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[LiK]

https://twitter.com/#!/PlayStation/statuses/86474629962678272

Playdead founder @DinoPatti confirms that their masterpiece LIMBO is heading to PSN in July. More details next week!

faster than expected

 

[Fernando Rocker]

Yay!

More people are going to be fooled by thinking this is a good game!

Spoiler

Art style is good, but that's it.

 

[ULTROS!]

https://twitter.com/#!/PlayStation/statuses/86474629962678272

Playdead founder @DinoPatti confirms that their masterpiece LIMBO is heading to PSN in July. More details next week!

Wow, that's fast.

Please be next week or next next week.

 

[eternaLightness]

Wow! July!!!! Yesss!!!!! Unf Unf!!

 

[jetsetfluken]

Would much prefer Rez HD and E4 and Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun...

But anyway, this also has an indication Castlevania HoD (no not the GBA HoD) may be coming to PSN by August, because of the one-year exclusivity/Summer of Arcade 2010 deal just like Limbo. Though Castlevania was in part published by Microsoft Game Studios.

 

[GeoramA]

So a year-long exclusive...smh.

What's even the point of timed exclusives these days? So annoying.

 

[see5harp]

So a year-long exclusive...smh.

What's even the point of timed exclusives these days? So annoying.

I think it's pretty clear from the amount of time it took to develop that the team may not have been big enough to release multiplatform. Why do you assume that it was their plan all along to even develop multiple versions? Could the success on XBLA been part of reason they decided to start ports? NO ONE KNOWS.

 

[MichaelEM3]

Not that there was any doubt what with the leaks but Dino just confirmed a Steam release on Twitter, as well.

LIMBO is coming for PSN and Steam... Soon: www.limbogame.org

 

[Neuromancer]

So a year-long exclusive...smh.

What's even the point of timed exclusives these days? So annoying.

Could just be because it's a small dev.

 

[bone_and_sinew]

I hate time exclusives, more so when they make it look like it is a full exclusive, just tell us

This, this so much.

 

[MisterAnderson]

Any idea if this might come to Steam?

 

[newjeruse]

Pumped for the co-op hoard mode they are introducing for the PS3 version.

 

[Nabs]

Any idea if this might come to Steam?

It's coming to Steam http://twitter.com/#!/dinopatti

 

[LiK]

Any idea if this might come to Steam?

already confirmed

 

[Cheska]

Hell yes! The trophies call out to me

 

[sixteen-bit]

Not that there was any doubt what with the leaks but Dino just confirmed a Steam release on Twitter, as well.

Thanks for the heads up, TO

 

[SolidusDave]

So a year-long exclusive...smh.

What's even the point of timed exclusives these days? So annoying.

Well, instead of securing exclusive content for your own userbase, you could also just pay others to lie to the userbase of your competitor and to purposely delay their not yet announced by otherwise identical content.


But if you don't want to get annoyed, just assume that any exclusively released content on the PS3 (even free games/DLC) will never release on any other current (non-Sony) platform or at least not on the 360 and that anything on the 360 (or 360+PC) that is not actually owned (≠published) by MS will come eventually to the PS3.

I'm not completely serious, but this rule of thumb kinda works.

 

[EricHasNoPull]

Its a good game, i bought it for 15 but for 10 id say its worth a purchase. With games like this and Braid i will beat it once then return to it a year or 2 later when i have forgotten things and play through it again. That way im getting 8 hours of game for my purchase which is pretty good for 10-15 bucks.

Its not a lot of trial and error. You will get killed at first unexpectedly but thats because you dont know what to look out for. Once you start to recognize what can actually kill you then most of it is on skill and environmental awareness. Id say the most deaths came from the first boss character in the stage.

Awesome thanks, that was pretty much the exact kind of answer I was looking for regarding this game's play mechanics, I might actually dig this game ( I already love the visuals, might even be able to accept it's game play also)

Also thanks to others in here for answering my questions with detailed opinions and explanation of the game.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Maybe imagery of a child being beheaded, drowned, skewered, and otherwise mutilated doesn't settle with him? The option to disable the death animations is the only reason I'm playing the game.

Gilles de Rais likes this post

 

[Neuromancer]

Maybe imagery of a child being beheaded, drowned, skewered, and otherwise mutilated doesn't settle with him? The option to disable the death animations is the only reason I'm playing the game.

That's literally the best part of the game.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

Well, instead of securing exclusive content for your own userbase, you could also just pay others to lie to the userbase of your competitor and to purposely delay their not yet announced by otherwise identical content.


