Limbo of the Lost: The Greatest Bad Game

This Limbo of the Lost journey looks at a game that revels in its sheer existence, along with examining the most famous cases of plagiarism, bizarre puzzles, and incredible cutscenes.
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00:00 - Intro
2:05 - Struggle Begins
4:58 - Sound & Other Issues
7:00 - Prologue Continued
11:14 - Puzzle Mystery & The Amiga Demo
13:01 - Prologue Wrap-up
14:06 - Chapter I: Lower Reaches
18:36 - Chapter II: Sewers
21:33 - Chapter III: Darkmere
30:39 - Chapter IV: The Machine
31:25 - Extras, The Real Briggs & Mary Celeste
36:37 - Chapter V: The Citadel
38:34 - Ending & Conclusions
39:27 - THE KING OF LIMBO

[@MandaloreGaming]

THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo Add stuff you find to the wiki - lotl.wikia.com/wiki/Limbo_of_the_Lost_Wiki GOG Homepage - www.gog.com/partner/mandalore?pp=ea44f9f30a420daae75cc97b35ace35e373be70a Consider this format more of an anomaly for this game and I'll be back to the regular stuff next time.

[@johannlabertaler6095]

Don't worry, we can wait if your videos continue to be so great.

[@johannlabertaler6095]

Also, please check out Pathologic at some point, even if it takes two years (it's old, it's russian, it's often described as weird and obscure, it's just made for you)

[@artymoose4207]

Don't worry about schedules, just do what you can when you feel like it. And when it comes to games like this, I'd be excited no matter how long it'd take.

[@artymoose4207]

Also, I keep hearing this particular voice a lot, it's found at about 10:52, and I heard the same thing from Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend, where is that audio from?

[@whoruslupercal1891]

>Ace Combat series God bless you Mandy, gas the Belkan scum already.

[@Housesider]

The bit where Briggs knocks on the screen, which leads to the game immediately crashing, is brilliant. It's just perfection.

[@Awe391]

Chef’s kiss tbh

[@cephaleaorion4888]

it has the same energy as that one Skyrim clip where the guy goes "you shouldn't be here" and then the game crashes

[@MasterZebulin]

@@cephaleaorion4888 Goddamnit, Todd.

[@tylerdavis3]

@@MasterZebulin dude this game is what Todd Howard’s fever dreams are like.

[@jacquiecotillard9699]

They’ll think their TVs are BROKEN!

[@AllMostOliver]

20yrs of development makes sense, they had to wait for the other devs to finish the stolen assets so this masterpiece could finish

[@TheYutubesteve]

it's the "Boyhood" of videogames.

[@visassess8607]

@@TheYutubesteve You watch RLM?

[@idarkstarx6939]

And wait for the statute of limitations to run out.

[@homicidalgeorge]

this game was collecting assets like they were infinity stones

[@lukebazin5836]

Like atlas from bioshock these developers were under the "would you kindly spell"

[@BigPapaKaiser]

Me: "Wait, this doesn't look TOO bad so far..." Game: *"F A G G O T' S T H E N A M E!.. "*

[@jjj0309]

*COOKING'S MY GAME*

[@jobdylan5782]

That makes it good

[@johntravolta8389]

@@jobdylan5782 nice rump though

[@trevorBbracket]

there's a gay dating app I use this as my bio on and it works wonders

[@PoppySis]

you could never make a game like this in biden's woke america

[@Someone10971]

The game stole its assets. The ending stole my heart.

[@SammEater]

This game looks like when you have a dream about a game that doesn't exist based on games that you played.

[@lukahutinski9075]

What dream would it be if they played other games instead of morrowind ?!

[@tremorstudio9766]

Spot on!

[@onerxowns2202]

I legit have nightmares about game called KILLER 7. I saw something about it, somethere i don't know, and then i start to have weird dreams. On several years ago i accidently stumble upon it, while surfing randomly, got catch on game No More Heros, search for more games of same company aaand... i found it, i watch lets play on that game (KILLER 7) HORRIBLY trippy game for unsuspected user, very DREAM LIKE

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I swear I’ve dreamed of this game

[@seanmurphy5854]

@@lukahutinski9075 ooooooopp

[@bwahchannel9746]

the dude knocks on the 4th wall and crashes the game. 2meta4me

[@lederp1182]

@Arrow Head or not a weeb

[@lederp1182]

@Arrow Head that's an anime profile pic with a dude who has anime shit. That's weeb shit and I have no idea how that character or the person is a pedophilia except that maybe that profile pic is a little girl.

[@nwahnerevar9398]

He experienced Zero-Sum

[@adriansinke7164]

@Arrow Head Oh the irony

[@GhostInTheKell]

@@nwahnerevar9398 Three blessings, serrah

[@rainphee]

there's something so fascinating about how little tension this game has. like, even the scariest of monsters have a habit of greeting you politely, and even in dungeons and sewers most of the npcs seem more interested in peacefully going about their lives than fucking with you in any capacity. briggs is barely stressed at all during the entire narrative. it's crazy funny and weirdly welcoming.

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

For a bunch of people in limbo they seem pretty content already ykno

[@error-try-again-later]

The NPCs all have that "it is what it is" mindset

[@Somerandomjingleberry]

It makes some amount of sense, given that this is an afterlife of some kind (I think???)

[@GreenChillZone]

You know those games like Eversion that pretend to be cute and wholesome but then turn really dark part of the way through? This game is like the opposite of that. I'd actually love to see an indie horror game do this sort of thing, but without being plagiarized garbage.

[@vanyadolly]

The biggest scare I ever had in Skyrim was when a bandit snuck up on me and asked if he could take the armour I'd just tossed out of my inventory.

[@error-try-again-later]

This is the exact opposite of those cutesy games with a dark twist. Everything in this game looks gruesome and scary but most of the NPCs are decent people lmao

[@onekthmatt]

It's almost perfect that the protagonist was a real guy. They plagiarized everything else, why not an actual person's life?

