Comment on LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th

Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SolarPunker@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Limbo is a great game, Inside is a fucking masterpiece.

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• ageek@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I played both, loved them but I understand it’s not for everyone, especially the creepy atmosphere.

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • duchess@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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).

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• dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Having played both, the answer is definitely yes. They’re not particularly long, but really solid

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• Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven’t played inside, but limbo is absolutely fantastic.

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Inside was better than Limbo for me, if that helps. Limbo was cool, but Inside had crazy atmospheric storytelling.

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?

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    • Malix@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let’s just say I also don’t play platformers, basically ever. It was fine.

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• dellish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• stphven@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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