LIMBO

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  1. jozee1981
    May 13, 2015
    8
    This was the first side-scroll I bought for PS4, really enjoyed it but I regret paying $10. If they knock it down to $5 it's worth buying. Graphics are surprisingly great, especially for a black & white theme.
  2. ciechan
    Aug 8, 2015
    9
    A great game. Challenging, sometimes VERY challenging, but very rewarding. Puzzles are gradually more and more challenging, but still - very logical. You WILL DIE A LOT in this game. But still - satisfaction after complieting the game is ENORMOUS!
  3. xxAcesHighxx
    Apr 1, 2015
    8
    As far as I'm concerned, LIMBO is one of the ten best games of all time. That's right, EVER. It was nothing short of staggering way back when it originally debuted on XBLA (360), was just as gorgeous and equally adept at going 'handheld' when it graced PS Vita, and once again, it's just as good on PS4.

    But therein lies the very problem, in PS4 (and Xbox One), this is the latest and    As far as I'm concerned, LIMBO is one of the ten best games of all time. That's right, EVER. It was nothing short of staggering way back when it originally debuted on XBLA (360), was just as gorgeous and equally adept at going 'handheld' when it graced PS Vita, and once again, it's just as good on PS4.

    But therein lies the very problem, in PS4 (and Xbox One), this is the latest and greatest in new generation home console gaming, and 'just as good', really doesn't cut it. Not by a long-shot. And that goes double for those of us who have previously bought the game on multiple platforms. And ESPECIALLY NOT when Playdead inextricably opt to sidestep PSN's altogether fabulous Cross-Buy initiative. Very strange indeed when they DID use the service for the PS3/Vita edition(s). Absolutely bizarre!

    Come on Playdead, at the VERY least, take a look at Minecraft: PS4 Edition and the stunning Super Turbo Championship Edition of Guacamelee! and offer a good 50% or so discount for existing PSN owners of the the game. Don't get me wrong, I still adore LIMBO. Most likely always will. But all these years later, without the addition of any new-gen bells & whistles whatsoever, 10/10 this ain't.

    If you've never played it before, by all means, jump in and grab LIMBO on PS4 — it's almost worth it, just to play through the five or six hour campaign on the DualShock 4 — but if you've already played it before and/or already own it on another platform, I'd leave this version in PSN limbo. Well, at least until it inevitably hits the PSN bargain bin at some point down the line.

    .    … Expand
  4. Bensonzim92
    Aug 13, 2015
    8
    A dark, mysterious and somewhat terrifying game. As you walk slowly through this silhouetted forrest, you need to overcome traps and obstacles that are similar to that of a child's' nightmare. Thats exactly what this is. It brings forward all the primal fears you felt as a child. Stranded in an unknown world and left to fend for yourself against unknown challenges, It plays out as a simpleA dark, mysterious and somewhat terrifying game. As you walk slowly through this silhouetted forrest, you need to overcome traps and obstacles that are similar to that of a child's' nightmare. Thats exactly what this is. It brings forward all the primal fears you felt as a child. Stranded in an unknown world and left to fend for yourself against unknown challenges, It plays out as a simple platform game, and as you progress you try outwit spiders, traps and other silent beings you encounter gruesome deaths and frustrating puzzles. It's good, even if the gameplay doesn't make any substantial developments it still emerges you in its' world. You're trapped in your nightmare, and it's rather exhilarating.… Expand
  5. The_Garays
    Oct 13, 2015
    8
    Puzzles...? Puzzles! PUZZLES!!! Spooky puzzles!!!

    Simply magnificent! It's a great game with a very simple design and arts that will dazzle you. It will also give you lots headaches with some puzzles, which gradually get more and more difficult. I tried to do it a few times platinum, but it's impossible for me not to die more than five times even though I know it by heart. Anyway, I    Puzzles...? Puzzles! PUZZLES!!! Spooky puzzles!!!

    Simply magnificent! It's a great game with a very simple design and arts that will dazzle you. It will also give you lots headaches with some puzzles, which gradually get more and more difficult. I tried to do it a few times platinum, but it's impossible for me not to die more than five times even though I know it by heart.

    Anyway, I had a great time playing it and listening to my girlfriend scream when your poor character flies quartered in a thousand and one pieces! Hahahaha

    I was fortunate enough to download it for free with the PSN Plus, but I would've paid if it had been necessary, I did certainly enjoy it and will continue to enjoy as much.    … Expand
  6. ElCucuy
    Jun 16, 2020
    7
    Ничем не примечательная головоломка-платформер, была бы обычным середняком из сегмента инди-игр, если бы не отличнейшая проработка физики и наигустейшая атмосфера и сеттинг.

