The Most Insane Adventure Game Ever Made By Far

We take a look at this bonkers adventure game Limbo of the Lost. If you enjoyed the video please let me know by dropping it a like and letting me know your thoughts in the comments.
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[@thefamiliarface903]

Those graphics are insane. This game came out two years after TES4 , and look at the leaps in technology! Truly a monument to the breakneck pace of 2000s' innovation.

[@JCdental]

they straight up stole the interior of a book shop from oblivion

[@modernmobster]

@JC Dental a lot of backgrounds were taken from Painkiller too.

[@guaposneeze]

Those tiny less than quarter-screen FMV windows for character interactions were a good workaround for the limitations of the Sega CD upgrade for the Genesis in the early 1990's. There wasn't enough room/bandwidth/CPU to have high quality full screen video on one CD. Wait, when was this made?

[@darixenous_shadowscale]

Yeah. Absolute garbage. This game while funny wasn't anything special in the graphic department.

[@shawndonq135]

MGS4 also came out in 2008 and that game still looks pretty to this day

[@ktk44man]

"illegal and insane" in the thumbnail sounds ridiculously clickbaity, but hilariously it perfectly applies to this game. The best way to sum this game up

[@JAY-tm7lt]

He smirks at the camera because every so often when you're staring at him he looks at you and remembers he has some weirdo in the sky controlling him

[@ProffessorYellow]

that actually makes sense...

[@DubberRucks]

A weirdo that has equally no idea what's going on either. 😂

[@Daniel_Richards]

Or he's anticipated our reactions...

[@zanethezaniest274]

It is now right of passage that Mitch eventually reviews Mystery of the Druids.

[@glitchedoom]

I think Ring can now be added to this spirit quest as well.

[@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596]

@@glitchedoom That is, if Mitch can get the damn thing to work

[@llYossarian]

I worked at a Software Etc.../Gamestop from 2000 - 2004 and I _distinctly_ remember receiving and stocking that game _(and then seeing it/handling it for years/through countless re-organizing and alphabetizing)_ and I will never, _EVER_ be able to forget that goddamn cover...

[@RyanVonAegir]

That must include EYE Divine Cybermancy as well.

[@helo9316]

Rite*

[@polocatfan]

I'm sad we don't get more unhinged games like this these days.

[@landonsquires4207]

I miss the ps2 days. Didn't even question playing a murderous army squirrel

[@ChristmasLore]

We just got Gollum..... Now we know where they found their inspiration...

[@richardkenan2891]

The sheer dedication to plagiarism the developer displayed is truly awe inspiring.

[@Kris-wo4pj]

they plagerized in the original demo as well. which is insane to me.

[@Fircasice]

Just some innocent cases of flattery, bro

[@parallaxe1]

I'm not entirely sure what should frighten me more: - this (surprisingly refreshing) plethora of twisted quirkiness - the fact that Mitch played this LSD nightmare until the very end - the fact that I watched the full video, laughing like a maniac the whole time Sanity is clearly overrated ... 😵‍💫👍

[@MitchManix]

A truly epic comment sir

[@cameronvandygriff7048]

Ya know I was thinking the exact same things

[@vsoriginalpoetry6696]

This whole game was hilarious 😂 "Oooohhh I'm so sorry Mr oh ooo ahh oooo aahhhh ooo ohhhhh Mr Banner sir!" Lmao I was laughing too much to hear it clear

[@Osio1000_5]

​@@vsoriginalpoetry6696 yeah, I've played some of the game myself and I was suprised how unironically funny the game is. Like that joke about Briggs' ass at 6:12 is genuinely funny 😅

[@vanyel_etc8695]

damn, i never thought i'd live to see a game where you just play as joshstrifehayes the whole way through

[@LikaLaruku]

We should ask Josh to livestream it.

[@krixpop]

Oh you mean Josh Strange Face ? Seriously, enable English Subtitles on each of his videos. I got: Josh Strake Fage, Josh Sprite Age, Josh Strange Face, etc. Absolutely hilarious, imho . Love the guy nonetheless .

[@archangel6676]

@@krixpop thats almost as bad as benadryl cucumberpatch I mean bendydrilcumonhersnatch... Oh you know who mean lmao

[@VonRibbitt]

@@archangel6676 a yes, bananadic cucumbercatch, the famouse man that plays nurse not weird.

