Review: Bramble: The Mountain King is a pretty but sinister Limbo-like
Although there’s nothing to find off the beaten path, the set-pieces and environments of Bramble: The Mountain King are definitely worth seeing.
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Review: Silt is a moody puzzler with a wonderfully foreboding atmosphere
Silt is a brilliantly atmospheric adventure puzzle game, which allows you to explore a fantastically realized underwater labyrinth.
The Fine Line of Trial and Error
A few months ago, I played Limbo, Playdead’s gloomy, award-winning platformer. It was going swell at first. Traversal was simple, the atmosphere was appropriately thick with tension and mystery, and the visuals were beautiful. Unfortunately, the game was riddled with nigh-unavoidable “gotcha!” deaths — seemingly scripted death sequences that can’t be dodged without prior knowledge…