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• gamedeal user

  May 15, 2016

  [b]OddPlanet[/b] is a decent little love letter to Limbo that suffers from a stunted playtime and some over-simplified puzzles. A girl has no name as she crash-lands on a strange alien world, nor does a girl have much in the way of a defence from its many hostile inhabitants except for cowering in the shadows until danger has passed. There's some great set-pieces here, the best of which involves being captured by the terrifying resident Neanderthal tribe and your subsequent escape from their cave but while much of the art direction and atmospherics are on point, the entire experience sometimes feels overly derivative. There's no real reason for your character to be a copy of the glowing-eyed silhouette boy from Limbo. His anonymity was a major point of that game's story; here, you see the girl's face and hear her voice several times. A lot of work has gone into [b]OddPlanet[/b] over the past couple of years from its original sole chapter and it arrives on Steam with another two in tow. It's not enough really; there doesn't feel like there's any real resolution at the end of the game which, for an experience that relies heavily on its plot to balance its plain platforming and puzzles, will leave some players feeling a bit short-changed. Still, I can't really not give this a recommendation based on the complaint that I really wanted to play more of it, can I? Full review below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59PEa50p14
• gamedeal user

  May 18, 2016

  Soo... Limbo had a sister..... And strangely she dies a lot too :) It looks ok ,very similar to Limbo in looks and gameplay which is not a bad thing as that was a great small game . I'm not recommending this game just yet until the dev explains to us if and when he's gonna fix the game settings . There aren't any :) ,so you can't change the resolution or keys . Glovepie can be used to change the keyboard settings but we shouldn't have to resort to third party progs. I mean if this is it then fair enough , just tell us please . EDIT: Ok ,dev was kind enough too reply and said there's a limitation with the Fusion game engine that is making it very difficult to have adjustable resolutions. There are a few game engines that have issues with resolutions. It's something you get used to when playing a lot of point and clicks. :) Anyways game deserves a Thumbs UP from me . Is it worth the £3.99 i paid ? Most definitely imho , especially if you enjoyed the art style and gameplay of Limbo . Though gameplay is not as intricate as Limbo ,it's mainly jumping , pushing and collecting items. But hey £3.99 is the price of a Big Mac so it's priced relatively cheap. It's like the little sister or maybe a love letter to that game :)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 16, 2017

  Funky graphics and feel. Tries very hard to be Limbo and take the creepy to the next level, doesn't always succeed. I played OddPlanet before I played Limbo, and ended up playing Limbo just because all the reviews mentioned that it was better. They were right. Whilst Limbo is a few years older it's held up better than OddPlanet has, and was executed with much more finesse. My big criticism of OddPlanet really comes down to the controls. The jump mechanic is clunky, leading several of the puzzles to be more about getting the timing of your jump absolutely dead set perfect rather than having the challenge be about solving the puzzle itself. It's often a case that you work out what you have to do, but it takes 60 tries to get it right. If I want that I'll go buy a platformer and smash my controller up when I get mad. If you loved Limbo and are looking for more this is a reasonable substitute, but don't expect it to be as good.