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Publisher- Playdead

Release Date- 29 June 2016

Platforms Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Macintosh operating systems

Description

Inside (stylized as INSIDE) is a puzzle-platformer adventure game developed and published by Playdead in 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. The game was released for iOS in December 2017 and Nintendo Switch in June 2018. The player controls a boy in a dystopic world, solving environmental puzzles and avoiding death. It is the successor to Playdead’s 2010 game Limbo, and features similar 2.5D game-play.

Inside is a puzzle platformer. The player character is an unnamed boy who explores a surreal and mostly monochromatic environment presented as a 2.5D platform game. The game is dark, with color used sparingly to highlight both the player and certain parts of the environment. The game is also mostly silent, with the exception of occasional musical cues, the boy’s vocals, dogs barking, equipment and sound effects. The player controls the boy who walks, runs, swims, climbs, and uses objects to overcome obstacles and progress in the game. The boy gains the ability to control bodies to complete certain puzzles, a mechanic that IGN’s Marty Sliva compared to a similar mechanic in The Swapper. At various points in the game, the player may discover hidden rooms containing glowing orbs. If all the orbs are deactivated during a playthrough, the player unlocks the game’s alternate ending.

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Reviews

Inside is a 2D puzzle platformer that builds upon what made Limbo great, and in fact builds something greater.

5/5 PCMag

Inside is one of those rare indie games that you can point to and say with absolute certainty, “This is proof that games can be art.” It’s narratively mysterious, visually fascinating, and mechanically satisfying. Inside makes you want to see what happens next, and leaves you to unpack the copious amounts of strange, dark imagery in its oppressive world. It is perfect in the scope of what it tries to do, both as a game and an artistic work.

 

This is a beautiful, haunting, and memorable game, a worthy follow-up to Limbo. Its puzzles, although rarely difficult, are engaging complements to the story. The real achievement of this game, though, is the way that it crafts its narrative: detailed environments convey the bizarre world that you travel through; introspective moments are filled with minimalist sound design and just the barest touches of music; and the things you must do to complete your journey force you to confront the realities of humanity, freedom, and existence.

System Requirements

INSIDE System Requirements (Minimum)

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.1 GHz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
  • VIDEO CARD: GeForce 250 GTS, AMD Radeon HD6570 or equivalent
  • PIXEL SHADER: 4.0
  • VERTEX SHADER: 4.0
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 3 GB
  • DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 512 MB

INSIDE Recommended Requirements

  • CPU: Intel i7 920 @ 2.7 GHz, AMD Phenom II 945 @ 3.0 GHz
  • CPU SPEED: Info
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
  • VIDEO CARD: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R9-270
  • PIXEL SHADER: 5.0
  • VERTEX SHADER: 5.0
  • FREE DISK SPACE: 3 GB
  • DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB
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