I played both, loved them but I understand it’s not for everyone, especially the creepy atmosphere.
Comment on LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
How good are these games? Are they worth buying before the delisting just to have them?
ageek@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
The creepy/dark atmosphere is actually the thing that appeals to me about them! It’s the platforming and puzzles I am worried about.
duchess@feddit.org 1 day ago
Platforming is not supposed to be tricky and the puzzles are really well designed and manageable (I usually look up puzzle solutions after a few minutes and never had the urge during Limbo or Inside).
dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Having played both, the answer is definitely yes. They’re not particularly long, but really solid
dellish@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I really enjoyed them, but I wouldn’t say there’s any replayablility there. I enjoy the dark atmosphere and a lot of the fun for me was just the discovery and seeing what sort of creepy stuff coming next. Once the games were finished I didn’t feel the urge to play them again.
stphven@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Limbo is the archetypal “scared little guy in big scary world dark artsy platform-puzzle indy game”. Personally I found it overrated. Nice enough art style, but nothing of substance - extremely basic gameplay, no plot. Just a series of scary monsters killing you until you trial-and-error your way to the next section.
TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
People love them. They’ve talked about them for years. They show up on best indie game lists and the like.
I find them incredibly boring.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I haven’t played inside, but limbo is absolutely fantastic.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Inside was better than Limbo for me, if that helps. Limbo was cool, but Inside had crazy atmospheric storytelling.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
Both look really cool, but I am really not a big platformer guy so I’m unsure. Inside is 90% off on GOG though so might pick it up for a dollar and a half. Limbo is full price and even though it’s just $10 I don’t know that I’d like it enough. How hard is the platforming and the puzzles?
Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
they’re not really platformers like, eg. Mario, they’re a lot slower with the focus being on environmental puzzles (levers, boxes, elevators, etc).
If Little Nightmares -series is familiar, they’re basically like that.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Let’s just say I also don’t play platformers, basically ever. It was fine.
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Limbo is a great game, Inside is a fucking masterpiece.