[@1Hol1Tiger]

It also means that since he's from the 12th Century... his likeness is public domain, you can literally put Briggs in ANYTHING and it's legal

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@1Hol1Tiger 18th-19th century but your point still stands.

[@AsmageddonPrince]

@@1Hol1Tiger It's a symbolic touch.

[@1Hol1Tiger]

@@AsmageddonPrince I'm just saying Spooner Briggs should show up in more things

[@ChiotVulgaire]

@@1Hol1Tiger The full circle: we steal Briggs from this game.

[@dwiz0075]

32 minutes in: "But here's where it gets strange"

[@escapefromtibet2530]

Yeah, that fucking eliminated me

[@chaosinc.382]

Something you never wanna hear in a video like this...

[@AGiantRat]

Briggs intentionally crashing the game by rapping on the glass with that goofy pose and that squashed sound effect is one of the funniest things ever, period.

[@zyriantel9601]

@@j_stach You know, I’m genuinely sad that with the death of Java, I’ll probably never be able to interact with the Homestar Runner website again. EDIT: So after I wrote that, I got curious, and it turns out the Homestar Runner website is now running on Ruffle in the wake of Java’s death. Huh.

[@MultiCool55]

@@zyriantel9601 Sorry for the late reply, but Flash was what died, not java.

[@Electric0eye]

I think that ending credits song is, without a hint of irony, absolute art and one of the best sequences in gaming history. It's just got so much *soul* to it in a way I'm really not sure how to even describe. It's got heart.

[@TheEldritchGod]

They stole everything... including my heart.

[@rosini112]

"I'm not sure how to describe it".... then proceeds to describe it

[@AwesomeAutismHC]

Somebody get Jacob Geller to make a video on it

[@Estelle2007]

I honestly want to make an account on Wikipedia just to edit Benjamin Briggs' page and add the details of the game and about him being the current reigning King of Limbo. Obviously I have to screen shot it all before somebody ruins the fun, though

[@HoopleBogart]

let the man cook

[@josephbroseph3003]

I want an interview with the creator. Not to shame or humiliate him for the game, just purely out of morbid curiosity into what he was thinking through the whole development.

[@DanielSousa-dx3rn]

He probably changed identity and moved to Ukraine to avoid all those lawsuits

[@pangoprime8674]

Daniel Sousa thumbs up for your spelling of Ukraine.

[@DanielSousa-dx3rn]

@@pangoprime8674 Oh fuck. Thanks for the correction.

[@iug5672]

I feel the same way about the game "armed and delirious". If I could ever interview the creator I could probably write an amazing psychology article

[@pangoprime8674]

Daniel Sousa dude i wasnt being an ass, it made me laugh! Thats a good thing. Peace man.

[@caydenberry2411]

One voice actor, playing 5 characters, trying to harmonise with himself in the song at the end of the game is just - I never thought something so horrible yet funny could have ever existed on the retail market.

[@travismudd3564]

Pulled it off pretty well all things considered.

[@stupidrainbo]

His sense of rhythm is actually pretty good. You'd be surprised how bad people are with their timing

[@budakbaongsiah]

That's so Monty Python.

[@peterroberts7832]

Adoo wop, adooby do wop

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@peterroberts7832 You forgot the -pffffhhhhttt

[@thunderchild1083]

Horses for Courses is a British saying, it basically means that everyone is suited to something different. In horse racing some horses are more suited for a firmer type of race course and others for a sandy type for example so "horses for Courses"

[@sadpee7710]

ty

[@MiiaStarlight]

This is the sauce

[@kiraina25]

... okay but how the fuck does that tell Briggs that the skinned captive is the Mayor or who the Soul Taker is?!

[@thunderchild1083]

@@kiraina25 I dunno lol

[@captainbeatty4428]

@@kiraina25 late answer I know but IIRC, the skinned dude keeps pointing to the horse, which is a mare...a word that sounds vaguely like "mayor." Skinned dude is trying to say he's the mayor by gesturing to the horse, and for some reason Briggs realizes "female horse = mare = mayor" after the horse reference. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@mayhare9754]

Imagine if Bethesda had sent them a letter saying "Your stolen goods are now forfeit."

[@typenick6200]

Briggs smile is literally :]

[@Roadent1241]

Ty Penick It is and I love it. Is it an emote yet?

[@12ealDealOfficial]

My favorite part of the game. How could you hate the rampant plagiarism and bargain basement "some British guy we found outside hawking moissanite jewelry" voiceacting with this game's wholesome facial animation?

[@DStecks]

Every gift Tells a story : ]

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

c:

[@HANGINGWANG]

29:52 this moment.

[@Draugo]

To be honest I'm not even mad, this amount of stealing took planning and dedication much beyond what I could ever muster. Seriously, stealing that Indiana Jones whistle from Serious Sam instead of whistling it themselves is just on another level.

[@krazyivan9733]

At least they had good taste in games they stole from!

[@maschaorsomething]

Each time I hear someone mention Serious Sam, my heart orgasms a bit.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Yup, they would have used the editing tools in every one of those game to steal the assets from everything they ripped off. That's a LOT of work that would have been better spent creating something new,

[@BlueZirnitra]

@@maschaorsomething Serious Sam. Oh yeah got you now.

[@hugopepe1722]

yea it almost looks like a political message as if someone was protesting against copy right laws or wanted to show the finger to all the other publishers and developers.

[@Ionut2682]

As ridiculous as this game is, and as much stolen shit there is, the devs still put more effort in this than 90% of steam’s early access survival games.

