Another claim of Nexon's that Ironmace contests is the list of Dark And Darker Gold assets Nexon says is shared between the two games. Figure from the Dark and Darker concept artist's statement, contrasting the P3 Barbarian with the one they drew for Dark and Darker. (Image credit: Nexon (left), Ironmace (right))
Nexon argues that this is an overwhelming similarity and evidence of theft, while Ironmace points out that they are all either purchasable assets on the Unreal store, or else generated by development tools like Wwise. Ironmace included a spreadsheet detailing the sources of the files singled out by Nexon.
Shot contrasting two similarly clad barbarian warriors, with a brighter, more intricately decorated warrior on the left representing P3 concept art contrasting with the duller, shabbier looking barbarian from Dark and Darker
One of the more interesting exhibits from Ironmace is its comparison of P3 class concepts to those from Dark and Darker. Nexon claims that Dark and Darker's character classes derive from copyrighted concept art, while P3 and Dark and Darker share an as-of-yet unnamed lead concept artist.
The artist in question outlines various reference images they used in creating Dark and Darker's characters, before contrasting them with counterparts from P3.
The artist seems to be arguing that both sets of characters merely draw from the same well of generic, tabletop fantasy inspiration dating back to Dungeons and Dragons, and they all do represent distinct pieces of art rendered in different poses and settings.
Curiously, Ironmace includes a conversation log with ChatGPT where the company attempts to secure a definition of a "PvP dungeon crawl game." While a strange gesture, it seems to be an attempt to Dark And Darker Gold Coins undermine Nexon's claim that P3 and Dark and Darker share identical premises.