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[Alucrid]

Halp.

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The first time you come to the water and crate. I tried pushing it out and riding across it, tried grabbing onto it and using it as a flotation device. What do I do?

Oh, other way. :|

 

[toythatkills]

Halp.

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The first time you come to the water and crate. I tried pushing it out and riding across it, tried grabbing onto it and using it as a flotation device. What do I do?

Something else entirely...

Look around, carefully.

 

[TripOpt55]

I just finished it. It's very short, but still worth getting. Very cool game. Kind of meh ending. I was trying to get this one secret for a while and couldn't. And I think I only got 2 secrets by the end. I liked the game though. Pretty fun.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Demo wad one of the most unsettlingexperiences I've ever had, and this is a side-scroller.

Will buy eventually.

 

[Shake Appeal]

So I wrote a review of this today. I am not a professional games journalist, but I know some of you have liked what I have written about games before, so please read if you are interested.

(Contains some spoilers and ending speculation, so it's probably best saved until you've finished the game.)

http://gltypleasures.blogspot.com/2010/07/guilty-review-playdeads-limbo.html

 

[Alucrid]

I'd like to apologize to this kid for killing him in the most awful ways imaginable.

 

[DTLIONS1013]

So I wrote a review of this today. I am not a professional games journalist, but I know some of you have liked what I have written about games before, so please read if you are interested.

(Contains some spoilers and ending speculation, so it's probably best saved until you've finished the game.)

http://gltypleasures.blogspot.com/2010/07/guilty-review-playdeads-limbo.html

No offense, but what's the point of writing a review for people that have finished the game? Isn't the purpose of a review to advise people on their decision to purchase the game?

 

[Shake Appeal]

No offense, but what's the point of writing a review for people that have finished the game? Isn't the purpose of a review to advise people on their decision to purchase the game?

I am of the opinion that reviews should not be purchasing recommendations. At least not first of all.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

No offense, but what's the point of writing a review for people that have finished the game? Isn't the purpose of a review to advise people on their decision to purchase the game?

Critical discussion? A review does not solely have to be for pre-purchasers, you can find out what the person thought and see how their review contrasts with your own.

Up to the

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water filling the area balloon puzzle

, need to call it a night.

 

[Karma]

I wonder if this will be a smeary mess on my LCD TV :lol. It really struggles with that blurring/ghosting effect with darker color tones.

It looks fantastic on my plasma.

 

[Sanic]

I just finished it. It's very short, but still worth getting. Very cool game. Kind of meh ending. I was trying to get this one secret for a while and couldn't. And I think I only got 2 secrets by the end. I liked the game though. Pretty fun.

How short? I really loved the trial, but I may hold off if it's only a couple of hours long.

 

[S1kkZ]

How short? I really loved the trial, but I may hold off if it's only a couple of hours long.

took me about 4 hours. should take a lot more time to find all the hidden things.

 

[goldenpp72]

Im having trouble with the

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Spider part before the body of water, I get the idea that i need to probably fight it, but I can't dodge it once, it has killed me like 50 times now..

Like the game, very artsy and I dunno if i'm alone but disturbs the fuck out of me.

 

[eXistor]

I got it a few hours ago and finished it already. I thought it was pretty great, but it's definitely too short for 1200 points. Still, it has great atmosphere and the difficulty-curve is perfect. I thought the ending was fine

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The title of the game says is all: Limbo, that's the story right there. You play a random schmuck stuck in Limbo. How or why did he get there? Who cares, I don't need an explanation for everything. I thought the ending rounded everything off neatly and logically.

 

[FateBreaker]

Beat it. Good game, but way too short and overrated.

 

[FHIZ]

I'm getting the same feeling as Portal on this one. While I enjoy the game so far, its no where near as amazing as hyped. Its just pretty cool... that's about it.

 

[othersteve]

I thought Portal was downright amazing... probably something like a 9.5 if I had to assign one of those despised numerical scores to it.

 

[N4Us]

Should've been 800 but I'm really digging this game.

 

[Spruchy]

Streaming it in 10 minutes if anyone who doesn't have an xbox or on the fence about it wants to check it out:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vidya-game-test

 

[goldenpp72]

Im having trouble with the

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Spider part before the body of water, I get the idea that i need to probably fight it, but I can't dodge it once, it has killed me like 50 times now..

Like the game, very artsy and I dunno if i'm alone but disturbs the fuck out of me.

Anyone? I'm really at a loss here, lol.

 

[Lunchbox]

this kid asked me if the main character is black

whats the answer? do they reveal him at the end of the game

 

[JKTrix]

Anyone? I'm really at a loss here, lol.

Very minor spoiler, as it took me a while to notice this too.

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Just before the body of water--on the edge--is something you can push

 

[clav]

I wonder what the style of the game would be like if the black and white colors were inverted.