    В целом игра понравилась, у неё перспективные разработчики, буду обязательно за их творчеством следить. Итог: 7 из 10.    Ничем не примечательная головоломка-платформер, была бы обычным середняком из сегмента инди-игр, если бы не отличнейшая проработка физики и наигустейшая атмосфера и сеттинг.

    В целом игра понравилась, у неё перспективные разработчики, буду обязательно за их творчеством следить.

    Итог: 7 из 10.
  7. alexmanea
    Oct 26, 2015
    9
    I am really impressed by this game. The atmosphere this game gives you is simply great. The puzzles are more and more challenging as you advance, but they are not impossible and the game itself isn't punishing. The story is left to interpretation and for me that's something new and exciting. The only bad thing about it is that the trophies are very hard to get, and for a trophy hunter likeI am really impressed by this game. The atmosphere this game gives you is simply great. The puzzles are more and more challenging as you advance, but they are not impossible and the game itself isn't punishing. The story is left to interpretation and for me that's something new and exciting. The only bad thing about it is that the trophies are very hard to get, and for a trophy hunter like me, that's a problem.… Expand
  8. Shabran
    Aug 23, 2015
    10
    An excellent game with an amazing visual style. The simplicity of this game is what sells it. The controls are not hard to understand and the fact that it has a limited set of controls is what makes it enjoyable. However, it is the scenarios the game puts you through that will test your skills.
  9. Ninja_Lazer
    Aug 26, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:
    - Simplistic Controls
    - Interesting Puzzles
    - Beautiful Aesthetics

    Cons:
    - Wonky Physics (how does forward momentum mid-air just stop?)
    - Time-sensitive Puzzles (can be a little too close at times)
    - Over-hyped (When you see people giving this game 8+ you come to expect a certain level of gaming/experience...this never meets that)
    - The Ending (I'm not going to spoil anything, you will understand once you get there)    … Expand
  10. PonchoMan
    Aug 9, 2015
    2
    The Atmosphere is great, I'll give it that. But the game play is just cheep difficulty through trial and error. If you want to play a game where you throw lives at puzzles over and over until you know what to do then this is the game for you. Personally, I'd rather play any other good platformer or puzzle game that deserves it's high ratings
  11. That_DL_Kid
    Dec 2, 2015
    1
    This game is worthless, thank God I got it for free. Even if you got it for free don't waste your time playing it. The game just tries too hard to be all dark and mysterious and ends up being vague and simple. The puzzles are simple until the difficulty spikes drastically in the last few chapters.
    The puzzles don't really take skill just lots of dying to figure the exact right progression    This game is worthless, thank God I got it for free. Even if you got it for free don't waste your time playing it. The game just tries too hard to be all dark and mysterious and ends up being vague and simple. The puzzles are simple until the difficulty spikes drastically in the last few chapters.
    The puzzles don't really take skill just lots of dying to figure the exact right progression of movements. People will say that's difficulty done by requiring precision timing, they are wrong. This isn't precision jumping like Super Meatboy, this is trial and error that gets super monotonous and frustrating as you figure out a puzzle and then get killed in a way that you can only avoid if you already knew it was coming. And with the gravity controls sometimes I was like, "How the hell dose gravity pull me and/or this box that way!?"
    Also not a single drop of story, I don't need some sweeping narrative but at least a few drops would be nice.
    I'm usually pretty forgiving reviewer but I seriously hated this game. I had to beat it because that's just the type of gamer I am but I felt my time was wasted.    … Expand
  12. robomartion
    Oct 22, 2019
    9
    Probably the best cinematic puzzle platformer ever made. A haunting atmosphere, creative puzzles, a true adventure. An experience. Some say it's too short to justify its price, but I've played the game over 5 times over looking for all of the secrets well making this worth the price of admission. If you haven't played it yet do yourself a favour and do. You won't look back.
  13. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 10, 2017
    8
    LIMBO
    A dark story and challenging puzzles
    Uncertain of his sisters fate, a boy enters limbo. Limbo is a puzzle platformer where you play as this boy searching for his little sister The entire game aside from a few exceptions is black and white, this makes for some really great moments in the beginning of limbo as its hard to tell whats a trap or enemy and what isn’t.. this keeps you    LIMBO
    A dark story and challenging puzzles
    Uncertain of his sisters fate, a boy enters limbo.
    Limbo is a puzzle platformer where you play as this boy searching for his little sister
    The entire game aside from a few exceptions is black and white, this makes for some really great moments in the beginning of limbo as its hard to tell whats a trap or enemy and what isn’t..
    this keeps you on your toes and suspicious of everything…
    These initial moments of this little less than 4 hour journey for me was my favorite..
    The game is very much a game of trial and error, and the game is generous with its checkpoints being nearly instantaneous.. knowing where youre going to mess up and most of the time having an instant spot for you to try again keeping this games momentum steady…
    After these initial moments of dealing with traps and a giant spider, the game slowly starts to be more puzzle focused and this is where I started to fall out of love with this game…
    Not that the puzzles are bad, im just not a huge fan of problem solving while im platforming and looking out for suspicious shadows..
    Youll be pulling boxes, throwing switches, and timing jumps and other buttons to progress through the game..
    I found a lot of these puzzles to be decently challenging, though none too complicated or having too many steps… but a few definitely did come close… and I may or may not have had to look the answer up for a couple..
    with so many limbo clones out there now, going back to play limbo and playing through these puzzles is a bit of a drag because ive seen them so many times now…
    I would’ve preferred if the whole game was like the first few chapters of deception…
    I felt there was something really special there. It kept me hooked and intrigued hoping for more moments like this later on, but sadly they never came
    Personal preferences aside, limbo is a very erie and dark game, youll die gruesome deaths,
    the game will disturb you and turn your stomach at times…
    and it will get your mind going…
    both for the puzzles and trying to figure out just exactly whats going on with the story…
    even with the dozens of clones out there, limbo stands out as something special and unique..
    one of the most enjoyable and unsettling puzzle platforming games ive played
    I give limbo
    an 8/10    … Expand
  14. Nel
    Dec 28, 2016
    6
    Limbo is a sem fun sidescroller game which you do several puzzles to advance to the next level. It is a fairly short game, and not much of replay value, as puzzle games tend to have low replay value.
  15. KayVen17
    Jan 3, 2017
    7
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 65/100
    Mein User Score = 7/10    … Expand
  16. SketchesofPlain
    Apr 1, 2017
    9
    Platforming and puzzle perfection. Well, nearly perfection. This game does an incredible job of blending both styles of game in a challenging but really fun way. Unlike plenty of modern games, solving the puzzles in Limbo actually makes you feel like you have accomplished something. Limbo is both eerily haunting, and very comforting, at the same time. It's short length is the only thingPlatforming and puzzle perfection. Well, nearly perfection. This game does an incredible job of blending both styles of game in a challenging but really fun way. Unlike plenty of modern games, solving the puzzles in Limbo actually makes you feel like you have accomplished something. Limbo is both eerily haunting, and very comforting, at the same time. It's short length is the only thing keeping it from being a 10/10 game.… Expand
  17. MaxieZeus
    Sep 2, 2022
    6
    It started off nice with the atmosphere and puzzles, But the game goes on for too long and has nothing new to offer through the end that I just wanted it to be over.
  18. chr1so
    Jul 19, 2016
    8
    Really good game with great puzzles. 1 or 2 of them stumped me and I had to check youtube but they can all be figured out with enough time and thought. It's about 4 hours worth of game as well so not too long and not too short.
  19. dacritic82
    Aug 27, 2015
    8
    This is a great game, with a dark atmosphere and plenty of puzzles of all difficulties. If you're like me, then you'll die a lot, A LOT, trying to solving the puzzles; but don't get discouraged, the game is very rewarding!.

