Game Blatantly Copies Levels from Oblivion

GamePlasma was recently tasked with the job of reviewing a game titled "Limbo of the Lost." However once one of their writers, Erik Franck, started playing it, he noticed some very familiar settings. It appears that Limbo of the Lost has blatantly taken in-game environments and textures from Oblivion.

[Sev]

That is horrible, I cant believe any developer would do this, or think they could get away with it being unnoticed...

Lawsuit anyone?

[dxmnecro]

I'm curious myself to see how this pans out.

[donator]

The game is coming out way after Oblivion, steals their textures and level design, but manages to look worse. Befuddling.

[CAPT IRISH]

if you are going to copy, its common knowledge you have to change things a little bit. Dont know if they thought no one would notice or if they just didn't care.

[Breakfast]

Coincidence....and no one is telling me otherwise.

[eagle21]

I am just joking... :)

[Breakfast]

you win...lol.

[Max Power]

for the fact that book on the bookshelves in that one screen are exactly the same.

[Silogon]

This whole thing probably ruined this guys life. This guy probably had this whole lie concocted and told everyone about this project he was working on and now the lid is blown and he's wide open to feel the pain only truth can bring.

For one, his wife is probably packing as we speak. His friends are making better plans for poker night and he's going to be all alone holding his wii very soon.

With all this said I'm not mad at him at all and I bet this guy was a struggling dev with access to the source code and did what he had to do to make it happen. I applaud someone like this oppose to Rockstar who releases the same game to us every year for 50 to 60 bucks, along with EA and Ubisoft.

I'd buy this game just to give him a nod.

[Hagaf22]

a new low in gaming.... bound for a huge lawsuit....

[Ali_The_Brit]

The nerve! i hope there asses are sued

[dinkeldinkse]

There isn't any difference between the screen shots. At least they could move sh1t around to be less obvious.Definite lazy developer.

[Mozilla89]

Wow I was really surprised at this too, I mean they really have balls to do this oh well I guess Bethesda is gonna get some money to help pay for Fallout

[iNickk]

Didn't it say in the article that Bethesda was one of the developers?

[dragunrising]

The way I see it is: Bethesda, and owner of the engine powering Oblivion, allowed a small time developer to create their game using similar assets. It isn't stealing, copying yes. When your small time, you have limited access to something called money. Copying levels is neither noble or original but a means for the little man to put out a half decent product without all the overhead.

[dxmnecro]

Bethesda also did not comment on the situation. So I doubt this company was allowed to use some of their artwork.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I hope no one buys that game. Oblivion could be my favorite game ever. Don't mess with the real thing. Somebody owes Bethesda some money.

[Bleem360]

Who owes Bethesday some money? Both games are from the same developer..

[AngryTypingGuy]

Silly me, I thought 2K/Bethesda and Majestic Studios were two different developers. Oh wait, they are.

[Coke-a-Cola]

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[tplarkin7]

I wonder if this is just a joke. I've never heard of Limbo of the Lost. Also, Majesco shifted their focus on portable games after Psychonauts and Advent Rising bombed.

[dxmnecro]

The company is called majestic studios. The game is published by Trisynergy in the US. A quick google search will show you more about the game.

[Bleem360]

..that both of these titles are created by the same developers, Bethesda Softworks. It's not as if someone has stolen their assets - isn't it just a case of them reusing their own work?

Fair enough, it's a bit lazy of them - but I really don't see the problem here, legally anyway.

[dxmnecro]

"Eric was recently assigned a game developed by Majestic Studios titled "Limbo of the Lost." At first glance, this game appears to be your typical point and click adventure again." Bethesda did Oblivion and Majestic Studios did this game.

[MK_Red]

Dude, this stupid game has nothing to do with Bethesda or Oblivion. This is a budget PC title by an unknown dev from an unknown publisher that has ripped off Oblivion without mercy!

They didn't even bother to redecoratd the rooms... lol.

[UnasFortuna]

This is absolutely horrible for a company to do. I see no mention in the article that Bethesda is related to the two companies mentioned. The thing that is really sad is that the Oblivion shots still look better. How stupid could a developer be not to change things if you are going to copy the basic structure of objects. Anyways, I smell a lawsuit blowing in the wind soon.

[CNIVEK]

...a point-n-click game did this. Can't remember what it was, because it's been so long ago, but I played a freeware p-n-c game years ago, that stole assets from another game. Bethesda may just laugh this one off, if there's no $$ being made. If it's a retail game, however...they're in deep doo-doo. :p

[dxmnecro]

£29.99 in the UK. Probably about the same in the US

http://www.g2games.com/inde...

[Shortstop]

If this were to go to court, Bethesda would win easily. I was expecting to see "similar" images, but they are exact replicas. Something's definitely fishy here.

[Pornlord]

It is uncanny, and yes, it does look worse.

[Ashta]

Wow, they didn't even try to hide it.

[Nostradamus]

Crazy

[ki0365]

i lold, although as a ps3 owner i am also outrageously offended

[mc]

to me it just looks exactly like olivion running on low settings on a pc in 3rd person view. The website has just taken screenshots of this and reported that this is a new game in development. This is fake news designed to generate traffic for the site but it does nothing for their reputation

[project76dodo]

Oblivion is my 2nd fav game ever
these bastards straight up copied the shiit out of it
thats really shady and i cant believe they thought theyd get away with this

[juuken]

That's disgusting.
I smell a lawsuit coming up.

[MaximusPaynicus]

How do you lift whole environments from a game like Oblivion, not change a single damn thing in the environments, and still make it look like ass? How the hell do you pull that off?

[Tyrael]

Imitation is the sincerest form of lawsu- I mean, flattery.

[thesummerofgeorge]

This is mind numbingly dumb.. To think they could get away with reusing other successful games to make their own. Guess they figured no one would play it, so they wouldn't notice... well they got that half right.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

They plagiarized oblivion to death.

[LONEWOLF231]

WOW!