[@sadrabbit53]

It takes effort to steal this much stuff 😂

[@zyriantel9601]

Well that’s not much of an achievement, the bar is set so low on those that just having a functioning demo already clears the hurdle

[@Rick586]

Briggs is an excellent role model. No matter what insane nonsense jumps out at him, he just keeps pushing forward and rolling with the punches, all with that big grin on his face :)

[@zoinksscoobdoob]

the anti detective halligan

[@DJG_Studios]

I read the :) as though it did the grin animation

[@mistahchad220]

This comment made me realize that I'd love to see more games where the protagonist is unnaturally chipper for the setting they're in. I'm imagining this grimdark Hellscape full of terrifying monsters, then you have this main character who's genuinely having a blast solving all these puzzles and interacting with the freaky-deaky NPCs there. The juxtaposition would be amazing, LOL

[@Rick586]

@@mistahchad220 That actually describes playing a chaotic-good character in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous pretty well. It's probably not as wacky as you're looking for though :)

[@DeskatechB]

In case people are wondering, the voice actor for Briggs, Lawrence Francis, died about 10 months ago. R.I.P.

[@eggboy4953]

Source?

[@goopah]

@@eggboy4953 Dunno about the death part, but Wikipedia backs him up that Briggs was in fact played by Lawrence Francis.

[@diversitydeliverer7094]

F

[@TheDoc_K]

@@eggboy4953 laurence-francis.muchloved.com

[@theguardianqueen2628]

Damn. Well, guess he's moved on to become the king of Limbo.

[@DStecks]

"Stuck? Try logic" is such a shithead thing for an adventure game to tell you. Like if the Dark Souls game over message was literally "Git Gud"

[@NoriMori1992]

I think it's a pun. Back then the dev company was called Tri-Logik Studios.

[@MysteriumArcanum]

@@NoriMori1992 still kind of a dick move, like they're acknowledging how confusing and inscrutable the game they made was.

[@messiha666]

It's even worse. While 'git gud' could be taken as sensible, albeit oversimplified advice you absolutely wouldn't want to apply logic to a shitty adventure game. One grimly thinks back at early Sierras point 'n clicks and the borderline mind abuse they inflicted upon you.

[@matthewhartshorn5204]

Especially when half of adventure game puzzles are totally illogical.

[@williamburnett3660]

@@matthewhartshorn5204 That's what makes it even funnier.

[@BlowoutSoonStalker]

17:30 I apologize if this has already been pointed out, but while the stamen of the Saffron flower is indeed red, when soaked in water, it produces a vibrant yellow color. In fact, it was historically used as a yellow dye.

[@EggBastion]

What a weird mistake to make -maybe not I'd reflexively blame google or whatever sites offered up those images of saffron plants and parts but given how thoroughly soaked in stupid a brain must be at any stage during the production of a video like this

[@damianabregba7476]

Also there is something like tequilla with worm, so probably that's the connection with the water puzzle

[@folx2733]

@@damianabregba7476 yeah everybody gets that it's a joke about Mexican people dude

[@DrPeculiar312]

@@damianabregba7476 no shit

[@sirllamaiii9708]

I don't get it c: ​@@folx2733

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Legend has it Plato and Socrates were having a discussion about what the purest form of good is. Plato said the sun, as it shines its light daily and provides well-being to the world. That's when Socrates pulled out his phone and showed him the thumbnail for this video, before saying, "But Captain Briggs is the light AND the love."

[@ally939]

AND he's the King of Limbooo~

[@hazukichanx408]

I mean, he did put a bear trap on a guy's fricking head and eyes just so he could steal his pen, though.

[@sealogic4552]

@@hazukichanx408 tough love.

[@zyriantel9601]

@@hazukichanx408 Sometimes love hurts

[@tommykarrick9130]

And Aristotle said “Every Gift. Tells a story. :)”

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

There's this human bittersweetness to the ending that's difficult to qualify. It's a bunch of creepy, poorly animated ghouls singing a positive, friendly song to a man stuck in Hell, enthusiastically written and performed by a clearly unusual, possibly unstable man that spent TWENTY YEARS on a passion project nobody cared about but was, regardless, immediately hit with lawsuits, and it also happens to chronicle the fictional aftermath of a real person's death hundreds of years after it occurred. Yet, to me, it also feels like the expression of a lonely person that wanted companionship. So many fucking layers...

[@shaynehughes6645]

Well, he had his ups and he had his downs.

[@SonOsman]

So far, best damn analyse on the subject

[@SonOsman]

Again, this is a very spot on comment, just perfect. Hits me here ❤️

[@SonOsman]

@Pablo Larreategui i reject this to be the truth ! gimme some proof man

[@NoriMori1992]

The ending cutscene has always made me feel sad somehow, and eventually I realized that it was because I was sad for what this game could have been if it had lived up to their vision. It might've had that exact same dumb ending song, but we'd be feeling totally different about it if it had come at the end of a great game and we deeply cared about all these characters who were singing it.

[@SpicyChickenGodAJ]

Limbo of the Lost was the most ambitious Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion overhaul I'd ever seen.

[@Axl4325]

And they say Oblivion's modding community was dying, explain this atheist

[@ravenebonscale9687]

I nearly shit my pants in laughter after seeing the skingrad palace as a background screen shot

[@peppermillers8361]

The best

[@oliviabees]

Limbo of the Lost vs Fallout: The frontier

[@audiosurfarchive]

Heh

[@pagannova3621]

"this frankenstein of a game isn't even stitched up right" okay, I like that line. a lot

[@vinx.9099]

crazy idea that explains why the audio resets when you change room: every room is it's own application. when you leave a room the application for that room is closed and a different application for the new room is opened. if this is done for rooms, or at least the audio for each room, it explains why it resets, after all it's a new application. this also seems like a system that would be really prone to crashing, especially if it's done badly, and since this is a daft way to do it in the first place you wouldn't expect a bad idea to be implemented well.

