S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Team Not Art Thieves
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.
fabyak wrote:So now you have all playtested it for me, is it worth me buying S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
Depends. It's far from perfect but if you like the idea of wandering around a desolate and atmospheric game world with some interesting AI then you'll probably like it.
It does appeal to me and was pretty much set on buying it, I was just going to see if anyone had any raging complaints that I had missed
*mutes chicken*
spoodie wrote:
Depends. It's far from perfect but if you like the idea of wandering around a desolate and atmospheric game world with some interesting AI then you'll probably like it.
This. I didn't really like the look of it from all the stuff I saw before release and was quite prepared not to like it. In the end, I enjoyed it.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Team Not Art Thieves
It's not like they'd deliberately steal from another game.
