Penumbra is a first person horror adventure focusing on story, immersion and puzzle solving. Violence and combat is hardly an option - the player has to use wits to guide Philip through his final test, and this makes the series unique in offering a truly dangerous and terrifying experience.
One of the best games I have ever played. For me it is THE definition of the Horror Adventure Genre.
Level Design:
++Balanced Details
++Enough Object Interactions
++Perfect Dark Ambient Lighting
++Clear level structure
++Scale Perfect (neither long times to walk)
Gameplay:
++Physics Interactions(Door Physics)
++Easy operable HUD(Inventory)
-Playtime could be longer :P
Story:
++Enough Background Information
++Well narrated with the notes
-More other mediums to narrated the story(Maybe short movies on tv screens)
Sound Design:
++Plain and realiable sounds
++Not to much background music
++Terrifiying melody if the monster chase you
But for the first project as a gaming company (if my informations are right) Well done! :)
what is t.. o no ... ooo nooooo!. Run!!!
I only played the demo but, I will tell you what I liked from it. The story was interesting, the puzzles was challenging, and through the demo, I was close to the screen waiting for something scary and when it did, I jumped. This a definite competitor to amnesia, great game!
Never have I been so fascinated by a game from Frictional Games :D Penumbra is also one of the coolest first person games you can find, if you ask me :D I rated it 9 out of 5 things I focus on when reviewing, it's Quality, Scares, Length, Lag and Story (atmosphere and stuff like that is included in the Quality!)
Quality: I really love the voice-acting in this game it's epic nuff said! The atmosphere is creepy and dark when having to walk through caves with giant spiders, my god xD Scares: Honestly this is more of a puzzle game than a scare game in my opinion but I really like that the only threat is, well Im not gonna spoil it for the ones who hasn't played it yet :D Not many scares, a little sad but I didn't make the game, and it's still a really good game eitherway :D Length: OK length of the game I suppose, took 16-17 episodes to finish (16-17 since I ended episode 16 right at the ending xD) Lag: Very little lag, it lagged a little bit, but not much ;) Story: SO MANY NOTES! When you find a note it is super long xD I didn't read any of them because I dont have time, but I know the story, it's really good going to Greenland and stuff freezing to death is probably better than being eaten and slaughtered by monsters xD
Quality: 9 - Scares: 7 - Length: 8 - Lag: 9 - Story: 9 It actually ended with a 9 instead, not an 8 :D Good job!
Awesome game, and definitely the most combative out of all three games in the series. A solid dangerous ride all the way through, it also provided puzzles and environmental dangers. Damn those spiders! The very end with hallway literally scared me to death...
One of the most underrated games of all time, a masterpiece of atmosphere, storytelling and horror, recommended to all
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AMAZING
I love this game and highlty recommendt it!
even though i have only purchased the demo version i have still seen videos and played parts of this game. i thaught it was amazing. the storyline, gameplay and graphics are rather good. if you enjoyed this game then i would deffinatley recomend amnesia the dark descent