LIMBO OF THE LOST - behind the scenes

[Caldwelhax]

aktually this game was created by two people - 90% of this was made in 2d two years before entering o the shops. The plagiarism is only Bovis' job - he joined company as he promised remake 2d Limbo into 3d.

[Due2Aids]

Does anyone know if they ripped the company logo too?

[MaxamillionGat]

the fact that these guys put the word "faggot" in a game leaves me to believe they should be flogged, and made to wear nothing but a butt plug, and walk in the town square for 72 straight hours, with no bathroom breaks...

[rankaratar]

THIS GAME HAS ANIMATED 3D CHARACTERS!? HOLY SHIT

[williamthebrit]

Was this made by the same guys behind Lapland New Forest?

Because there's a definite similarity in the design and work ethic.

[Nergdnil123]

This shit is hilarious! xD

[ITTMoses]

"Realistic Shadows"

XD

[Rxf114]

watch?v=DORkYjwtiM4&feature=re­lated

[TheSandvichTrials]

Well they did do one thing right, they developed one hell of a scary game- scaringly BAD!

[ZuTheSkunk]

Well, one notably good thing here (i.e. on the trailer) is the lip synching. Actually, it's better than in Oblivion, because that character shows his emotions more dynamically. Heh!

But the rest is weak or crappy, mind you.

[hanchiman]

Fuck... even Poser (version 1) had much better animation!

[Syobon3]

i can't stop laughing, talking about 3d caracters and shadows like it never done before lol ... can't believe that this crap was released in 2007, the same year as crisys

[ThePieIsLie]

...and last but not least, cutting edge special effects using windows movie maker!

[rMalk89]

I guess Masa at 2:10 is Maze from Fable

[kamilfreeman]

>This is actually serious

>mon visage

[Deliverance115]

From paper to pixels...more like from ctrl+c to ctrl+v

[wzl134]

LIMBO FTW

[Miaega]

Steve, ignoring everything else wrong about this game, why did you think that naming a character 'Faggot' was a good idea? Why?

[OfAwesomeWin]

Carl Orff stole Carmina Burana from this trailer's music. What a shame!

[Cthululz]

...GEOCITIES???

[madpickin26]

Bovis, kill yourself.

[fenderkid6]

I think modders have shit out better things than this/

[Andokool12]

Windows movie maker.

>_>

[gasenkotsu]

THIS was supposed to take us back to the glorious times of adventure games? Instead, you only mocked the genre.

[lintonthepenguin]

Steve Bovis: I need to make a behind the scenes trailer for that game, the one where absolutely every background was obtained through careful timing of the Print Screen key.

Tim Croucher: Well, we've cut costs with everything so far, including the website which is on Geocities, so let's not bother getting Sony Vegas.

Bovis: Ahh, this computer comes with Windows Movie Maker; this must be a really good editor. There we go, finished! I love the cheesy titles and transitions. (continued)

[lintonthepenguin]

Oh, but we need music... DAMN! Let's just click and drag an unlicensed illegal download of Carmina Burana, and for the credits let's have the HQ version of the Hexen soundtrack, for good measure. I think we're onto a winner, croucher! I think this game'll be a hit! After all, this is the most original, funny, best voice acted and highest budget PC adventure game of all time! Wooo! It's not IF Gameradar catch you, it's when.

[lintonthepenguin]

*Typo, it's GamePlasma, not Gamerader.

[bboying2113]

did they used POSER to make the mouvements and bodies ?

[TheloniousFunk1]

OMG I think Oblivion totally ripped this game off

[bboying2113]

hahahahahha good one xD

[Tributes2Point1]

Other way around, jackass.

[ARLINDERON]

@TheloniousFunk1

Oblivion came out a year before

[Jaaaysus]

@ARLINDERON That's the Joke!

[zeroanor]

@ARLINDERON Asperger?

[sewergeneracia]

Hahahahaha more like this game ripped oblivion!!!!!!

[zaq4444444]

Love this game! I think it's the best production ever! Thanks for upload this video!

