Limbo of the lost copies Oblivion

[Talin_Trollbane]

and the Daggerfall door creak must have been in countless games/movies by now.

[PhoenixReborn]

Daggerfall door creak

Wow, those words brought back some memories.

[Infiltrator]

A very high profile beer company in my country (who's beer I found even when I was in seattle) used a music track from the game Severance: Blade of Darkness (an exceptional Hack n Slash RPG from a spanish developer).

The other I know of is even more daring.. our most popular TV house, for one of its most watched show uses the music from the WoW tavern during its intro.

[Asheera]

It doesn't copy only from Oblivion, but also from:

- The Elders Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Diablo
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Silent Hill
- Painkiller
- World of Warcraft
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
- Black&White 2
- Thief
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

I can't believe they got away with this...

[Ethric]

A very high profile beer company in my country (who's beer I found even when I was in seattle) used a music track from the game Severance: Blade of Darkness (an exceptional Hack n Slash RPG from a spanish developer).

The other I know of is even more daring.. our most popular TV house, for one of its most watched show uses the music from the WoW tavern during its intro.

Are you sure these tunes are originals to those you attribute them as stolen from? Because there are libraries of publicly available tunes that are used in all sorts of media when they can't be bothered to make up their own stuff, including in HoMM iirc.

[Infiltrator]

I am quite sure, there was a demo of various music variations that the studio had, some done with female, some with male voices etc, furthermore, the composers were Spanish as the developers.

Blizzard always makes their in-house music, they can afford it after all, even for orchestrated soundtracks, this was a simple but rather catchy tavern tune.

[PhoenixReborn]

Severance: Blade of Darkness (an exceptional Hack n Slash RPG from a spanish developer).

Another good game. I prefer it to Dark Messiah for example. That last guy was a *** to beat.

[Infiltrator]

You mean the last guy after you make that light sword thing that shoots shockwaves? Because I remember the game is quite a bit longer if you do it that way.

[PhoenixReborn]

Well I played it a long time ago. But yes, I think that's what I mean. I didn't know there was an alternative.

[Borsuc]

Also, notice how much noise doors make when they are closed on TV (even doors in mansions that are worth millions), as if there was a shortage of WD-40 across the world.

Right.

Is it really so hard to record a freaking door and be original and more realistic, especially for movies with big budget???

I'll never understand Hollywood.

[Asheera]

Maybe they want to have a "classic" style

[Borsuc]

Yeah I can see clearly now: The trademark of Hollywood "Know when the door screeches that way!"

[ThunderTitan]

If anyone cares to google it i'm sure you will find some of these sounds going back to the 1920's...

[Old_Man]

That's just sad. I don't see why people should entirely rip off a game and then add a few little things to it. It's just stupid to me.

[darknessfood]

Wasn't that game a point and click adventure... Maybe they took some of the artwork, but they did not completely copy the game, cause it ain't an rpg...

[ThunderTitan]

That's just sad. I don't see why people should entirely rip off a game and then add a few little things to it. It's just stupid to me.

Ah... so cute when they think anything is original...

[Infiltrator]

Ah... so cute when they think people assume wrong variations of the same term

[ThunderTitan]

Ah, so cute when ppl think they can act like me...

... now if you'll excuse me, i have a copyright lawyer to see...

[Infiltrator]

Ah.. so cute when they taste a bit of their own medicine

... this sure is a fun game

[Asheera]

You actually played it?

I would never play something like that! Majestic Studios sucks