Illuminati
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Limbo of the Lost stole from Oblivion, Morrowind, UT2K4, Diablo, Silent Hill, more?
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Steppenwolf
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They look like mobsters to me. Where is Tony Soprano in that pic? :lol
Francias Castiglione
Banned
Ventrue said:
Why? They knew exactly what they were doing and were attempting to profit from the work of other artists and programmers.
Visualante
Member
Has this been confirmed? Skimmed a couple of pages but just found ridicule. I'm not sure if this RoadKillGrill person is the actual texture artist?
It's a shame it has had to come to this but it'll certainly send a message to the rest of the 3D artists about there.
It's a shame it has had to come to this but it'll certainly send a message to the rest of the 3D artists about there.
You say they, but it's probably the actions of one or a handful of lazy artists (if I dare call them that) that have destroyed the reputation of a studio. I'm a little surprised whoever was in charge didn't see this happening.Francias Castiglione said:
:Motorbass
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Yeah well, no.Visualante said:
This is just the story about 3 guys wanting to make money with a PC game and using screenshots of other games as background for their Point & Click Adventure. I'd be surprised if the game contains any realtime 3D-stuff. Doesn't look like it in the trailer.
Visualante
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Ah well then I find it hard to believe they weren't aware of the practice taking place in that case, "oh hey can you make me a cave with some blue lighting for this puzzle?"
5 minutes later...
"I can't do blue, but I've got a nice green cave you can have"
Autodesk and SoftImage should check their records to see if these guy bought legit. 3D software to animate that character. Could double whammy them.
5 minutes later...
"I can't do blue, but I've got a nice green cave you can have"
Autodesk and SoftImage should check their records to see if these guy bought legit. 3D software to animate that character. Could double whammy them.
British Monsoon
Member
Joe said:
There was a copy on ebay I posted about on the last page, but now someones bought it - also, Game.co.uk claim to have it in stock (but probably not for much longer).
AugustDivision
Banned
i heard Nibris was making the sequel: Sadness of the Lost
Also, its amazing that you could refer to this game as LoL
Also, its amazing that you could refer to this game as LoL
Jim Sterling
Member
Holy shit, they actually had the brass ones to publish photographs of their faces?Steppenwolf said:
This is amazing stuff, and I can't even tell what's real and fake anymore. These guys are either complete retards of the biggest geniuses in the world -- possibly both at the same time.
AugustDivision
Banned
Developer posts here confirmed?Chromax said:
Gordon: So have any more recent games influenced your current project?
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.
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
That is true though theyve ripped off all the genres apart from point and click
Gordon: During the long gestation for this game, what sort of changes have you made to bring it up to date.
Steve: All of the game (apart from initial background story and some character designs) had to be re-written, all the characters had to be created in 3D and animated, all the background scenes re-created, all the sounds, coding and music?..basically everything had to be redone or newly created for the PC version. This is not an old game that has been dressed up. This is the original concept, dusted off and re-created.
:lol :lol
http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=795
Pure gold
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.
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
That is true though theyve ripped off all the genres apart from point and click
Gordon: During the long gestation for this game, what sort of changes have you made to bring it up to date.
Steve: All of the game (apart from initial background story and some character designs) had to be re-written, all the characters had to be created in 3D and animated, all the background scenes re-created, all the sounds, coding and music?..basically everything had to be redone or newly created for the PC version. This is not an old game that has been dressed up. This is the original concept, dusted off and re-created.
:lol :lol
http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=795
Pure gold
Confidence Man
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http://www.nulime.com/Limbo-Lost/p280916
This place has it in stock (US). Even if you buy it though, would you really suffer through it just to see all the areas?
This place has it in stock (US). Even if you buy it though, would you really suffer through it just to see all the areas?
Visualante said:
Actually, the person credited as the project director (Steve Bovis) also did the art (though I guess "did" is sort of a stretch in this case). So I think it's reasonable to assume that he knew.
Visualante said:
Well, Smith-Micro, anyway, since the character animation was clearly done in Poser (with one of the stock walk animations that comes with the software, I'd wager). In fact, the main character is clearly one of the default Poser figures.
Insty said:
Probably my favorite pic of the bunch.
"Asta la vista baby" Guess spell check didn't work for their spanish.
That book with the ornate binding--I'm pretty sure I've seen that art somewhere before. Etherlords, maybe? Is that one that's been found yet?
AugustDivision
Banned
The OP would only do a recap if it was hosted on his site.zallaaa said:This thread should be sticked for better access and the op should do a recap of the infos!
I mean, it could be the mightiest thread of the year
scully1888
Neo Member
I think this should be the first game that it's acceptable to download a pirated copy of.
Loads of people want to see it, and I don't think anyone can argue that the developer deserves money for their "hard work". :lol
Loads of people want to see it, and I don't think anyone can argue that the developer deserves money for their "hard work". :lol
PrivateRyan
Member
Do want.
If the game is as full of win as the trailer is, this will be GotY.
If the game is as full of win as the trailer is, this will be GotY.
PrivateRyan
Member
Oh man, I've just had a thought - what the hell will these guys have done for the music?
AugustDivision
Banned
Its amazing that you caught that.BLU-82 said:
Patrickula
Member
LoL is the real Game of the Forever :lol
I last checked this thread yesterday and am pretty much in awe at how much more was found to be ripped looking at it now. Pirates of the Caribbean? Diablo?! That's seriously fucked up.
http://justadventure.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1196172821/0
Long story short, someone posting as FABLE posted positively about the game in the forum and in working with the reviewer (who, IIRC, has decided not to submit their review). FABLE was later outed as having ties to the developers, the thread turns into a witch hunt to find out who was responsible, why they didn't come out and say who they were, and then looks at a potential conflict of interest between the publisher/developer and a reviewer for the title. It's a weird, weird twist to an already strange story. What the hell was going on with this game?
Funny you should mention viral marketing. I did more reading at Just Adventure and it looks like there was already some controversy over the title:Eccocid said:
http://justadventure.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1196172821/0
Long story short, someone posting as FABLE posted positively about the game in the forum and in working with the reviewer (who, IIRC, has decided not to submit their review). FABLE was later outed as having ties to the developers, the thread turns into a witch hunt to find out who was responsible, why they didn't come out and say who they were, and then looks at a potential conflict of interest between the publisher/developer and a reviewer for the title. It's a weird, weird twist to an already strange story. What the hell was going on with this game?