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

​@@krixpop can't believe you missed out on *the* iconic Josh Dryface

[@odmcclintic]

I know it’s weird to say considering all the asset theft but: What a truly unique game. Thank you for playing this for us 🙌🏼

[@the_ecips9692]

This game goes hand in hand with "Mystery of the druids", including epic outro song. If you ever get your hands on the world's best cover-arted adventure game, play it. You will feel like you felt after this one. Almost, at least. 😀

[@Shamino1]

It was fun 14 years ago to be part of the teams that were going around and finding where all the digital assets had been stolen from. The unique Necromancer Boneshield from Diablo 2 as wall ornaments was one of my first observations. That was a far, far better time on the internet than we have now. 2007 was truly when everything started to go to shit. Thanks, Reddit!

[@modernmobster]

I noticed all the Oblivion and Painkiller assets right away. I know those games like the back of my hand.

[@yoursonisold8743]

Nostalgia addled fool.

[@pain_rain609]

Bless you. Best wishes for your memory and future. Writing it down is the best storage

[@adrianaslund8605]

I remember reading about that in PC Gamer.

[@georgethakur]

Why 2007 in particular?

[@kryw10]

When y’all said “stolen assets” I was expecting barrels, windows, random textures. But no, it’s a WHOLE BOOKSTORE from Oblivion. 😂😂😂

[@Gaara1078]

Another one is the falling in hell cutscene, it’s from the Spawn movie

[@KyrieFortune]

most of the lotl wiki (of course there's a eiki) is dedicated to the assets that have been stolen. "a whole bookstore from oblivion doesn't even START to describe the madness (even Briggs might be stolen asset from a Nancy Drew game, of all things)

[@IbizanHound2]

I can't believe that this game was released between 2007 - 2008! Its the most 90's type of game I 've ever seen!!

[@Zyll666]

I love the fact that this game is still brought up after years. When it came out, I remember seeing a review in magazine with the lowest score and all the plagiarism pointed out.

[@weckar]

i own a copy of this on disk in box. It's like owning a bootleg copy of the necronomicon.

[@ImDudeRandom90]

I have to be honest, it's one of my biggest pipedreams to see this game get a remake someday. Were it not for all the stolen assets, I feel like this game could've had a genuine cult following.

[@thepopemichael]

I played Limbo of the Lost when MandaloreGaming preserved it after playing it. It's 100% worth it just for the ending. It's textbook, so bad it's good.

[@mindlocked898]

I think the most disturbing thing for me is the idea that the horrifying absurdity could leak into real life via the 4th wall breaking… 😱

[@Joov]

This game was surreal when I tried it a long time ago. I’ve never seen a game so undeserving of ‘Metal Gear Solid’ in length cutscenes, actually make cutscenes so long, and so unintelligible

[@tommyp697]

It was your video that actually brought me here. Didn’t expect to see you in this comment section

[@nifftbatuff676]

In an ideal world this game would be legal and one of the GOATs.

[@jello_cudgel9213]

Using the Claymation (TM) game engine was a brave choice

[@leeshamcdowall230]

Love the David Attenborough style narration 😅

[@igorchtidtah8050]

Holy shit, Limbo of the Lost! I remember reading a let's play on some RPG forum years and years ago about it. What an incredible, fascinating trainwreck

[@weckar]

90% chance you're talking about WieldsRulebookHeavily's epic

[@igorchtidtah8050]

Yep that's the one

[@pixelatedgrass7528]

the tavern and prison room where Briggs got jumped by the justice league is also from Oblivion

[@Elhao]

"And with the world's most disturbing Pokémon captured..." Oh, you sweet summer child, just never check out Pokédex entries...

[@OmegaViper]

though the asset theft, it seems the devs and voice actors had fun with this lol

[@WhispyWoodz]

That opening scene of him falling in hell was from spawn the movie LOL

[@ghastlyghandi4301]

This game is *the definitive way* to summarise what dreams are like, if aliens arrive on earth and ask us what dreams are we should show them this and they’d automatically understand 100%. Edit: this game really is the perfect entertainment experience when your brain is not entirely functioning correctly, it really deserves a modern remake with assets that weren’t completely stolen.

[@Malisa1990]

You clearly haven't heard about Ring 1&2

[@Tina.Di.Napoli]

@@Malisa1990 what is it about?

[@Tina.Di.Napoli]

Ghastly ghandi I agree with you

[@Malisa1990]

@@Tina.Di.Napoli Too complicated to describe go watch Mandaloregaming over one hour "review" of it.

[@Tina.Di.Napoli]

@@Malisa1990 thanks, I will :)

[@renzlazatin677]

Dude i don't understand how you're only at 69k (nice) subs! The contents you've been putting out are refreshing, hilarious, and very enjoyable! You deserve more!

