Eh, I guess I can see superficial similarities in themes and isolated elements, but saying that this is a copy of that is like saying that
Call of Duty was a copy of
Battlefield 1942, or that
Guild Wars 2 is a copy of
World of Warcraft. Honestly there would have to be a
lot more blatant similarities for me to consider it a copy. I would
also say that I had serious gripes with
Summer Memories, too.
That being said, and for anyone curious what became of my inquiries regarding the game: I decided to take matters into my own hands, as was suggested. I have re-downloaded the game and am currently in the process of slowly working my way through the game, taking notes along the way, and I once I
at least have observations the events that were specifically mentioned in the discussion on the topic, I fully intend to write out an analysis of the issue to share here.
Yes, I am that weird and that much of a nerd. No, I don't have that much free time, so it'll probably take a little while. It just frustrates me that information on something that is important for my enjoyment of this kind of game was unavailable... so I'm making it available.
Now, as a semi-early observation, I will say that Callum isn't
as bad as I remembered. I still have concerns, thoughts and theories about him and the rest of the characters as well as the setting, but I'll save all of that for the actual analysis, after I have had time to go over my findings, organize my notes and build a proper supported conclusion.