Majestic's Limbo of the Lost is a PC game with some balls. Not so much because it pushes boundaries or introduces risky new gameplay elements that we've never seen before, but because it has the brazen brass ones to rip off entire sections of 2006's most popular RPG without any shame whatsoever.
The theft was discovered by GamePlasma (site may be down due to being linked like crazy) who provided comparison shots of Oblivion backgrounds and Limbo backgrounds. The results are absolutely stunning and you can find two of the shots right here. Aside from the character, hand and compass, everything in the Limbo screenshot is directly lifted from Bethesda's Oblivion, including the exact same portrait hanging on the wall. It's also likely that the game stole from other titles including Diablo 2, Painkiller, Thief, UTK3, Morrowind and even Silent Hill 4. That's pretty amazing.
If it was just that one hall, maybe Limbo would have gotten away with it. Unlikely, but maybe. However, a whole host of Oblivion scenes have been lifted and stitched into Majestic's version of what could only be called a game development heist. Now that the jig is up, publisher Tri Synergy has ceased distribution of the game, stating it was "just as shocked as everyone else" to find out about the dirty theft. It currently awaits word from the culprits themselves.
I am not so much shocked about Limbo of the Lost stealing whole scenes from another game, but the idea that Majestic felt it could steal from one of the most well-known games of recent years and even hope to get away with it. Remember, when you need to steal something, steal from below to a lesser game. Never steal upwards, you incompetent boobs!
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6:28 AM on 06.12.2008
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Not good news at all though for gamers. I would hate to see extra hassles to the original development teams. That worked so incredibly hard. Just to see them a year later have to pony up for a lawyer to take them to court. Over illegal copyright claims...
I hope this is isolated in nature?
This really explains all:
Pub pals pin hopes on US game success
I was just adding in a mention of the other thefts. It rips off the train scene from Silent Hill 3! This is brilliant.
Check out this NeoGaf thread.
Steve: The project is more influenced by film and literature rather than other games, we want the experience to be as original as possible and as such we have made a calculated effort to keep away from other games in the genre. Limbo of the Lost is an experience first and foremost, secondly wrapped up in a game media and genre."
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I just don't know how it got published.
Fixed!
Seriously though this is just pitiful, how could they be so sad to go that far.
EPIC FAIL
@Demtor
This isn't good publicity at all. They're removing the game from shelves. How can that be good?
They also stole from the fucking Spawn movie.
http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/screens/s29203_4.htm
The train is actually from a UT2004 map called ONS-Urban.
I'm so tempted to link it... stealing from thieves....
Oh... shit.
Thats the funniest fucking thing I've read in a while. Its like a game from the guys that made Epic Movie & Meet the Spartans & all those other shitfests.
Limbo Trailer
this shit is getting depper every minute.
goty worthy
You just don't try to _sell_ those games usually.