Thursday, June 6, 2013

Comforting Nature of Limbo


When I first began to play Limbo, I was a little nervous. The ambient noises of the game and the gothic surrounding slightly put me on edge and I was constantly thinking about what was going to happen next. But as I began to move the avatar forward, I felt a sense of calm and relaxation, as I quickly realized that we control the game, instead of the game does not predicting our fate. The fact that there were no limits on the amount of lives we were able to have in the game was also comforting. I realized that death in the game was common, and not necessarily punished. It encouraged me to continue playing to see what the whole game was about. Overall, I probably would have tried to continue on as far as I could in the game if it weren’t due to personal time constraints. The fact that I felt comfortable playing really encouraged me to want to play more. 

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