[miki992r]

Can I laught now?

CRAP!

[shoemanbundy]

They made this video for the sole purpose of having even more material to laugh at.

I'm just finding out about this game and it's providing a very interesting read. Their mistake is providing some joy for people, intended or not :D :D

[0Francine0]

Game of the fucking year.

[ricuw11]

1:47... LMAO "From paper to pixels..."

[nopushbutton]

1:06 gahahaha, the shadow is going the wrong way for all but 1 screenshot

STEEB BOBIS: MAKER OF VIDEO GAME

[nopushbutton]

also, note how he doesn't compare models and concept art where he stole models that didn't look anything like the concept

[DavidDavingstonshire]

Majestic Studios need their "Print Screen" keys taken away.

[MaxChaplin]

Is that plagiarism or sampling?

Maybe Bovis is the Thomas Bangalter of video games.

[pronislaw]

0:43

Lol?

[jjj5541]

im confused is there going to be a remake of this game.

[MouthofSaurons]

I wonder how 'epic' something can be, when it's made with Windows Movie Maker.

[InstantMix]

1:33

"I can't believe I got away with all this shit"

[lufar2012]

LOL epic adventure! xD

[12sypek21]

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! this is big shit!!!

[SexeiAlexy]

I'm fairly certain the studio logo is also plagiarised. I've seen that image somewhere before...

[LogicProTutorials]

mandalay entertainment

[turdburglar123]

SUPERBABIES FTW

[KelvTwelve]

You guys are all wrong, this game cleary rocks with it's insane realism and anatomy along with the genius music they took to make this trailer.

These guys are true pros. Only men who are brave enough decide to reuse background models from other games and clips from other movies.

And may I comment on the software using Windows Movie Maker, ah, riveting.

This is truely, the greatest thing mankind has made, this is better than Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies.

I love this game...

[pronislaw]

Lol. you are one of those faggots from Majestic Studios?

[KelvTwelve]

Ahem sarcasm.

[pronislaw]

Aww, I failed so hard :/ shit

xD

Peace dude

[shoemanbundy]

obviously you didn't catch the sarcasm :P

[NartSaga]

ahaha what a bunch of losers!!! :D

[Falcovsleon21]

Mr. Bovis, you do know that you plagiarized 90% of this game? And don't lie or go into denial about either. Don't make me get my ass-whooping stick out.

[salazarmark]

Shame Shame Shame

[therealblackcerberus]

IS the witch from Legend. Blatantly.

[Duffman795]

this is the most stupidest game ever 100 percent plagurism and the ending is stupid but funny as hell

[Andr00N]

Hey it's my granny faggot!

[Schizima]

I have been thinking about this for months, and I still want to know why s/he is called Cranny Faggot. I can't begin to understand why they named a character Cranny Faggot. It's just, my brain wants to implode.

[EvilMuppet1979]

Its a play on the name of a British cook called Fanny Craddock. Also, a faggot is a kind of pork product. Still, they should have had the common sense to know how people would read that. Wait, what am I saying? If they had common sense they wouldn't have made the game at all.

[Schizima]

Ahhhh

thank you very much

[Archidian815]

Masa looks like michael jackson!!!!lol! this game is retarded!Cranny Faggot?!! you have to be kidding me!!!!

[xFL1PPYx]

...Cranny Faggot? HAHHAHAHAHA

[AldinTheMad]

This game is probably the plagiarism of the decade. They ripped off Oblivion, Morrowind, Diablo II, Enclave, Castle Wolfenstein, Painkiller, Thief III, Vampire Bloodlines, Unreal Tournament, LotR... For proof go see the Limbo of the Lost wiki. It also has a link to Wields-Rulebook-Heavily's lulzy full screenshot walkthrought forum thread of the game. For more proof, google Limbo of the Lost + plagiarism

[AltimaNEO]

The whole thing looks like an community college graduates demo reel than a game trailer.

[XPS15Films]

I think that some of my brain cells just died during the shadows part...

