Liminal Lands

About

Liminal Lands is a single player action game. It was developed by Erratic Animist and was released on June 20, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Liminal Lands" is a VR-exclusive experience that takes players on a journey through the Camargue wetlands, allowing them to explore and interact with the environment while sounds adapt to their movements. Players will shift perspectives, viewing the world from different scales, accompanied by a generative soundscape and natural sounds recorded from the local environment. The artwork encourages exploration and reflection on the connection between landscapes and the psyche.

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Play Modes

Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 32 reviews

atmosphere1 positive mentions

optimization1 negative mentions

The experience offers a unique and mesmerizing audio-visual journey that immerses players in a stylized interpretation of wetlands.
The shifting viewpoints and detailed environments create a relaxing and introspective atmosphere, making it a memorable experience.
For a low price, it provides a trippy and artistic experience that can be enjoyed in a short amount of time.

The experience lacks interactivity and feels more like a predefined cinematic with limited control over the environment.
Many players found the pacing to be too slow, leading to moments of boredom and uncertainty about the experience's progression.
The visuals are considered dated, and some users reported performance issues, including frame drops and low texture resolutions.

story
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The reviews do not provide any insights into the story aspect of the game, focusing instead on technical performance related to texture resolutions. As such, there is no information available regarding the narrative or plot elements.
graphics
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The graphics are considered somewhat dated, but many users feel that they are satisfactory given the low price of $1.39, making the overall visual experience enjoyable.
- “Not sure why others are complaining about the graphics.”
- “The visuals are a bit dated looking, but for $1.39, it's a very nice trip.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from performance issues and frame drops, primarily due to the lack of prerendered cinematics, which affects overall optimization.
- “Not a prerendered cinematic, so there will be performance issues and frame drops.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay aspect is highlighted through live reviews, suggesting that players can engage with the game in real-time and experience its mechanics firsthand. However, specific details about the gameplay itself are not provided in the reviews.
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is characterized as a unique, mostly cinematic VR experience that immerses players in a trippy alien environment, enhancing the overall gameplay with its distinctive visual and sensory elements.
- “Unique mostly cinematic VR experience with a trippy alien atmosphere.”
music
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The music and sound design in the game are consistently praised as wonderful and perfectly suited to enhance the overall experience.
- “Music and sounds are wonderful and are perfect for this creation.”