Abstract: Last year, Lucasarts released Lucidity, a DLC puzzler/platformer with an engaging visual style evocative of the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman. Despite its ambitious artistic approach, though, frustrating and repetitive gameplay ultimately kept...
Abstract: Limbo is a haunting, intriguing and amazing little title well worth the extra price on XBox Live. Limbo takes you back to the side-scrolling adventure games that were both known for artistic creativity and trial-and-error gameplay. Titles like Heart ...
Abstract: by Dakota Grabowski, July 25, 2010 Credit PlayDead Studios for creating an atmospheric platformer that may potentially have players keeping the lights on when they journey through Limbo. As a platforming junkie myself, it’s safe to say that Limbo conj...
Eerie and desolate atmosphere; Unique visual style,
A bit off balance; Some may have issues with lack of story.
LIMBO, the first outing by Danish developers PlayDead Studios, finds you guiding a young boy through a perilous journey on a search for his lost sister. You will die, die, die, die, and then die some more all in the name of a fun and unique Summer of...
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Published: 2010-07-23, Author: Ryan , review by: gamespy.com
So creative and haunting, you won't be able to stop thinking about it.
to the extent where it just might invade your nightmares.
Abstract: Extraordinary. Thats definitely the word. I've been searching for that description throughout Limbo, through its blurred and grainy greyscales and its mind-smashing puzzles. Playdead have created something that very obviously borrows a little bit from ...
Truly one of the XBLA must-haves, Limbo sets its tent up alongside Braid but, at the same time, is more than original enough a proposition to stand entirely by itself. From the artistry of the setting to the pace and fiendishness of its puzzles, Limbo ...
Abstract: In Roman Catholic theology, limbo is defined as a place between the realms of life and death. Here, believers that were never baptized and those who were born before the time of Jesus Christ must quietly suffer, wanting nothing more than to accept God’...
Abstract: The edge of “darkness,” a limbo between the brightness of day and the blackness of night, can be a scary place. Especially if it is, in fact, the actual limbo, the otherworldly place between the living and the dead, the intermediary waiting...
