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Games/Penumbra Overture/Reviews
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Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Overture is a 2007 first person horror/adventure game, and the first installment of the Penumbra series.
A solid start to a good horror series, despite infuriating combat
The Penumbra series ended up being a very pleasant surprise. It is a cross between a traditional adventure and 1st person survival horror. The combination of gameplay styles feels very refreshing and… Read more
Best played alone at night with the lights off
I picked this up with the first Humble Indie Bundle . I already owned World of Goo from the bundle but hadn’t heard of any of the others. This one sounded like it might be similar to the Thief series… Read more
Descent into the Unknown
Penumbra: Overture is a rarity. The game combines both adventure game-esque exploration with it's inventory and item based puzzles as well as intense first person survival horror. The game's physics e… Read more
A Genuinely Terrifying Experience
Penumbra: Overture is a game that probably not many of you have heard of. I had honestly not heard of the game till about five months ago when I saw the first part of a Let's Play on it. So I thought… Read more
A gripping, fighteningly brilliant game
Penumbra: Overture, on the face of it, seems to be an indie game, indeed I bought it in the Indie Bundle, and to a large extent it is, but at the same time it has the feel of a much larger, bigger pro… Read more
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Overture is a first person adventure horror game by Swedish developer Frictional Games. It is the first in what is to be a trilogy of titles. You play as Philip and well, he’s having a bad d… Read more
You won't have to wait all season to see what's in this hatch.
Fans of H.P. Lovecraft will find a lot to love with Penumbra Overture, a budget title intended to be the first chapter in an ongoing series of stealth-horror games. The setup is a familiar one: your a… Read more
A great Puzzle Survival Horror game.
First i played the demo for Penumbra: Black Plague, after completely the demo I loved it and decided that I would play the first chapter before I played black plague. All I can say is wow the game is… Read more