[@elijahjarman2837]

Kinda what I was thinking. Kind of like how in Deus Ex: Invisible War the game crashes to dump old data and load new maps?

[@vinx.9099]

@@elijahjarman2837 kind of, but I'm thinking it's even dumber. Garbage disposal (thoughing away data buildup) is a difficulty in programming so the invisible war thing feels more like a clever trick like the fallout nv building that is an explosion until it explodes. This game feels more like it made each room a different application in laziness. It's easier to have each room be 1 window while changing background and activatables in the same window would be actual work (and depending on how shit the system it may crash it).

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

@@vinx.9099 oh my god, is that actually possible? the game being hundreds of different applications that all end and run on screen transitions? isn't that HARDER than making the game properly?

[@vinx.9099]

@@erickschusterdeoliveira2662 let me give you an example of a game that does something similar: skyrim. ok not like this game does it. but when you run skyrim on pc you first get that small window with access to some settings right? this launcher writes to ini files that the real game you open though the launcher reads of and figures out what it should do. by doing this the game doesn't have to for instance change resolution while running. now i'm guessing limbo of the lost does this to the extreme. one safe file that every single application writes to. this way every room/application doesn't have any knowledge of other rooms, and because it needs to know of less items it'll be easier. if you have no clue on how to make a point and click adventure game well it's a pretty good way to get away with doing it terribly.

[@KopperNeoman]

X-Com UFO Defence and Terror of the Deep did the same thing. The Geoscape and Battlescape were separate executables.

[@DarkonXBL]

*Humanity's collective IQ is too low to appreciate this masterpiece*

[@MidnightSvn]

This game is evidence of why the imperium of man must destroy chaos

[@planescaped]

This game reminds me of one of those 200,000 word "magnum opus" novels written by a guy over 20 years that they know is a masterpiece if people will just give it a chance, look past it's flaws... overlook the atrocious grammar and spelling mistakes, it's great! You just don't appreciate art! ...Yeah

[@vukantic1978]

But what about the person that made this video game?

[@calebarnold797]

I think the game brought us to that point itself

[@coprographia]

DarkonXBL Thanks, Roberta Williams.

[@JosephAndersonChannel]

In my view Mandalore should be crowned the King of Limbo.

[@jurgenshantz4273]

Joseph Anderson who else?

[@crativ3]

Thought that was Vinny's title... or perhaps he's the jester.

[@SpecShadow]

not sure if insult or else...

[@goldcreeper7376]

Well he's had his ups and he's had his downs...

[@The15231]

this comment was the least you could do after threatening his life

[@thescotslair]

The Limbo devs didn't steal assets, it was Big Gaming stealing their assets because they were afraid that Limbo was a masterpiece

[@wwklnd]

I went digging through some boxes in the basement the other day and found my physical copy of this game. I've never played it and I don't think I will, but it remains one of the funniest joke gifts I've ever gotten from a friend, even disregarding the absurd sums it sells for on eBay these days.

[@itsy-bitsyspider4172]

Sheogorath made this game, that's why there's alot of oblivion locations.

[@Never_heart]

....I.....I.... fuck that makes to much sense, though I expected a lot more cheese. Or random manic murder.

[@wiiagent]

holy shit, that actually makes since!

[@MasterOfKnowledge.]

@@Never_heart See, but that's what you were expecting! Sheogorath would want the unexpecting so it's more interesting and fun! Haha

[@BierBart12]

There still was some random manic murder. Can't go without it.

[@boneor...7022]

A lot is two words

[@plantain.1739]

This is like a Lucas arts game after 7 years of meth

[@gabrieledavidepavan2459]

you mean 20

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@gabrieledavidepavan2459 you mean a life time

[@angustaylor5204]

LMFAO @ this comment; housemate asked me what all the laughter was about but they would never get it :D

[@brunovega6479]

I want to like this comment because it's so good but it has 666 likes. Too perfect

[@catnium]

Its more like what jar Jar Abrams did to Star wars.

[@Postoficedweller]

The cutscene at 31:52 with all the ships is a from a 2003 pirates of the carribean pc game. I had it and played it a lot that's why i know. 😁

[@liammoy5911]

I spotted that also! As soon as you leave the first island and flee the French blockade

[@ACE1918]

Pretty sure the spyglass from 14:55 is also from the Pirates Of The Caribbean game, which is hilarious given that it is a Disney movie license game.

[@liammoy5911]

@@ACE1918 Hahah it actually is

[@elafimilo8199]

The whole entire budget went to the banger at the end. Long live the King of Limbo!

[@RatRatGirl]

*looks on ebay to see if there's any copies for $15* *first copy is $1549* hmm don't think that's worth it

[@blob22201]

it's probably up for download somewhere

[@Toby_Kat]

Thankfully, there is! archive.org/details/sr-lotl I _really_ appreciate the Internet Archive~

[@AmelpsXett]

@@blob22201 it will be funny if your provide will sue you for pirating game with pirated content

[@doublebrewski1855]

Do what this game's developers did. Pirate it all!

[@finedecision5639]

missing a decimal point lol

[@erttheking]

Just for context, this game came out the same year as Bioshock, Portal, Super Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Command and Conquer 3, God of War 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, and Call of Duty 4, Modern Warfare.

[@Smartacus420]

Such a good year for gaming

[@chump6220]

They didnt stand a chance

[@gambrinus330116]

ye, but unlike those games, limbo was in development for 20 years xD

[@r.w.860]

get out of here, stalker

[@booshywaters3726]

@@gambrinus330116 Guys it took 12 years to make! It deserves an oscar!

[@Guile_The_Exile]

23:00 once I heard the Oblivion music kick in I lost my shit. Even more when you said "You cannot be serious" 🤣🤣☠️☠️ definitely one of my favorite vids to rewatch.

