Majestic’sLimbo of the Lostis 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 byGamePlasma(site may be down due to being linked like crazy) who provided comparison shots ofOblivionbackgrounds andLimbobackgrounds. The results are absolutely stunning and you can find two of the shotsright here. Aside from the character, hand and compass, everything in theLimboscreenshot is directly lifted from Bethesda’sOblivion, including the exact same portrait hanging on the wall. It’s also likely that the game stole from other titles includingDiablo 2, Painkiller, Thief, UTK3,Morrowindand evenSilent Hill 4. That’s pretty amazing.
If it was just that one hall, maybeLimbowould have gotten away with it. Unlikely, butmaybe. However, a whole host of Oblivion scenes have been lifted and stitched into Majestic’s version of what could only be called a game developmentheist. Now that the jig is up, publisher Tri Synergy hasceased distributionof 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 aboutLimbo of the Loststealing 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 stealupwards, you incompetent boobs!