 

[Haunted]

What a morbid game.

It's refreshing, actually! And yeah, the

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spider chase

and other elements absolutely gave me a similar vibe to Another World as well. It's a very deliberate game.


edit: how are you guys checking your completion %?

 

[leng jai]

Does this game has surround sound?

 

[Haunted]

This game is fucking disgusting.

Some of the stuff they ask you to do is disturbing.

After playing for a bit more, I can not deny either of these statements.


I mean, it's not as bad as the things other games make you do, but what makes Limbo so special is that it's missing context. Or rather, it's denying you, the player, that context. It doesn't provide any of the usual justifications for your actions other games do (even simple stuff like "you're the hero out to save the world! they are the bad guys! they deserve it!" etc. which tend to enable the player to feel at [relative] ease while doing some pretty unspeakable things).

This game doesn't have any of that, it just throws you right in. Makes for some interesting psychological approaches, imo.

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Not really, of course, since there's only one option available to you at any time, but still.

 

[Empty]

So I wrote a review of this today. I am not a professional games journalist, but I know some of you have liked what I have written about games before, so please read if you are interested.

(Contains some spoilers and ending speculation, so it's probably best saved until you've finished the game.)

http://gltypleasures.blogspot.com/2010/07/guilty-review-playdeads-limbo.html

good read, thanks for sharing.

 

[Papercuts]

What a morbid game.

It's refreshing, actually! And yeah, the

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spider chase

and other elements absolutely gave me a similar vibe to Another World as well. It's a very deliberate game.


edit: how are you guys checking your completion %?

If you look at the leaderboard it shows completion.

 

[beelzebozo]

playing the trial game, and i'm extremely impressed with how elegant it is in so many respects.

 

[Rat Salad]

After playing for a bit more, I can not deny either of these statements.


I mean, it's not as bad as the things other games make you do, but what makes Limbo so special is that it's missing context. Or rather, it's denying you, the player, that context. It doesn't provide any of the usual justifications for your actions other games do (even simple stuff like "you're the hero out to save the world! they are the bad guys! they deserve it!" etc. which tend to enable the player to feel at [relative] ease while doing some pretty unspeakable things).

This game doesn't have any of that, it just throws you right in. Makes for some interesting psychological approaches, imo.

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Not really, of course, since there's only one option available to you at any time, but still.

:lol

I see it as a video game,you see it a novel that overwhelmed your senses.

 

[neoism]

games is :O!

 

[Mdk7]

I wonder what the style of the game would be like if the black and white colors were inverted.

Like this?

 

[Tokubetsu]

Stuck

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Minecart keeps activating an electrified floor that I need to walk on above it =/

 

[Mdk7]

Stuck

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Minecart keeps activating an electrified floor that I need to walk on above it =/

light spoiler/indication

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it's something YOU have to do, with the boy...don't look around, you are the key.

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Get on the cart, and when the cart reaches the edge of the platform (the one you have to climb that becomes electrified) stay on it and don't jump. Instead run, and the boy's movement will make the cart go slowly back... at this time jump and run like crazy.

 

[Papercuts]

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it's something YOU have to do, with the boy...don't look around, you are the key.

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Get on the cart, and when the cart reaches the edge of the platform (the one you have to climb that becomes electrified) stay on it and don't jump. Instead run, and the boy's movement will make the cart go slowly back... at this time jump and run like crazy.

That sounds 10x harder than what I did, haha.

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You can just jump off the minecart at that section of floor, then pull it back from the switch and then hurry across the top before the cart hits.

 

[FrankT]

games is :O!

Indeed, waiting until evening was tough, but the right choice. Love it.

 

[Mdk7]

That sounds 10x harder than what I did, haha.

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You can just jump off the minecart at that section of floor, then pull it back from the switch and then hurry across the top before the cart hits.

It's not hard to do AT ALL, really.
But it's cool you can do it in different ways!

 

[xbhaskarx]

this kid asked me if the main character is black

whats the answer? do they reveal him at the end of the game

What a bizarre comment...

 

[clav]

Like this?

http://i25.tinypic.com/15yetye.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2d82o2f.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/eexrm.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/2uqp1lg.jpg

Thanks.

You know it may have been a good idea at certain points in the game as a scare factor to invert the colors suddenly and back to black really quickly with an added music byte or perhaps

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add lightning to the rainy section of the game.

 

[J-Roderton]

Played this for a while today. Got 2 chapters to go.

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I loved the spinning levels.

 

[Hag]

Just finished now. Great game, but I think it's worth a 800 MS. Now I need more Limbo.

So about the end:

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Leave open to a sequel with the girl together? I was not expecting a ending like that...

