Iunno if someone caught this yet) While browsing through some zelda art, I happened across this.
Recalling this boss had a peculiar manner of attacking, I did some more digging and found this.
Totally looks like greaver inspiration.
Greavers? Zelda Inspired?
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 18:24
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 05:29
#2
Most things off of SK look like legend of zelda
Dreadnaughts, polyps, drones, status traps ,the bushes, silkwings, the sound the shield makes. The way you hold weapons. The party button. Pots. I am just suprised OOO hasn't been sued yet.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 09:12
#3
Another Zelda-SK comparison
Another Zelda-SK comparison thread?
This gets old.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 12:07
#4
Pffft.
Almost every monster or aspect in SK resembles something from Zelda or some other thing. According to my friend, Jelly cubes are an enemy in Dungeons and Dragons or something with a different name.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 12:29
#5
@ Shadowgreyleader
At least you don't have to beat slimes with wooden clubs in this game...
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 12:36
#6
@Sirius-Voltbreaker
Also harvest moon, those UI sounds has harvest moon UI sounds as well. I played harvest moon too long q_q
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 19:24
#7
Another Spiral-Knights-Is-Like-Zelda Thread?
Honestly, that thing just looks like a demonic moth. Is Zelda the only game that is allowed to have a demonic moth?
There will always be SOMETHING in a game which resembles something else in another game, mechanic wise, appearance wise, etc. I mean, think about it. How many games are there which have some form of a warrior, rogue, mage, setup? Heck, how many games have a class system? How many games have mana? How many games have a health system? How many games have guns?
Also, honestly Sirius-Voltbreaker? You think that spiral knights took the way KNIGHTS HOLD WEAPONS is a ripoff of Zelda? Is it the way a knight holds their sword (fairly) realistically?
~Ethanol
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 20:20
#8
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Their stance looks barely anything like Link's, not to mention that spiral knights are right handed, while Link is generally speaking a leftie. Also, none of the monsters really resemble their "LoZ counterparts". I agree with the throwing pots and the grass with hearts is very Zelda-esqe but some of those other elements are reaching.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 21:25
#9
Replies fired away!
@Khamsin, The OP was talking about greavers, not Knights. Though I might agree with you on the Knights' build.
@Heavy-Dragon Truth be told, I do have to agree with the form of the enemies, but not so much on their attack patterns.
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 21:47
#10
@Feline I know what the OP
@Feline I know what the OP was talking about, but I wasn't replying to him. I guess I should have replied with an @ to Sirius.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 10:19
#11
@Shadowgreyleader
According to my friend, Jelly cubes are an enemy in Dungeons and Dragons or something with a different name.
You and your friend, good sir, need to play more video games
Sorry for linking that site, but people this silly need to learn :P
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 10:48
#12
@Hexzyle
Slime monsters have been around a while, but I'm fairly sure that Dungeons and Dragons created the concept of the jelly cube monster. Which is what he was talking about. Not slimes in general, which is what you linked.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:17
#13
Never played Zelda in my lif,e this thread is how I found out it exists, so to me it seemED that Zelda ripped of SK.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 13:24
#14
Uh... Cosmo, you understand that time has a directionality to it, right?
Right?
Eh, stylised lepidoptera-inspired monsters are not really creative enough for multiple instances to suggest imitation of anything other than actual lepidoptera, since I doubt there's a living human on this planet who isn't familiar with them. A generic charging attack is not only pretty standard, but IMO the most obvious for something with no limbs that lend themselves to use as weapons. Bleargh. The spinecone-looking stickybomb things in the Zelda video are similarly generic, though the biggest similarity between the two games might be the abundance of eyes, everywhere. Does SK borrow more from Zelda or from Bomberman?
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 14:03
#15
@Geosmin
"Does SK borrow more from Zelda or from Bomberman?"
If only SK "borrowed" some of the awesome boss designs of Bomberman 64 Second Attack.
http://images.wikia.com/bomberman/images/1/1c/Bulzeeb.PNG
http://images.wikia.com/bomberman/images/1/1b/Rukifellth_%28The_Dark_Mes...
http://images.wikia.com/bomberman/images/6/6e/Astral_Knights.jpg
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 14:19
#16
It's pretty undeniable that SK is the bastard child of TLoZ and Bomberman.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 20:14
#17
@Khamsin
Although the page is about generic slimes, there are a few mentions of cubes there too. And tvtropes hardly has time to document all the hundreds of generic JRPGs out there.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 21:02
#18
@Hexzyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinous_cube
"The gelatinous cube is an invention of Gary Gygax, and first appeared in the Monster Manual (1977),[1] rather than being lifted from outside sources and adapted to a roleplaying setting, as were many mythological monsters like the minotaur and dryad."
Why are you arguing with me?
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 21:11
#19
@Hezyle
If I play anymore video games I WILL turn into a blob.
I meant it looked almost exactly like a jelly cube.
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 22:40
#20
@Geosmin
I never said it didn't looked familiar, as you said, a lot of games use at least something from this stile, it's just that since I had never heard of Zelda before I didn't knew what to think.
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 03:38
#21
"As I said," what now? I don't remember saying something about some one else saying something about something not looking familiar. /e is dizzy.
Speaking of generic images and generic slimes, I forgot to mention the Acid Slimes in an old Playstation game called Legend of Legaia, which I saw played upon many times. They break into smaller monsters as you beat on them, so SK's Lichen Slimes are backwards in relation, but otherwise look very similar. The older ones have much less detail, owing to their being older, but the only "real" difference in appearance is that they have a muddy colour while ours have bright, juicy colours. Mmm, jelly cooores...
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 06:23
#22
Phantoms remind me of Dark Link.
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 08:17
#23
@Geosmin
I wasn't trying to offend you...
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 11:15
#24
@Shadowgreyleader
If I play anymore video games I WILL turn into a blob.
What kind of games do you play? There's only one type of game that turns me to goo...
And that's games with ultra-cute nendoroid-like characters, duh. I definitely wasn't referencing any other genre of game...
Playing too many video games at once just makes me into an old man, I get all crickety from sitting in my computer seat for too long.
Hmmm...Does look similar. ~Z