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Key · 09-15-2015, 09:49 AM

In the first part of this series, I talked about Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. I'd like to continue the series with another game that although isn't really a big part in the horror genre in the exact sense of the word, it's still a game that could give you some spooks if you're willing. Limbo is the game that i'd like to talk about today. Limbo in the simplest terms is a dark / ambient puzzle platformer. Pretty much everything in the game is either black, or white. You run through the levels trying to complete puzzles and you continue on to kill monsters and basically not die in the process. The puzzles on their own can be very unforgiving. There's some that are very difficult (and I have looked at tutorials for some of them) and than there are some where the movement of a certain object is so precise that if you do it wrong, you'll see your death. Of course, once you complete a puzzle, you get the satisfaction of moving onto the next part of the game and enjoy the story simultaneously.

The game is being put in this series more for the atmosphere aspect. Much like Don't Starve, Limbo has the ability to not so much be a horror game, but add the atmosphere of one and sort of put you into the shoes of your character and feel the hardships that the character is going through. There's no jump scares or super terrifying monsters or anything like that, but a game that uses only the two colors I mentioned before in a way to make a dark ambient atmosphere, it's definitely up there in potentially being a pretty scary game. I've got hours playing this game trying to solve puzzles only to have to snap myself out of it because I honestly felt like I was in the game with my character.

There are times when Limbo can be pretty frustrating and you just feel like the puzzles are impossible to solve and the game is just ****ing with you, but I guarantee that all the puzzles are possible and you can definitely beat the game. If you're a big or decent fan of puzzle platformers with a bit of a horror-esque twist to them, you'd love playing this.

09-15-2015, 09:49 AM	#274 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	In the first part of this series, I talked about Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. I'd like to continue the series with another game that although isn't really a big part in the horror genre in the exact sense of the word, it's still a game that could give you some spooks if you're willing. Limbo is the game that i'd like to talk about today. Limbo in the simplest terms is a dark / ambient puzzle platformer. Pretty much everything in the game is either black, or white. You run through the levels trying to complete puzzles and you continue on to kill monsters and basically not die in the process. The puzzles on their own can be very unforgiving. There's some that are very difficult (and I have looked at tutorials for some of them) and than there are some where the movement of a certain object is so precise that if you do it wrong, you'll see your death. Of course, once you complete a puzzle, you get the satisfaction of moving onto the next part of the game and enjoy the story simultaneously. The game is being put in this series more for the atmosphere aspect. Much like Don't Starve, Limbo has the ability to not so much be a horror game, but add the atmosphere of one and sort of put you into the shoes of your character and feel the hardships that the character is going through. There's no jump scares or super terrifying monsters or anything like that, but a game that uses only the two colors I mentioned before in a way to make a dark ambient atmosphere, it's definitely up there in potentially being a pretty scary game. I've got hours playing this game trying to solve puzzles only to have to snap myself out of it because I honestly felt like I was in the game with my character. There are times when Limbo can be pretty frustrating and you just feel like the puzzles are impossible to solve and the game is just ****ing with you, but I guarantee that all the puzzles are possible and you can definitely beat the game. If you're a big or decent fan of puzzle platformers with a bit of a horror-esque twist to them, you'd love playing this.