See the beginning and epic ending of Limbo of the Lost

by Justin McElroy on Jun 26th 2008 10:45AM

When it was revealed that PC adventure Limbo of the Lost had basically lifted its art assets from a slew of other games and subsequently was pulled from shelves, we had little more than a passing interest. But now that we've seen the first ten minutes of the game, casual interest has turned to deep, profound mourning. Limbo of the Lost would have been, and we don't think we're going too far out on a limb here, the most entertaining game of all time.

But even that gameplay sliver pales in comparison to the ending, which we've placed just after the break. If you can believe it, it's a musical ending that would have knocked Portal on its minimalistic ass. And yes, this video would be a spoiler if you were ever going to play the game, but you're totally not.

[Thanks, Vandell]

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Tags: limbo-of-the-lost, majestic-studios, PC

Reader Comments (68)

"And yes, this video would be a spoiler if you were ever going to play the game, but you're totally not."

I accept your challenge.

I think the truth is that every other game and movie stole stuff from Limbo of the Lost.

hahahaha, wow. the camera work is top tier.

Like Cable, Captain Comando and Sentinal?

That savegame screen was the funniest thing I've seen all week. EPIC!

Did they only manage one voice actor? And I thought Chris Seavor was stretched too thin in Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Hysterically bad in a good way, wow...

It isn't the number but the quality. Phil LaMaar can pull off a good dozen voices and you'd never know it was the same guy.

Chris Cox can do a whole lot of voices too, I mean he was Captain Atom on Justice League Unlimited, and Pecker the monkey parrot on Jak 2

And then there's Dennis Bateman, able to voice both the Pyro and the Spy.

:O

WTF IS THIS GAME

Was this whole damn created in "Poser" free trail software? Seriously, what the frak!

"Was this whole damn created in "Poser" free trail software? Seriously, what the frak!"

English Fail ! ! !

The word "game" got omitted by the hummingbird ad! I swears!

I think we can ding them for ripping off lord of the rings and star wars for the gollum/jar jar hybrid.

A Do Wop, a Dooby do wop... the king of Limbo.

These lyrics express my feelings at this moment.

Noticed an art asset the wiki missed, the menu cursor is stolen right out of Quest for Glory 4.

The hand cursor has been attributed to Black and White.

I pirated (copyright infringement of a copyright infringement) the game and tried to play through it. I barely made it past whats shown in the video before I had to stop for sanity reasons. The game is TERRIBLE.

Ok. Well that totally scared the hell out of me.

Question: How do you just casually turn and look at a hairless, green man hanging upside down from the ceiling, just inches from your face, without so much as flinching?

i'm gonna be singing this shit at work now, thanks a$$holes

I saw this about a week ago and i couldnt stop :(

Awww. I just really feel bad for these guys. I don't know why.

Yeah, me too, in a way. I guess it's because they're just small town doofuses rather than a big evil corporation.

Doesn't excuse the plagiarism in the slightest, though.

Wow! That's awesome. Sorry for the double post.

Yeah. Casual gamers love this kind of point and click adventure junk. They sell like candy at Wal-Mart. Hopefully, these guys go back at it, don't outsource art work and surprise everyone with something decent.

You're obviously a little confused. Point and click adventures were hugely popular before "casual" gaming even existed. There are some great point and click adventures like Sam and Max, Zack and Wiki, and of course who could forget Monkey Island?

The fact that Limbo of the Lost is a point and click adventure isn't why it sucks.

...Please tell me you were being facetious, because otherwise you'd be saying all the old school Lucasarts games are for casual gamers.

I was reared on Gold Rush! in the late 80's so I'm all about the allure of adventure titles. I mean the low-budget shovelware stuff that you see all over the place for $9.95. I recognize a place for these titles in the gaming ecology both good (Sam & Max) and bad (Limbo of the Lost).

WTF is going on here? Both you and Zootittles received a three heart and a one heart comment in the same post. In all of my stiqing, I've never seen that happen.

I'm guess I'm just a controversial kind of guy. ;)

That ending musical is a total rip of The Shivering Isles' "The King of Madness" ending musical.

um, i think this guy might have something to say about the "king of limbo"

http://www.cirkus-dk.dk/billeder/mx_reckless_20061223_low.JPG

Awesome

He's only king because jamacians have interests other than limboing.. and thats why they were detained at the airport.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Hermes_conrad_%28futurama%29.jpg

The title still fits though, seeing as how this whole spectacle begs the question, "How low can you go?" :P

Reminds me of the ending to "You have to burn the rope" except that one was moderately amusing.

Check out the wikipedia article on this game. It's basically been in development for almost 2 decades. How do you spend nearly 20 years stealing crap for your game? Did they just have trouble deciding what crap they were going to steal?

Also check out this image of the boxart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LimbooftheLost.jpg

Somebody called this game absolutely brilliant.

"Absolutely Brilliant!

-www.paymetoreviewyourgame.com"

The starting sequence with the guy falling down within the fire is lifted from the movie version of Spawn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMYx8lG59A
(in the trailer it's tinted green, but in the movie it's just as in LoL)

When will the plagiarism end?

even the audio is from the movie!

Holy Hell on a midget. I just... Just can't... Even begin to comprehend what in the name of the inventor of the doughnut is supposed to be going on here. My brain is about to implode.
Look! Our letters are on FIRE so you know it's X-TREEEEME.
And why the frak can't they average more than 2 frames per second in their cinematics? Oh ya, cause they were rendered on a Windows '98 Dell, that's why. I mean, is this game actually sold in stores? Who the funk greenlit that? "Yes, this game is quite good. I should like very much to publish this and distribute it among the masses so that they may revel in its unadulterated glory."

I've actually become extremely interested in this game. Probably just because of how bad it is, so excuse me for thinking out loud.

But after watching the opening, and then the ending, I was thinking. If someone actually was following this game, and waiting for it wouldn't the ending just piss them off?

The opening makes it look like the most serious, scary, hell on earth game ever. I mean, mankind are the ones that create evil on earth? blah blah blah.

And then you enter a room expecting a horde of demons eating human flesh, and instead it's a room of monsters playing piano and singing dooby do waa.

does anybody elses youtube video repeat?

you mean thats the game doing that?......wow

You know you want to download it...

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1282960

I just could not understand a single word that upside down gremlin thing said.

Ending part 2 and Staff Credits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1cRUEjpQbI

Better than Edward Norton as The Hulk, that would push the lack of sense I saw in those movies to a whole new level.

This is a joke rite ... thats not really a game is it ?

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