Product Description

Penumbra: Black Plague is a creepy and dark psychological horror experience featuring the adventures of Philip as he sets of in search of his dead father. Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip is determined 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...

Cutting-edge game engine featuring modern 3D and physics technologies

Adapted motion blur effects and a new unified lighting system with real-time lightning create great depth with a realistic atmosphere of psychological horror

Finding the answers to questions of the mystery of Philip`s lost father throughout the game, with new explanations and a complete storyline wrap up

You can interact with any object not nailed to the ground! Focus on, pick up and move around objects through a simple drag and drop interface

The sounds of the different environments are contributing to the atmosphere and give the player scaring hints of dangers

Horror adventure game in puzzle-like style with bonuses and incentives to challenge the player throughout the game

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11279 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Paradox
• Released on: 2008-02-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Platform: Windows XP
• Original language: German
• Subtitled in: German
• Dimensions: .55" h x 5.32" w x 7.48" l, .24 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Penumbra 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

Customer Reviews

Satisfying
I played this game completely through; it has a great atmosphere, it's a little twisted and the puzzles are all (from what I recall) logical!

Some bugs I was faced with that the update fixed BUT stopped me from progressing from the third level (playing the game again) so I urge some (if not all), for now, to play with no updates until mid-way through the game unless there's a second update available by time of purchase!

To continue from far into the game I had to get someone's saved file due to a severe crash and thus the save file was just after the crash.

There's hardly any enemies and there are no 'REAL' weapons which means no one dies without scripting which was dissapointing since "Overture" you could atleast throw a bucket and put an end to an adversary.

All said and done, the game has a good personality, simple and straight forward; the storyline is well told and written even if a slight cliché but thats overshadowed by the games ability to make you come back for a slow and relaxed (ahem, and tense) game ;)

I gave it 4 stars because it feels like there was a low budget to make the game and there wasn't, from what I believe, team members on production.