New steampunk RPG criticised for 'borrowing' from Bioshock Infinite, but why is that a bad thing?
Clockwork Revolution—a steampunk-themed first-person shooter from InXile Entertainment—was revealed at the Xbox Games showcase last week, and its look and setting already has folks getting steamed-up. The game features a few stylistic choices and mechanics that are familiar: that steampunk aesthetic, time-travelling hijinks, and a rebellion against a ruthless dictator who rules the city with a brass fist. Yes, everyone's thinking of Bioshock Infinite.
Some have taken issue with just how closely this hews to that inspiration, however, particularly Butmac on Twitter. They've got an impressive run of trailers under their belt as a producer—including Bioshock Infinite but also the likes of the trailer for MultiVersus, which I remember fondly for how well it captured the nostalgia of that game, even if the brawler has had a rocky time since.
«I've never seen a game take from another game as directly as Clockwork Revolution took from Bioshock Infinite,» said Butmac. «I mean, that was IP infringement levels of borrow».
Butmac then made a separate thread going on to draw comparisons between screenshots—«only about half» of which were from trailers they worked on—-and Clockwork Revolution.
A little over 10 years ago I got to produce the BioShock Infinite trailers, so those scenes are scorched into my brain. Watching the trailer for Clockwork Revolution today I felt like I was having a flashback, so I made some comparisons to see if I was crazy
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