LIMBO: If you don't buy this on Steam, I will feed you to the spider

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  • CaedereCaedere S'no regrets BIRDIESRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fuck this game.
    Why is it so scary and awesome? :cry:

    I've been crying 'holy fuck' and flinching the entire time.

    About halfway through... my favorite part so far - (fairly early on):
    The fake spider outside of the little "clubhouse". It gave me pause and then I noticed it was fake and I chuckled.

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  • Cannon GooseCannon Goose I need some GAGS! If only I had my gag book!Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So yeah, this game is really really awesome in every single way.

    I'm stuck on a puzzle though, I looked at the chapter menu and I'm about 3/4 of the way through if that helps. Anyway, the puzzle in question
    is the one where you're riding the mine cart and you leap off as the mine cart hits a button causing some tracks above you to electrify. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make the cart go slow enough so I can make it across the top tracks.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Updated the OP with a fair smattering of the critical reviews this game has received. Almost everything is a perfect score!

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  • evilbobevilbob RADELAIDERegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Holy shit I love this game.

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  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    OK, here is a dumb question because I have decided I really want this game:

    If I set up my 360 to go online, can I just make a free account and buy this game, or do I need to go with the paid one? I really want to buy this game, but I've never set up any of my consoles for online before and I don't want to have to pay for a year of the Xbox thing to get it.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hybrid wrote: »
    OK, here is a dumb question because I have decided I really want this game:

    If I set up my 360 to go online, can I just make a free account and buy this game, or do I need to go with the paid one? I really want to buy this game, but I've never set up any of my consoles for online before and I don't want to have to pay for a year of the Xbox thing to get it.

    I am 99% sure you can buy it with the free account. And you could set it all up on your PC, buy it on your PC (via XBox.com) and then just hook up your XBox to let it download.

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Xbox Live Silver is the free online account open to everyone. Xbox Live Gold is the paid online account that lets you play multiplayer and do a few other things (Netflix, occasional XBLA sales, etc.) All you have to do is create an Xbox Live Silver account; I don't know if they're still doing it, but back in the day, when you created your Silver account on the Xbox itself, it gave you a one-month trial of Gold for free. You might be able to do this, but either way, you don't need Gold to buy XBLA games, rent movies or whatever media they're trying to sell you. :P

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  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Hybrid wrote: »
    OK, here is a dumb question because I have decided I really want this game:

    If I set up my 360 to go online, can I just make a free account and buy this game, or do I need to go with the paid one? I really want to buy this game, but I've never set up any of my consoles for online before and I don't want to have to pay for a year of the Xbox thing to get it.

    I am 99% sure you can buy it with the free account. And you could set it all up on your PC, buy it on your PC (via XBox.com) and then just hook up your XBox to let it download.

    Cheers man. Guess I got something to do in the next few days.

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  • modepsmodeps Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hey folks, I was talking to Moe on IRC and figured I'd come in here and check out what you were saying about Limbo. I reviewed it, and gave it a 3.5 out of 5 on our site. Felt it was a pretty solid puzzle platformer that, once you got past the aesthetic, didn't really do anything special. Yay to Penny Arcade.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    This game. It be scary. Fuck my first bear trap and spider experiences.

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I can't play this game. My mild/moderate arachnophobia is preventing me. :(

    I made it to the little patch of web on the ground in the demo, and as soon as I saw something behind me I went straight to the dashboard.

    We're gonna need a let's play of this in the near future.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    How do people LP 360 games anyway? It seems like it'd be tough/expensive to do without a camcorder.

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  • HybridHybrid South AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    How do people LP 360 games anyway? It seems like it'd be tough/expensive to do without a camcorder.

    I don't really know shit about this stuff, but I usually see people talk about gamebridges or something like that.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Hybrid wrote: »
    How do people LP 360 games anyway? It seems like it'd be tough/expensive to do without a camcorder.

    I don't really know shit about this stuff, but I usually see people talk about gamebridges or something like that.

    Um, you can hook your console to your PC through certain recording devices. I have said device, but I need to figure out how to record in a decent resolution.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    ugh fuck it, i'm buying it

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  • simulacrumsimulacrum She/herRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Man I hope the Hollywood video near me sells Microsoft points.

    Curse my lack of transportation!

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Very minor control issues aside, this is wonderful so far

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    simulacrum wrote: »
    Man I hope the Hollywood video near me sells Microsoft points.

    Curse my lack of transportation!

    How about 1-time CCard and the xbox.com website? I have no idea the logistics of this, but it might work.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oh, and I was right

    Limbo, like other effective horror games, works its creepy magic in broad daylights with the lights on. Seriously don't need to play with the lights off...I'm usually not freaked out by spiders but that part was just D:

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Very minor control issues aside, this is wonderful so far

    Explain. Just curious.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Very minor control issues aside, this is wonderful so far

    Explain. Just curious.

