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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo brings a heartwarming, Majora's Mask twist to the Latin-American underworld

Take one look at Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo and it's easy to see where many of its influences have come from. This …

This is a papercraft version of the Latin American underworld - think Paper Mario by way of Guacamelee - and its emphasis on helping lost souls come to terms with traumatic events in their life (complete with big boss-style battles where kind words, not harmful attacks are your main ammunition) has glimmers of Chicory: A Colorful Tale about it. Unless you leave a mark on their soul in some way, such as by doing them a favour or fulfilling certain requests for them, the day will loop round again as if nothing had happened - and I spent the following hour trying to untangle the game's complex web of interlocking puzzle quests so I could move on to my next destination. Image credit: Eurogamer/Fellow Traveller It's all very artfully done, and the emotional climax of this particular little story really clutched hard on the old heartstrings, touching on subjects such as absent fathers, leaving the family home, and not wanting to abandon your remaining parent to go and live your life to its fullest.

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