After several years of the early amnesia inspired atmospheric horror game that is penumbra overture, what do I have to say about it? Well, the atmosphere is certainly there.. I think I stand with a lot of folks, when i say -- I haven't played this game until completion. Penumbra Overture was one of those games including in a bundle from the indie promotion site, humble bundle. Included were a number of games that, supported a charity but, largely remained untouched in my library nearly 7 years later.

Penumbra, was an introduction to the atmospheric horror that unnerves me, that crawls under my skin, pulls back layers of security that I find between my monitor and the synthetic world and locks the door. cast with my wits, one of the earliest enemies in the game, a wolf, scared me witless. It's a game, a digital form of entertainment to help me escape my world and spend time in a fantasy. to this day, the dust rattling off from abandoned equipment, the footsteps and old flashlight accompanying me all highlight a simple time when I felt fine with being terrified of the unknown.

penumbra does this as an atmospheric horror game. it unnerves me, it insist that i move forward, armed with a glow stick or a hammer into the next corridor. I hear the growling of the beast, stalking, prodding and ready to attack. I manage to steel myself and advance past the next area into the darkness. I breathe out a sigh of relief.

there are no pop-up achievements, no tutorial messages of note. you're sent in with the raw expectation that you as the character will understand elements based on their design. an intuition if you prefer, but, for the most part, you're trying to understand how to survive while you uncover a mystery the further you go down into that darkness.

this is the earliest glimpses into the amnesia franchise and all of the elements are there, its a good game i'd recommend that I barely scratched the surface on.

After several years of the early amnesia inspired atmospheric horror game that is penumbra overture, what do I have to say about it? Well, the atmosphere is certainly there.. I think I stand with a lot of folks, when i say -- I haven't played this game until completion. Penumbra Overture was one of those games including in a bundle from the indie promotion site, humble bundle. Included were a number of games that, supported a charity but, largely remained untouched in my library nearly 7 years later. Penumbra, was an introduction to the atmospheric horror that unnerves me, that crawls under my skin, pulls back layers of security that I find between my monitor and the synthetic world and locks the door. cast with my wits, one of the earliest enemies in the game, a wolf, scared me witless. It's a game, a digital form of entertainment to help me escape my world and spend time in a fantasy. to this day, the dust rattling off from abandoned equipment, the footsteps and old flashlight accompanying me all highlight a simple time when I felt fine with being terrified of the unknown. penumbra does this as an atmospheric horror game. it unnerves me, it insist that i move forward, armed with a glow stick or a hammer into the next corridor. I hear the growling of the beast, stalking, prodding and ready to attack. I manage to steel myself and advance past the next area into the darkness. I breathe out a sigh of relief. there are no pop-up achievements, no tutorial messages of note. you're sent in with the raw expectation that you as the character will understand elements based on their design. an intuition if you prefer, but, for the most part, you're trying to understand how to survive while you uncover a mystery the further you go down into that darkness. this is the earliest glimpses into the amnesia franchise and all of the elements are there, its a good game i'd recommend that I barely scratched the surface on.