Buy on sale, because $30 is too much dough for about eight hours of game. I subtracted a point for that after averaging my scores for the twoBuy on sale, because $30 is too much dough for about eight hours of game. I subtracted a point for that after averaging my scores for the two games, then rounded up to 8. Below are my reviews of each game.
Limbo
8/10
I’m torn on this one. On one hand, the art is passing (not great, but not bad), the sound is fine, and the story is fine. None of these are top tier and none of them are notably ‘bad.’
But when I play this type of puzzle platformer, I’m looking for a moving story with interesting puzzles, and this was more of a tough-as-nails puzzler with a story that only really showed its face at the very end, and even then, not much. Some of the puzzles were so hard I had to look up a walkthrough to get through them, which I personally don’t like (I’m more in to this genre for the story), but I understand that others might.
So, while personally I would’ve given this a 6, I’ll give it an 8 here, because I know I have a certain taste and the puzzles were possible. I subtracted one point because the puzzles were so obtuse in places, and another point because of the price—$20 is too much for such a short game.
Inside
9/10
Really liked the art style and the sound was well done, although I thought the booms got a little too loud sometimes, particularly when dogs were chasing you. Nonetheless, I liked that this one had a world you could learn about a little more easily than Limbo, and that added a lot to my personal interest in the game.
The puzzles were a better level of difficulty than Limbo as well, more manageable, not quite as difficult. That is a positive in my book. I liked not having to sift through a walkthrough for this one (except once).
Tell you the truth, this would be a 10 from me if it wasn’t so expensive. $20 is too much for this short of a game. But other than that, if you buy it on sale, it’s well worth the money.… Expand