Mario brothers paved the way for side scrolling games, but much has changed since the tenacious plumber rolled onto the scene. A new fascination with side-scrollers or platform games have created a new niche for artistically designed games.
The latest in the complex puzzle driven side scrolling games, Limbo, relies solely on artistic beauty rather than innovation. Although there isn’t much known about Limbo, www.limbogame.org .
What is known is that it is being developed by Arnt Jensen, who has been developer for games such as Freedom Fighters
and Hitman 2. It has been recently infused with funding from the Danish Government, just to make sure the game is finished comfortably and with the help of other professionals. With it’s film noire style artwork, the game looks more like a dream straight out of Tim Burton’s head.
Gritty and compelling, are two words that can accurately display the first impressions of this game. As I said before, there are very few details on the game thus far, but I am hoping that more information will be released soon.
If this game looks intriguing to you, then check out another artistically inclined scroller called Braid. A strong puzzle based game is a great lead up to Limbo.
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