2007

Penumbra: Overture

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Adventure Puzzle Indie

PC (Microsoft Windows) Linux Mac

Developer: Frictional Games

Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Game Modes Single player

Themes Action, Stealth, Horror, Survival

Perspective First person

Critics Score 74/100 (4 reviews)

Summary

Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore. Played from a first person perspective and powered by a 3D engine utilising cutting edge technology, Penumbra is a substantial advancement of the genre.

Storyline

Set in the year 2001, Penumbra: Overture follows the story of Philip, a thirty-year-old physicist whose mother has recently died. After receiving a mysterious letter from his supposedly dead father, Philip follows a series of clues that lead him to a mysterious location in uninhabited northern Greenland.