great job dudes!
definitely convinced me to pick up a lot of stuff here, esp. Limbo and Pac Man DX
JimD: I can't explain why I haven't got bored of this, because in a sense I was bored as soon as I started playing. It really doesn't feel very different to any number of flash games that have gone before, but perhaps it's one of those situations where the game is just a perfect fit for the format. Angry Birds is exactly the kind of non-game you want for a 15 minute train journey and that's where most of my gaming happens these days. The constant drip feed of new levels is a plus too.
otm on Angry Birds
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
Arrgh not to be mr contrary corner but I just played limbo for an hour and while I like the atmosphere the jump button recognition is fucking terrible
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
Ok never mind, switched controllers and I guess I have a sorta worn a button in that one, carry on
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I have a sorta worn a button
It's-a me, jjjusteno!
― JimD, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
Limbo would've got points from me too, if I'd played it in time. Probably not enough to put it ahead of FONV though.
― JimD, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
Oops, when I posted last night I hadn't noticed we'd reached #1! Many thanks, forks and poly.
― sambal dalek (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha nice jimD
still on the fence on limbo, it teeters right on the hairline between fun and frustration - i dig the puzzles that take clever thinking (and actually this seems to have more of these than most platformers i play these days) but i hate when they sink into the lazy end of precise timing and placement of jumps and repetition - basically once I figure out the trick to what you want me to do, I don't feel any further reward by replaying the sequence until i get it just right.
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
atmosphere is great tho, and some of the tweaks (brainworms and ambiently lit rotating worlds) are really great ideas.
― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
ending is greatthe less backstory they try to provide for the game, the better it is imoreally impressed that they managed to avoid being overly twee or goth all the way through
― weird bibby fetish (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
About halfway through Limbo now. Great stuff. These guys clearly loved Out of this World and Prince of Persia. Good job, ILG.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm.... I also love out of this world and prince of persia. guess I should play this one.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
thanks forks and poly, as ever this was a blast to read. feel bummed that i didn't get it together to vote in time, though i don't think i played many 2010 games in 2010: spent most of the year playing Fallout3, which was a revelation tbh. Have to say I've played so much Worms2 on the iphone that I would've voted for that, but I am a Worms addict so ymmv.
Is New Vegas still too broken to play? Have been waiting for it to get real cheap.
― his name was rony. rony from my cage. (stevie), Saturday, 25 June 2011 10:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=128148751
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― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
I have no idea where that link came from, but I suspect trypo thread, probably best not clicking.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Saturday, 25 June 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
ending is great
I do not concur. Not as bad as LeChuck's Revenge, but it's up there. TBF I can see how for other people they'd be down with that style of conclusion (but that moment when you beat the final puzzle was like whoaaah~~).
Still, great game! Agree w/jjjusten about the puzzles that required death after death until you got the split-second timing down being a bit of a letdown, especially compared to Portal 2's approach. But the majority of the puzzles were clever and satisfying (there was only one puzzle where I cheated to look for a FAQ towards the end - the first time where you have to hit a switch in mid-air, because I had no idea that even was a switch), and the art and sound design tops. I really love a game with such effective emotional direction.
― Nhex, Monday, 27 June 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
See i LIKED the lechuck's revenge ending so we're just on different pages
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 June 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes it's like, i don't even know you dawg
― Nhex, Monday, 27 June 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'm forks.
― Don't start the chain you know? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 June 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link