    The con is that it has no story and it's completely up to your imagination to say what's going on. I can deal with that throughout the game, but I want at least a    This is a great game, with a dark atmosphere and plenty of puzzles of all difficulties. If you're like me, then you'll die a lot, A LOT, trying to solving the puzzles; but don't get discouraged, the game is very rewarding!.

    The con is that it has no story and it's completely up to your imagination to say what's going on. I can deal with that throughout the game, but I want at least a hint by the time I get to the end. Unfortunately this is not the case. Of course, you could think of Dante's Limbo, but that Limbo is not supposed to be a place of suffering.    … Expand
  20. Dal_ReviewedDat
    Aug 19, 2015
    8
    Having completed Limbo on PS3 back in the day, I didn't feel inclined to rebuy it for PS4. Then it come on PS+ and I thought - I'll give it a quick 30 minutes for some nostalgia, 3 hours later i'd re-completed the game. There's something enchanting yet cruel about the game, and even having completed it before, I came to a few later stage puzzles whereby I died a good 10+ times to getHaving completed Limbo on PS3 back in the day, I didn't feel inclined to rebuy it for PS4. Then it come on PS+ and I thought - I'll give it a quick 30 minutes for some nostalgia, 3 hours later i'd re-completed the game. There's something enchanting yet cruel about the game, and even having completed it before, I came to a few later stage puzzles whereby I died a good 10+ times to get past it. So brilliantly frustrating but rewarding for it.

