New Mobile Game Trailer Seems Similar To FFXIV: Shadowbringers

On the left is a character from Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers holding a weapon and running, while on the right is a character from Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel in a similar pose.

Many scenes in the Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel trailer feel identical to sequences in Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers.
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The most current Doula Continent cellular video game, Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel, is popular in China. It’s having a large PR press, and Jackie Chan even stars in a reside-action trailer that promises Soul Grasp Duel is “exactly the similar as the animation.” But you know what also seems equivalent?

By means of analyst Daniel Ahmad, you can see Sq. Enix’s trailer for Last Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers on the left and 37 Interactive’s trailer for Doula Continent: Soul Learn Duel on the suitable.

As 4Avid gamers reviews, these similarities have not been lost on players on the net in China.

Remaining Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers was unveiled in July 2019, even though Doula Continent: Soul Master Duel arrived out this 12 months in China. (At present, that game does not but have English language support. Its TapTap webpage, nonetheless, is filled with requests for an English language variation.)

While there are noticeable similarities in the pictures and the mise-en-scène, it is challenging to understate how influential Sq. Enix is in the fantasy RPG style, both equally in Japan and internationally. Match makers borrow from Square Enix a whole lot, but are they releasing trailers with equivalent sequences and shots? Not really, no.

Having said that, in videos it is not unusual for filmmakers to borrow shots and even complete sequences, producing off their steps as homages. Quentin Tarantino has created a job of this, starting off with turning Hong Kong movie Metropolis on Fire into Reservoir Canine. With Soul Grasp Duel, these similarities could be just coincidences, or perhaps they are signals of regard. Or, it could be some thing else completely, which could possibly be the circumstance.

Earlier this 12 months, for illustration, the dwell-motion Chinese sequence Douluo Continent, an adaptation of the fantasy novel, came beneath fireplace for lifting six photographs from the British Television collection His Dark Materials. In total, it was 15 seconds of footage. According to World wide Periods, the show’s visible creation organization issued an apology, crafting, “We truly feel extremely sorry for our company’s mistake and the adverse affect brought on to the public… We will acquire it as a lesson and fortify our staff copyright recognition.” The output firm also promised that “all similar photographs will be rapidly modified and replaced overnight.”