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Gaming Limbo PC Review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Lizard, 6 Aug 2011.

  1. Pliqu3011

    Pliqu3011 all flowers in time bend towards the sun

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    Let me ask you: what is a good medium for art? A painting, a sculpture? And while we're at it, what is Art, and what isn't?
    Often you have to search for meaning, even when it'is not actually put there purposely by the creator, just to lift your own experience of the thing.
    Better is a lazy adjective, and is used far too often in (pseudo-)objective arguments.
    But all vague, universal questions aside:
    So, you're saying a game can be "gamey", XOR an interactive experience.
    Isn't that thinking a bit black-and-white?
    (*rimshot* HAR HAR HAR)
    Why can't a game try both, and become an immersive, engaging puzzle platformer experience (like um.. Limbo for example). Is it impossible to achieve?
    Btw, a "gamey" platformer isn't per se Super Mario Bros.
    The question is do you find the B&W colour scheme just a gimmick? If the game had colours, would it have the same feel?
    I agree that B&W is overused and especially in photographs, but there it is (most of the time) absolutely unnecessary. It adds nothing.
    You seem to stumble over the art style and the "meaning", but what about the "Feel" of the game? The atmosphere, the movement of the character, the sound (too often forgotten), etc.
    Have you played it?

    Sure, you can strip out some elements of a game and say that it sucks or is terribly cliché, but you need to look at the thing as a whole. A game is - after all - (most of the time) better than the sum of its parts.
    You can say that VVVVVV is a terrible game because it has a nonsense story, no deeper meaning, and an artstyle that obviously tries to be "retro", but you'd be forgetting the moment it all comes together.


    I must admit that I haven't played Limbo myself, so I can't talk about the "wannabe SMB" gameplay you refer to, and I don't know whether it all comes together nicely, but I can only remark that you keep talking about complaints about some elements of the game, and about your aversion for art games that still want to be a game. For me, that's not sufficient to make an argument.
     
  2. von_stylon

    von_stylon uber micro

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    grabbed this the day it came onto steam, installed on my media center and plugged in my 360 controller and sat back on the couch. been waiting for this to land on pc for ages. Takes me back to the great days of Earth worm jim and Echo the dolphine, have not played a 2d scroller for soo long and this one is awsome.
     
  3. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    I shall have to put this on my to play list. However I feel considering the shortness of the game as mentioned in the review, I might wait for a sale.
     
  4. Blademrk

    Blademrk Why so serious?

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    @sear: Have you actually played the game? This is in no way an action platformer like SMB, Limbo is all about the atmosphere, puzzles and the story.
     
  5. delriogw

    delriogw What's a Dremel?

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    this game is fantabulous

    one thing that really affected me when playing was
    you use dead bodies as a bridge at one point, and then sacrifice one of these bodies to continue
    .. it definitely made me think for a moment, even if it IS just a black and white pixelfest
     
  6. phinix

    phinix RIP Waynio...

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    Yep, played that moment yesterday:)
    When I play I put volume to the max level to hear every single sound, every step, wind, water sound is SO amazing:D I love it!
    All this dark depressing atmosphere is great:hehe:
     
  7. knarF

    knarF Noob

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    Normally i'm the kind of guy who thinks games cannot be art, simply because of all the boxes something needs to tick in order for it to be classified as such, but i think Limbo seems to come pretty close weather it intended to or not, not many other games do.

    Not actually played this yet, just going by what the review said.
     
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