[@TheMitchellbegeng]

You see, that's where the trouble began. That smile. That damn smile.

[@Captain.AmericaV1]

The start with the fire is lord of the rings scene, when the balrog and gandalf were plummeting down while fighting

[@rustyshackleford3160]

I can't tell you why I think this, but this game is one of the greatest accomplishments in gaming. Like The Room, it too true effort to make something this....unique

[@WobblesandBean]

This is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. There are unfortunately mind-numbing sections of tedium, but the plot and characters are so utterly insane it more than makes up for it 😂

[@iwazhere21]

Well I’d had a few wines, stumbled across this video and truly enriched my evening. Kudos I have high-fived that subscribe button.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

2008? Looks like it's from 1998.

[@mellowyello1478]

It started in the 80s, too, iirc. Its a wild rabbithole to dive into

[@SwarfBando]

Bro, you on crack? The devs clearly traveled through time to the year 2077 to steal the heights of the game engines of the far future. In 2077, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Painkiller were in the public domain which explains all the stolen backgrounds from those games.

[@tylerhorn3712]

The FMV is too good for ps1/N64. Looks a bit like a late ps2 release, focused too much on FMV. Ps3 came in 2006. Ps3 was capable of a lot more... so 2008 release ment for old hardware lines up.

[@IIISWILIII]

It damn sure does!!

[@selfactualizer2099]

Hey James, 1998 games looked worse than this, there wasn't much of a difference between these ten years anyways. You might as well say "2022? Looks like 2019"

[@BanzaiBenzai]

The 'falling to hell' animation looks nearly identical to the initial death scene from the Spawn movie from the 90's.

[@ArvelDreth]

That's because it is. It's another stolen asset.

[@PoPo-ee2xb]

You HAVE to make this a series! I love it when you find such random games and roast them, respectively of course. You’re humor is epic!

[@Elementroar]

Note that even the intro movie of the dude falling through the shaft of fire was plagiarized, from the movie Spawn!

[@djamilggmail]

Nah. Not plagiarized. They just cut and pasted part of Spawn intro.

[@MissFirefly11]

This game is full of it, sad times

[@Leckaine]

@@djamilggmail That falls under plagiarism as well. Also known as straigt up stealing in this case.

[@casuallyyoa]

Ah yes I remember this one. The King of Limbo indeed

[@hundkebab2433]

Mandalore really opened Pandoras box with his video on this game

[@MBMephisto]

Arach randomly loses a tooth between cuts

[@KozmikZootz]

As one does...

[@yuzucrypt]

oh my god the ryan dunn upside down face viking getting stung by the scorpion bit i'm so happy rn

[@Lagbeard]

10:52 Briggs has the ultimate "This is fine." face.

[@CrimsonCr0wn]

It's never about the money, the trophies or the glory you get, it is about the friends you make on our way...

[@DaMoniable]

I just realized something. Im like.. 99% certain that the character model is the very same model for Captain Nathaniel Hawk from Pirates of the Caribbean by Akella (which was released 4 years before this game) EVEN THE CHARACTER MODEL IS STOLEN! And whats even more hilarious is that briggans or whatever this characters name is, was a sea captain thrown into limbo, where as pirates of the caribbean (by akella) was solely made within like 8 months to be in line with the first movie release, which flopped so damn hard that it fell into obscurity. SO MAYBE THIS IS WHERE CAPTAIN HAWK WENT TO AFTER THE GAME FAILED!

[@OmegaEnvych]

Damn, you right. I remember playing that game that pirate teams called "Sea Dogs 2" (because it was initially in development as a sequel to Sea Dogs) and boy that was rough...

[@DaMoniable]

@@OmegaEnvych Yee. Akella was calling it sea dogs 2, and then disney came in with fat stacks and said 'you got a few months before our new pirate movie comes out' which is why its so scuffed

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

【Shades Finnish Pirates】Even after watching Mandalores version of this game video, this was fun to watch and did not feel repeative

[@SanteeDakota]

This game looks amazing... have I mentioned I'm blind?

[@crimesforkibble6912]

And also deaf I hope

[@thorn3000]

this game was ahead of its time...the way how it re-uses assets from a load of other games, has a completely random story and dialogues...basically this looks like an AI made game...but its way before modern AI

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Ah man, I remember the controversy around this game and avoided buying it for that reason. I had no idea what it was actually about or how completely unhinged it was.

