Limbo (video game)
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Limbo is a puzzle-platformer horror video game developed and published by Playdead on the Xbox 360 on 2010-07-21, and then to various other platforms.
In the game, you control a little boy in a bleak gray and black world as he avoids monsters, traps, and violent other children in search of his little sister.
Personal
Own? | Yes. On Steam. |
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Won? | Yes. With 8/13 achievements. |
Finished | 2012-06-14. |
I bought Limbo as part of the Humble Indie Bundle V. I had seen the trailer for it, and the game looked right up my alley, so I installed it, played it, and beat it shortly after purchasing it. I had my wife play the game and she thought it was all cute and silly, until she stepped on a bear trap!
Review
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8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Best Version: Windows
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The graphic style is really eerie; perfectly fitting the game's theme. Despite controlling a little boy, a lot of the imagery is pretty horrific. The bright white glow on eyes and important objects is very helpful, and the blurred foreground objects give a nice sense of depth for the 2D world.
- The music is nicely atmospheric and adds a lot to the quality of the game.
- A lot of the puzzles are disturbing, but in a good way. Not only is the environment deadly, but the other children have a Lord of the Flies attitude.
- I don't usually care for games where they player is expected to die a lot to learn what to do, but Limbo can be forgiven since this is essentially the plot of the game.
- The puzzles are introduced carefully so that you can learn how to get past the more devious ones by the time you reach them.
Bad
- The look of the game is a bit too homogeneous. I would have liked to see a color here and there, or perhaps something that didn't follow the grayscale theme.
- The ending is a bit too ambiguous for my taste. Sure, I can put my own slant on it, but I would prefer more closure.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Videos
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | The only female is a damsel in distress. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | There is no dialogue. |
Strong person of color character? | Fail | There is no clear race. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no queer characters. |
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- Video Game Genre - Active puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Atmospheric
- Video Game Genre - Platformer
- Video Game Genre - Puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Puzzle-platformer
- Media Theme - Adventure
- Media Theme - Horror
- Media Theme - Surreal
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
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- Video Game Rating - 8
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 8
- Video Game Sound Rating - 4
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Adventure, Strategy, Action
- Game Mechanic - Block Pushing
- Trope - Damsel In Distress