Explain this Please

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Why are these characters so similiar?

Brigitte -

Rocket Flail

Brigitte’s melee weapon has an extended range, enabling her to strike multiple enemies with a single swing.

Inspire -

When Brigitte strikes an enemy with her flail, all allies within range are healed over time.

Whip Shot -

Brigitte throws her flail a long distance, dealing damage and knocking an enemy away from her.

Barrier Shield -

Brigitte deploys a frontal energy barrier to absorb a limited amount of damage.

Rally (Ultimate) -

Brigitte moves faster and provides all nearby allies with armor that lasts until it’s removed by damage.

Pretty unique right, it’s a really cool hero with TONS of little things that make her who she is.

EXCEPT this happened three years ago…

In the game SMITE there is a God called Bellona, she also happens to be the actual Roman Goddess of War.

Master of War (Passive) -

Upon giving or receiving hits from Basic Attacks, Bellona gains Protections and movement speed for 4s.

Relate this too Brigitte’s ability to heal nearby enemies when giving basic attacks with her flail

Shield Bash -

Bellona dashes forward and bashes with her shield, dealing damage and Slowing enemies.

Seem familiar? Hmm… Even the name is EXACTLY the same.

Scourge -

Bellona summons a scourge, dealing damage to all enemies in a line. Enemies hit are Disarmed, and cannot make Basic Attacks.

Bellona now makes Basic Attacks with a scourge until out of combat, which has extended range (+4) and every third attack heals Bellona.

An extended range flail? I think I’ve seen that before… It heals her upon attacking? Wait a minute…

Eagle’s Rally (Ultimate) -

Bellona leaps up with great force and upon returning to the ground she plants a Roman flag, granting Protections and increased Physical Power to allied gods. Enemies directly under where the flag is placed take damage and are Stunned for 1s.

Hey Brigitte’s ultimate name is almost the same, and it contains some of the same effects!

This is not to bash Blizzard in any way. However I think it’s a little ridiculous that when she uses her ultimate Brigitte says “RALLY TO ME” while Bellona says “RALLY HERE”, (Bellona also says “Roma Invicta!” which sounds wayyy cooler). I mean it’s literally the same voice line.

The second I saw and used Brigitte I made the connection. I play both games daily and this is not me advertising Smite as the better game, it’s simply saying that if Blizzard is going to make a hero, they can use inspiration from other games and cultures, but at least make it somewhat original. Did you really have to copy the damn voice lines?

Edit: To all the people commenting things like

“the scar is in multiple games so they copied each other right”

or

“a sword is in minecraft so genji is a rip-off”

I provided a lengthy description of each ability, pointed out the extreme similarities, and made a valid argument on why I think it’s a complete rip-off.

Make a valid post containing your proof, explaining to me why this is just a “coincidence” and I’ll delete this.

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Did you know that the SCAR is a weapon you can find in multiple shooters?
Did you know that most RPGs have attributes like “strength”, “dexterity” and “charisma”?

These game developers man, totally no creativity.

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All that awareness yet you can’t see the forum rules… tsk tsk

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Did you know that your reply would be valid if I had said something like

“Explain this Blizzard”

Then showed an image of a rock from two different games.

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Did you know that Blizzard stole the spy from tf2 and made it into sombra. I mean think about it.

They can both become invisible.
They can both shut down turrets.
They can both back out of a fight.
They both have a gun.
They’re both foreign.

Explain this Blizad

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Enlighten me and I will become a better man.

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I mean, what else would you call holding up a shield, and bashing it into enemies.

Oh wait, i’ve got it!

Shield TOUCH

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I thought this was just a game. Why can’t we all just get along and enjoy playing it without looking at who did what?

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Genji is a rip off of Minecraft because both have a sword.

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To be fair, this is less of a genre convention and more of nearly the same character. Definitely a different situation. I am not saying Blizzard plagiarized them, but writing it off as a standard trope or something makes literally no sense.

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Oh, it’s a valid similarity, I never said it wasn’t.
But this kind of thing is nothing new to blizzard, or any game developer. That was kind of my point.

Good concepts tend to be imitated in games of a similar genre, because they are proven to work. I’d say there’s still plenty of differences in practice and gamemechanics between Bellona and Brigitte.

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That is only because they are different types of games. If Brigitte was incorporated into Smite or any true MOBA they would play nearly identical, a tanky but brusier type hero / god.

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Please stop wasting our time with this nonsense. I think you are grasping at straws here to prove that what? You think Blizz is infringing on some intellectual property or something? The comparisons aren’t even that great. Definitely not “extreme similarities” as you have put it.

Honestly there is nothing here that needs explaining from Blizz.

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You are calling out Blizzard in your title.

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Maybe you don’t understand some of the moba-esque terms but this is extremely similar from an objective viewpoint.

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I don’t know about anything else but shield bash is a really common move. Gladiators/Paladins in FFXIV also have a shield bash.