[@adrianaslund8605]

5:47 He left out that the name of this character is Cranny. "Cranny F###ot". It's a dish from the midlands in England. Not "Cranny" but the other part.

[@gravityslave6277]

4:50 The skeleton in the next cage has his fingers in his ears. Lol

[@allandecastroferreira9359]

We need more games like that ASAP

[@whiterhabbit]

This is more of an experience then a game I find.

[@jazzanarchy]

Video games are art

[@targard.quantumfrack6854]

I just wanna say that the Wintermute Engine is a pretty great free adventure game engine. It's been a long time since I tinkered with it but the community was great and perhaps still is. Limbo of the Lost might be an hilarious turd but the engine is pretty solid.

[@Duskaria]

One day I will send my CD-ROM copy of Limbo of the Lost in to have it be appraised befor selling it at an auction for $10,000

[@loganfrandrup6590]

Just been looking around the channle, and I might be mistaken, but I'm surprised you haven't covered Mystery of the Druids yet. Though given the fact that it can be frustrating it times, maybe it might be for the best.

[@andash123]

You stumbled upon MandaloreGaming? :P

[@drakenforge4276]

First learned of this rough cut of a rock pretending to be a gem from the drood knight himself

[@bennyboyshs]

You, my friend, are quite clever and comedic. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this.

[@MitchManix]

Thanks mate

[@galaxeonart9338]

The narration makes this insane game downright hilarious!

[@MissFirefly11]

Another banger :) You do have this amazing talent for making everything very entertaining!

[@theotherther1]

This fucking game. I’ve seen a lot of gamer channels where the player is just completely dumbfounded by this, including a playthrough by Cr1tikal. If only the whole game were as awesome as the end sequence.

[@DubberRucks]

This game looks like it has many solutions to its puzzles that leave you asking - "BUT WHYYYY?!" 😂😂

[@grimthegrim2257]

I’ve been entirely impressed for the longest time that he was able to make a somewhat charmingly horrifying(coherent?) song?

[@AlaiaSkyhawk]

Dang how did I miss this game. Not sure I'd want to play it, but I'm sure somewhere on here there's a playthrough of it xD Great vid, Mitch! :D

[@AlaiaSkyhawk]

@@ThisIsNotMyRealSelf Thx! Time to go watch someone lose their marbles! :D

[@misterkefir]

Truly a timeless classic, indeed.

[@KingThrillgore]

The King of Limbo is not a title one celebrates. Its a curse

[@kaijindagger]

I only noticed the oblivion backgrounds xP

[@Nathanfx2006]

13:30 I looked away and face palmed too, then heard the slaps from the meme 🤣

[@kurokaze511]

Also, I'm pretty sure that opening scene where he's falling through the fire is a clip from Spawn. If you pause at the right time you can almost see Micheal Jai White.

[@WitherFang]

This game is truly a masterpiece.

[@SemiramisAudron]

Holy shit, when he said this game had stolen assets, i did not expect a boss room from legacy of kain blood omen 2 to show up in this. (28:45) Edit: I might be mistaken, but it still looks familiar

[@ArvelDreth]

There are also tons of sounds ripped off from the Thief games

[@ArvelDreth]

You're correct though. That is the boss arena where you fight Sebastian.

[@fenrirsrage4609]

Well wasn't expecting to see another video about this game but I'm glad for it

[@Kwisatz-Chaderach]

The king of Limbo!

[@37Kilo2]

I'm not sure if the devs/artists just suck, or if it was a conscious artistic decision to make it look like a mid 90s game. I wouldn't mind a modern adventure game that purposely looked like this.

[@oztekofficial8150]

Game looks pretty sick

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Well, it's nice to see Briggs safe and sound.

[@MrHighlander666]

Is JoshStrifeSays the protagonist? 😂

[@novakain6]

😂

[@thanatosvorigan4986]

1:28 You missed some plagiarism here. This cutscene is literally taken from the movie, Spawn.

[@arashimiyazawa8165]

01:29 That's Spawn falling into hell from the Spawn movie. WTF?

