Limbo Review (𝕋𝕖𝕒Я𝕒𝕚𝕟)
Once upon a time: an effort for nothing!
The boy is unconscious on the ground. He slowly opens his eyes with great pain. He gets up and finds himself in a big forest. A forest that a boy so small is afraid of. But the boy overcomes fear. Because he has to find his sister…
Black, white, thousands of colors!
Nothing can be said in praise of the graphics of this wonderful game. The creators of this game have created thousands of colors and images using white and black. The player in all places of the game praises the stunning graphics and the high accuracy of the creators in the design of the environment and objects. In fact, the environment is painted with thousands of shadows and lights, and this has caused a great increase in the beauty of the artistic graphics of this game. In fact, the creators have done a great job and have used thousands of different black and white colors. So that you feel that the whole environment of the game is painted and each color is different from the other. The design of objects in the game is also really wonderful. So that you are surprised by all this precision. From making gears and light bulbs to making a giant spider. An important point has been observed in all of these, that is, quality and accuracy! So I tell you that you will not feel any shortage in the graphics of this game. But in some places the graphics could be stronger.
Silence is the greatest music
The sounding of this title has been done in a very precise manner and in accordance with the principles. Before dealing with the music of the game, it is necessary to mention the sounds of the objects, movement and various events of the game. From the foot of the spider sinking into the boy's body to the sound of him running on the ground, it is set so precisely that it makes the environment and atmosphere of the game more believable for the player. The sound of the rustling of the wind and the falling and rolling of a stone on the mountain is no different from the real sound of this happening in life and in the real world. It's as if the creators have made a giant spider for sound and stuck its sharp leg in a boy's body and recorded this sound and put it on their game
And the soundtrack:
In this sector as well, Playdead has been quite successful. It is true that in many scenes silence is the only music of the game, but... but it must be admitted that this silence in the game is wonderful. Silence, next to which real sounds can be heard from the environment of a terrible forest. The silence that multiplies stress and fear in the game. A silence that should really be praised. Of course, the game in its special and emotional parts also has music that is completely in harmony with the events and makes the story more interesting.
Alone in the forest
One of the most important parts of a game is its gameplay. No matter how great the music, graphics and story of the game are, if the gameplay of that game does not complete the rest, we will definitely face a weak title. But it must be said that this title has not left anything short for the players in this section as well.
What do you expect from the gameplay of a platformer title? If in your opinion, the great gameplay of a platformer title should be full of puzzles and different tasks, and you are supposed to face the biggest enemies in the game with simple methods and experience all kinds of vehicles in a very simple but beautiful game, and in general Never get tired of playing that title, I have to tell you that Limbo has a great gameplay.
In this game, there are no options on the game screen. In fact, you and the up, down, left and right buttons and a button to interact with the environment! There is no amount of life or... in the game, and as it was said, the game environment is completely free of any pictures or signs or writings. It is as if you are sitting in front of an animation screen. In the game you have only 2 modes, alive or dead. There is no middle ground. One mistake will kill you, and doing a simple task correctly will keep you alive, and it is not the case that, for example, your energy or life will decrease and you will be fine again! The game is completely real! Anything can cause death and death is really simple and real!
An effort for nothing
We talked about all the parts of the game, but now we come to the biggest story of this game: its wonderful story. A story whose many parts are dumb for you. In fact, you and your belief must complete those parts of the game and complete the story. Limbo is made in such a way that everyone can make their own interpretation of it. But all perceptions are actually summed up in one concept. Something that only the player will understand after completing all the stages of the game.
Limbo literally means purgatory. The limbo in which this boy is caught. It's a terrible place for anyone…
The player is drowning in thoughts and questions. But the child overcomes the most difficult places. The boy tries his best. Finally, he uses magnetism. He does something difficult and the boy breaks the glass and is thrown in that direction. The boy is unconscious on the ground. Just like the first game...
Does the player get scared that I have been around myself all this time? What is going to happen to this little boy? The boy opens his eyes again in the same shot as the beginning of the game. He is in pain. He gets up and moves forward. It reaches the same tree house at the beginning of the game. The boy sees his sister crying over her dead body. Does this mean that this was a boy's torment? For what mistake is he tormented? This child who has not done anything to want to suffer in Purgatory. Did I mean something else? But the final message is clear:
The boy has been dead for a long time.
But there are still thousands of questions left in the mind. This game has literally destroyed the player in the story. Of course, the most painful message of the game is determined after the list of creators goes up and the game menu reappears.
Both the boy and his sister were dead.
Maybe many have not noticed this message, but if you look carefully, you will see flies flying above the 2 corpses under the tree house...
Here, several thoughts arise for the player, the best and most complete of which were as follows:
First: The boy and his sister go to a tree house in a forest for fun or escape. The boy's sister goes out of the hut for some reason or for example to fetch something. The boy wants to follow him, but suddenly he falls on the ground and dies. The soul of the boy who knows nothing wants to find his sister. But the forest that the player and the boy see is no longer a happy and fun forest. Rather, it is a scary and purgatory environment. A limbo that is never clear why an oppressed boy should face it! When the boy's soul wanders and passes through purgatory, the girl returns to the hut and sees her brother's dead body. The girl cries so much that she dies next to the boy...
Second: The second theory is exactly like the above theory, except that it says that the boy and his sister both fell together and died. The boy was looking for his sister and the sister was looking for her brother. Both of them have been tasting its good torment. The girl's soul finds her brother's body and cries over his body thinking that she is alive. While both of them were dead.
The second theory is more likely to be true due to the evidence. Because at the end of the game, the girl sees the boy and gets up and runs away. How could he see a ghost if he wasn't dead? In addition, in the middle of the game, a girl can be seen wandering in the forest in several places. Just like his brother.
But all this is of no importance. Your opinion of this wonderful story is important. A story that many of us still don't understand...
A game that you have to think about after finishing it...
To the boy and his sister.