In Search Of Purpose
HIGH The struggle felt through gameplay and aesthetics.
LOW The literal difficulty spikes.
WTF Balancing on corpses… yikes.
Tag: PlayDead
Inside (Switch) Review
Portable Nightmares
HIGH One of this gen’s best indies, now on the go.
LOW Nothing new here for returning players.
WTF The ending is still one of the wildest moments in all of gaming.
Inside Ambiguous Games
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Themes from Playdead’s Inside and Limbo are mentioned below, and may be considered spoilers.
I recommend playing both games entirely before reading.
Inside Review
1984: The Game
HIGH Discovering the experiment.
LOW Dying literally forty times in a 3.5-hour game.
WTF Those creepy water-baby monsters…
Limbo Second Opinion
What you Don't Know Will Kill you… Twice
HIGH Every moment a spider is on the screen.
LOW A puzzle near the end that relies on a blind jump.
WTF The danger-free puzzles feel like they belong in another game.
Limbo Review
Lost (and Found) in Shadows
HIGH Seeing the game in motion and realizing it's not a cutscene.
LOW The post-zipline area at the end is the game's only "cheap" puzzle.
WTF With that ending…
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