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Boomtown gives 0/10 to Limbo of the Lost

Harry Neary reports:

''Before I begin my review of Limbo of the Lost I must address the issue of plagiarism which brought this game from the department of obscurity to the forefront of the international attention. Limbo of the Lost will go down in history as one of the most infamous games ever and with just cause. Limbo of the Lost has blatantly stolen environments from PC games such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Thief: Deadly Shadows, to name but a few. The film industry hasn't escaped either with scenes from the game resembling the movies Spawn and Pirates of the Caribbean. Some game developers must be disappointed that they escaped the wrath of Majestic Studio's thievery, seeing as it tried its best to rip off media in general.

It may sound entertaining bringing all these elements from excellent games together in one package, but look at it from this perspective. If you took King Leonidas from 300, mix in a bit of Rocky and throw in a Transformer for good measure what do you get? Meet the Spartans. Point proven.

So damning is the evidence against Majestic Studios that even its own publisher has failed to defend it and has acknowledge the similarities. Tri Synergy has also discontinued distribution from both retail and online stores, which I believe is a very wise decision, although it should have been taking off the shelves long before this for other reasons.''
harry190 - contributor
Published: 511 days 10 hours ago | Review | PC
 
 

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harry190 - 511 days 8 hours ago
1 - Some people
will call that fan service.
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SilPho - 511 days 8 hours ago
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The review might make it out to be terrible, but even so it looks like the kind of game I might like, I miss the old point and clicks.

I can't remember the last time I saw a 0 though, so I have my doubts of course.
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Domenikos - 510 days 11 hours ago
2.1 - O_O ok
Its official, reviewers will need a -5/15 range for new games reviews
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Alexander Roy - 511 days 8 hours ago
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From what I have seen, the game should get negative scores. Stealing the work of others and saying you made it? Just plain stupid.
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Ridrick - 511 days 8 hours ago
4 - Will you buy game from thieves ???
This is just wrong, deserves 0.
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ChampIDC - 511 days 7 hours ago
4.1 -
I believe the Cacodemon in your avatar agrees, and I always agree with Cacodemons, so therefore, I must also agree.
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kazuma - 511 days 8 hours ago
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people are even buying the game just for "fun" in the process giving money to those guys, they ripped everything from other games, didn't even attempt to change things. it's a blatant rip-off, the companies should sue these guys until they're sleeping on the street
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heyheyhey - 511 days 8 hours ago
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0???

Boomtown sure are harsh reviewers
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Old Snake - 511 days 7 hours ago
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That is a little extreme. A 0? Come on. Every game deserves at least a 1 no matter how bad. You don't see film critics giving movies 0 stars. So they took stuff out of popular games. Why is that such a bad thing. Saints Row completly ripped off GTA, but that was a decent game.
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Dark_Vendetta - 511 days 7 hours ago
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There is a big difference between making a rip off or stealing from another game. That's why this one got a 0
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Alexander Roy - 511 days 7 hours ago
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Dude, read first, comment later.
They didn't make a clone of the gameplay like SR did with GTA, the COPIED parts of some games and ported them 1:1 into their game, without changing one bit. They didn't recreate or remake it, they didn't model something similiar, they just COPY&PASTED it! That's stealing!
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ChampIDC - 511 days 7 hours ago
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They even failed at directly copying too, seeing that Oblivion has far better looking textures than a game years newer, haha.
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hardmetal - 511 days 7 hours ago
8 - To be honest,
I've never thought I'd live to see a game with "ZERO" score.
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cmd5150 - 511 days 3 hours ago
8.1 - Same here...
I don't think I've ever seen that happen before. I guess I don't think a work of plagiarism should even be reviewed much less scored a zero. Round up the lawyers!
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Captain Tuttle - 511 days 7 hours ago
9 -
Collector's item
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fishd - 511 days 7 hours ago
10 -
FIRST DAY PURCHASE,300%!!!!
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juuken - 511 days 6 hours ago
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Ouuuuuuuch! 0/10!
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steck67 - 511 days 1 hour ago
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This game shouldnt even be allowed to be out on shelves.
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