[AltimaNEO]

Real-time lighting and shadows? Haha! The light source is in the center of the room, but the shadow is all over the place

[EvilMuppet1979]

I know, that was my favourite part. I'm sure that most Adventure Gamers aren't this dumb, but this game doesn't paint a very good picture of them.

[Mixton]

I love how they are mentioning that the game has lip synching, as if it is some groundbreaking feature. Also, the shadows are positioned incorrectly.

[raphaelfaunus]

"Realistic lighting and shadows."

The shadow is /completely/ out of place, every single screenshot,

[onkivapa666]

Yeah, "proudly".

And I suppose it's done on Windows Movie Maker?

Pathetic.

[helderm]

OMFG. This is so embarassing. This is a landmark in the history of (bad) games.

[QuadX]

WOW.....

Take a look at 1:57. *Chuckles* Cranny Faggot.

[noobguitarist1231231]

enjoy prison

[N00bkirb2000]

and by the way, their website is a geocities - website, I mean, couldn't they even play enough dicks to frickin' buy a bloody website for their shitty game?!

[N00bkirb2000]

oh GOD, they even make their Trailers with WMM! This is the BIGGEST shit I've ever seen! even shittier than anything the AVGN reviewed, compiled in one PIECE OF HOLY BULLSHIT. I'm sorry for the cursing, but every single CD that has this game on it deverses to be burned to oblivion. (that was a pun, I guess you know what I mean.)

[Aridous]

Light and shadow are wrong. Since the majority of light is coming from the ceiling, the character's shadow should be underneath his feet (if that makes any sense) and should be a lot smaller closer to the late. In short, the shadow isn't replicating shadowing or lighting correctly.

[Ptrrrrrrrr]

Proudly presents?

Really?

[Hamelus]

They even stole the music.

[Spacemuffins]

Nothing says "quality" quite like an official trailer made entirely with Windows Movie Maker.

[eighthjake]

wow 2:13. it is a fucking heart. you even ripped from a body part.

[TonicBH]

I love how it's entirely made in Windows Movie Maker. Couldn't even get a budget for a better video editor.

[Herrkrabba123]

The lighting was the most epic failure I ever seen in my life!

[theKenyan]

its ripped off 20 games and 5 movies.

**this is a game like Escape from monkey island. like the backgrounds are just photos, and u walk left or right..

[Knasterreal1]

2:10 är det ju han prällen från Poltergeist hahaha

[HowlingPain]

"Cranny Faggot"

I LOL'D

[Ctaak]

I have never laughed. So hard. In all my life.

Cranny Faggot for the WIN!

[emilm91]

lol, you guys know this game has ripped diablo, oblivion and thief 3 too name a few, do some research and you iwll find the most hillarious gaming story of the year:)

[OMGGIVEMEAUSERNAMEOR]

i like how the '3d design' consisted entirely of pushing buttons in poser.

[admanwer]

It's every video game I have loved playing, but made super crappy looking.

I wonder if anyone will even bother suing you, since with dozens of ripped off games, each company will make like $5.

[arielwollinger]

is that ABE LINCOLN @ 2_01???? AHAHAHAH!!! LOL!!!!! worst artworks I've ever seen!!

[arielwollinger]

this is the worst con job in the history of computer gaming !!! the shittiest game ever!!! Those backdrops at the initial jail stage are from Return to Castle Wolfenstein!!

[wtf889]

hahahaha that concept art, awesome

[DarthMaul431]

checkout 1:56 -- what kind of character is called "cranny faggot"?

[AnteroX1234]

i like steve bovis humor, he is trying to make fun of all that games

[Lego3400]

Epic not so much...

[PLAY10000]

I don't mean to sound like a dick. But its like everyone involved with this game our minors.

[Phished123]

its a shame, the concept art(pencil drawings) look good..

unless they are stolen from somewhere too..

[TempusSans]

"Taking LOTL as a whole there is no one game that I would say it is like."

