LIMBO

1. Marcio_Miranda

   Aug 2, 2011

   10

   Simple and brilliant. The result of game + art. Game mechanics is great and it's mood quite unique. Puzzles are quite easy but since mistakesSimple and brilliant. The result of game + art. Game mechanics is great and it's mood quite unique. Puzzles are quite easy but since mistakes often means death and restart, that's a good thing, to avoid them into become annoying. Checkpoints are well and often placed. It somehow reminded me of "Out Of This World" wich is a game I loved. Game sound is also amazing, focused on details and ambience with no music, making it's dark mood even more creepy. The weakest point is the game lenght... quite short... they could've made the game a little bigger, with harder puzzles near the end, but for 10 bucks it's more than worth it.… Expand

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2. bcortesl

   Mar 10, 2012

   10

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Los mejores juegos no son los más complicados, sino aquellos que tienen una cantidad enorme de simplezas y las trabajan en su máxima expresión.
   
   No se cómo será el limbo, pero este juego te muestra algo muy posible.
   
   ¡Querer un juego que te haga pensar, que te aterre y llene de misterios juega LIMBO!… Expand

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4. Fallconex

   Dec 17, 2020

   9

   A wonderful game made in an original style that perfectly conveyed the atmosphere of what is happening.

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5. bosnian

   Mar 13, 2012

   8

   A piece of art. If someone was to tell me that a sidescroller would creep me out, I would not have believed them. Great mechanics, incredibleA piece of art. If someone was to tell me that a sidescroller would creep me out, I would not have believed them. Great mechanics, incredible puzzles, great graphics and sound (no music, just eerie sounds of your surroundings). The only knock on the game is the short length - about 2 hours, but the game offers high replay value - I have spent about 15 hours before I was able to beat the game without dying. Regardless, gets a 9 since I was able to pick it up for $5, I think if I was paying $15 for it, I would have probably given it an 8.… Expand

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6. gameking

   Jan 10, 2020

   8

   This game creates something new. The experience is very good. But sometimes you feel bored because of the atmosphere.

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7. theGrey

   Apr 5, 2014

   7

   I thought the game was well designed and fluid for what it is. You get nothing when you start, no instructions, no direction, nothing. ButI thought the game was well designed and fluid for what it is. You get nothing when you start, no instructions, no direction, nothing. But that was the whole point.. for you to figure your way out of the 'darkmess'. Level design was a 9/10 easy. Overall game gets an 8/10 from me. It's good but only good for what it is. A very simplistic game with complex level design.… Expand

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8. willsor

   Jul 19, 2012

   0

   This game is highly overrated in my opinion. The art style is memorable certainly, but the game is a precision platform puzzler. The veryThis game is highly overrated in my opinion. The art style is memorable certainly, but the game is a precision platform puzzler. The very nature of the art style (black and white, blurry effects) means the art style itself inhibits gameplay by putting things in the foreground in your way, and it not being entirely clear is something is going to kill you or not. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. A good puzzle platformer should be able to be completed without many deaths if you can actually sit back and think what you're going to do: eg. braid. With limbo, so many of the puzzles simply cannot be attempted first life because they usually result in instant death just finding out what the obstacle is. For example. I see 2 spike traps attached to ropes above me. I have no idea when they will trigger and swing at me. I have no idea the length of rope on the spike trap, so it is pretty much impossible to estimate it's range or If I can outrun it arcing behind me. my only option is to just run in blind and see what happens. Admittedly, the game does allow you to respawn after death fairly close to where you died. Unfortunately the art style also shoots the game in the foot again because the game is simply not that interesting to look at. Yes I agree that vague black shapes that look like giant spiders would be "scarier" than an actual rendered giant spider, but when you start re-using the giant spider for the 15th time, it kinda loses the effect somewhat.
   The game is very short, it took me about 80-90 minutes to complete it, and there is little- no replay value. What's the point in replaying a puzzle platformer if you know where to go and what the puzzles are?
   
   There is virtually no music at all in the game, just ambient sound effects. In my mind this is just pure laziness. Yes, no music gives an eerie atmosphere, but music can do so much more, and can create any kind of atmosphere you want to create, eg cave story.
   I suspect most people are rating this game highly simply because it's something different and unique, which is fine, god knows we don't need more Call of duty's and Battlefields, but please actually take into account other things apart from how unique the game is, especially as the majority of inde titles created have a unique aspect to it.… Expand

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