about COD, here you go.

[pr0digyZA]

Elysium was in the making from 2009 btw.

Article isn't saying Elysium invented any technology, just that the timing and some of the scenes were reminiscent of each other.

[BX81]

Or you can notice that they are using technology that is being tested.

[theContortionist]

Visually rips off elysium/edge of tomorrow,
gameplay wise rips off crysis(leaping/climbing verticality and cloaking fps and most likely armor of some sort)and throws in spiderman/mission impossible wall climbing

[curtis92]

I dont know but we better analyze it to death because GOD KNOWS people have to have 100% justification of a truly unique story to enjoy a MULTIPLAYER SHOOTER. Seriously guys, just keep overanalyzing it to death. All the way up until midnight when we're all in line to buy the game.

[Shnooze]

"EXO-SKELETONS BELONG TO ELYSIUM!"

[Roman3mPiRe86]

I think they've ran out of creativity and are getting ideas from here and there like a lil bit from killzone, Elysium, and titanfall. Even ghosts took from battlefield in my eyes but I think they definitely should've gone with a WWI or WWII setting.

[AceBlazer13]

Is anything really original in this day and age?

@ValKilmer Doubt it. Look at anything and you'll see blatant rips from other works. Some call it inspiration, some call it improving on the idea.

[ValKilmer]

Battlefield?

[porkChop]

You mean the series that's been trying harder and harder to emulate COD singleplayer even more with each new release? Yeah, real original.

[Niv]

Ya rite.
Iron man
New tom cruise film
Elysium
And real day science ripped off

[Summons75]

Its a ripoff of a lot of thing. 100% nothing original.

[Wingsfan24]

Uh, GI Joe had exoskeletons, the new Tom cruise movie has em, Elysium had em. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol had the sticky gloves for climbing. Stop trying to stir up pointless controversy, your wasting your time.

[Soldierone]

Yeah right.... this idea has been in video games long before Elysium ever even started production..... People need to step outside the box and realize a lot of these ideas float around science fiction everywhere. Most of the time it originates in books.

And sorry to say it, Hollywood tries to jump ship on video games all the time. They say video games are so terrible, yatta yatta, yet they keep trying to appeal to us so video games must be doing something right.

[d4v0333]

I actually think its more of a Edge of Tomorrow rip off then Elysium

[TheFallen1327]

If call of duty was junk why is there so much hype around it?

[Summons75]

Because marketing people aren't stupid. They know people will flip for a decently edited trailer, even if it was Mostly cut scene and no gameplay.

Ghost and blobs caught everyone's eye too then it came out and was crap like normal. See the pattern.

[mcarsehat]

People people still like the games. Its a select but very loud few that think its cool to say those games are bad. I had a person on fb saying "COD'S shit!!!"

That person has been saying it for about 3 years and bought ghosts on digital demand!!!

[TheFallen1327]

Guns were first in movies so I guess guns in video games are also a rip off

[objdadon]

I don't care what it ripped off, it ripped off Titanfall more than anything else imo. It looks good nonetheless, just need to see the multiplayer and if it looks fun I'm getting it! Bash cod all you want, nothing gives me more hours and months of enjoyment than a good cod game. Mw3 and ghosts is where my playtime fell off. Get back to fast paced action!

[Thatguy-310]

Just curious to how it ripped off titanfall?

[NobleRed]

They also stole from Frontline Fuels Of War and from Homefront.

[pr0digyZA]

I think what the article is showing is not that Elysium came up with exo suits, just that when the movie released suddenly there is an exosuit in call of duty out of the blue.

I never put together the flying in shuttle and blowing up car,very interesting.
If anything maybe they just acknowledging the movie with that part. Like titanfall does with district 9 and the mechs and accents of actors etc...

[Man_Son]

Does it really matter? As long as the game is good that's all that matters.

[HmongAmerican]

All I saw in the trailer was guys want to be super hero.

[user9558903]

Does Austin Powers rip off James Bond?

[GameDev1]

No it is simple a parody

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

If this game was in development for 3 years and Elysium released last year then well?

[pr0digyZA]

Elysium didn't get made in a day. It started 2009 which would be 2 years before this Cod.

[mcarsehat]

elysium didn't invent the exo-suit so no they didn't. that concept of light piston powered exo-suit has been around for the last 5 years.

[Niv]

Prometheus copycats

[aliengmr]

My first thought was Crysis. Not the story or anything, just what I saw looking at "gameplay".

[Allsystemgamer]

The Us military has been experimenting with exoskeletons for YEARS. Just look at project future soldier and future warrior...

http://www.army-technology....

[MasterD919]

It's COD "re-invented"...who didn't they copy?

90% of what was shown was based off of ideas and concepts already established.

[Iltapalanyymi]

this was the first thing i thought.
come on cod kiddies, your crappy game cant save cod.