Limbo of the Lost, developed by Majestic Studios and published by London based
G2 Games, appears to contain locations with striking similarities to places found in Bethesda's
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (
as reported by GamePlasma.com earlier today).
Limbo of the Lost:
Oblivion:
Bethesda have been contacted:
Danielle Woodyatt, PR Representative for Bethesda wrote:We aren't going to comment. Screens pretty much speak for themselves. Legal is looking into it.
This was posted
over on GAF, and it turns out that Oblivion wasn't Limbo of the Lost's only 'influence'.
Step forward
Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Limbo of the Lost:
Thief: Deadly Shadows:
Looks like they added a few skulls to throw us off the trail.
But wait!
The skulls are an item from one of the
Diablo games:
"Wall of the Eyeless, Bone Shield"http://battle.net/diablo2exp/items/norm ... elds.shtmlSurely the game's trailer would be free of such blatant plagiarism...
Limbo of the Lost trailer (skip to
02:40 if you can't bear watching it all):
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28891.htmlLooks just like this bit from the
Spawn movie, but with a colour change (
00:24):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMYx8lG59AJust before that, at
02:36 in the Limbo of the Lost trailer, you also get a glimpse of the chapter 2 level 6 boss level from PC game
Painkiller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJniAgD5wT0Limbo of the Lost is actually on shop shelves right now:
http://www.game.co.uk/PC/PointandClick/ ... -the-Lost/I wonder what other games and movies they've stolen from?
EDIT - more stuff from further on in the thread.Morrowind's Orcish armour:
Limbo of the Lost:
The weapons are from Morrowind too apparently.
Interview with the devs: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.
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.
http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArt ... ?index=795Limbo of the Lost:
Diablo 2:
Limbo of the Lost:
UT2004:
Limbo of the Lost:
Painkiller:
Vampire: Bloodlines spotted:http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... 828&st=20#http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/screens/s29203_4.htmPirates of the Caribbean spotted:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.ph ... tcount=218Some of the dialogue from the trailer (the bit with the daemon speaking) has been lifted from
Rune:
http://www.inkslinger.org/writing/sampl ... cript.htmlThe dead do not welcome the presence of the living, warrior. You remind them of all they have lost.
Press release has been issued by the US publisher:– Tri Synergy, Inc. (
www.trisynergy.com) would like to publish an official comment regarding recent comparisons of level design and artwork between Majestic Studios’ Limbo of the Lost and Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion/Eidos Interactive’s Thief: Deadly Shadows.
Tri Synergy is just as shocked as everyone else is by the recent screenshot comparisons. At no point during our dealings with Majestic Studios up until the point that the comparison was first publicly made by a third party did we have any knowledge of these similarities. Additionally, Tri Synergy will discontinue distribution of Limbo of the Lost in both retail and online outlets.
We have contacted the developer, Majestic, and are anxiously awaiting their response. As soon as we know more on this matter we will issue another statement.
More information about Tri Synergy is available from
www.trisynergy.com.