Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition

Gran juego, muy bien escrito con personajes carismáticos. Destaco el diseño de niveles: espacios pequeños reutilizados brillantemente.

Visual y narrativamente precioso. Todos sus sistemas son sencillitos, pero funcionan a las mil maravillas, la estética de Paper Mario y las vocecitas a lo Animal Crossing le dan muchísimo encanto, además del humor y los increibles diseños de personajes.

This piece is truly a hidden gem, despite being a very simple and straight forward game, it is incredible to me how the boys managed to make something so heart warming and entertaining, enough to keep me wanting to play more and more. This game is gorgeous, the great Paulo Lara shows off his Art in the greatest of fashion, this entire game was digitally painted by 1 man alone, the amount of effort and dedication shown by Paulo and his brother Pavel into making a game that feels A grade is worthy of a standing ovation. I am super proud and in awe to what these 2 brothers achieved here. My only wish was for them to have infinite resources and time for them to fully express their craft and vision into one single iteration of the game. May this game achieve fandom and popularity in this lifetime!

This was a fantastic game that repeatedly blew away my expectations! The artwork and general presentation is absolutely gorgeous, the soundtrack is great and catchy and the characters and their dialogues are all unique and charming! Every chapter of the story kept me hooked and the climax blew me away. I cried twice, hahah. I understand the critiques about the rather straightforward/simple gameplay, although this didn't bother me personally. I enjoyed the simple thinky gameplay quite a bit, as there were a good amount of pretty clever puzzles. (If anything, the ending left me a confused in a way that wasn't perfectly satisfying - but apparently there might be additional gameplay in the future, so I'll be looking out for that!) EDIT: Coincidentally, not long after I posted this review the Closure Edition came out and wrapped things up quite nicely!! While also teasing a possible continuation in the future, perchance? Anyways, fantastic game, I absolutely recommend it!

Cozy, clever, unexpectedly moving, and a genuinely lovely tribute to Latin American culture wrapped in a point and click puzzle game about helping the dead finally let go. This game hands you a time loop mechanic and immediately puts it to work making you relive the same day over and over, watching every soul in Limbo repeat their exact same tragic routine, completely unaware they're stuck, until you, a snake with zero qualifications in grief counseling, show up and start snooping through their business demanding emotional closure. I said yes to every single side quest. I regret nothing.

An ostensibly simplistic game for people who take pleasure in solving others' problems - in this game, you inhabit a pathologically optimistic spirit in the afterlife that barely knows itself and is yet compelled to help every lost soul it meets to break away from harmful behaviours that prevent them from moving on. It's done vaguely in the style of Paper Mario with regfreshingly mature writing touching on the topics of loss, grief, and achieving closure. It feels good to play, the character design is compelling and varied, puzzles pose only a minor challenge and are nonetheless fun to solve. The game is all-around delightful and, given its accessible price, very hard not to recommend.

Excellent Paper Mario-like grandement inspiré de la Porte Millénaire mais avec un côté plus cozy (pas vraiment de combat à proprement parler et aucune réelle mécanique "RPG") et un cycle jour/nuit dynamique qui apporte nombre d'idées intéressantes et un système de routines des personnages peuplant le monde de Limbo. Plus l'histoire progresse, plus le mystère et le lore s'épaississent et des thèmes et ambiances plus sombres ou intrigantes sont introduits. Une expérience relativement courte (17h pour le 100%), mais qui se renouvelle assez bien tout du long. Mélange de puzzle, quizz, courses-poursuites, infiltration et parfois même jeu de détective, l'aventure principale est divertissante et parvient à trouver sa propre identité. Les visuels sont globalement très jolis et soignés, les différents lieux et personnages ont pour la plupart du charme (Mention spéciale pour les personnages de Pica, Krow, Phani, Bugga, entre autres, qui sont très réussis). Un autre point fort est l'équilibre entre humour et mélancolie qui est vraiment bien dosé. Quant aux musiques, c'est une réussite là aussi. Les thèmes musicaux varient fortement de genre en fonction des scènes, lieux et même du moment de la journée. Je pourrai parler de l'histoire ou encore des chapitres (car oui, le jeu est découpé en chapitres, à l'instar d'un Paper Mario classique) mais je préfère laisser la surprise de la découverte. Disons simplement que l'influence 'Porte Millénaire' se fait ressentir (c'est un compliment) avec une réelle diversité de scénarios et situations. Pour finir : Je recommande. (Et je signe pour un hypothétique Kulebra 2)

Kulebra is a game with a surprising amount of depth. The first chapter eases you nicely into the time loop mechanics while the game opens up an enormous amount by the third. All of the characters are interesting and enjoyable and the overall story keeps you wanting to find out what happens next. Other than several typos throughout the game dialogue, my only critique would be that the ending doesn't feel like much of an ending. The main ending leaves a bunch unresolved and the epilogue contains a lot more closure. Even then though, it kind of feels like the game just... ends. Like "Ok yeah, you did it, now life goes on." Maybe there's some commentary to be had here, but it still felt a little abrupt to me. Still, the game has tons of humor and charm while also knowing when to take itself seriously. I'd highly recommend picking it up and giving at least the first chapter a try, since you can probably finish it within 2 hours. If you like it, you'll find the rest of the game is like that and even better. My 16 hours represents a 100% playthrough other than one collectible I looked up, so overall a very achievable 100%.