July 21st 2010 12:56 pm PT

Arcade: Limbo

 

LIMBO

 

Content: LIMBO
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: Uncertain of his Sister’s Fate, a Boy enters LIMBO. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

 

 

 

 

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Arcade, Marketplace By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

  • SOG Otacon

    Lets put it this way. The average retail game is around $60. This game is $15 which is 1/4th that.
    Most single player experiences are around 8-10 hours long and we don’t complain about those. If you multiplied limbo’s 3-4 hours of gameplay by 4 which would be a $60 game you get 12-16 hours which is about par if not higher than the average retail game. If you subtract out multiplayer which some good single player games do not have it really doesn’t look that bad. Nobody complains when you pay $30 for a blu-ray movie that only lasts 2 1/2 hours either. To be honest, you guys are just used to the bargains that were the old arcade games. The days of $5 arcade games are coming to an end as a new era of quality emerges and what it really means to be an xbox live arcade game changes.

  • VanillaFrog

    Loving this game so far. Take that evil spider!

  • Disco Penguins

    @Exu: Geeeeeeeeeez. Those numbers are pretty bad, actually. I wonder why the case, considering some of the games.
    However, I’m still behind my choice on LIMBO. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a cheap skate. You can clearly see by my list of games that well more than half are Arcade games, so I don’t hesitate in purchasing a good Arcade game, as long as I truly believe it is worth the price it’s labeled under.
    For LIMBO, it’s clearly not a 1200MSP game. It’s an 800MSP. Games like N+, Castlevania: SOTN, Worms 2, Peggle, ‘Splosion Man, The Maw, Mega Man 9 & 10, Perfect Dark, Geometry Wars 2, and Cellfactor are all 800MSP games and are well worth the price. If these same games were marked up to 1200MSP, like LIMBO, I don’t think I would have ever came around to playing them.
    Honestly, the only 800MSP game that I listed there that I would even think of considering paying 1200MSP for would be Castlevania: SOTN, and it’s not even an original game.
    The pricing system is starting to get out of control, and it’s games like LIMBO that are losing out because of it.

  • DavidGX

    Looks awesome but for 1200 points? No.

  • I DLord I

    I really wish fun games like this weren’t overpriced. A 3-5 hour single player arcade adventure with little to do once you complete the game is not a $15 game, it just is not. I want this game, and have more than enough money to buy it for myself and all of my family members, but that just isn’t the point. Pass.

    I mean, I see why Castle Crashers is 1200. I see no reason why this carries the same price.

  • Carl72x

    LIMBO ≡ WIN. I played it and loved it! Keep the good titles coming.

  • Scrappylive

    I remember when this site was a fun place to get exciting information and partake in discussions, not a simple Press Release blog.

  • LEGENDARY T0AD

    What a rip off $15.00, I played it and completed it in 3 hours with no interest in ever playing it again. should have been 400 MS points.

  • NEW P4TH

    Love this game, been playing it ever since I bought it. So original and creative not to mention imaginative

  • Antarael Dulac

    Just wow ôo
    Played the demo, all i can say is “F*** you sis, i’m outta here!” ._.”
    Creepiest forest EVER!

  • daniel c w

    @localhorst86:
    You forgot the Value Added Tax.

  • BeeDizz

    The game is short yes, but i REALLY enjoyed it. I admit i was worried about the length of the game, but the fun factor was well worth the 1200 points. It wouldn’t have mattered how long the game is, i didn’t want it to end.

  • Localhorst86

    not really, daniel cw. 5000 points cost 60€ in germany (official price), including VAT, so Limbo would be 14.40€

  • Tiptoe Turtle

    I wont download destination arcade. That’s stupid it’s only going to be around a month then BOOM its gone. I’m not even wasting my time, thanks but no thanks. Limbo is great, I’ll probably only play it through once but so far I’m loving it. Its funny because I dont even like puzzle games at all and yet I find myself trying to figure out each new one I come across and after 3 hours stuck on a very simple puzzle that should of took 2 minutes to solve I realize how stupid I really am. Hey maybe that’s why I dont like puzzle games. LOL LOL

  • SG dannysal

    Great, great game. Wow. Am I impressed. Frankly, I don’t typically enjoy these puzzle games but for some reason I like this one. I am about 35% complete. Up to this point I have been able to find the way out of every situation but then all of the sudden, bang, I am stuck and I have no idea how to progress. I will try again tonight but then I guess I will seek help on-line. Bummer.

