I picked this up yesterday on Steam's daily deal for $2.50 (still $2.50 for 2 more hours!) and have had a blast so far. You play a boy who wakes up in Limbo, and there' nothing else in the way of story given to you at the start. It's a simple 2D platformer that is essentially just a series of puzzles. It's got me hooked for a few reasons:
-The atmosphere is great. The visual style is simple but compelling. There's little in the way of music, but at just the right moment, an eerie background track pops in. There's a film grain feel to the game and it just works, IMO.
-Intriguing and fair puzzle design. I think I'm about 3/4 of the way through the game, and have enjoyed the puzzles so far. There's nothing really earth-shatteringly new here, but the puzzles are clever and the clues needed to solve them are always right in front of you, if sometimes only in retrospect. I haven't hit any sequences that required crazy-fifteen-year-old dexterity, either.
-The checkpoint system is perfect. You'll die. A lot. But you never lose more than 30 seconds or so of time, and it's usually more like 5-10 seconds.
If you enjoy platformers and see this while the game is still $2.50, it's a no-brainer. At the regular price of $10 I think it's still a good pick-up.
