LIMBO
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
LIMBO is a puzzle-platformer, indie and puzzle game
developed and published by Playdead.
Released on August 02nd 2011 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 14 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.
It has received 55,532 reviews of which 51,470 were positive and 4,062 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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Requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 512MB
- Hard Disk Space: 150MB
- Video Card: 5 years or younger. Integrated graphics and very low budget cards may not work. Shader Model 3.0 required
- DirectX®: 9.0c
MacOS
Mavericks 10.9 or later required.
Supported models:
Supported models:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or later)
- MacBook (Aluminum, Late 2008 or later)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Mid 2007 or later)
- Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Linux
- OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 12.04 or later, or otherwise compatible Linux distribution.
- Processor: 2GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 150MB
- Video Card: OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM
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Limbo is a fantastic puzzle-platformer with a dark, eerie atmosphere that pulls you in right from the start. The puzzles are well-designed, challenging, and satisfying to solve. The minimalist graphics and haunting sound design perfectly complement the game’s tone, making it a unique and immersive experience. A must-play for fans of the genre. 9/10.
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Played the game a few years ago and finally decided to come back and get the last achievement recently. The first run may take a few hours and experienced players can finish within a hour. Overall a good indie and recommended to play. To complete the game in one sitting with no more than 5 deaths is not easy but very doable after some practice. It’s essential to know how to solve each puzzle quickly and save death counts for those areas require accurate timings. Using chapter select to practise difficult areas can be very helpful.
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---{Story}--- ☐ Doesnt have (Not counting historical stuff) ☐ Something isnt nothing I guess ☑️ Not greatly told ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ Will make you cry or smile a lot ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Try not to get addicted ☑️ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Nothing special ☐ Ehh ☐ Bad ☐ Just dont ---{ Grind }--- ☑️ Nothing ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ Insanity ---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget reality ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑️ Decent ☐ Will do ☐ Bad ☐ Awful ☐ Pixel art ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑️ Decent ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ Earrape ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑️ Teens ☑️ Adults ☐ Everyone ---{PC Requirements}--- ☑️ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulity}--- ☐ Just press a bunch of buttons ☐ Easy ☑️ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Not so easy ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of tea ☑️ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ Depends on you ☐ Endless ---{Price}--- ☐ Just buy it ☑️ Worth the price ☑️ Wait for sale ☐ Maybe if you have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ Dont throw money into a rubbish bin ---{Bugs}--- ☑️ Never had any ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Few bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ Ruining the game ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑️ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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The game’s great, I’m just stupid Having played INSIDE before, I decided to give Limbo a try despite knowing how frustrating it’s going to be, and I unsurprisingly found myself tugging my hair each time I missed a jump only by a split-second or got insta-killed by an unpredictable environmental hazard. However, dying is part of Limbo’s charm in addition to its brain-melting, physics-based puzzles that require dexterity, logical problem solving skills, perfect timing and a holy amount of trial and error which can be frustrating to idiots like me. It’s funny how I can play Outlast without batting an eyelid but I was utterly shocked by the brutal deaths in this gloomy 2D puzzle platformer - perhaps because you’re often blessed with the gruesome sight of the boy’s rag doll corpse flying around when you’d least expect it. Much like every other aspect of the game varying from the simple controls and minimal story-telling to its short length, the B&W graphics are also very simplistic yet so eerily pretty, as if conveying the message that sometimes ”less is more”. I would’ve hoped for a clearer insight into Limbo’s fascinating world as well as a more forgiving approach to the timed puzzles like in its follower INSIDE, but this surely is a thrilling experience for those who love a bit of horror-ish puzzling and cursing. I know, I’m sorry, Mom. Graphics ☐ Stunning ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Jumble of pixels Gameplay ☑ Super fun ☐ Enjoyable ☐ Normal ☐ Boring ☐ Don’t fall asleep Audio ☐ Eargasm ☑ Amazing ☐ Good ☐ Not horrible ☐ Better without headphones PC Requirements ☑ Potato ☐ Medium ☐ Fast ☐ Ask NASA for a spare computer Difficulty ☐ Piece of cake ☐ Easy ☐ Average ☑ Difficult ☐ Very difficult Story ☐ No story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Masterpiece Length ☐ Super short (0-2 h) ☑ Short (2-6 h) ☐ Average (6-10 h) ☐ Long (10+) ☐ Endless Price ☐ Free ☑ Worth the price ☐ Buy it on sale ☐ If you have extra money ☐ Not recommended Bugs ☑ No ☐ Minor ☐ Annoying ☐ Too much ☐ The game itself is a bug Replayability ☐ No replay value ☑ Maybe once ☐ Multiple times ☐ Infinite replayability Scariness ☐ Try not to yawn ☑ Has its moments ☐ Very scary/tense ☐ Nightmare 8/10
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Fellow indie games enjoyers, THIS GAME IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU ALL. Gotta give credit to Playdead for making game that still holds up after more than 10 years and one might argue this game still beats plenty of other games, be it 3A or not. LIMBO offers a creepy and eerie vibe that gives u goosebump as u enter it's LIMBO (no pun intended). From giant spider and ruins and deathtraps. The puzzles in this game isn't really something one might say easy either, u have to apply more logic to it at time which what make it fun as it isn't too diffcult either, u just have to be focused while playing it. The gameplay is so simple that you only need 5 keys(i am not kidding) to play it and yet it feels immersive with the smooth animation or the boy moving around and jumping and doing things that probably isn't possible IRL. Definitely a 10/10. Especially when you are an indie game enjoyers like me. PS: Credit to my friend for "Scamming" me to get the bundle during winter sales
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Online players
58
Developer
Playdead
Publisher
Playdead
Release
02 Aug 2011
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