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Limbo (2010, Playdead, PC/Xbox 360/PS3) - Puzzle-platform game using film noir-like [95] [96] monochrome visuals and subtle ambient environment sounds as the player guides a boy through a dark and scary forest to find his missing sister. [97] The game has been displayed in art exhibits including the Smithsonian's 2012 "The Art of Video Games".
The review praised the game's aesthetic and gameplay including the puzzle sections. Criticism was reserved for the lack of story and for the unintuitive nature of some of the sections. The game was rated 6/10. [5] Gone With the Win was critical of the similarities between Toby: The Secret Mine and Limbo but praised its charm and gameplay. [6]
DreadOut is a survival horror video game from independent developer Digital Happiness for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and OS X. A port for PlayStation 4 was announced but never released. [4] [5] The story is about a group of high school students in Indonesia who come across an old abandoned town. There they are confronted with ghosts and ...
The game itself, especially its aesthetic, was also well received after its announcement; [12] VG247 claimed Unravel was, "the most visually-impressive game EA showed". [13] Initial reactions to the game also drew comparisons to Limbo and Sony's LittleBigPlanet series.
Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game with horror elements developed by independent studio Playdead and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, and it has since been ported by Playdead to several other systems, including the PlayStation 3, Linux and Microsoft Windows.
A shame, as LAD could probably have been a much more interesting game than "that game that looks like Limbo", which it is now". [4] AppSpy wrote " Don't be fooled by its appearance - LAD may look like Limbo, but it's more gaming purgatory than heaven", [5] while HyperMagazine described it as "An extremely cumbersome, irritating game". [6]
It is the successor to Playdead's 2010 Limbo, with similar 2.5D gameplay. Playdead began work on Inside shortly after the release of Limbo, using Limbo ' s custom game engine. The team switched to Unity to simplify development, adding their own rendering routines, later released as open source, to create a signature look.
Somerville is an adventure video game and the debut title by the independent studio Jumpship. The studio's co-founder, Dino Patti, previously co-founded Playdead and worked on Limbo and Inside as executive producer on both games. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2022.