 

[clav]

Just finished now. Great game, but I think it's worth a 800 MS. Now I need more Limbo.

So about the end:

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Leave open to a sequel with the girl together? I was not expecting a ending like that...

Speculation has it:

POSSIBLY MAJOR SPOILERS

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Boy + girl were dead in the beginning as noted in the title screen. The dilapidated tree, two distinct piles of flies signifying two corpses, and the half-stuck car in the corner of the screen suggest that as this title screen is also the same scenery in the ending of the game.

As for the main game, some say it's how his life flashes before his eyes. In the beginning, he was teased, tortured, and bullied metaphorically as spiders, strangers, and traps haunted him his life style. Finally he was able to make his way and overcome his fears/troubles. The hotel and industrialized areas resemble places where he worked, and when shit hit the fan, things became spiraling out of control and may have been a turning point in his life. He saw what could have been the love of his life, but then she was manipulative and sent him back to his stale working life. Finally, crashing through the windshield of the car, the boy plunges into the woods to his death along with his sister next to him dead, too, and they peacefully die together. Spiritually they are reunited.

 

[J-Roderton]

Speculation has it:

POSSIBLY MAJOR SPOILERS

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Boy + girl were dead in the beginning as noted in the title screen. The dilapidated tree, two distinct piles of flies signifying two corpses, and the half-stuck car in the corner of the screen suggest that as this title screen is also the same scenery of ending in the game.

As for the main game, some say it's how his life flashes before his eyes. In the beginning, he was teased, tortured, and bullied metaphorically as spiders and traps haunted him his life style. Finally he was able to make his way and overcome his fears/troubles. The hotel and industrialized areas resemble places where he worked, and when shit hit the fan, things became spiraling out of control and may have been a turning point in his life. He saw what could have been the love of his life, but then she was manipulative and sent him back to his stale working life. Finally, crashing through the windshield of the car, the boy plunges into the woods to his death along with his sister next to him dead, too, and they peacefully die together. Spiritually they are reunited.

Oh...wow. Never thought of that yet. Would make a cool movie though.

 

[Hag]

Speculation has it:

POSSIBLY MAJOR SPOILERS

Spoiler

Boy + girl were dead in the beginning as noted in the title screen. The dilapidated tree, two distinct piles of flies signifying two corpses, and the half-stuck car in the corner of the screen suggest that as this title screen is also the same scenery in the ending of the game.

As for the main game, some say it's how his life flashes before his eyes. In the beginning, he was teased, tortured, and bullied metaphorically as spiders, strangers, and traps haunted him his life style. Finally he was able to make his way and overcome his fears/troubles. The hotel and industrialized areas resemble places where he worked, and when shit hit the fan, things became spiraling out of control and may have been a turning point in his life. He saw what could have been the love of his life, but then she was manipulative and sent him back to his stale working life. Finally, crashing through the windshield of the car, the boy plunges into the woods to his death along with his sister next to him dead, too, and they peacefully die together. Spiritually they are reunited.

Holy shit, never thought about in that way. Yeah, it's makes sense now. Thanks for the info.

 

[clav]

Also, if you noticed:

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The second time that you pass by the HOTEL sign, you notice each letter is significantly bigger compared to the first time you saw the sign.

Everything was too large for him to handle it seems that life just fell apart.

 

[Amir0x]

25% complete spoilers: Did I have to

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kill the goddamn Spider

like that? Fuck this dude is cruel. Go to hell, white eyed ghost boy.

 

[MrDaravon]

25% complete spoilers: Did I have to

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kill the goddamn Spider

like that? Fuck this dude is cruel. Go to hell, white eyed ghost boy.

Is that really more cruel than

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the spider vertically impaling you, or wrapping you in a cocoon to die?

 

[Amir0x]

Is that really more cruel than

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the spider vertically impaling you, or wrapping you in a cocoon to die?

A

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spider is going to do what a spider is going to fucking do when you enter its lair

. You may choose to stop it, that's fine,

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or even kill it... that's also fine.

But to

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methodically tear the poor beast limb from limb

?

Dude is a psychopath. That's the type of shit 10 year old future serial killers do to their prey.

 

[goldenpp72]

A

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spider is going to do what a spider is going to fucking do when you enter its lair

. You may choose to stop it, that's fine,

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or even kill it... that's also fine.

But to

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methodically tear the poor beast limb from limb

?

Dude is a psychopath. That's the type of shit 10 year old future serial killers do to their prey.

if a giant spider chased me and I saw the shot to fuck its shit up, I would, and i'd piss on its dead body before leaving.

 

[Amir0x]

yes, i would probably

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slam a trap on its foot too

. I probably would not mercilessly

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remove its final remaining leg to use its body as a fucking stepping stone to a ledge (holy shit the dude really is a sociopath)