Limbo of the Lost stole from Oblivion, Morrowind, UT2K4, Diablo, Silent Hill, more?

Bobby1234SI · 03:50 PM

This one is sure to cause quite a stir.

This one could turn into quite a bit of trouble, but Majestic Studios title Limbo of the Lost has been reviewed by gaming site GamePlasma, and they claim that it has stolen some of the level design structures from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

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Eric, being the avid PC gamer that he is, noticed that there were some similarities between Limbo of the Lost and The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

The first example of this can be seen in the screenshots from Oblivion and Limbo of the Lost below. Notice how everything is placed in exactly the same place and almost all of the textures are identical. In fact, the only real difference is the quality of the texture and overall graphical look. Even the portrait that can be seen under the stairs is exactly the same as the one that can be found in Oblivion. Also, take note of the placement of the rug in the middle of the floor and the placement of the stairways. These similarities lead to many questions. How rampant are situations like this in games that fall under the radar of the typical gaming crowd?

Check these screenshots -

cjelly · (06-11-2008, 03:49 PM)

Every day you create threads linking to your site.

borghe · (06-11-2008, 03:49 PM)

only three letters are applicable here..

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Danielsan · (06-11-2008, 03:50 PM)

It's a carbon copy, they even have the painting of the King in there.

watkinzez · (06-11-2008, 03:50 PM)

Vampire mayors in this one too?

JBuccCP · (06-11-2008, 03:51 PM)

Wow that's so pathetically obvious. I have no idea what Limbo of the Lost is, looks like a point and click adventure game? How lazy and cheap.

They even reused the picture of the vampire king dude

BakedPigeon · (06-11-2008, 03:51 PM)

Wow.... that is pretty identical.

Bobby1234SI · (06-11-2008, 03:56 PM)

I can't recall, but I think this perhaps is the worst copy in video game history?

Koomaster · (06-11-2008, 03:56 PM)

Wow, wonder how they thought they could get away with that one?

Thomper · (06-11-2008, 03:57 PM)

Originally Posted by Bobby1234SI:

I can't recall, but I think this perhaps is the worst copy in video game history?

GhaleonEB · (06-11-2008, 03:59 PM)

dogmaan · (06-11-2008, 04:00 PM)

Originally Posted by Thomper:

I think you'll find that, Giana Sisters is one of the "best" copies ever

FabCam · (06-11-2008, 04:01 PM)

Can you sue for copying an environment? Surely you can't patent the position of bookcases in stone walls...

borghe · (06-11-2008, 04:25 PM)

Originally Posted by FabCam:

Can you sue for copying an environment? Surely you can't patent the position of bookcases in stone walls...

yes, the wireframes and textures are all covered under copyright laws given that they are art assets.

Confidence Man · (06-11-2008, 04:33 PM)

Quite possibly the worst trailers you will ever see:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34863.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28891.html

Emenis · (06-11-2008, 04:37 PM)

Originally Posted by Confidence Man:

Quite possibly the worst trailers you will ever see:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34863.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28891.html

FunnY!

haowan · (06-11-2008, 04:37 PM)

Originally Posted by borghe:

yes, the wireframes and textures are all covered under copyright laws given that they are art assets.

Unless they decompiled the data and ripped the actual content, then copyright doesn't apply here. Other forms of IP rights must have been violated, but copyright is doubtful.

Skeyser · (06-11-2008, 04:42 PM)

They even took the king portrait...wtf.

borghe · (06-11-2008, 04:44 PM)

Originally Posted by haowan:

Unless they decompiled the data and ripped the actual content, then copyright doesn't apply here. Other forms of IP rights must have been violated, but copyright is doubtful.

are you implying that ISN'T what they did? Because poly for poly (and vampire king texture for vampire king texture) it appears that's EXACTLY what they did.

raYne · (06-11-2008, 04:45 PM)

Amazing.

JRPereira · (06-11-2008, 04:48 PM)

If you overlay the screenshots in photoshop and scale the oblivion one down to roughly meet the size, the only difference is the FOV.

No room for any "we were inspired by..." bullshit. A couple of things were changed like the rug was scaled down and the fire looks shitty, but everything else is pretty much perfect clones.

Mr. Durden · (06-11-2008, 04:50 PM)

That's just lame

Vorador · (06-11-2008, 04:51 PM)

It's not a simply case of being "inspired" by Oblivion, it's assets from the former being completely ripped off and put in the latter. OMG I'm currently

right now.

