Fans of Starcraft haven’t been able to play the RTS series on the iPhone or iPad previously. They still can’t, but Gameloft is on the case with a “homage” due on Thursday – Star Front: Collision.
Three factions, check. Skirmish mode, including online capabilities (through Gameloft Live 2.0), check. Aliens? Check.
The chances of there being anything original in this game are next to nothing, but Gameloft fans will know what to expect – a competent, but shameless copy of Blizzard’s amazingly popular strategy game.
For those interested, the plot (according to the press release):
Welcome to planet Sinistral, where the rare Xenodium crystals are coveted by a human mining conglomerate: The Consortium. But, they are not the only ones to lust after the rare mineral. The Myriad, an indigenous race of aliens, is addicted to the Xenodium and will do everything they can to prevent the Consortium from plundering their resources. To add to the chaos, a savant robot race called the Wardens wishes will try to turn the war in their favour.
Whose side will you rally?
It might be just me, but if you look at the various gaming Websites out there, there is an increasing level of anger – by developers, publishers and gamers – with regard to Gameloft's strategy.
They'll want to be careful over there. There is a thin line between homage and what essentially amounts to IP theft, and Gameloft doesn't want to start falling into the latter in the minds of the industry – it'll lose a lot if that happens.
It might be just me, but if you look at the various gaming Websites out there, there is an increasing level of anger – by developers, publishers and gamers – with regard to Gameloft's strategy.
They'll want to be careful over there. There is a thin line between homage and what essentially amounts to IP theft, and Gameloft doesn't want to start falling into the latter in the minds of the industry – it'll lose a lot if that happens.
I wonder how gameloft will deal with hacker who cheat on RTS, starcraft still have hackers, just need to be tracked down and banned… how does anyone ban an account on starfront? block their ip? wifi? phone number? O.o;;