[@novagona2023]

Fun fact, Gameboomers, who's quote is featured on the box, refused to review the game even after receiving a free copy. Weird you would use them as a quote, assuming the quote is even real. The reason for refusing was the devs antics on their forums, seriously, look into the devs posting history across the internet for a barrel of laughs and deceitful behaviour. What's funnier is how the devs act like they care about the gaming community and other developers, all while stealing their work, these are some real scummy people.

[@alfalldoot6715]

I hope they go to jail and get beat to death

[@paddypibblet846]

Where are they from? China? Israel?

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

where can we find more about the devs' antics?

[@vipEmpire_]

@@paddypibblet846 worse, london

[@paddypibblet846]

@@vipEmpire_ The beady eyed Anglo strikes again.

[@McKampfschnitzel97]

A few months ago I had a terrible infection which left me lying around feverish and delirious most of the time. I'd spend my evenings just lying in bed and watching random KZbin videos on my laptop via the autoplay function, all while continously fading in and out of consciousness. At some point I suddenly came back to my senses after being ripped out of a fever dream and for some unexplainable reason I had the "King of Limbo" song stuck in my head. After I reorientated myself in this world I looked over at my laptop and realized that this video has been playing and somehow must have invaded my dreams. It was such a surreal experience and over the next few days I would repeatedly get this song stuck in my mind. Really makes you appreciate what an absurd fever-dream this game is.

[@eccodreams]

McKampfschnitzel97 hope you’re doing well now, internet stranger :)

[@McKampfschnitzel97]

@@eccodreams Yeah, I'm doing fine. Thank you very much :) The song still pops into my head at random times though.

[@sweethater8558]

@@McKampfschnitzel97 It's a good song.

[@eldonhill4840]

What more can a poor boy do?

[@saerudayo]

Cheers to your health my friend

[@banenation]

This game simultaneously gave me cancer and then cured it... Leaving me in limbo.

[@mbczeevnbczengonzalezanaya8406]

Vmew

[@vonDumpy]

Th'Kiiiiing alim-bow

[@jasoncade5055]

You became deadpool? 😂😂😂

[@chaosinc.382]

Does that make you da king'a Limbo?

[@JamesHock]

"So, what kind of music do you like?" "Its... complicated" 39:36

[@bag-manbaron2547]

For some goddamn reason the end song makes me feel warm and fuzzy, probably because of the damn soul it has

[@dermaniac5205]

Me on the other hand it makes feel drowsy. Like I just woke up from a fever dream.

[@bag-manbaron2547]

@@dermaniac5205 fair

[@feedmyego8588]

Another stolen asset you may have missed: the troll that picks him up and throws him is from the Lord of the rings battle for middle earth RTS game. It’s actually the same animation as when a troll picks up a tree as a weapon

[@ret3420]

the credits/start/load/quit is also stolen from battle for middle earth

[@bigopzooka]

while its based on the lotr troll it isn't a perfect copy it looks like an open source remake, and the tree pickup anim is very different iirc

[@freespeech3817]

From what I saw the entire game is one big stolen asset, there is a list of things stolen and aside from storyline everything else was "acquired" from other people.

[@tommykarrick9130]

I’m so sorry to break this to you but it turns out the troll is actually from monster porn

[@DarkOverlord96]

@tommykarrick9130 What?

[@DerultimativeOzzy]

The smiling of the main protagonist are by far the best part of the game. This little bit of happiness you see in his eyes are a reason to give it game of the year.

[@DutchmanDavid]

That's where the trouble began. That smile. That damned smile.

[@Relevus]

Especially when he looks terrified and then "No, no, don't be frightened" and he immediately cracks a smile and is no longer frightened.

[@mcloons3891]

That wasn't just plagiarized from Oblivion, that straight up just felt like Briggs got Isekai'd to Cyrodiil.

[@mangofanta2667]

Sometimes I like to rewatch this just to put a smile on my face

[@PenguinDT]

Glad I'm not the only one. I find myself rewatching/listening to this at least once a year. I so want a documentary on what the hell happened here.

[@anthroposmetron4475]

Take it away Rita baby!

[@admiraltonydawning3847]

And then (re)read the plagiarism wiki to check again what Mandy decided not to mention because the video would be too long.

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

This steals from so many sources that it might be considered a work of art

[@afti03]

I actually think its quite remarkable

[@Tarik360]

Never Half-ass anything, even half-assing itself. you'll end up impressing someone someday.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

- Quentin Tarantino

[@matthewc8241]

"In 15,000 years we have invented nothing!"

[@endorneyodera4366]

Which it would then steal

[@CommissarMitch]

"Oh I forgot... hold on..." *Gets Anime eyes* "Is that better?"

[@extrnalsorce4974]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKqZpJinhLZ8jLM

[@JackedThor-so]

OwO

[@theless-than-goodhunter7019]

**proceeds to three stooges anime eyes into next week**

[@leetworldfan101]

OwO

[@joshuabates1355]

These comments make me want to commit not living

[@GmodPlusWoW]

*Briggs: [knocks on screen]* "Stuck? Try [Wintermute Engine Runtime has stopped working]." Even with how much this game nicks, I kinda want to see Briggs end up as a character in another game. Even if he's just a weird Easter egg hidden behind several secret walls. *Briggs:* "You know what? Every secret tells a story... :D" _[does Carlton dance while Lowry levitates]_

[@KaleidosXXI]

Even better, I want someone to wholesale rip him and insert him into a game without actually adjusting anything about his assets from this game. Bonus points if it's a 3D game, so he's this super out of place 2.5D figure running around on the foreground. It's the only way to make it truly satisfying.

[@arandompasserby7940]

I also think that the man who's playing Briggs has a very soothing voice. I'd totally pay to find that man and have him reprise the role (with better audio equipment)

[@WeirdWonderful]

If someone stole him, well, it would be just desserts.

