Limbo - Westy

Limbo is a platform strategy game where you are playing a young boy who is trying to make their way out of the forest, encountering many challenges along the way. There is no background story to how you got into the forest and why you have to escape which could have been added to make the game more understandable and more enjoyable however the game is quite easy to grasp and can be easily played. The gameplay, 2D platform strategy, suits the game really well because it is appealable to the gamer in the way that it is easy to play due to its basic dimensions and the basic colours and environments used.

The controls are not complicated however at the beginning of the game it is not clear on what to do and how to do it e.g. there was a part of the game where I had to pull a train cart out which enabled to jump onto another platform to continue the game, however this took multiple attempts to figure out and what something that could improve this would be a tutorial resembling instruction that tells you what to do when you first play the game. However the game controls are generally easy to use as the movement of the character is controlled by the arrow keys, the space bar makes the character jump and the control button makes the character hold onto things. This layout provides a simple but effective way for playing the game as the controls aren’t squashed together and they are not confusing to use.

The style of the game is very basic, as previously mentioned, the game uses a two dimensional environment and has basic colours to it e.g. balck, grey and white. At first this does not look appealing to a gamer in the aspect that the colours are very boring however this works well with the game because it draws the attention of the gamer towards what is actually happening in the game which works for a very effective game play. There are some sound effects to the game for example, if a tree snaps you will hear a snapping sound and if the character has jumped you will the character landing however it is a very quiet game and there could have been more sound effects and some background music to improve the game play.

This game does not have any extra which puts the game at a disadvantage because some gamers might get bored with Limbo because there are no rewards throughout the game and because there are no extras the game is put to a more at a basic level. If the game were to have extras in it maybe one of the extras could be objects to find whilst in the forest to help enhance the game.

In conclusion, Limbo is a very basic game which uses good graphics and dull environments to optimise the actual game play. The game is very easy to play and has a simple structure to it, however there could be more sound effects and background music to add to the game play and there could also be extras such as trophies to improve the game play.