The aesthetic style of Playdead is now unmistakable: monochromes, shapes reduced to the bone, dark and mysterious atmospheres, evident references to a certain type of cinema, such as the German expressionist one in the case of Limbo. AESTHETIC SYNTHESIS AS AN ABSOLUTELY EFFECTIVE ARTISTIC FORM I enjoyed it without looking too much for meaning, because, in my opinion, it is precisely the visual and gaming experience that makes this title another undisputed masterpiece. Once again, it is a matter of allowing one’s imagination to run wild and, all in all, there are many elements to create a plausible theory, just as one could live the gaming experience without asking who knows how many questions, a little like I did. There are also those who think the Huddle is the real controlling subject, which pushed the young boy to make the perilous journey in order to get free. So what’s yours? The theory of the cruel experiment carried out for the usual nefarious and profitable purposes, the metaphor of the disease, according to which the boy, distinguishable thanks to that touch of red in the shirt he wears and who, presumably, would represent a virus, or the exact opposite, that the boy embodies the cure for the disease?
Just like for Limbo, also in this case Playdead did not want to give any explanation, leaving the users the opportunity to find one. By pulling the plug, the boy will transform himself into one of many inanimate bodies. In the second ending, the alternative one, which will happen if the boy deactivates the balls of light hidden in the various bunkers during the game, we will have access to a new area where there is a computer bank and a mind control helmet, connected to a plug. After the surviving scientists capture the Huddle, it again manages to escape and in the first finale, it goes down a hill in the forest and stops on a grassy coast bathed in light.
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The boy will free the Huddle, which will engulf it in its shapeless mass and subsequently, in an attempt to escape, running and rolling on the limbs protruding from all sides, will overwhelm and kill everything in its way. The boy, followed by an increasingly conspicuous number of these bodies that partly help him and partly seem to be able to achieve freedom thanks to him (this aspect of Inside reminded me a lot of Oddworld, but with a definitely different atmosphere), reaches a spherical chamber inside which is a deformed creature that seems to be made up of many bodies: the Huddle.
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We have therefore arrived at the heart of the matter: the existence of a series of secret laboratories in which scientists carry out underwater experiments on the poor bodies of those who no longer seem to be even individuals, if not for their anthropomorphic appearance.
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I don’t say defeat, because even in this case, as in Limbo, the protagonist doesn’t seem to have any other skills than the logical ability to find ingenious solutions for overcoming various obstacles.Īfter a long underwater exploration, driving a small and bizarre spherical submarine, and then swimming, thanks to a device donated by a creature that will allow the boy to breathe, we will arrive in a huge place full of structures partly submerged by water. THE MIND’S POWER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROLLING ITĬontrol strategies, mysterious machinery and not very reassuring plans are now the clear sign of the existence of an organization from which we must at least free ourselves. As the protagonist continues his escape, through these apparently abandoned and gloomy places, the bodies controlled by the helmet will become useful for finding various tricks to be able to continue along the path.
The first watershed moment occurs at this point: after witnessing the escape of pigs frightened by parasitic worms, the boy will find a strange helmet which, once put on, will turn out to be a powerful tool for the control of lifeless bodies, used as workforce.
The rain falls straight and copious and the boy, determined to get out of this disturbing situation, proceeds without fear, but always with extreme caution. Once out of the forest, after escaping from the guards, the young anonymous protagonist finds himself in a corn field from which he will finally arrive in an abandoned area that appears to be a farm. Shortly after, men with torches force the boy to proceed with caution so as not to be discovered and from here we begin to understand that this young protagonist is either on the run from something, or is in any case well aware of the threat from which he tries to stay away.īarbed wire, guard dogs, patrolling cars equipped with spotlights and so on are a clear sign that we are in a dangerous environment, and this boy, alone and abandoned, seems to be surrounded by countless threats.
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