Limbo

THE FATHER OF INDIE.

super mysterious game gooo an try it 🎮👾👾

Limbo is the type of game that will remind you why you loved indie games in the first place. Because it is, in a way, an embodiment of the indie spirit.
While playing on limited scope, limited graphics, and limited runtime this game makes most of its runtime by being smartly designed and thrillingly ecstatic.
The puzzles could've dissolved into moonlogic territoties but by providing you the limited space it eventually encourages you to observe the territory and the physics of objects with scrutiny until you would reach an obvious solution or even when on the more tougher sides when you are forced to watch a walk-through, you would realize how close you were to an actual solution than just being wildly off. There's a certain delibration and playfulness to each part of it, that it eventually chains your mind in the direction of the solution and forces you to think intuitively by default, making reaching solutions on your own even more cathartic.
The platforming is basic and i did found that certain places required more perfectly timed jumps with little leeway, but i think just by observing once or twice, you would be able to reach that perfect threshold for when and when not to jump (for example chapter 37).
The artstyle is minimalistic but the way it is presented, it makes your imagination goes wilder. And while there's not much in terms of a story, the little we get has intriguing ambiguity that i am not suprised many still try to dissect it till this day.
The sound design is minimalistic but it fits all its atmosphere perfectly.
And the 50s film noir type title screen looks amazing.

All in all, limbo is not terribly a long game. Took me only around 3½ hours, but those hours were absolutely worth it.

So yeah give it a shot if you are in mood for something short on a weekend. This will jog your mind.

Nice game. Fun challenge, cool concept.

‌‌      Limbo
✪ {ᏚᏟᏫᏒᎬ : 8.4}
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🝰 | 𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶𝚂

• Environmental Storytelling : 7.6

• Atmosphere : 8.4
𐄁 Immersion : 7.7
𐄁 Intensity : 8.1

• Gameplay : 7.7
𐄁 Movement : 7.3
⋆ Level Design : 8.8
⋆ Puzzles : 9.2
𐄁 Pacing : 8.7
𐄁 Difficulty : will make you use your brain

• Visuals : 8.7
𐄁 Physics : 8.4
• Environment Design : 8.4
𐄁 Cinematography : 8.1
𐄁 Artsyle : ⍟⍟

𐄁 Animations : 8.0
𐄁 Movement Animations : 7.1

⋆ Sound Design : 8.7
• SoundTrack : 7.6

• Performance : ￪￪￪￪

⎆ 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝚂⬎
𐄁 Replayability : 6.2
𐄁 Innovation : ⍟⍟
𐄁 Accessibility : -
𐄁 Setting Options : -
𐄁 UI : yay
~ loved the look of the glowing fonts :D
𐄁 Extras : ꭗ
𐄁 Collectibles : 6.3
~ the secret level was so cool.
𐄁 Trophies : 7.0
~ it's all fun and games.. UNTIL, you get to this trophy called "no point in dying" and to get it you have to finish the game in one sitting, with 5 or less deaths. now 5 might sound enough if you know all the puzzles, right? RIGHT? WRONG! there's sooo many tricky parts where timing meets rushing and you gotta whether try a million times or be a REAL LUCKY son of a bitch. it took me 4 failed runs, 2 of which i got to the very final jump, once with 2 deaths and once with 0 deaths and just got punched in the face 6 more times T-T
i BARELY managed to get it on my 5th run in which i died 5 times. it was easily one of the hardest trophies I've got. getting extremely close and failing so hard was so frustrating.
but i guess that was the point of this trophy, to give a taste of limbo.
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？| Do i recommend this game? totally.

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〄 | 𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽

- Platforms : Android, PS4 Pro
- First Played : years ago
- Recent Playthrough : 25.9.23
𐄁 Finished at : 27.9.23
𐄁 Playtime : 2h 26′
- Beaten : 7 times
- No Point in Dying Attempts : 5 T-T
- Trophy Progress : 100℅
⟆⟅ | No Platinum :<

Those 2010 were really something for trendy indie games like this one,black and white bizarre art style,smart puzzles,a little short but enough.