-Steve Bovis

[AnteroX1234]

this shit is worse than getting rickrolled

[Swizzler121]

the maker of this video Steve Bois, is the one who stole all the resources, like the fire tunnel from spawn and 3/4ths of the models, I'm guessing he's the mastermind behind the whole stolen resources conspiracy, and if he is, I feel sorry for the rest of the studio... he's probably going to delete this comment.

[theKenyan]

"real time shadows" half of those shadows are going completely the wrong way.

[Naxwell]

I lol'd very very hard at that.

[bob101910]

why do all trailers look like they were made in windows movie maker?

[C418]

Because they were.

[axrarx]

Cranny Faggot

[emlee2]

Where's the background art?

Oh wait...

[emlee2]

"Majestic Stuidios Proudly Presents.... OTHER PEOPLES WORK"

[VegetaLSM]

Dear Steve. I know game's industry is not an easy place to work and be loved. But are you really, really proud of this game? Thanks for the attention.

[EvilMuppet1979]

I found an article dated from 2004 that a certain Steve Bovis with a website on geocities was remaking Dungeon Master in 3D. If you can search for it, there are screenshots. It would be interesting to see if he stole anything for that project too.

[Xevonarin]

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER! BWAHAHAHA

[snoutspout]

its kinda brave that you`ve put your real names in this vid....almost too easy for the lawyers

[Bezu87]

I've seen 2:04 somewhere before =P

[smartarse001]

Hey Bovis, why dont you fuck off and die, you asset stealing, freeware using, 10 years in the making, talentless CUNT.

I hope they sue you and take everything you own.

[dimert]

You're funny guys from majestic studios, robbing things from tonnes of computer games and movies alike. How the hell did you people think you'd possibly get away with this I have no idea.

Prepaired to get fucked *hard* by the legal departments of bethesda, blizzard, eidos, epic, disney, etc. You'll never be taken seriously as a developer again, time to start stacking shelves my friend :D

[bebekmahal]

why i got an errie felling that the soundtrack i already heard from somewhere ??

[Jimmy77777]

You mean the first piece of music in the trailer? It's Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. A really overused piece of music, so I'm sure you've heard it before.

[DarkXWarlord]

Stealing maps and areas from other videogame and scenes from movies? OPEN THE GATES OF OBLIVION AND UNLEASH THE DAEDRA LAWYERS!!!.........Faggot? Cranny Faggot? ROFLMAO!!!

[EvilMuppet1979]

Steve, I hope you realise they're going to nail you to the ceiling by your nuts, and we'll be there laughing and watching.

Thank fuck for intellectual property rights, or 99% of games would look like this half-assed shite, as every wannabe from here to China would just be putting together any old crap from anything they could get their grubby hands on.

[fdssg]

The most epic fail in video gaming history. The new slang term for plagiarism should be 'Doing a Bovis'.

[prettyhands]

No, the new slang term for failing period should be "Doing the Limbo of the Lost".

[Tim0o]

Steve Bovis, shame on you.

[WoRtH2die4]

this is soooo great :D

too good to be true lol

the biggest fake in game history

[n8n8n8]

haha, there is even a rip off illustration at 2:04. I remember copying/drawing that picture as a kid. It's from one of the D&D books.

[k3wii]

Michael Jackson @ 2:10

[BloodDemon293846]

Steve Bovis...You suck BIG TIME!

[Wrath1011]

Cranny Faggot will touch your penis

[Quiltfish]

"Masu" reminds me of Darkman... More stealing? Fuck you, Steve Bovis, I need sleep and now you've got me theft-hunting!

[MGTurret]

how many years has it been, 10? 15? Is this a joke?

[Talamaska]

and they don't even have poser/daz3d and mimic skills >.>

[daychilde]

EPIC FAIL

[yukoko94]

Sorry, Crysis.

[yukoko94]

CrakerMc is right. They took the textures and housing skeletons from MANY MANY games, even crisis.

[snootywaiter]

lol, this game steals textures and models from a HUGE number of games.

By the way, nice windows movie maker transitions. LOL. HIGH QUALITY SHIT RIGHT HERE. LOL.

[Inuhalfbreed2]

hahaha ok windows movie maker? lol' lol x20!

