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==Plot== The primary character in ''Limbo'' is a nameless boy who awakens in the middle of a forest on the "edge of hell" (the game's title is taken from the Latin ''[[wikt:limbus|limbus]]'', meaning "edge")<ref name="gamasutra interview"/> who then begins to seek out his missing sister.<ref name="ign preview">{{Cite web | url = http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/107/1073457p1.html | title = IGF-Nominated Limbo Headed to XBLA | first = Daemon | last = Hatfield | date = 2010-03-02 | accessdate = 2010-07-21 | publisher = [[IGN]] }}</ref><ref name="rps interview"/> During the journey, the boy encounters only a few additional human characters that either attack or run away from him.<ref name="eurog review">{{Cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/limbo-review | title = Limbo | first = John | last = Teti | date = 2010-07-19 | accessdate = 2010-07-21 | publisher = [[Eurogamer]] }}</ref> Once during the journey, the boy catches a glimpse of a female character, but she vanishes before he can reach her.<ref name="avclub review">{{Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/articles/limbo,43441/ | title = Limbo | first= Christian | last = Williams | date = 2010-07-26 | accessdate = 2010-07-29 | publisher = A.V. Club }}</ref> The forest eventually gives way to a dilapidated city environment.<ref name="eurog review"/> On completion of the final puzzle, the boy is thrown through a pane of glass, ending up in the forest again. The boy continues traveling further until he encounters a girl. Upon his approach, she stands up, startled; the game abruptly ends on this point.<ref name="arstech ending"/><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29631/Critical_Reception_Playdeads_Limbo.php | title = Critical Reception: Playdead's Limbo | first = Danny | last = Cowan | date = 2010-07-28 | accessdate = 2010-07-29 | publisher = [[Gamasutra]] }}</ref>
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