Penumbra Black Plague
Description
Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip continues the search he began in Penumbra: Overture, to discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance. Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity. Can Philip master his fear and finally uncover the truth behind a mystery that has haunted him for a lifetime? Only you can decide...
Penubra Black Plague is a first-person horror-adventure set in dark, terrifying locales, which sucks you into the depths of a tense journey of discovery and puzzle solving. Danger lurks around every corner and enemies stalk you from the shadows as you seek to discover the truth about Philip´s family mystery. Taut and atmospheric, Penumbra will test your nerve and wits to limits you never knew existed.
Unravel the haunting mystery within the stand-alone sequel of Penumbra Overture Immersive setting and engrossing storyline. Uncover vital information from a trove of discarded letters, scattered journals and forgotten diaries. Discover the secrets of the past and the present. Compelling world imbued with realistic physics effects A Unified Lighting System allows you to selectively harness light and shadow to illuminate and confront, or remain cloaked from terrifying adversaries. A complex physics model provides all game-world objects with realistic behaviour in all circumstances. Fully interactive world Interact with the environment via an accessible and intuitive Physical Gesture System. Manipulate an array of perfectly rendered objects and gadgets by maneuvering them in a realistic manner. Using this system you can overcome a myriad of fiendishly baffling puzzles and hordes of terrifying adversaries. Simulated Fear Factor Experience first hand the terror of Philip’s journey. Through the use of Multi-channel 3D Positional Audio and Adapted Motion Blur, on-screen abilities will suffer as Philip’s willpower fails him. Laboured breathing can be heard as his panic begins to grow.
- Immersive setting and engrossing storyline - Uncover vital information from a trove of discarded letters, scattered journals and forgotten diaries. Discover the secrets of the past and the present.
- Compelling world imbued with realistic physics effects - A Unified Lighting System allows you to selectively harness light and shadow to illuminate and confront, or remain cloaked from terrifying adversaries. A complex physics model provides all game-world objects with realistic behaviour in all circumstances.
- Fully interactive world - Interact with the environment via an accessible and intuitive Physical Gesture System. Manipulate an array of perfectly rendered objects and gadgets by maneuvering them in a realistic manner. Using this system you can overcome a myriad of fiendishly baffling -Simulated Fear Factor - Experience first hand the terror of Philip’s journey. Through the us of Multi-channel 3D Positional Audio and Adapted Motion Blur, on-screen abilities will suffer as Philip’s willpower fails him. Laboured breathing can be heard as his panic begins to grow.
If you're a fan of Penumbra: Black Plague then you may well like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, go to the Green Man Gaming blog to find out more.
Customer reviews
70
Atmospheric Survival Adventure
GMGReviewer | Aug. 26, 2011 | See all GMGReviewer's reviews »Penumbra Black Plague is a sequel to Penumbra Requiem. It continues the story that most players didn't bother to pay attention to because the story is told through letters scattered throughout the game.
The game itself is very immersive. The atmospheric immersiveness is the best thing about Penumbra Black Plague. The eerie sound effects and the spookiness of the environments make you feel like you're really in the game.
Beside the bad story telling, the mechanic of the gameplay isn't all that fun nor scary. The gameplay itself isn't scary, but more puzzle solving, yes, puzzle solving! You enter a level and figure out how to exit it by exploring and solving the objects in the level. There is an enemy that will chase you and kill you if you get spotted, so it's also a stealth game.
Penumbra Black Plague is an great game if you like engrossing adventure horror puzzle games. It doesn't get repetitive as you would think and it has variety.
58
Mehh
hotmando1 | Aug. 15, 2011 | See all hotmando1's reviews »Hardly a scare. I've played better horror games. The game has too many overdone attempts to scare players. This is so cryostasis i'm afraid. No gun? No action! The music wasn't that creepy, it was just weird. Monsters? Nah, just dogs. If you want a real scare, look somewhere else.
84
Put your diapers on
tangoak | Aug. 3, 2011 | See all tangoak's reviews »Damn this game is scary! Penumbra Black Plague is survival horror and also physics based game so you will have use physics to solve problems. You don't basically have anything to fight scary monsters but you have to try to hide or run away. The game has innovative way to interact with the world. Atmosphere is scary and very intensive. Music supports gameplay greatly.
90
Great game
pk11 | July 29, 2011 | See all pk11's reviews »Penumbra black plague is first person perspective horror game. Its a continuation of story from Penumbra overture. In game we play as a Phillip who is trapped in terrifying underground complex searches for information about his dead father. Surrounded by enemies, he must confront not only the dangers from them, but also prepared by the authors puzzle elements that reveal more and more pieces of the mystery. Black Plague uses a very advanced physics engine so that the player has full control over almost all occurring in the environment the game objects. It is not enough just click on any item to perform a specific action. If we want to move something, we need to catch an object and move the cursor in the appropriate manner. This applies to both searched drawers, cabinets or moving furniture. A very important part of the game is also mysterious atmosphere and music. Definitely must have game for all horror games fans.
95
An unequalled horror experience
Oscar | June 25, 2011 | See all Oscar's reviews »Penumbra: Black Plague, the sequel to Penumbra: Overture, continues the story of Philip and the search for his lost father in the underground region of Greenland. In this second part, Philip discovers an abandoned research facility focusing on examining ancient knowledge. He also realizes he's been infected by the virus behind the facility's desolation.
The gameplay of Black Plague has been taken up a notch in means of the combat: there is none. Although you're given the option to distract the enemies by throwing objects at them, you can't actually harm or kill them. This makes room for more puzzles and more hiding in the darkness. So if you think the horrors of Overture desensitized you, think again!
Graphically the game may be a rough diamond as is its prequel, but it's not hard to see past that and marvel at the fact how well a team of half a dozen people manage to build a masterpiece that sends shivers down your spine. This owes thanks to the game's sound setup that is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of the most atmospheric I've heard to date.
If you love horror and puzzles and haven't introduced yourself to the beauty of the Penumbra series, maybe it's about time. You won't regret it.