[@Civerius]

-Oblivion: Backdrops -Diablo 2: Item Icons,Menu Borders -Black and white 2:Cursors (Suspected no solid proof yet) -Baldurs Gate 2: Item Icons (suspected, not solid proof yet) -Vampire the Masquerade: Backdrops -Painkiller: BackDrops -World of Warcraft: Menu Screens -Unreal 2003/2004:Backdrops -Unreal:More Backdrops -Rune : Audio,Voice acting, Dialogue, Writing -Thief: Dialogue, Voice Acting -Thief 3: Backdrops -Lord of the Ring sthe Battle For middle earth: Fonts, Menus, Borders -Hexen: Music -Crysis: FMV (They use the Famous Island Flyby in a couple spots) -Silent Hill: Backdrops, Dialogue, Voice Acting (ALOT of people are saying this, but no Solid proofs yet) -Morrowind:Items, Backdrops Spawn: Video with Audio -Master and COmmander: Video but audio is replaced -Pirates of the Carribean: Video but audio is replaced -Legend: VERY clear cut conceptual design theft -Conan Other (3/3) -WETA Bust of the Wring Wraith From LOTR -Andrew Loyd Webers "Phantom of the opera" -Poser Animation Software :Animations (This is technically legal, but using the free to distro poser anim cycles is one of the seven deadly sins of game development) Someone on KZbin noted that the design for the Keep of Lost Souls (the floating castle) was traced from the cover of The Art of the DragonLance Saga which is based on Dungeons & Dragons. The original artist recently died of leukemia. In addition to this, it seems that even the original Amiga version also stole as well, not surprisingly. AND *Lets not talk about shit that never made it in, but has remnants or loose files in the games own installed directory.

[@danbuckig4564]

That cone of fire looked like it was actually a clip of the live-action Spawn, when he goes to hell the first time.

[@fishapiller]

This art style makes me think about a short film known as elephants dream

[@conmangames32]

Holy hell!!! Been waiting for another!! Keep watching some of your older ones lol. Love it!!

[@hennexdayz8959]

thank u for making me laugh a lot and brighten up a day for me.

[@stormevans6897]

Holy hell, I didn't even realize until the end with all the stolen assets that this game wasn't made in 1997. That song tho.

[@otahak]

I've had acid trips that made more sense than this. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@lucifchristo]

if saladfingers was a game

[@SirPadron]

Gotta play harvester. An equally crazy point and click adventure, well maybe not equal but still crazy.

[@RIlianP]

I played the Bards tale (2004) after seeing your video and had a blast, even chose the bad ending (or good ending, depending on the perspective), possibly wont play this one as point and click adventures are not my cup of tea. I recommend the Majesty Kingdom Sim series, especially the first one for a candidate for goofy game.

[@AtomicArtumas]

While Majesty is definitely a goofy series, it's NOWHERE NEAR the level of these games. If you'd include Majesty, I'd say you should include stuff like Yakuza, too, which just doesn't feel right. Some random games I ~would~ say deserve maybe a compilation video (due to their light amount of actual content) would be a few random mobile and idle games, like NGU Idle, Soda Dungeon 1/2, the ever famous Cookie Clicker, etc. - While they're "actual games", the concepts of so many of them are so ridiculously out there it's kind of insane. Especially Cookie Clicker and Egg Inc. But, honestly, the category of "truly goofy and insane games" really doesn't have that many true entries in it. I will say though... Chip's Tips 100% deserves the honor of being considered a ridiculous, insane, goofy game. It's a "horror parody" of Blue's Clues, but I'll just put it this way: You'll never understand how ridiculous of a game it is until you watch someone play it, or play it yourself. Every single element of the game makes zero sense and it's amazing.

[@rixket6163]

22:00 that Inn is from Elder Scrolls Oblivion in Bravil. 😂 and the prison at 22:19 Oblivion too. lol

[@modernmobster]

A lot of backgrounds were stolen from Painkiller too.

[@shiftyshellskott]

3:16 looks like Ross Scott just got given a wormy treat

[@louiswendlander9083]

You can see Vinny Vinesauce do a full playthrough of this crazy shit if you're interested ;) A pilgrimage I take every few years.

[@BilisiFunfun]

Too bad Benjamin Spooner Briggs couldn't give Grunger some ratchet peasant wine.

[@LameMule]

This beautiful piece's creator was built different for sure.

[@Seichensi]

1:29 Intro with the "fire tunnel" was stol... "borrowed" from the Spawn movie. Also, you are really newbie if you played this game with subtitles. If you got yourself a physical copy, then it clearly states on the back of the box: "Subtitle feature for handicapped players".

[@tommyp697]

The best thing, that opening scene is directly and 100% stolen from the spawn movie, where spawn drags Simmons to hell

[@kimrasmussen7188]

i recognized the sewers from vtm immediately. i still have PTSD from the sewer levels to the nosferatu lair.

[@lenni01]

the audacity of stealing spawn falling to hell in the first minute is ASTOUNDING

[@guitaoist]

1:30 was def from the Spawn 1997 film, wow how cheap of them