Good morning everyone *big hugs 'n waves* :)


Edit: Oh and please send akhliber as many +1s you can find!

I am, sir :) what about you ?
Morning, ElT ! **hugz**

How are you, you two ? :-)

Bonjour *big return hugz*
I'm fine - what about you?

Hey there, Owl lady. =) -breaks out the extra-extra-extra holy crap you probably shouldn't drink much of this-strength wading pool full of coffee-

Doing all right here. Can't really focus on things for long, pretty sure I've started my 13th hour of sweating, and everything's kind of mushed together mentally, but I can't complain. ;)

Happy to hear your new week is starting off pleasantly. I hope you had a good weekend. =)

Bonjour bonjour... **kiss on your cheeks and free garlic snails**
I'm fine, despite it's Monday **shudder** >___o
did you watch some football through your weekend ? :) I could not avoid it. I saw 2 games yesterday, which is more than I ever watched in a year, hihi
Jeez.... what if i never can sleep again ?...... ;-P
Why all the sweating ?...
Thanks... yes, it went well, the house is now ready for the workers to come and build the new extension... our part is done for now ! :)

Thanks *blush* ;)
Good to hear - and of course. I've watched all three matches :)
I assume you watched the French one and which other one?

*sneaks into conversation*
Only football I watched was the penalty shooting between Poland and Switzerland :D
*big hug before sneaking out again*

*hijack* Uh that one ended unfair...but oh my how Xhaka missed that goal :D

Good morning *big hug*

Oh well, good thing that I don't really care about football. It was more like "would be nice for the Swiss if they advance", but that's it ;-)
*big hug*

Good morning, lovely goslings of Fred!

I hope you are all doing well and that you all had a wonderful weekend?

*big cloudy Monday hug*


[Limbo review/rant]
We played Limbo over the weekend, and I must say I feel like the game is a bit too overrated, and it is not the 5 star game so many claimed it is. In fact I thought it was a bit of a letdown after hearing such good praise. The game was just so dull, boring, and repetitive. The art style, while looking interesting at first, did get old very quickly, and I found that it felt a little lazy if I am honest. The backgrounds are all blurred, and there is the all too common noise filter applied to the whole game, probably to cover for the fact the art style is so basic and lacklustre. If it looked like it did on the artwork (with nice lighting effects on the character and the environment, not the plain black nothing we end up with), then it could have been nice, but as it is, it just looks lazy. The art style could work well, if some more detail and effort was put into it. And the character's movement was not that great, especially his jumping. Then there are the puzzles, which while some were nice, they do repeat the same concepts over and over again. You find a rope, move a box, drag a trap, die (often due to the art style making everything look the same, or due to the games mechanics causing you to die), then try again. I would say that none were hard technically, although the game's mechanics can make some puzzles annoying.

Your character is also apparently brain dead, you can see dangers but the game won't let you avoid them, you just have to walk straight into them. There is also no real story, or music, in fact the sound is very basic. Overall it felt like the game was a little lazily made, and relied on the whole "indie art" hype that so many indie games get over these last few years. The game is also only about 2-3 hours long (and if you know what you are doing probably only an hour long), and has little replay value, which on top of the many faults makes the game not really worth the asking price, in my opinion. It was an okay game, especially as I got it for free during the recent promo, but I think it is more of a 2.5 to 3 out of 5 star rating, I would not say it deserves anywhere near the many 5 star reviews I have seen for this game. I don't normally mind artsy indie games that much, but I think this one is just too over-hyped, not very interesting, has virtually zero story/plot, is dull, and the gameplay is not that well done. It feels a little like Never Alone did, an interesting idea, but poorly implemented. But where Never Alone made up for it was the story, the locations, and the historical facts you unlock, Limbo has nothing really to offer, and nothing that would make me want to ever play it again. There is apparently a secret level if you collect all the extras, but I think I am done with the game, so that will have to go unplayed as I have no desire to play this again.

*throws it on the pile of overhyped indie crap, along with Agent's Knock Knock "game". :-)

Did any of you play it? I would love to hear your thoughts if you did, especially if you liked it. Was it the style of the ending and the implied plot and possible symbolisation you can then apply the game that people liked so much?

Despite all that, if any of the regulars who use Steam missed the free promo but would like to try the game for yourselves (you might really like it), then I have the spare Steam Key it came with on Humble if you would like to play the game for yourself. Just let me know if you are interested in it.

Well that certainly helps :D
*big return hug*

Good morning *big hug*
I'm fine - what about you?

Good to know...haven't played that one yet....

Yeah :D
And the Belgium vs. Hungary :D

Good morning! *big silly hug*

I am doing good, thank you. Is your Monday off to a nice start? How was your weekend?

Well you might like the game, hopefully my (terrible?) review did not put you off trying it. But for me, after hearing all the praise, I just expected something more, a better game than what I played. But that could just be me, so don't let that put you off trying it someday.

Hooo... I couldn't give you a hug, you ran away too quickly... :-( **sigh**
Hello DD !! **big hug**
So we are goslings now ?... I had to Oogle it :"|
(So Ryan Gosling is a gosling too ?... I like that bird :-P lol)
How was your weekend ? :-)

(I haven't played Limbo yet... your review doesn't really make me want to... no hurry... :-) hihi)

Not the German one??? :|
Just kidding :P

The Belgium vs. Hungary was great :D

Glad to hear that. I'm fine and my weekend was good, thank you.

Well i guess i'll try it at some point... i mean i got it in a humble bundle some years ago...why not try it then and see for myself...