'Limbo' Discussion Thread

If you’ve beaten this game, and have no idea what the hell just happened, let me put it simply: your character and your little sister(?) are straight up dead. After the credits roll, you see a broken treehouse in the top right corner of the screen. Tilt your eyes down a little bit, and you notice two swarms of flies hovering above the ground. Throughout the game, there are swarms of flies around dead things, so in my mind, flies = dead children. You two clearly fell out of this treehouse. In my mind, this game is one instance of your character (let’s call him Charles from now on) trying to escape Limbo: the place where children without original sin go after they die.

Now that we know our hero is dead, let’s turn our attention to the rest of the game. You awake in a forest, and you just wonder around for a while until you realize you’re in some pretty hostile territory. Giant spiders and bear-traps naturally spur the thought of “DO NOT WANT” in Charles’ head, and he tries to flee this area.

After encountering the other living beings in Limbo, you notice they are other children. I believe that they are other kids in Limbo who have accepted their fate, and have begun to turn savage. I think it’s kind of fun to think that some of the corpses around the area are some of your previous endeavors in Limbo, and this play-through just highlights one more attempt.

The further Charles goes in this area, he begins to uncover some gears and cogs that I believe are creating/powering Limbo. Think of it as if Charles metaphorically “peaked behind the curtain” and he wants to find out more. In Chapter 18, Charles begins to have powerful memories of his sister (on the day they died) that drown out the environment around him. A “head worm” sends Charles back into reality, causing him to lose grasp of this memory.

The ending of this game had me scratching my head for some time. After Charles bursts through the glass (jaw-dropping, in my opinion), he wakes up, and finds his sister. Charles has spent the entire game trying to find his sister. He has to be wondering, “Did she die? Is she in this haunted land?” throughout the entire game. Once he finds her, they share a stare, and the credits role.

I loved every bit of this game. The only part that has me confused is the giant HOTEL sign that makes multiple appearances. Let me know if you have any theories to what that is in the comments.

My interpretation is the boy died and the girl didn't.

At the end, when the boy (brother/ghost/sould/whatever) moves closer to his sister, she feels her brother's presence. Nothing else. She doesn't exactly stare him as the above spoiler says.

Wow this game is awesome, but the end is really confusing.. Actually it can be interpreted in various ways..

both died falling from the tree. Rope ladder is broken too, reveals a backstory to that

as I completed obstacle after obstacle(of whom some were quite very hard) it was clear that the boy was in a journey something important to him.

so after I finally completed the final obstacle and broke the sidewall, I thought the boy maybe dead. he wasn't moving and his eyes were closed. Thought he might be dead. by the time he finally moved and got ready to walk again, I went right. When he finally reahces the girl who seems to be in no visible danger she gets kind of surprised to see him

To be this is a game about a boy who is dreaming(who doesn't know it yet) who sets out on the epic journey to save his sister(love?)

although would have preffered an ending where the two atleast greeted each other or hugged.

I agreed with that story where one said the boy is actually dreaming and trying to save his sister who commited suicide , as is shown by a girl hanged from a tree

When I completed the game there was no girl hanging. Rather she was picking flowers. I donot think she died.

The hanging girl was shown at the very begginning na ? I forgot

I think it was just shown to show up violence. Much like the many dead bodies floating in water in some parts of game.

The boy was alive throughout, till the last level when he broke the glass pane. After that, he died and his spirit startled his sister. Then his sister saw his corpse and committed suicide. Though I really wish that it isn't this way.