

Journalists praised the dark presentation, describing the work as comparable to film noir and German Expressionism. The game is presented in black-and-white tones, using lighting, film grain effects and minimal ambient sounds to create an eerie atmosphere often associated with the horror genre. Playdead called the style of play "trial and death", and used gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to steer the player from unworkable solutions. The developer built the game's puzzles expecting the player to fail before finding the correct solution.

The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps as he searches for his sister. Limbo is a 2D side-scroller, incorporating a physics system that governs environmental objects and the player character. The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, and has since been ported by Playdead to several other systems, including the PlayStation 3, Linux and Microsoft Windows.

LIMBO will be available for free on GOG Connect, until January 1, 2017.Limbo is a puzzle- platform video game developed by independent studio Playdead and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. P.S: The Steam Autumn Sale 2016 begins tomorrow, so may want to wait for a sale to get a copy of Limbo for a discounted price, and then claim a free copy of it on GOG. So head to GOG connect ang snag another copy, this time a DRM free version. Chances are you may have Limbo in your Steam library already, from a recent Humble Bundle promo, where it was given away for free. Then click on the add game button, and it should be permanently added to your GOG library, from where you can download it anytime you want to. Simply visit the GOG connect page, login (or create) to your GOG account, and link your Steam account to GOG (your Steam account profile should be public). You can get it for just $1.99, until November 27.īut if you already own it on Steam, you can get Limbo for free on GOG Connect, the promo which debuted earlier this year. Limbo is on sale on GOG, for 80% off its regular price, to celebrate the launch on Good Old Games.

10 in India.Īnd now, Playdead, the developers of the game, have released the original PC/Mac version of the game on our favorite DRM free game store, GOG. Yesterday, we reported that Limbo for Android, is on sale for Rs.
