Coming off of LIMBO, I think PlayDead did a great job with this game. You get the same eerie atmosphere that Limbo provides, but with a lot more detail and opportunities for worldbuilding and subtle storytelling. Puzzles are fun (most of the time), and the game offers you a great sense of progression as you make your way through them and into new locales. And adding new mechanics along the way keeps things fresh, while also lending themselves cleverly as part of the narrative. Although the ending may be controversial, Inside is a great game all the way through.

um joguinho bem rápido (que eu demorei mais do que devia pra terminar pois sou cagona) e com uma história bem interessante que você só compreende observando o cenário a sua volta e o comportamento dos poucos personagens que você encontra.
é esquisito, levemente desconfortável e agoniante, mas eu só diminui minha nota (apesar de gostar de todo o conceito do jogo) pq não acho que ele tenha me marcado não, mas com certeza o jogo não tem defeito algum.
os puzzles são bem criativos e, por vezes, desafiadores, o cenário passa a vibe exata que a história sombria tem e é bem divertido ficar pensando onde podem estar as esferas pq elas sempre estao super bem escondidas.
bem legal recomendo bastante!

Sucessor espiritual de limbo, definitivamente esse é aquele tipo de jogo que quando você termina a sua mente explode e você fica tipo "que porra foi essa que eu joguei?" novamente dou destaque a arte, e a jogabilidade que é um pouco mais versátil do que limbo, o jogo tenta contar uma história ou simplismente passar uma mensagem subliminar através de ações e através do cenário e não de linhas de diálogos, tão único quanto limbo e mais fácil também, apesar de eu ter um carinho maior por limbo.

9/10 Único, Excelente Jogo.

Another fantastic game from Playdead.

Started this before I knew of 'LIMBO'. Finished it half way, then went and played LIMBO, then came back to this.

Very much in the same 'theme' as LIMBO, tackling a much more borader subject matter of mind control, experimentation on human test subjects and themes of existentialism, isolation, being hunted and post-apocalypse.

The character designs, minimal aesthetics return. Physics is as fluid as it ever was, but I think its a bit improved with subtle details around body locomotion thanks to 3-D rendenring.

I was not expecting the game to end the way it did. Absolutely fantastic.

As a fan of text-less games, Inside sat well with me. I had a wonderful time playing this on the OLED Steam Deck with some decent headphones. Though misophonic at times, I found myself continually awed at the game's sound design. There were disturbingly organic sound interactions that combined with droning background notes in such a way that kept me feeling a slight disgust and intrigue that I can only imagine is exactly how the developers intended the player to be feel throughout the game.

The puzzles typically had a nice flow to them that kept me immersed in the weird environmental story telling. At worst, some puzzles required preemptive knowledge or trial & error to test out boundaries of mechanics in a very "video gamey" sort of way. This video-gameyness isn't necessarily a bad thing but can clash with the more immersive focus of how the game presents itself.

Whenever I considered how this type of game could evolve, my mind kept going to games like Another World/Out of This World. It was hard not to see this game as feature-stripped version of those types of games after I made this comparison.

With that said, Inside still holds its own and is a very nice experience through and through... I just can't agree with forcing the player to use the analog stick to move in a 2D side-scroller.

playdead knows balance like no other everything here from the game design to the art direction is teeter tottering on that perfect razor sharp line. the puzzles are the most accessible but are enough to make you feel like a boss when u figure them out. animation, composition, camera work, art direction, SOUND DESIGN SOUND DESIGN SOUND DESIGN, first class. buuuuuttt this is very trial and error based which halts it a bit but replays breeze past when you know what to do. god that pulse section can eat me out