Ghost Teen Escape From Limbo Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · June 10, 2024

Ghost Teen Escape From Limbo Review, What is a recklessly adventurous kid to do when he ends up stuck between life and death? In Ghost Teen Escape from Limbo, you’ll have to exploit your ghost form to solve a multitude of tricky platforming puzzles if there’s any hope of returning to your home amongst the living. Explore 50 single-screen puzzles in black-and-white 2D-pixel art style.

Ghost Teen Escape From Limbo Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
509.1MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Platformer gameplay.
50 levels to unlock and play.
2D perspective.
You play as a boy and must collect keys and get to the exit. If you die you become a ghost and can fly around, hit a g tree gravestone to resurrect as a boy again.
Opening a few levels acts like a tutorial as you learn the mechanics.
As a ghost, you cannot pick up keys.
Great level design.
Levels have a slight puzzle element to them.
Instant loading times and respawn timer.
Physics plays a part as you block around etc.
Easy trophy list.
You cannot kill enemies but that adds a cool spin on the genre. easy enough to learn.
Can restart a level from the menu.
A game that scratches an itch without requiring too much brain power.
You don’t even need to finish all the levels to get the Platinum trophy.
Dare I say it’s relatively easy as you keep the key when a ghost and the levels are simple in terms of scale.

Ghost Teen Escape From Limbo Review Cons:

Doesn’t actually say what the controls are or what the mechanics are so you have to work it out yourself.
Cannot remap controls.
No game options at all.
Little replay value.
You don’t need to finish the game to get the Platinum trophy.
The levels do feel sparse at times making the difficulty bar quite low.
No online leaderboards or scoring.

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