OddPlanet

If this were free on some (RIP) Flash website I'd say it was decent most issues aside, but to charge $6 for a Limbo rip-off that's also a buggy mess (my inventory says I have the item I need (and I watched a walkthrough to confirm) but it won't let me use it and thus I cannot finish the game). So as it is... - buggy (can't complete a puzzle despite having the item (confirmed watching a walkthrough)) - no settings, neither in the Main Menu or when you hit Esc in-game (nothing happens) - no rebinding, so you're forced to use the arrow keys - forced 720p fullscreen - Steam shows the framerate never going above 55 (I have a Freesync monitor but that'll likely feel like crap if you don't) I usually only review games I've finished but due to the bugs I couldn't finish this one anyway. Avoid.

Can't recommend when there are many more and better sidescrolling adventures out there. The game does a very poor job of signposting anything to the player. What can be interacted with, will this enemy see me if I just stay still or do I need to be hidden, when can a carried item be used or not, etc. And for a game that overrelies on you trying to sneak by the same spider creatures over and over, not communicating what will cause you to be caught and what won't, and not keeping that consistent, is the absolute opposite of fun. There was once I had to consult the walkthrough as it looked just like the game had bugged out but actually I had just not completed the next step in the puzzle ([spoiler]The snail would not move when I pushed him, my character started with the pushing movement and appeared to be walking, but instead of the snail moving, both my character and the snail just vaguely vibrated with a glitchy sound[/spoiler]). And again at the very end puzzle, the game wouldn't let me use the item where I tried to use it. Instead I had to walk a little bit further to trigger some speech and return and it will automatically activate. Whereas I kept pushing further right after the speech and kept dying. Again had to google to find my walk through. Again everything comes back to how poorly things are signposted. The art is nice and all, but it just seems like the gameplay was implemented by someone who isn't actually a gamer themself as nothing is intuitive. It is mercifully brief though so it doesn't outstay it's welcome. So if you want to enjoy the nice environments go right ahead, but don't expect a satisfying puzzle-platformer experience.

[h1][b]OddPlanet[/b][/h1] OddPlanet e Limbo, embora compartilhe semelhanças, não alcança o mesmo nível de excelência. No entanto, isso não diminui sua qualidade como um bom jogo. Limbo se destaca pelo seu impacto emocional e estético, com uma narrativa envolvente e uma arte visualmente deslumbrante. OddPlanet, por outro lado, não atinge esse mesmo nível de profundidade e impacto. Sua história e arte não deixam uma marca tão duradoura na memória do jogador. No entanto, onde OddPlanet se destaca é em sua jogabilidade desafiadora. Ao oferecer mais obstáculos e um nível de dificuldade maior do que Limbo, o jogo proporciona uma experiência mais intensa e gratificante em termos de desafios de plataforma. Em resumo, OddPlanet pode não alcançar as alturas de Limbo em termos de impacto emocional e estético, mas compensa oferecendo uma experiência mais desafiadora e empolgante em termos de jogabilidade. [h3][b]Nota: [u]7/10[/u][/b][/h3]

Another limbo-clone. This one is devoid of an options menu and suffers from some strange control choices. Doesn't do enough to set itself apart.

Tried playing it, got to the part where you have to push the log across (literally like 2 minutes in if that) and she just runs against it... It won't move at all. So uninstalling and never playing again. Waste of time.

PRO: music, atmosphere, graphics, story (i got emotional) CON: gameplay mechanic, stiff controls, story (a bit too enigmatic, undecisive ending), the fact that many things aren't that intuitive and you need too much patience to discover them which alongside the stiff movement it can get annoying af, and last but not least, no audio level controls ingame Conclusion: I had my portion of fun, but I got annoyed most of the time. Go play Limbo. I don't recommend this game unless on sale (how i got it) or in a bundle.

Познакомилась с этой игрой довольно давно, и, кажется, тогда играла в бета-версию, поэтому дальше 1-го эпизода ничего не знала. Игра по своей атмосфере и гейплею очень похожа на Limbo, хотя и выглядит более красочно и не так мрачно, и больше действительно напоминает необычную фэнтэзи-сказку о посещении другой планеты, наполненной необычными неизвестными науке растениями и разными загадочными существами - одни из них злые и готовы при любой возможности навредить нам, другие добрые и готовы стать нам верным другом, который будет следовать за нами весь наш путь. Правда, отсюда так же следует жестокая и злая ирония судьбы... а именно - концовка. Признаюсь, я была в шоке, когда то милое создание, - которое главная героиня игры выручила собственными руками, дала ему имя, и который заменил ей верного друга и спутника, а так же стал избавлением от страшного одиночества, - в одночасье покинуло её. Именно этот момент пробил меня на слёзы, я никак не ожидала подобного исхода; ведь насколько тяжело обрести друга, и так же быстро его потерять... В общем, игру я рекомендую к прохождению, своей графикой и атмосферой она очень даже выигрывает среди других платформеров, хоть и довольно коротка. НО: слишком чувствительным и ранимым людям определённо не понравится концовка, которая является не самым лучшим завершением этой истории.

The game is very beautiful with lovely graphics BUT it is extremely short with weird ending and its FULL OF BUGS and you can barely sometimes interact with the objects. Sometimes you can move an item and then you die and respawn and you can't move THE SAME items you once could...Also my game froze after i touched a snail and i couldn't move i had to restart the level.

I want to give a mixed review, so I just decided to give a thumb up to counter the many "There's no tutorial" reviews because people can't figure out how the game works. You literally need only 4 buttons to play the game. Left and right arrow to walk, up arrow to jump, space bar to sneak and interact with objects. The game even tells you that in the main menu. To be fair, puzzles are too position-sensitive. Sometimes it's not clear which objects you can actually interact with, sometimes you have to stand at a specific position (which is not marked), so I actually consulted a walkthrough few times just to find out that my idea was actually right. The movement controls aren't perfect either. But people complaining about not being able to move the first wooden log in the game - which simply requires you to hold space bar - or about having to press the up arrow instead of space bar to jump and calling that "confusing controls" is simply negativity the game doesn't deserve. The ending was bit disappointing, but I enjoyed most of the 90 minutes and for the dollar I paid that's okay.