[@Scatmanseth]

@@arandompasserby7940 sadly I think he passed away some years ago

[@PineappleZach666]

If those secret walls aren't ripped from different games then I'd be dissapointed.

[@CptCyberHound]

I kinda dig the purgatorial vibe of this game... it actually makes me want to create something with a similar atmosphere that isn't terrible

[@janahijoori5719]

I’m extremely late but I agree??? Also down to some of the game itself (not stolen assets lmao). I’m probably using this word wrong but it’s kinda campy?? I really love the bad graphics of the game In addition to some character designs, GOD I REALLY WANT A HORROR/HISTORICAL DRAMA GAME THAT HAS THE SAME VIBE AS LIMBO OF THE LOST

[@KaleidosXXI]

Is it really a purgatorial vibe if the game explicitly takes place in purgatory?

[@headphonic8]

Check out planescape

[@zimriel]

Crypt of Medea... ooh wait that too was terrible

[@ThePigKnight]

The dark souls of adventure games

[@chadthundercock7897]

That ending is honestly god tier.

[@fuzzy8889]

reddit

[@Scatmanseth]

@@fuzzy8889 no u

[@fuzzy8889]

@@Scatmanseth im sorry

[@littlebird7383]

So he had a song made for “the mystery of the druids”, which I watched first. I 100% thought he got this some made for his video like he did at the end of “the mystery of the druids” annnnd.. nope lol. This song is canonical and nothing has ever made me happier

[@at-cj2iy]

Shit tier

[@TitenSxull]

"This came out in 2008..." THIS? This game came out in 2008?

[@RootVegetabIe]

I don't think that's surprising. This is a very 2008 looking lower budget PC game.

[@denizmetint.462]

I know, as if the game was released yesterday!

[@coolzog]

@@RootVegetabIe This looks like a game from 1998

[@RootVegetabIe]

@@coolzog Believe that if you like. I obviously disagree.

[@mangckyatmamon]

giving more context, this game came out one year AFTER Crysis

[@ennui_u9352]

This game is weirdly charming Imagine what it'd be like with a budget and uh... less theft

[@exposednerve6382]

itd be boring and shitty, its a masterpiece as it is

[@herrdave920]

37:29 - That voice was stolen from the Wheel of Time, from an enemy called a Myrddraal Also holy shit I can't believe I recognized that

[@insensitive919]

Is that a game? I've only read the books.

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

For as awful as this game is, I can't help but smile at that ending. It's just... Idunno, it's charming. You can't... Hate that. it might be the only part of the game that's got any effort put into it, but it's just... Genuine.

[@serpentofdays]

You can tell the VA for the main character actually got into singing that song a bit. It's wild.

[@DragonWinter36]

Not a crunch in sight, just game devs and VAs living in the moment

[@parsleythefool]

I get it. In another world this could have been a classic. There’s a lot of charm.

[@Sam-go3mb]

@@parsleythefool Yeah but in this world we have Zork: Grand Inquisitor considered a classic, and reality makes sense again.

[@NoriMori1992]

@@parsleythefool I agree completely. To the extent that this cutscene makes me feel genuinely sad because it makes me think about what this game could've been if it had lived up to their vision.

[@SwitchelSweets]

Briggs vs Detective Halligan, who do you think would win in a puzzle adventure to the death?

[@EJFreelancer]

Oh, Halligan, easy. Briggs has a conscience. Halligan is not restrained by such petty mortal concerns as morality and decency.

[@NoriMori1992]

@@EJFreelancer Briggs put a bear trap on someone's head to steal his pen and ink, and ripped off a guy's leg, without a hint of remorse; among other things. Honestly, as far as who's more psychopathic, I think it'd be a pretty close race.

[@katatonikbliss]

@@NoriMori1992 lets be fair, most of the "people" Briggs fucks over are disgusting, decrepit ghoulish monsters (or twitter users), while Halligan's victims are actual humans

[@Never_heart]

That would be close, but Briggs shows some empathy, while Halligan never does once, plus Briggs Halligan just acts the casual savagery of Halligan gives him an almost Hannibal Lecter advantage. Reminder that the climax of the game is him wordlessly stabbing his love interest without voicing the logic behind it at all.

[@StrikeWarlock]

Halligan. In this game, Stark(you) do all the thinking while Briggs does all the talking.

[@kirielvids]

Oh my god that ending is the best thing I've ever seen. The whole thing seems worth it just for that. Mandalore you are definitely the King of Limbo. Hail to the King.

[@dennisgordon7767]

this is like if your crazy grandpa asked his 11 year old to help him make a videogame, and then died and the crazy aunt took over with the story but the 11 year old kept making it. edit - upon further inspection, the grandpa was russian but the aunt german and the kid korean.

[@siddsen95]

The skeleton plugging it's ears is genuinely good morbid humor.

[@InternetHydra]

This whole thing has a very Monty Python/Labyrinth feel to it.

[@oneinathousand2156]

Internet Hydra it’s like those things, but if the creators just didn’t give a shit.

[@InternetHydra]

@@oneinathousand2156 I'm pretty sure with Labyrinth the writers at least didn't give a shit.

[@shaynehughes6645]

Imo it's more of a shitty Monkey Island than a shitty anything else, as easy a comparison as that is to make

[@PawelSlab]

The creators of this game have a very intimate relationship with the Dark Gods of Chaos, and spent a considerable amount of time in the Warp.

[@yeetymcyeet4760]

I’m not sure if it’s a product of Nurgle, knowing that it was destined to rot in obscurity, or Slaanesh, because if anyone actually plays this game they will feel intense pleasure and pain.

[@dustroier7310]

Or Tzeentch, using this game as part of his insane schemes.

[@Inzaneamaru]

You speak of lord Tzeentch!

