An eerie and dark atmosphere turns a basic platformer into a great experience.
Limbo is an indie 2d platformer where you play a boy who is caught in "limbo" a dark and scary place somewhere between life and death.
The visuals are a very basic black and white and there is no music just a chilling wind like noise and sounds like rolling boulders and falling rock ledges that let you know that death is just around the corner. All these characteristics add to an eerie atmosphere which you can really feel as you play.
The beginning of the game has you awake into this dark and mysterious world without any explanation as to how or why you got there, you just simply wander the dangerous wilderness with no other goal then to survive. To survive though is no easy task, cleverly designed obstacles will have you die several times and have you scratching your head, thinking how the hell am I meant to get up there? Thats where this game sucks you in, the puzzles always seem to be so close to being solved that you just cant leave them unfinished and the satisfaction of overcoming the puzzles just leaves you wanting more.
Limbo is very short, maybe 5 hours at the most, so it can be easily finished in a day. It is a well put together game thats worth a play through or two, ideal game to play to fill in a bit down time.