But if you don't want to get annoyed, just assume that any exclusively released content on the PS3 (even free games/DLC) will never release on any other current (non-Sony) platform or at least not on the 360 and that anything on the 360 (or 360+PC) that is not actually owned (≠published) by MS will come eventually to the PS3.

I'm not completely serious, but this rule of thumb kinda works.

MS has shown that they only need to have the game be exclusive for a limited time for it to be effective business wise to them and it doesn't hurt the developer since they get to profit on many levels instead of just leaving it on one console.

So everyone wins. MS gets a timed exclusive, the developer gets free marketing by being a timed exclusive and time to work on the port for the PSN (the PC port is basically done with the XBLA version), and every gamer regardless of what platform they own gets to play the game.

Let's remember that a lot of these games are made by little teams that just simply don't have the resources to do multiplatform development all at the same time so this makes total logical sense to do it the way Braid, Castle Crashers, and now Limbo are doing it.

 

[Special J]

how does one become a community manager

 

[Draft]

Wow! And if you're a PS+ subscriber you might get a dollar off!

 

[ULTROS!]

Wow! And if you're a PS+ subscriber you might get a dollar off!

Uh... They usually discount the games to $10 if they're $14.99...

 

[FuKuy]

Change the topic, please. The game is confirmed for STEAM aswell.

 

[Hydrargyrus]

Anyone knows in which day will be released?

 

[Grieves]

Wow, I'm new here. Does everything usually blow up like this for using a dollar sign in a name?

I wish I had been about when Gabe Newall was being outspoken about the PS3.

 

[LiK]

Anyone knows in which day will be released?

We'll probably know next week

 

[renitou]

Played the Xbox 360 version for about 5 minutes, than saw a child getting beheaded and turned it off. Will never touch this sick game again.

Gotta have standards.

 

[Phonomezer]

Wow, I'm new here. Does everything usually blow up like this for using a dollar sign in a name?

I wish I had been about when Gabe Newall was being outspoken about the PS3.

OUTRAGEOUS. You misspelled his name ON PURPOSE, are you an EA community manager?

 

[Grieves]

OUTRAGEOUS. You misspelled his name ON PURPOSE, are you an EA community manager?

Lol

I usually refer to him as *** Gabe because I can never remember how to spell his surname.

I thought that might be inappropriate in this thread.

That's it! I'm forever going to be known as a fanboy.

Let the hate commence!!

 

[Yoshichan]

Eh, dude...

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Yikes

I hope to pay 10 for this. Or less of course.

 

[Phonomezer]

Let the hate commence!!

Sending an angry email to your employer as we speak.

 

[NeXuSDK]

This was bound to happen. PlayDead had a pretty sweet exclusivity deal with Microsoft, where the time-period dependent on the success of the game in the marketplace; the better sales, the longer exclusivity time. As the sales would eventually wind down, the opportunity to port and release on other platforms, and once again create sales, would arise.

It's basically a win-win situation...

 

[Ostinatto]

the game isnt available on psn yet?

i want it today plsssss

 

[ULTROS!]

the game isnt available on psn yet?

i want it today plsssss

It's coming out today.

 

[anddo0]

It's coming out today.

full game, or just the demo?

 

[ULTROS!]

full game, or just the demo?

Full game and demo.

 

[V_Ben]

full game, or just the demo?

The game is out today on PSN.

 

[Nivert]

Any price or extra content announced yet?

My favourite downloadable game from last year. I'll double dip if they've added more stuff to it.

 

[Neuromancer]

Any price or extra content announced yet?

My favourite downloadable game from last year. I'll double dip if they've added more stuff to it.

No extra content that I've heard.

 

[anddo0]

Full game and demo.

The game is out today on PSN.

Nice! Time to purchase a $20 PSN code from Amazon.

 

[Carl]

Any price or extra content announced yet?

My favourite downloadable game from last year. I'll double dip if they've added more stuff to it.

No price announced yet but confirmed PS+ discount on day one (at least for Europe)

 

[sixteen-bit]

No price announced yet but confirmed PS+ discount on day one (at least for Europe)

Euro PSN+ has all the luck

 

[Neuromancer]

Macro$haft: Never forget

 

[Petrichor]

The first half of the game easily delivers the most expertly realised sense of isolation and despair that I've experienced in a game. The second half loses that, but remains a fun platformer regardless. Good news that more people will be able to play it!

 

[Yoshichan]

I'd love to know an exact date

 

[Snuggles]

I'd love to know an exact date

Check the PSN thread. edit - Looks like you just did.

I think I'll just wait for the Steam version, since I'm assuming it's 720p on consoles.

 

[Yoshichan]

Check the PSN thread. edit - Looks like you just did.

Yeah I failed miserable ._. !