[@brennanchaudhry8925]

I think this is the work of Malal, chaos at war with chaos itself, sheer and utter fucking madness

[@timothyeachus7242]

@@brennanchaudhry8925 I agree with your take

[@noblemaremilker]

Making your creation a tapestry of IP theft is a genius way of manufacturing scarcity of your physical product. No one will ever have all the rights to reprint or sell the game. The initial run of this game is like a real life NFT

[@smeminem1258]

i'm guessing the game plan was to plagiarise so many things that listing, cataloguing all of them was gonna take more then a lifetime so they realistically would never be prosecuted

[@Efreeti]

So apparently this game started development in the 90s but was restarted in 2003 and released in 2007/08, making it a contemporary release with titles like Bioshock, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Mirror's Edge, Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, and Crysis.

[@chaosinc.382]

Twenty bucks that this game woulda ripped off stuff from Bioshock if Bioshock came out a bit earlier. Also: Super Mario Galaxy is 12 years old? Man do I feel old.

[@guaceldono7231]

Easily the best game of that bunch

[@Space_Ghost_Hunter]

It's better than all those games

[@webbrowser4603]

I feel like if it could, the game would of stolen stuff from the N64 Zelda games

[@ajflink]

I feel like we should be angry for the amount of stolen assets in this game, but there's a certain childish charm and innocence to this game that you feel like you should give the developers a gentle pat on the back and head for at least trying. Edit: I have no idea why so many people liked this random comment that I made or why anyone thinks that I was being serious.

[@sevenpolar3483]

don't see why we should be upset, it isn't our work other people are profiting off

[@sevenpolar3483]

@@jeremyalexander135 people get stolen from all the time, I don't need to be the world's policeman

[@katatonikbliss]

i wish i could say that there's something wrong with you if you're feeling angry on behalf of huge companies that make millions off of shoveling passionless garbage down their consumers' throats, but unfortunately, that seems to be the majority of people

[@HonklerUnitedInc]

@@katatonikbliss to be fair this game woulda been fine if they didnt do that.... dude was just lazy asf

[@ksh2596]

@@katatonikbliss people aren't angry on behalf of these poor poor big companies, they are angry because theft is a shitty, inconsiderate, lazy practice

[@johnthomason9980]

The developers behind this game insist that they had no hand in any of the immense amounts of plagiarism that happened in this game. The two possibilities are either: A. They're lying through their teeth, which is so bald-faced that it's hilarious, or B. They're telling the truth, and they got scammed by whoever they outsourced the creation of the graphical elements to, which is really sad

[@hastur-thekinginyellow8115]

They're lying. The guy who did the "assets" and graphics, literally straight up said he how he did it in a forum post. Something along the lines of "I place the asset in the editor, set a camera angle, grab a snip and this becomes the background plate". So while he doesn't directly admit to stealing shit - it's pretty obvious. Furthermore, before everything came crashing down for the company after the games release, they had a developer bio page in which the main developer is attributed to being the "creator of all in game graphical assets and background sets". Not to mention that, but their original company page only ever listed three people as working for them - but now suddenly there is a contractor that they refuse to name? Best case scenario - only the person who did the graphical assets knew about the stolen content, and the other two who had involvement with the game really were left in the dark. Worst case scenario, they all knew. Either way the contractor story is bullshit. Fun Fact: Limbo of the Lost has a fandom wiki in which people dug up a bunch of evidence on the game. In that wiki, there is posted evidence where people found out that it is very likely that the guy who was directly responsible for all of the asset flipping in the game, at some point, was or possibly still is at least as late as 2005 working as a used car salesman. That says pretty much everything one needs to know about the devs.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@hastur-thekinginyellow8115 I am willing to bet that they all knew considering the Amiga demo from 1995 had stolen assets.

[@ZacHalls]

"horses for courses" is a saying of the same meaning as "to each their own", "different strokes for different folks" and so forth. A bunch of ways to say that different people are suited to different things.

[@iridescentsea3730]

That ending song is actually great lol.

[@user-gt6pd4qk4v]

I must agree~

[@curtiswong7280]

Touché

[@bruhjoement]

I cried tears of joy

[@roujiteku2114]

and the dev is performing it all by himself too

[@Sir_Bucket]

Well it has its up and it has its down

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

Who's crazier? The one who makes this game, or the one who plays it to completion? I just watched a 42 minute video on it. I'm certainly not qualified to answer.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Definately the developer. There is no such thing as a sane developer.

[@JaxiPaxified]

Us the viewers. The others had money to gain!

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

Excellent point. And opening it up to reply to this comment I'm tempted to re-watch it. I think that proves your point.

[@JaxiPaxified]

Good god.. Me too :(

[@catnium]

or are you ?

[@mattgrostick1499]

This video made an instant subscriber out of me. The inner workings of some minds blow _my_ mind. The fact that they tried to blame "an unknown third party" is my favorite aspect of this whole fever dream. I'm going to go binge some more of your content now, hungry for the surreal!

[@Veiraviss]

I really, really wanted to hate this game, but the ending completely changed my mind. I can't believe I could have ever think badly of this masterpiece of a game.

[@johnsven878]

Honestly now I think every game should do ending like this. After the titles, all the characters from the game come together and sing a nice song. It's so wholesome.

[@Never_heart]

Then you would like Black Ops 2. After a super dramatic ending the characters, including dead ones, come together to make jokes and have an Avenged Sevenfold concert... still less weird than anything in this game

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

This is how Half Life 3 should end.

[@gsofficial]

@@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 but to end, one must... begin

[@Luan-hi8fd]

This is actually how AI: The Somnium ends, man. Only other game I know of that does it.

[@breeban3388]

During the credits of saints row 4 the characters sing "just a friend" by biz markie

[@eoin8274]

I can't believe so many games stole things from Limbo of the Lost!

[@jerryancel6944]

I feel like in some alternate reality, this game is a masterpiece.

[@SpoopySquid]

Implying it isn't in this reality

[@Cracks094]

This game's ending Song and the one from Mystery of the Druids will forever hold the crown for best credits. Forever.

