It's rated T for "Animated blood and mild violence". 
 
Now, don't get me wrong, I fucking love Limbo and the rating in no way impacts my enjoyment of the game, but it still surprised me.  At one point in the game, I tried to dodge a machine gun but was too slow.  The gun ripped me in half and the top half went sailing toward the top of the screen, followed by entrails, which in turn wrapped themselves around a chain and left the torso hanging.  Both me and my friend actually exclaimed in shock at this.  There is also the part where you can get crushed and the gore sticks to the piston.  In a zero gravity situation I got hit by a saw blade and chunks flew everywhere.   
 
Was anyone else surprised?  What were some of the best gore moments in the game for you?

Not over here it didn't.

Yeah that is odd now that you mention it. Some of the deaths are quiet gruesome and chilling to say the least...

I know the ESRB cares about blood color.  If blood is green for some reason it's better than red.  I'd bet the abstraction of he silhouettes was what got it by.      
This is the ESRB's description.  It don't think it captures how gory the game is.  I don't know if it rates an M, but I think the description is understating it a little.
 

Yeah it is weird. No blood probably helped that game get through with a T rating, even though some of the scenes might be a bit too intense for some.

A friend recommended Limbo to me. I knew nothing about it before I fired it up. The gruesome deaths caught me by surprise. I mean, it's a kid and that spider impaled him and carried him around like a trophy. Gruesome, but a lot of fun.

wait its a kid right aren't isnt it liek illegal to show kids getting killed in videogames in some regions?
 
not that i support such laws just wondering

It is kind of bloody and kind of violent but the way its portrayed in comparison to other games seems T worthy. One thing that doesn't mention though is how fucking sinister the game is.

" @Greyhound85: Perhaps you're right, but the fact that the boy got ripped apart definitely seemed M-worthy.  Although, the American ratings systems are terrible anyway.  The Beowulf animated movie got rated PG-13 (just because it was animated), and that movie was gory as shit.  "

" @DrPockets000 said:

" @Greyhound85: Perhaps you're right, but the fact that the boy got ripped apart definitely seemed M-worthy.  Although, the American ratings systems are terrible anyway.  The Beowulf animated movie got rated PG-13 (just because it was animated), and that movie was gory as shit.  "

That's because Americans are down with Violence, so long as there are no tits.  Everywhere else it seems to function in reverse. That seems to make far more sense to me, although the reactions to both violence and sex tend to seem to be overblown no matter what country it is. "

" @jukezypoo said:

" @DrPockets000 said:

" @Greyhound85: Perhaps you're right, but the fact that the boy got ripped apart definitely seemed M-worthy.  Although, the American ratings systems are terrible anyway.  The Beowulf animated movie got rated PG-13 (just because it was animated), and that movie was gory as shit.  "

That's because Americans are down with Violence, so long as there are no tits.  Everywhere else it seems to function in reverse. That seems to make far more sense to me, although the reactions to both violence and sex tend to seem to be overblown no matter what country it is. "

Hey don't say "because Americans". I'm not like that, don't generalize, it's mean D: "

I was shocked by the little kids hanging on nooses.  

Wow, really? I had just assumed it was rated M. That's actually fairly shocking...

I dont think there is any reason for it to be rated M. It is only a shape of a boy, for all we know he could be some kind of alien. Also he does get ripped apart pretty badly sometimes, but I still think a T rating is what it deserves. I was honestly thinking it was E but then realized after playing for a little that it couldnt be lol.

In my opinion, I just have to agree that it should have been rated M. Not to sound uptight about this (I think it's still one of the best xbox exclusives this year), but I absolutely abhor violence associated towards (and from) children. It was shocking enough to be gutted and decapitated from saw blades and see chunks of myself fly off and litter the ground from machine guns, but I also was stunned to see the malevolent children hang other children and shoot them with arrows. It was nasty; kind of what I picture an R-rated Lord of the Flies to look like.

It's abstract art-style and overall cartoony nature definitely makes it pass for a T rated game.  It's like Looney Tunes.... Elmer Fudd shooting Daffy Duck in the face with a shotgun will always make kids and there parents laugh despite it actually being a gruesome act of violence.

" It's abstract art-style and overall cartoony nature definitely makes it pass for a T rated game.  It's like Looney Tunes.... Elmer Fudd shooting Daffy Duck in the face with a shotgun will always make kids and there parents laugh despite it actually being a gruesome act of violence. "