If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

This game appears to have ripped off Dark Souls in a big way

Dark Souls appears to have been ripped off by Korean mobile game called Blade, right down to advertising and its cinematic trailer.

Kotaku reports that Blade has reached the top spot in South Korea's top grossing chart, but unfortunately for developer 4:33 Creative Lab, it seems that gamers have connected some potentially damaging dots between the title and From Software's Dark Souls.

For starters, here's a comparison between Dark Souls promotional art and Blade's promotional material via Game Donga:

dark_souls_advert

Nice advert, yep, everything seems in order here...

blade_advert

...oh.

The comparisons run deeper, as it appears the Blade trailer has ripped off the Dark Souls 2 cinematic video.

Here's the original:

And a grab from the Blade clip, which has since been taken down:

blade trailer

Hmm. Head over to Kotaku's report to see more comparisons between both clips and judge for yourself.

Sign in and unlock a world of features

Get access to commenting, homepage personalisation, newsletters, and more!

Related topics
About the Author
Dave Cook avatar

Dave Cook

Contributor

Dave worked on VG247 for an extended period manging much of the site's news output. As well as his experience in games media, he writes for comics, and now specializes in books about gaming history.

Comments