Limbo Review [Steam Edition]

Finally bought this on steam's flash sale. Yeah i know i am a very cheap one. But i really want to share about this great game created by Playdead Studio from Denmark. It is a masterpiece.

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No dialogue, no cutscene and really different with the other games. Also this game doesn't really have any BGM and colors. Wait... No colors? Yes this game is only presented in black, grey and white. No direction how to play the game, you just follow your own intuition to flee from this hellish area.

I would say the artist really did well for presenting this game in black and white presence. The dark atmosphere from this game is really great, and fits nicely with the gameplay. Although i mentioned before this game doesn't have any BGM, it is filled with really great ambient sounds and sound effects. Don't hesitate to put your headphone when playing the game. Also, at some point the sound effects will be critical to solve some puzzle.

The mechanics is simple, really simple, your hero only needs to walk left, right or jumps to solve some puzzles presented in the game. As the developer says, this game idea is based on trial-and-death gameplay. It means that you will die a lot in the game. Sounds frustrating, huh? Of course no. It wouldn't be a masterpiece game if it's frustrating. You will die in gruesome ways, either by traps or you fall of a climb or the other things. But when you die, you will respawn near the traps. So you will solve the puzzle immediately. The puzzle itself is physics based to add more realistic feels.

I finished this game in about 3 hours, is it really short? In fact, no. It is 3 hours fulls of experience. Instead giving you to play in 100 hours but mostly it is wasted in wandering aimlessly like the other game *cough*, you will be drawn into the rich experience of Limbo.

Myself is really satisfied with this game, *although i bought it at discounted price*. And the best thing is, you can play this game in whichever platform you have. It's already ported in all major gaming platform. If you don't have this game already, i suggest you to pick this one. Just pick on your PSN/XBLA/Steam and try this game.

Final Judgement

Graphics: 5 / 5

Gameplay: 5 / 5

Sound: 5 / 5

Total Score : 5 / 5