Limbo

Game » consists of 12 releases. First released on Jul 21, 2010

A little boy seeks to rescue his lost sister from a dreary, dangerous world in this puzzle-platformer that kicked off the Summer of Arcade in 2010.

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Giant Bomb review mentioned?

#1 Posted by Scribbly (402 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

I was browsing Live Arcade and I came across this on the page for Limbo:

"Uncertain of his Sister's Fate, a Boy enters LIMBO..."
"Giant Bomb - 5/5"
"Destructoid - 10/10" etc etc.

This is the first time I've ever seen a GB review quoted anywhere... is the site finally gaining kudos as a reviewer of games?

#2 Posted by FancySoapsMan (5414 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

I doubt too many websites gave it a perfect score. So in looking for scores to post, they probably chose the highest ones they could find, GB being one of them.

That's my take on it.

#3 Posted by ShadowKnight508 (656 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Perhaps...and if so, it is good for Microsoft to publish Giant Bomb's score of a game on Live Arcade. Looks like GB is getting respect among other reviewers.

#4 Posted by ImmortalSaiyan (4186 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

That's neat. If I recall corectly brad was quoted on the back of the retail of Trine. I could be making that up though.

#5 Posted by Guyzea (814 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Ryan was quoted on some bootleg chinese game once.

#6 Edited by ez123 (1741 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Nuts and Bolts says "Best Xbox 360 Exclusive" - GiantBomb on the upper-left of the box art. At least the version that has Nuts and Bolts and Viva Pinata bundled does.

@FancySoapsMan

said:

" I doubt too many websites gave it a perfect score. So in looking for scores to post, they probably chose the highest ones they could find, GB being one of them. That's my take on it. "

It has 16 perfect scores on metacritic.

#7 Posted by Dylabaloo (1495 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

They were quoted on the Braid website before.

#8 Posted by AuthenticM (3518 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Ryan was quoted in the New-York Fucking Times.

#9 Posted by Scribbly (402 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

@AuthenticM said:

" Ryan was quoted in the New-York Fucking Times. "

Wasn't that the New Yorker? That was the one with the Uh-Uh-Uh-Uh quote and where they referred to the Bombcast as charmingly garrulous.

#10 Posted by JJWeatherman (13874 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Didn't Brad have a quote on the back of a Banjo Nuts and Bolts box? Or am I just crazy?

#11 Posted by stinky (1531 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Giantbomb – 5/5*

* but please don't ask Jeff about it.

#12 Posted by AuthenticM (3518 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

@Smiley26: Oh that's right. Well, I was close enough. :)

#13 Posted by zepp (230 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

@Guyzea said:

" Ryan was quoted on some bootleg chinese game once. "

HAWT.

#14 Edited by LordAndrew (13812 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

While perusing Steam's storefront, I've noticed a GameFAQs review cited for one game, and a quote from Tycho Brahe for another. All the reviews on GameFAQs are written by users, and Tycho Brahe is a fictional character. Keep that in mind when considering whether this means the site is "gaining kudos as a reviewer of games".

#15 Posted by Video_Game_King (29286 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

@LordAndrew:

What game is that? I'm hoping it's bad just so I have one more reason to hate GameFAQs.

#16 Posted by Scribbly (402 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

@LordAndrew said:

" While perusing Steam's storefront, I've noticed a GameFAQs review cited for one game, and a quote from Tycho Brahe for another. All the reviews on GameFAQs are written by users, and Tycho Brahe is a fictional character. Keep that in mind when considering whether this means the site is "gaining kudos as a reviewer of games". "

Fair point. Although by Tycho it could mean Jerry Holkins, because Tycho is his alias. But yeah, GameFAQs. No.