    Whoever can get through this game in one sitting with only 5 deaths…props to you!

  • Antarael Dulac

    It’s kinda Trial and Error, i only played the demo, and i think i hit every trap possible :P (includes spider and so on) even traps on the floor later on because i forgot already there could be more than one xp

  • SkyyPlum

    I’m just curious, are all summer of arcade games going to be 1200 ms points? I’ll get Limbo, but 1200 just seems high for a game that is reported by many to take less than 5 hours first time around and about an hour any play through after. I’m interested in getting all five games but 1200 each would be nuts.

  • cinco312

    I really enjoyed the demo for Limbo. My type of game. But the 1200 point price is pretty steep for a short arcade game. If it was 800 points I would have jumped on it day one, but I’ll most likely purchase it next week. I don’t like to pass up on a great game.

    —-
    I’m with everyone on the outrageous prices lately. 1200 is definitely the new 800. Games never reached that amount, then all of a sudden, BOOM, almost every “quality” game is 1200 points. I’m not cheap, but I don’t like getting ripped off time and time again.

  • rul8agn

    I’ve never played a game like this before. I really enjoy it. I don’t mind the 1200 points for this game. What does tick me off is the 1200 points for refurbished map packs like MW2. That is highway robbery.

  • I DLord I

    @SkyyPlum

    Yea, they are all 1200. Wack, huh?

  • Lohengriehn

    Bought it yesterday and already through it. Very funny :(

    In short: overhyped, too short, boring puzzles, and not as impressive as some reviews want to tell me. Its still a good game, but Im disappointed. Wont buy anything again by this developer nor trust any reviews or opinions of other. Braid had much better puzzles imo.

    Now Im just glad to get 400pts back b/c of CV and Lara one day…Thats it with Limbo at me. Can rest in piece erm peace.

  • Alfred Saxon

    LIMBO is my new favourite game. Thank you Playdead. Highly recommend this game. 5/5

  • RuairiAU

    I bought it and completed it over the weekend. Very fun game, but overpriced at 1200pts. It has no replay value at all.

  • Localhorst86

    I think it’s the lack of replay value that makes the 1200MSP price point outrageous. I bought Risk:Factions instead, now I have 4300MSP remaining and don’t know what to buy…

  • daniel c w

    @localhorst: Yes, but the U.S. prices do not include VAT.

  • ZaZeeMan

    @LEGENDARY T0AD
    It doesn’t appear that you have played the game despite your claims. :)

    I’m fighting the idea of purchasing Limbo, but I have many other games to get to.

    Anyways, I think Destination arcade is a beta test of what may be in the new Kinect dashboard update. Just a thought.

  • Cer3bra1Asassin

    what gets me is people complain about paying $15 for a arcade game, the get on ebay and pay half price of a retail game for dlc for a game. EX. jazz code for transformers, and look now all the preorder dlc for that game will be available with extra maps for $10….and guess what people will complain about that 2

  • Exu

    So I got a code for the game and gave it a go.

    What a dull and lifeless overhyped, overpriced bore.

  • Mayor ODoyle

    I gotta say that I’m with K1ller Hornet. While playing the trial I was saying to myself “this is amazing, I have to have it.” 24 hours later I was saying “Really? That’s it?!” Great-looking game. Really spooky with some terrific ambient sound and music. But entirely too short for 1200 points.

  • PastLife666

    The game is pretty fun and kinda makes your brain work even though the puzzles are simple.

  • RuairiAU

    I think the general concensus is that it was worth 800 points. There are a few games which I can look back apon and say they were worth the money. They are:
    BF1943
    Trials HD
    Castle Crashers
    Shadow Complex

    They have set the standard for what we as a community expect for a 1200 point game.

  • LEGENDARY T0AD

    @ZaZeeMan How would You know what I play? My games are set to private. But I changed it just so you could see I have played and completed the game,Also check the date.

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