Inside

When it comes to indie games, there is always a lack of something. May it be the story or the gameplay... But this game honestly pretty much nailed most or all aspects. The visuals in this game are astonishing. The fact that its always kind of creepy and dark can drive a person mad. But most specifically with me, it felt like clostrophobic. The gameplay featured in this game is ok, but not especially good compared to what some other games manage. What drives the game and makes it good though is its story. Its very poetic in every sense of the term. Even though its a very short game to complete, I feel this is a very good story. So honeslty I think most single player gamers should try this, especially considering that its supposed to take like 3h to complete it.

This is probably as close to perfection in a game we will get. It's a 2D puzzle platformer where you play as a young boy. You don't know anything. Is the boy the only one left with a free mind? Is the world ending? You know nothing. If you pay attention to what happens around you. You may be able to piece together what happened here.

The puzzles are also fair and satisfying to solve, and they even strengthen the story!

This is definitely a slower-paced game. If you want high octanel gameplay, this is not what you're looking for, but will still fall in love with either way.

I bought this game for literally E 5,00 which is a bargain. And I knew next to nothing because there is hardly any real info, background or explanation. All I knew is that it had positive reviews when looking for horror games. Also interesting is that there is no build up or intro, the game just......starts.

Once started, you'll notice that you know exactly nothing. Almost like you ARE the character in the game, who may be a man, or a boy, or a human, or something else.

It's a pretty simple and intuitive platform game where you simply walk from left to right (most of the time) and let the game surprise you with puzzles and challenges that give you slightly more info, but many more questions.

The graphics are simple and minimalistic, but boy are they effective. In some way, the makers succeeded in drawing you into some weird, incomprehensible world that resembles hour, but is also very different.

And that is the strength of this game. It lures you in with its addicting atmosphere and weirdness, and won't let you go, even long after you played it.

In 100 years time I believe people will regard video games and movies on the same level as art and literature; this would place Inside as a true masterpiece in art. The games audio, the visuals, the vague and yet powerful storytelling, it's all perfect. Sidescrollers might bore a lot of people but I ask any of these people to give this game a try because it will blow you away.

Played Limbo? No? Go play it now. Then play this. They are awfully similar, and not just because both are made by some danish guys. This game, the "storyline" in it if one can call it that + the atmosphere... is just pure insanity. I have no idea what it's like inside the head of someone who is both artistically gifted and absolutely insane but here one can really get... "inside" it. From start to finish it is thoroughly enjoyable, the scenery changes all the time, the puzzles get ever harder, it never really gets boring and the ending is perhaps the most peculiar thing I ever saw. And just like in limbo - never was something so depressing and so dark so much fun! Just like there are movies with story lines and acting so good that the viewer is mentally raped and feels almost some kind of bruising in the gray matter after the credits start rolling the same exact thing is delivered by this game. Or to put it differently - when art is made as MGM's Latin slogan says - "art for art's sake", it really shows. It really shows that the maker puts his/her soul into the work, and the product becomes more important than turning a buck off it. So much so that it shines like a diamond in the big ocean of boring stuff made by people who are not artists at all. This game is one of those diamonds, no doubt about it.