华纳兄弟互动娱乐近日成功为旗下《中土世界》系列中的「复仇系统」申请到专利，不过这一事引发了许多业内人士的不满。《疾速追杀Hex》的开发者 Mike Bithell 在社交媒体上写道：这件事真的很恶心，尤其是考虑到这个「复仇系统」的基础是建立在复制很多其他游戏的系统之上的。文化和创造力不应该是这样运作的，希望华纳能表现得更友善。而拳头游戏的 Cat Manning 则担心华纳会以此专利限制其他开发商的创新：这项专利的范围简直宽泛到荒唐的程度，许多我曾见过的和制作过的内容都可以被包含进去。或许做出类似的设计不会在法律上被处罚，但我们和其他的一些独立开发者根本没有资本去尝试。我对「复仇系统」没有任何兴趣，也会采取不同的方式去制作我想要的内容。但这项专利可以涵盖的东西太多了，我依然担心华纳会以此限制部分工作的开发。来源
Warner Bros. interactive entertainment recently successfully applied for a patent for the revenge system in its "Middle Earth" series, but this incident has aroused dissatisfaction from many people in the industry. Mike Bithell, the developer of fast chase hex, wrote on social media: This is really disgusting, especially considering that the revenge system is based on a system that replicates many other games. Culture and creativity should not work like this. I hope warner can be more friendly. And cat Manning, the blockbuster game, worries that Warner will use this patent to limit the innovation of other developers: the scope of this patent is ridiculous, and many of the content I have seen and produced can be included. Maybe making similar design will not be punished in law, but we and some other independent developers have no capital to try. I don't have any interest in vengeance system, and I will make the content I want in different ways. But there are too many things that this patent can cover, and I'm still worried that Warner will limit the development of some of its work. source