PD: The fire looks different, but that must be because of the shitty engine they're using. The assets are the same

JRPereira · (06-11-2008, 04:54 PM)

Haunted · (06-11-2008, 04:56 PM)

haowan · (06-11-2008, 04:58 PM)

Originally Posted by borghe:

are you implying that ISN'T what they did? Because poly for poly (and vampire king texture for vampire king texture) it appears that's EXACTLY what they did.

Yes, you're right; I take it back. I expect they used one of those apps that grabs whatever data DirectX is rendering.

Pizza Luigi · (06-11-2008, 05:02 PM)

I honestly peed myself watching those trailers

Vark · (06-11-2008, 05:07 PM)

... Wow.

GarthVaderUK · (06-11-2008, 05:07 PM)

Check out the rest of the pics:

raYne · (06-11-2008, 05:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Pizza Luigi:

I honestly peed myself watching those trailers

They really make you want to play the game, don't they? I'm pretty sure I recognized a few of the environments from Oblivion in those as well.

Originally Posted by Vark:

... Wow.

You know what you must do. Call the Steve phone, asap!

edit:
Wow@ the new pics!

Linkzg · (06-11-2008, 05:10 PM)

Stealing is the best form of flattery...right?

Alien Bob · (06-11-2008, 05:11 PM)

so lazy

NarcissisticJay · (06-11-2008, 05:19 PM)

Originally Posted by cjelly:

Every day you create threads linking to your site.

Ehh, so whats your point???

The OP makes a great observation..

crowphoenix · (06-11-2008, 05:20 PM)

I really hope there's an Oblivion gate in the game.

Acosta · (06-11-2008, 05:23 PM)

WTF...

neight · (06-11-2008, 05:23 PM)

Wow that is a rip of the environments except with some of the textures getting touched up.

Originally Posted by cjelly:

Every day you create threads linking to your site.

At least he doesn't make us click the link to get to the meat of the article.

Raging Spaniard · (06-11-2008, 05:25 PM)

Hey it looks almost as good as Oblivion, this is good news, right?

NarcissisticJay · (06-11-2008, 05:27 PM)

Originally Posted by crowphoenix:

I really hope there's an Oblivion gate in the game.

railGUN · (06-11-2008, 05:30 PM)

What... the... fuck...

what the fuck?

Jokeropia · (06-11-2008, 05:31 PM)

Ugh, not only did they copy it, they made it ugly too.

Ghost · (06-11-2008, 05:34 PM)

Seeing the first shot I thought "well, someone got lazy, not the end of the world"

then I saw the rest

They didn't even reorganise the things on the shelves in the shop!

clashfan · (06-11-2008, 05:38 PM)

It's like a band covering another bands song. It's totally legit right?

Mr. Durden · (06-11-2008, 05:38 PM)

This is just absurd, game should be forbidden.

Classic_Gs · (06-11-2008, 05:38 PM)

rip off much?

cjelly · 05:59 PM

Someone forward this to Bethesda.

I wanna see if they mention it on their blog.

Edit: Nevermind, I've done the honours. Now to see if they post it...

stawnkald · (06-11-2008, 05:58 PM)

Holy shit, the shame level must be very low

burgerdog · (06-11-2008, 06:05 PM)

At first I was going to say, one little area is not too bad. Then I scrolled down and saw the rest, what the fuck were they thinking?

SuperEnemyCrab · (06-11-2008, 06:08 PM)

"HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?" (get it? Limbo of the lost...yuk yuk yuk)

FlyinJ · (06-11-2008, 06:13 PM)

Another great part of this debacle... from the "Just Adventure" review:

"Every game has an interesting story behind its development but I am willing to bet that very few, if any, match the one behind Limbo of the Lost (LotL). Development started way back in the 90s, originally for the Amiga 1200, then for the CD32 and eventually crossed over to the PC. Being an avid adventurer as well as devoted Amiga user in the 90s, it is in utter embarrassment that I admit that I never caught wind of this game back then and it was only a few years ago, during its PC development, that I found out about it."

He was obviously waiting for Bethesda to get done with Oblivion. I wonder if the guy saw their first Terminator game for the PC and said "Hmm, looks good, but not good enough for me". Then Future Shock, Elder Scrolls Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, then finally Oblivion. "Eureka! I can finally finish my Amiga masterpiece!"

http://www.justadventure.com/reviews...Lost/LotL.shtm

mandiller · (06-11-2008, 06:18 PM)

The horror!