Limbo
Playdead's beautiful platform puzzler Limbo has finally arrived. A small boy on his own in a lovely and deadly world.
I find myself in a dark forest, filled with deadly traps and huge spiders. Apparently I'm in Limbo, since that's the title of the game, but I'm not told a thing about who I am, or where I'm going. Make your way right is the basic principle at work, but wise from experience I first walk left to see what happens. I stumble upon a glowing orb and collect my first achievement in Limbo. It's just been a minute and I'm already enjoying this elegant and minimalistic little puzzler.
Limbo is a world where no colours exist. But don't let the lack of colours fool you into believing there isn't beauty in this world. The backdrops and little details are exquisite, and the animations are fantastic throughout.
The atmosphere in Limbo is something that you need to experience on your own with the sound turned way up and the shades down. The minimalistic approach to the design also runs through the sound design, that lets you experience every little bump, drop of water and decapitation. It reminds me at times of games like ICO and Another World. The lack of explanations, and the silence, doesn't frustrate as it is sometimes better this way.
Speaking of the decapitations, Limbo is a surprisingly gruesome experience where the little boy will get impaled, beheaded, and drowned repeatedly. A lot of the puzzles are designed in a way that you really need to try and fail once, before you realise what you need to do in order to progress. Therefore, it's really a blessing that Playdead have made the many deaths of our little boy in Limbo so thoroughly enjoyable.
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- System:Xbox 360
- Genre:Platform
- Developer:Playdead
- Publisher:Playdead
- Offline players:1
- Release date:21 July 2010

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