    The boy doesn't seem to be able to change direction when grabbing on vines

    Like I said, very minor, it's just one of those things you kind of come to expect nowadays

    Hasn't hampered enjoyment at all

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oh my God the sound effects in this are sickening
    When I had to just pull the leg off of the spider...oh wow, I felt so grossed and creeped out

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    simulacrum wrote: »
    Man I hope the Hollywood video near me sells Microsoft points.

    Curse my lack of transportation!

    You can buy $20 cards digital codes from Amazon.com instantly.

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I scare very easily—like, Dead Space on Normal terrified me when I played with headphones, and honest to God I stopped playing Eternal Darkness after the bathtub scene. Going by some of the responses here, I might be glad that this game is only a few hours long. D:

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  • yellowdart2yellowdart2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oh, and I was right

    Limbo, like other effective horror games, works its creepy magic in broad daylights with the lights on. Seriously don't need to play with the lights off...I'm usually not freaked out by spiders but that part was just D:

    Blaspheme. There is only one way to play this! Alone in the dark!

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    How long is the demo?

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    WHY can I not figure out what to do here. I'm near the beginning,
    past the bear traps and the falling rock log and such. I'm at a small body of water with a pushable crate next to it, and I can't for the life of me get across. I've tried floating across, I've tried running on the top of the box, I know it must be something simple, but I just can't get it.

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  • MongerMonger I got the ham stink. Dallas, TXRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Oh, and I was right

    Limbo, like other effective horror games, works its creepy magic in broad daylights with the lights on. Seriously don't need to play with the lights off...I'm usually not freaked out by spiders but that part was just D:

    Blaspheme. There is only one way to play this! Alone in the dark!
    I disagree.

    This game is neither buggy nor poorly reviewed.

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  • SagrothSagroth Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Only 36% through, but love it so far. Had to stop because my wife insists on watching, and she's got finals coming up.

    Anyone who says this game isn't scary is dead wrong. There have been a ton of terrifying ohfuckohfuckohfuck moments.

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  • modepsmodeps Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    WHY can I not figure out what to do here. I'm near the beginning, past the bear traps and the falling rock log and such. I'm at a small body of water with a pushable crate next to it, and I can't for the life of me get across. I've tried floating across, I've tried running on the top of the box, I know it must be something simple, but I just can't get it.

    Don't ask for help please. If you do, you'll spoil the one of the main things this game has going for it.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Well I beat it and am thorougly traumatized. I'm working on a TV Tropes page.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I'm stopping reading this and off to download the game. Wahoo!

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  • NogginNoggin Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    ... There's one achivement I saw, "Beat the entire game in one sitting, dying less than 5 times." ...

    Would anyone mind posting a list of the achievements?

    Can't get to any gaming sites at work, but after seeing one of them I'm dying to know the rest...

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    shit well i'm stuck, leaderboard says 32%
    there are 2 ropes that you can hold onto to open up two big rock gates and a mine cart, i'm assuming you have to somehow tie the ropes to the minecart? I have no idea what to do
    edit - ugh and right after I post that I figure it out

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  • NailbunnyPDNailbunnyPD Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    modeps wrote: »
    WHY can I not figure out what to do here. I'm near the beginning,
    past the bear traps and the falling rock log and such. I'm at a small body of water with a pushable crate next to it, and I can't for the life of me get across. I've tried floating across, I've tried running on the top of the box,
    I know it must be something simple, but I just can't get it.

    Don't ask for help please. If you do, you'll spoil the one of the main things this game has going for it.

    Also, USE GODDAMN SPOILER TAGS!

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Fucking spider FUUUUCK D:

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    That was worth the two years wait or three...a hundred...whatever. This game's gonna go down as a classic.

    Now I want wallpapers, merch, shit. I'm gonna have to start dressing in black and white.

    The leaderboard appears to be Friends only, but it based on more than progression. There are secrets out there. My friends have yet to best me...

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  • SmallCaveGamesSmallCaveGames Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Or you could dress like a little boy? Wait...

    The buzz factor for this game is off the charts. I am trying to not get my hopes tooooo high up.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Or you could dress like a little boy? Wait...

    The buzz factor for this game is off the charts. I am trying to not get my hopes tooooo high up.

    I'm settling for watching No Country For Old Men, which is also pure scenery porn.

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  • CorehealerCorehealer The Apothecary The softer edge of the universe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I almost want to see someone LP this game, but it's one of those games where LPing it/not actually playing it yourself alone... it would lessen the experience. Guess i'll have to wait for a PC port or something before I can give it a go. Looks beautiful in every way thus far.

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