[@ValcristhCR]

That Ending, eat your heart out Kojima.

[@lancekirchner9784]

*finishes the ending* This... this can't be real.

[@estinsidebottom]

Oh It Is. And It's Beautiful!

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

"You can beg all you want for it to be fake but that could never change the fact that they are undeniably real"-Schivanthrizha Lorauxulence

[@sawyere2496]

What more could a poor boy do

[@98Dreadboy]

That song makes the whole game worth it fuck it this game is a 10/10

[@danielshah3494]

THE KING A LIMBOOOOooooOooo

[@anthroposmetron4475]

I love Briggs' repeated "Where the hell am I?" lines. I like it when a character is open about being just as bewildered as the player.

[@MrWarrenPresents]

Since it's not in the credits, the background music for Chapter IV: The Machine (30:41) is 'Dark Reality' from the King's Field IV OST. c:

[@beetheimmortal]

In "the best cutscene" they stole a literal Nvidia demo. Fucking incredible.

[@Dr.Oofers]

Amazing

[@CAIDENROX]

There were THREE lawsuits in the making at the start. In addition to the cutscene and its border, the buttons on the main menu are ripped straight from Battle For Middle Earth.

[@naughtybear2187]

Those are rookie numbers friend

[@shadysam7161]

there were more like 30000 lawsuits in the making at the start.

[@George_Harold_Burns_]

If that hadn't of comitted so much illegal plagiarism, I would think this was a legitimate classic. What a perfect ending

[@mrosskne]

hadn't have.

[@jonahlazer2076]

I can't tell if this game would have more taken away from it or more added to it if it were remastered. I mean, it's a fuckin' spectacle as it is, but I can't help but wonder what it would be like if someone tried to fully realize the devs vision. taking away all the blatant plagiarism you still have a pretty memorable experience I think.

[@timcronic2341]

The song at the end has physically unmade me.

[@fuzzytransmissionman]

Restructured me to base elements.

[@aedwynn6474]

It teleported me to Slough.

[@mauroperezperez6385]

Wait to see Mandalore sing it kzbin.info/www/bejne/l32odXZ5qb6egKs

[@evinbraley]

Skeletonized body

[@Ribbons0121R121]

same

[@MahDryBread]

I just can't get over the faces, it's like it's always one step away from being goofy Gmod faces

[@memorizedvisions]

The main character looks like a Gordon Freeman knockoff who decided to become a pirate of the 17th century...

[@spartanking9807]

@@memorizedvisions thats what i thought when this video came out tbh

[@ZeranZeran]

In my opinion that guy should be the king of Limbo.

[@mccoolschool3605]

no one step ahead

[@insensitive919]

Hey you

[@vegronica9006]

Just want to let you know I really appreciate your thorough captioning! So few creators bother, but yours are really great.

[@ribunny123]

Bro I really appreciate how detailed and accessible your subtitles are, these are better than most Netflix subtitles. It really helps me enjoy the video more, thank you!

[@resvos3291]

In the first moment of the REAL ending I thought that everyone individually would say "Congratulations!"

[@toaferon1822]

Is that an Evangelion reference

[@khanman8113]

Should’ve added a hospital room with a comatose ghoul

[@Atlastheyote222]

The soul taker’s box that Briggs puts a match in is taken from an Nvidia tech demo from around the same time this game came out. Amazing

[@The_DorkLord]

I was wondering who else noticed that

[@JWP-56]

Judging from Brig’s facial expressions or lack there of, I’m 90% certain he is either a borderline psychopath or is constantly on the verge of having a stroke and I think that mindset makes most of the game all the funnier.

[@Edge_Boye]

23:00 “ehehehehe hey Lois, remember that time I was in oblivion?”

[@theblackpantslegion]

A history Degree put to use. Mama would be proud.

[@SoggyToeHolsters]

BlackPantsLegion so it wasn't just rp

[@sergentharker7182]

You're an absolute legend m8

[@theblackpantslegion]

I have no idea what you're talking about but thanks?

[@theblackpantslegion]

*henk*

[@berrybenson8636]

BlackPantsLegion ;.;

[@vinesauce]

My favorite bad game! Great video, I learned a lot of new stuff, but also got some extremely unpleasant Limbo flashbacks. Worth it.

[@BorrisStonoyanovich]

TOP ANIME CROSSOVERS

[@goblinoftheyear7407]

vinesauce You should totally stream this again

[@GeminiWoods]

Rare that you see Vinny around the KZbins.

[@That_One_Xatu]

Your stream of this game is what introduced me to Limbo of the Lost, and it's still one of my favorite Vinesauce playthroughs of all time!

[@birdtooth5746]

please, god, play this dope shit again

[@jelly_4_brainz]

*transforms into a monster and gives protag an item* Here you go *Changes back to a man* Oh sorry about that i dont know what came over me

[@wizardom]

Returning to this masterpiece on Halloween 2021. Good job, Mandalore, this is now a classic.

[@MetaKaios]

The way Briggs smiles reminds me of Gmod animations. Especially at 29:53.

[@AzaratheDragon]

Briggs character model looks like its from one of those early 2000s barbie movies. He straight up reminds me of just, a background character to fill up some of the space.

[@NoriMori1992]

Oh my God. You're right.

[@denizmetint.462]

Dagoth Ur welcomes you, Nerevar.

[@WingMaster562]

He's not like it, because he *is*. From the princess and the pauper iirc

[@SammEater]

@@WingMaster562 What?! So that is why I thought I saw this guy before.

[@petruciosxd1374]

@@WingMaster562 Excuse me?!

[@jayst]

This game has some neat ideas. The creator is definitely a very creative guy

[@JohnDarksoul69]

was* he passed away a few years ago from what i've read :( with a decent budget my man could've gone places...