[IZSkiSurfer]

Erst0r *gnihihihi* sex mit Plitz

Gruß Jens "STEVEBOVIS" Gibolde aus England

[CrakerMc]

It's a Joke, Right? xDDD

Apparently they Steal textures from a whole ranges of games, including Oblivion, Morrowind, PainKiller , Unreal Tournament 2003/4, Diablo II and Silent Hill 3 ¬____¬U

[N00bkirb2000]

oh fuck, they didn't even steal the bloody textures, they JUST RIPPED IT WITH THE PRINT KEY!

[Inuhalfbreed2]

I find it comical movies like spawn were ripped as well.

[Bloodyghost75]

Stop stealing from other games asshole

[Uotba]

hahaha... this is hilarious

[Tork64]

hahaha im dying of laughter here

[Felacet]

BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHA­

[UnforgivingOnes]

Cranny Faggot?

[Night19mare]

Whats the first song?

[Night19mare]

Ah dont mind me, remember now.. The LOTRs one.. Meh..

[Talamaska]

Carmina Burana

[wh33z3rMSP]

Fuck you.

Make your own games.

[riffraffselbow]

It's not terrible lip sync, if they didn't and didn't just us an off the shelf program for it.

[anonymouslegion1]

And I thought Oblivion was bad.

[pastapesto290]

Cranny Faggot?

[lostboydv]

At timecode 2:10 they show a flying "Keep of Lost Souls," which is actually a very badly traced copy of the cover of "The Art of the Dragonlance Saga." Go ahead, search Amazon, you'll see it. The artist who did that painting for the cover was Keith Parkinson, a great fantasy artist who died of leukemia 2 years ago. Stealing his art is nothing but pure grave-robbing.

[harshakamikaze]

OMG! You are soo getting sued badly for this. After the game xx number of game companies sodomize you with their lawsuits, the movie producers will be on your asses(for ripping off Spawn, Pirates of the Caribbean, and who knows what other movies. And I'm not even getting into the part where around 30 different artists and recording companies are going to sue you.

[papandujo]

the end music sounds like terminator

[xenadar]

How fucking dare you to steal from oblivion, diablo 2, silent hill 3, painkiller, spawn movie, thief 3, morrowind and black & white 2 AND YOU SAY THIS GAME HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR 10 FUCKING YEARS HUH?!

[eth0]

Not only did you rip the graphics of every game ever seen, but you even made a trailer with no less than Carmina Burana, which must be the most overused song in the history of trailers.

You should change the description to:

Sneeky peek of Behind the scenes look at the copying of this Epic FAIL.

[PauloTonBastardo]

LOLOLOL

[Slurrps]

It pisses me off

[TheNumberOneShmuck]

Congratulations on making video game history; You have created THE MOST UNORIGINAL GAME EVER.

[emptyangel]

I hope all three of you get lawsuits shoved up all your arses, then get sued for all the money as humanly possibly squeezed out of your stealing bodies.

[Denamic]

I predict this will be the first game in history no one will ever beat. And not because it's hard or anything.

[DrMabuuse]

This game is a rip off, of EVERY other game you know. It's just hilarious to find out which games and levels they just copied.

[matu90rk]

Inventory design is ripped off of Diablo 2 and a WoW:BC image.

[resto171]

Sup, Samuelgames.

[PogoTuber]

Grats Steve, you're a fucking hack.

[Samuelgames]

Hello facepunch

[Massiznassiz]

Hi Samuel.

[Samuelgames]

Hello

lol

[croakacola]

Whoever made this game should be ashamed of ripping off so many games.

[RobotHatFilms]

Because the length was 3:30, I thoight I was going to get rickrolled...

[GF140477]

But guys, this game has ANIMATION. Didn't you see? It was in the trailer. And 3D character design! That's three whole dimension, presented to you, the lucky gamer.

Oh, and the shadows facing in directions completely unrelated to the lightsource is also pretty epic.

The best bit though, is the industry standard "credits sequence almost as long as rest of the video" factor. Seal of quality right there.