    As stories go, it's pretty thin and doesn't really give you much, but this actually adds to the game. You start off just waking up in a silhouetted world of darkness and are left to discover its dangers without as much as an NPC to say "do this"

    Dying isn't much fun in most games. In Limbo the rag-doll like mechanics of the boy mean you'll not want to chuck a remote at the screen, instead you'll be able to appreciate your decapitation and watching your limp body slide down the hill following your bouncing head to the river bank below. Or maybe that's just me.

    Limbo is a great platform game. Both stylised and sinister. One of the best indie titles to emerge from the last gen and if you can get it free on PS+ now, do it, I'd happily pay up to £9.99 to relive this experience if it hadn't come back up    … Expand
  21. josesueiro
    May 13, 2016
    8
    Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game, the first title by independent Danish game developer Playdead, is a 2D sidescroller. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps.
  22. SuperDuck23
    May 28, 2017
    10
    Limbo is a beautiful looking side-scrolling puzzle platformer that is near perfect in its execution. Its haunting visuals, smart puzzles and rich world add to its replay value too.
  23. cheopulin
    Jul 4, 2016
    9
    Me encantó este juego, un tanto perturbador y sombrío, mecánicas simples y contundentes. Una puesta en escena sobresaliente. Duración perfecta y un final sorprendente, que nos muestra el LIMBO.
  24. MasterRiley
    Dec 12, 2016
    10
    LIMBO is a very simple side scroller yet it is a masterpiece for what it accomplishes. It has a very unique art style and is filled with awesome and challenging little puzzles. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with this game and can't wait to try out INSIDE, the sort of sequel from the same developer.
  25. XxJoseManuelxX
    Oct 9, 2016
    8
    Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game, the first title by independent Danish game developer Playdead, is a 2D sidescroller. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps.

    + Dark Atmasphere
    + Clever Puzzles
    + Fun and Easy to Play
  26. frederik1478
    Mar 3, 2022
    5
    The game has some strong pads and some miracle moments but sadly it's not that memorable of the game itself. Maybe it's because we have been kind of dumb to breathe small kid with big head simulator but it just doesn't really hard as hot as it did baked den
  27. SassyQuatch
    Jan 12, 2017
    7
    LIMBO offers a unique experience. The puzzles, with one or two exceptions, are only mildly challenging and the atmosphere is creepy.

    The idea of a puzzle platformer is nothing new, and there are others out there that outdo this game in every way. Nevertheless, the game is sweet, if short. Its difficulty is mostly derived from being able to execute your plan more than it is from being    LIMBO offers a unique experience. The puzzles, with one or two exceptions, are only mildly challenging and the atmosphere is creepy.

    The idea of a puzzle platformer is nothing new, and there are others out there that outdo this game in every way. Nevertheless, the game is sweet, if short. Its difficulty is mostly derived from being able to execute your plan more than it is from being able to figure out what your plan is. The game is very much a trial by fire kind of experience, which is to its benefit.

    What might be praised as an interesting design could be phrased by others as being a bleak design. It can certainly feel depressing if you play it all in one sitting.

    It doesn't suffer from being too short. If it were longer it would likely begin to grow wearisome to play. I didn't have much fun with this game, since its puzzles were often underwhelming and its atmosphere was unexciting. Nevertheless, its strength lies in an almost inexplicable charm that it has which keeps you going through each puzzle.    … Expand
  28. Alvokun
    Jun 13, 2017
    9
    Excellent experience. I played the demo version twice and surprisingly got bored in both occasions, but it has finally been on PS4 that I have discovered this game.

    Aesthetically beautiful and carefully designed, the atmosphere is captivating from beginning to end. There are some difficult parts and at times it may even become a trial-and-error game, but that does not diminish its    Excellent experience. I played the demo version twice and surprisingly got bored in both occasions, but it has finally been on PS4 that I have discovered this game.

    Aesthetically beautiful and carefully designed, the atmosphere is captivating from beginning to end. There are some difficult parts and at times it may even become a trial-and-error game, but that does not diminish its quality overall.

    It is probably not the best indie game, but it certainly must be included among the best ten or so.    … Expand
  29. BSchwarz95
    Feb 7, 2019
    9
    One of the most chilling and haunting games I've experienced. It's extremely simple but very unforgiving, and hard to put down once you pick it up. Sure, it's about a 2-3 hour game if played leisurely but you'll be hard-pressed to find a game of the same length that offers as much as this one does. Very happy I decided to play this after having it on my playlist for a couple years now.
  30. PensionerR
    Jul 17, 2021
    1
    Расхваленный инди проходняк. Большенство загадок решаются с первого взгляда, но выполняются с 10 попытки, потому что тайминги просто отвратительные.
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  1. Push Square
    Mar 8, 2015
    80
    Limbo holds up incredibly well on the PS4, but it would have been nice to see a little more from this port – especially seeing as it's not cross-buy compatible.
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