LIMBO gives you something familiar - and something quite different - in problem solving and "platforming".
In LIMBO, you don't gather lives or trophies. You simply aim to survive through yet another obstacle. Should you die in a rather horrific, gruesome way (and you most certainly will), you will be transported back to the beginning of that problem, and have to take another go at it. The save points come frequently, which you will learn to appreciate very soon after the beginning.
You learn as you go, using past mistakes and discoveries to get yourself across another obstacle. However, at least in my case, I sometimes had to refer to guidance of others in order to move forward, because honestly, I was stuck. That is the beauty and ugliness of this game; you bash your head into a wall, hoping it would give, the right way to get ahead avoiding you until you're ready to scream in frustration.
A brilliant game that even with a little outside help should give you hours of breathtaking game-time.