I have mixed feelings about Glo after completing the game. First the things I liked about Glo. Glo is a hardcore platformer with a nice twist – the whole world is pitch dark with only your avatar and the end goal glowing faintly. You can shoot some glowing projectiles to explore your surroundings a bit. The darkness that doesn’t allow you to see very far ahead, the nasty writings on the wall, the disturbing sounds, the flying enemies that try to get you, the one-hit-instant-death mechanic, and the lack of save points, these all add up to a tense atmosphere. Fortunately, you respawn extremely quickly. Your avatar moves pretty well, with the exception of how slippery it sometimes is, especially when you land on the red sliding-disk-enemies. The level design is mostly good, but sometimes overly sadistic, especially when the hardest part of a level is put at the end (remember, no save points - die and you go back to the start of the level). Because of the darkness, players need to rel...

Glo is a simple yet challenging platforming game built a fairly unique mechanic: each and every level is shrouded in almost complete darkness. The only sources of light are your projectiles, your character, and the level exit. This lack of visual information lends itself to an initially slow-paced exploration of each level, looking for traps, enemies, and pitfalls. Death (and you [i]will[/i] die) is a minor inconvenience, instantaneously resetting you to the beginning of the level you are on. Given that the levels themselves are fairly small, the layout is soon memorized and you will find yourself zipping toward the exit with greater and greater speed and continuously making progress. The piecemeal story is revealed through writing on the wall and hidden memory fragments which were interesting enough to keep me moving forward. [b]Pros:[/b] [list] [*]Challenging gameplay [*]Effective visual aesthetic [*]Interesting level design [*]Fair death mechanic [/list] [b]Cons:[/b] [list] [*]Con...