Is this a joke? Limbo of the lost

[Elisabeth]

Is this real?

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And if so... nice "borrowing"

Oblivion

Limbo

Thief

Limbo

Diablo II

Limbo

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah, "created from home" for sure.

Jimmy H Christ from Alabama, if that doesn't get sued for about..say...15 game companies i'm suprised.

Best parts:

"It is a battle between fate and destiny"

Umm...that's ...an "interesting" battle of words. You have TWO choices! Fate! Or Destiny!

Isn't that kinda the same thing

"It is a sort of comedy come horror. A bit like Monty Python meets Evil Dead."

And evil dead was serious horror?

I think i'll "program" and "create" my own game, where players can join an online world where there's quests, goblins, oh and elves! And lots of war ofcourse...i'll call it...Realm of Art of War!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Hiihi....hahaha,....muahahahaha!!!!

 

[Sparx]

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Bollocks how can they not have known

 

[old.Tohtori]

I win

 

[pikeh]

Diablo 2? Unreal Tournie? Oblivion? Painkiller? what kind of bastard game was this?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Evidently the adventure of Captain Spooner!

Also, just brilliant:

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.

 

[Thorwyn]

I`m tempted to say "fake", or "marketing trick". Nobody with a sane mind would do that and expect to get away with it, especially since it´s so obvious.
Either they have permission to copy and want to ride the OMGWTF wave, or they want to set an example and challenge the existing laws.
Or they´re complete and utter idiots.

 

[pikeh]

well, they are from maidstone!

 

[Sparx]

hahaha oh my lord

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[Binky the Bomb]

And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those pesky kids!

 

[Dukat]

And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those pesky kids!

Hay!! thats my line!

*sulks*

 

[BloodOmen]

Lol That just ruined my new idea then... I planned in stealing bits from super mario and trainspotting...




disclaimer! I did not make the image

 

[Iceforge]

omfg... thats just stupid

 

[Bahumat]

I'm sorry but WTF! Limbo looks nothing like those other games. The screenshots may have similarities in that they all have a character on screen, and there's stone, but that's all. These games look nothing like each other.

 

[Sparx]

I'm sorry but WTF! Limbo looks nothing like those other games. The screenshots may have similarities in that they all have a character on screen, and there's stone, but that's all. These games look nothing like each other.

lol

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[Iceforge]

I'm sorry but WTF! Limbo looks nothing like those other games. The screenshots may have similarities in that they all have a character on screen, and there's stone, but that's all. These games look nothing like each other.

You really should have a look

The buildings, walls, doors, texture, furniture, EVERYTHING EXCEPT the characters on the screens are taken from Oblivion....

 

[old.Tohtori]

You really should have a look

The buildings, walls, doors, texture, furniture, EVERYTHING EXCEPT the characters on the screens are taken from Oblivion....

Actually, the REAL funny part is that Limbo is a 2d game so those stolen items aren't really stolen, they're screenshots

 

[Iceforge]

Actually, the REAL funny part is that Limbo is a 2d game so those stolen items aren't really stolen, they're screenshots

So they took screenshots from Oblivion and used those as backgrounds for their game?

How stupid can you get?

Worst part is that they could make a game like that, but then you have to make it monkey island like, and make it a known fact that the backgrounds are stolen. Simply add a character who knocks on the background like it was a window while talking about how cheap the production was in a funny way, and you can call it a parody and get around most legal issues...

 

[old.Tohtori]

So they took screenshots from Oblivion and used those as backgrounds for their game?

How stupid can you get?

Worst part is that they could make a game like that, but then you have to make it monkey island like, and make it a known fact that the backgrounds are stolen. Simply add a character who knocks on the background like it was a window while talking about how cheap the production was in a funny way, and you can call it a parody and get around most legal issues...

Aye. Thinking of the same thing to an adventure game akin to monkey island(biggest part unfinished is the story ).

Shame all the good jokes are done already but...

 

[Bahumat]

lol

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You really should have a look

The buildings, walls, doors, texture, furniture, EVERYTHING EXCEPT the characters on the screens are taken from Oblivion....

You guys never heard of Sarcasm?

 

[Iceforge]

Aye. Thinking of the same thing to an adventure game akin to monkey island(biggest part unfinished is the story ).

Shame all the good jokes are done already but...

"Monkey Island" game series was some of the best games ever

And well.... many jokes was done in the monkey island games, but more could be done Saying most of the good jokes are done just shows lack of creativity rather than truth

 

[Iceforge]

You guys never heard of Sarcasm?

Well, ever heard of Poe's Law?

 

[old.Tohtori]

"Monkey Island" game series was some of the best games ever

And well.... many jokes was done in the monkey island games, but more could be done Saying most of the good jokes are done just shows lack of creativity rather than truth

Ah meant most of the "production value" jokes

If you've ever read jeff and tonder, i think i can squeeze a few laughs out of situations

 

[Shagrat]

haha thats funny, did they think noone would notice!?!?

 

[Dukat]

Well, ever heard of Poe's Law?

but then again - since when has bahumat ever posted anything serious?

bahumat - lol, you need cantankerous training from tohtori before you can truely be opposites man ! for effort though

 

[Bahumat]

Well, ever heard of Poe's Law?

I'm an Atheist

 

[Iceforge]

I'm an Atheist

So am I

But it still applies in modified form, Bahumat..

So much stupid shit posted on the internet, you can never expect to post something sarcastic and not have people think you are serious, unless you make it clear, by use of smiley's or putting "/end sarcasm" at the end of your post. Could easily imagine some stupid fanboy seriously saying what you did.

 

[Bahumat]

So am I

But it still applies in modified form, Bahumat..

So much stupid shit posted on the internet, you can never expect to post something sarcastic and not have people think you are serious, unless you make it clear, by use of smiley's or putting "/end sarcasm" at the end of your post. Could easily imagine some stupid fanboy seriously saying what you did.

But if I did that, I would not have been able to post the Sarcasm picture...and I've wanted to do that since 9am.

oh wait, hold on a sec *wanders off*

*10 mins go by*

*wanders back*

**

 

[old.Tohtori]

So much stupid shit posted on the internet, you can never expect to post something sarcastic and not have people think you are serious, unless you make it clear, by use of smiley's or putting "/end sarcasm" at the end of your post. Could easily imagine some stupid fanboy seriously saying what you did.

Aye, it's not like anyone could possibly pick up on signs of sarcasm without very very clear pictures and smileys.



Now that's sarcasm