What is the highest possible completion percentage, and how do you get over 100%?

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I'm at 98%, missing the speedrun achievement, and I see percentages from 102% to 112% on the leaderboards. What is the highest non-glitched completion percentage possible, and what adds to the completion percentage over 100%? Easter eggs?

Asked by sean

Answer

The maximum legitimate percentage has been confirmed by Playdead to be 111. Percentages with 112 and more involves downloading someone else's game save, and no matter the reason, is against Microsoft's TOS.

Supercheats.com explains the 111 percent as follows:

Completing the game will net you a 76 percent rating on the leaderboards. You get 2 percent for each achievement, making a total of 22 percent (if you already have the achievements this is included in the bundle). You are given another 2 percent if it is a second play through, or if you are playing a chapter having already completed the game. Finally, you get 1 percent with each secret egg.

As you mathematicians will have realised, the total adds up to 100 percent not including the secret eggs. That means that if you have already completed the game with all achievements, you are guaranteed to get 100 percent on your next playthrough. The secret eggs add up to 11 percent, meaning the best you can get on the leaderboards is 111 percent!

You may also want to check this forum thread for some details about how they get 112 or more.

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Do both the boy and the girl die in the ending?

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Holding my breath in suspense, I watched the ending animation of Limbo.

My (spoiling) question is:

Did both the boy and the girl die in the end?
After the animation where he found the girl ended, the game menu appeared. The scene behind it looked similar to the previous one. But there only were swarms of flies above the two patches of grass approximately where the kids stood just a moment before.

Asked by ver

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There are many theories about the ending of Limbo. This article gives a good summary.

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How do you defeat the first spider in Limbo?

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How do you get past the spider in Limbo that is behind the tree trunk?

Asked by Daniel Auger

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Run up to the spider, and just as its leg is about to do the stomp animation run back. Do this a few times and a bear trap will fall from a tree branch to the left. Push the bear trap to the spider and do the same thing you did before (wait for it to stomp and run away). Position the bear trap so that it hits the bear trap. Do this 3 times (against 3 legs) and you'll beat it.

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Spoiler - Limbo ending

Question

Holding my breath in suspense, I watched the ending animation of Limbo.

My (spoiling) question is:

Did both the boy and the girl die in the end?
After the animation where he found the girl ended, the game menu appeared. The scene behind it looked similar to the previous one. But there only were swarms of flies above the two patches of grass approximately where the kids stood just a moment before.

Answer

There are many theories about the ending of Limbo. This article gives a good summary.

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Is it possible to jump longer in Limbo?

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I've just started to play Limbo, and I wonder if there is a key combination to jump longer rather than the usual jump with a single key stroke.

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There is no way to boost your jump distance in Limbo.

This is a deliberate feature made to increase the difficulty of the puzzles, by forcing the player to think of more strategic solutions than "just jump over it".

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Is the audio essential to Limbo from a gameplay perspective?

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I don't usually have speakers or a headset hooked up into my computer, so I can't hear any of the audio in Limbo. Is the sound an important part of the game from a gameplay perspective? Is it essential to be able to hear it in order to win the game, or is its only purpose to provide atmosphere to the game?

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Atmosphere is very important in Limbo. If you play without sound, you are missing out.
Also, sometimes you get auditory clues when danger is imminent. So even though it is not essential for the game, it helps.

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Can someone formulate a clear description of the ending of Limbo?

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I had seen the ending of Limbo, but at the time was distracted so I didn't catch the subtlety.

I just watched it again here.

I have some ideas about what the ending implies, but wanted to know if anyone could formulate a clear description of "What just happened?"

Answer

I don't think there is an agreed upon meaning, but an interesting article discussing several theories can be found here.

Edit with summary as per @tzenes request:

The main theories the article mentions are as follows

• It is simply a happy ending, and the boy is reunited with his sister
• They are both dead and needed to meet up before entering the afterlife
• They are both alive, but are trapped and doomed to die a slow death of starvation.
• It was a dream and he woke up and found her alive
• Only the boy is dead, and the sister is surprised to discover he is dead

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