Developing a game is hard. It requires a lot of patience, effort, and passion from multiple aspects. Animation is one those critically important aspects, and not a place you’d want to take shortcuts. As it so happens, Archangel Studios, the developer behind the Soulsborne game Bleak Faith: Forsaken , is being accused of just that. Allegations have surfaced that the developer used animations directly lifted from FromSoftware games, Elden Ring in particular. And while the evidence may be convincing, the team at Archangel maintain the assets are legitimate.
Bleak Faith: ForsakenDevs Accused of Using Stolen Animations
After the game launched on March 10, some users discovered that many of the animations in Bleak Faith: Forsaken look eerily similar to the ones used in FromSoftware’s latest title Elden Ring .
The strongest evidence comes from Twitter user Meowmaritus, responsible for making DS Anim Studio. It’s a modding tool for Dark Souls that allows animations to be exported or used for other purposes. Meowmaritus shared footage showing the Elden Ring “claymore” animation side-by-side with the one from Bleak Faith: Forgotten . The resemblances are uncanny, to say the least.
Saw this footage floating around. Bleak Faith: Forspoken is 100% using animations ripped directly 1:1 from Elden Ring. I do NOT condone people using my DS Anim Studio software to aid in exporting animations to include in commercial products or sell them on Epic Games Store. pic.twitter.com/9JHGMeu9as — Meowmaritus (@meowmaritus) March 12, 2023
