felice Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 So you're saying World of Warcraft is a D&D ripoff; Baldur's Gate is a D&D game and D&D uses the Tolkien races, so it's all down to D&D. But there's no "most of all" for Harry Potter, just a few incidental details that are reminiscent of a diverse bunch of other stories, or the broadest overarching themes shared by entire genres. And there's no such thing as entirely new, just drawing on less widely used inspiration (eg Mieville's Catacae are just Ents with a different type of plant, and Khepri are just clones of the Egyptian god). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahimsa Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hah. Warcraft = Warhammer. Warcraft 1 was even a Warhammer game before they lost the license. I played the first two Warcrafts (never the World of though) and I didn't know that. It does make sense though. @Felice If the setting of Hogwarts seems as just as original to you as New Crobuzon, then we'll just have to agree to disagree. Which is, I suppose, what we've been doing all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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