Via- IGN 360

Via- GameTrailers

Via- GameTrailers

Darkness, and color are in a constant battle, the black of night often mutes the colors of the modern world, and the insanity is free to spread. This is the main idea behind Limbo, an Xbox Live Arcade game with a creative art design and not much of a story. In fact, the true reason you, a child of no more than twelve, are caught in this dark world, is never truly revealed. All you know is that your sister went missing, and you're trying to find her. This quest isn't taken from any narrative, but rather the very description the game receives in the dashboard. The game is intriguingly challenging, perplexing and entertaining once you totally accomplish the next difficult puzzle. When I say difficult, I mean it. This game is tough, and requires trial and error at every corner. Once you master said challenge with this method, it's fairly easy to get enthralled in what the game throws at you. There's one point when pursued by a giant spider through a perilous landscape that I saw myself slowly nearing the edge of my seat. The action isn't really action packed, it's just exciting, nerve-racking and somewhat scary. None of the challenges had me throwing my controller (though I did angrily thrust it down into the chair I was in once or twice) and I had a great time seeing what happened come together. The visuals are all silhouettes, a style that suits the side-scrolling game and creates puzzles in themselves. The game is spooky, and you might feel uncomfortable more than once along your journey. This becomes evident when you see creepy figures setting traps in the distance or corpses floating face-down in the water as you jump across their backs to reach the next level. The game is frightening, but won't ever have you jumping from a shock scare or turning the lights back on, and that's great. A lot of games go for blood and gore as of late, and it's nice to see a game deliver chills based solely upon a blackened outline of something wicked. The game itself is hard to explain, and I'm currently attempting to muster up more information about it and drawing a blank. But the total lack of discussable content isn't a bad thing at all, it's just so unique. Perhaps to best explain the game, I should use other games as comparisons. The side-scrolling puzzle aspects are reminiscent of Braid, without the time travel. The visuals and darkness are very much like any horror title out there, except Limbo takes it up a notch with the somewhat unique silhouettes. It's best for the gamer to simply try this game for themselves, and figure out if it's for you. It doesn't have multiplayer, there's no varying difficulties and it's not exactly a long game, but none of that matters once you have your first epic moment running from rolling rocks or giant arachnids. Having beaten the game, I must say, I'll be heading back to Limbo soon to see if the ending is what I think it is, and to get all those pesky hidden eggs. For me, and anyone who is a fan of side-scrolling or a tough puzzle, this game is a definite buy.

Check out a screenshot of this atmospheric game.

Via- Major Nelson

Developer: Kobingo
             Game Rating: Sex: 0/3, Violence: 0/3, Mature Content: 0/3 HDTV 720p
 Online Multiplayer 2-4

                                                                   Rating: 4/5 Stars

Screenshot from Painting Party