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Limbo is a platform adventure puzzle 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 and traps in search of his little sister.
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.
Status
I own this game on Steam and have beaten it.
Review
- Overall: 7/10
- Best Version: ?
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 mildly disturbing, in a good way.
- Although I don't really care for games where they player is expected to die a lot to learn what to do, 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
- My only real criticism is the length of the game. I would like it to be a bit longer, or maybe have a second play through, or something to that effect.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=MQkADGiNsMg - Review.
- youtube.com/watch?v=MDnOEe-2eG8 - Longplay.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/limbo - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(video_game) - Wikipedia.