The visuals are complemented by an orchestral score that’s just Danny Elfman enough, and narration that is very well voiced for the story. Everything looks hand drawn and a bit ethereal, a mix between a Tim Burton movie and a Jhonen Vasquez comic. Its presentation rivals games like Braid and Limbo. “The whole game is great, but for me the presentation takes Nihilumbra from being a fun and clever indie game to something really special. Nihilumbra is a thoroughly enjoyable experience that will stick with you. If you don’t yet own it, then definitely consider making a purchase in the near future. Anyone who absentmindedly picked it up during a sale should do themselves a favor and play right now. This is a project filled with incredibly smart puzzle design and an important message at its core.

It’s the only way you’ll solve the ethereal mystery of Nihilumbra, available from Nintendo eShop on Wii U.“is the kind of game that many will look over because they think they’ve played things like it hundreds of times before. But plan – and practise! – your route, make precision jumps, and you may just outrun it. It will pursue you inexorably, engulfing all before it – one touch, and you’re a ghost. Sharing the burden can prove critical when dodging monsters and changing colours at the same time.Īs you tread deeper into this haunting, beautiful land, The Void will eventually appear, a vast, black being reaching out from the left of the screen.

Prepare to experiment as Nihilumbra often demands pixel-perfect platforming!Ī candle in the darkness comes in the form of the new Wii U multiplayer mode: control Born with a Wii Remote, while a friend uses the Wii U GamePad to paint the world. As you accrue more colours, you’ll encounter trickier puzzles and more devious traps, each needing a particular approach or combination of approaches. Green lends a rubbery quality to the world, trampolining anything that touches it. Starting with blue, you create slippery surfaces to slide on, extending your jump. It’s a wretched start.įortunately, you’ll soon discover the ability to alter the colour of your surroundings by tracing paths on the landscape using the Wii U GamePad. Worse still, you’ve no weapon, which leaves you with but one option: run away. Arriving in a strange land, you are beset by creatures from your most disturbing nightmares. You are Born, an entity given life from ‘the absolute nothingness’ known as The Void. Nihilumbra is a dark 2D platformer that waits to snare anyone who dares download it from Nintendo eShop on Wii U.

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