Penumbra Series
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Overture is a Puzzle / Adventure game released on March 30, 2007 for Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac. 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 …
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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.
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Release Dates by Platform
Game Info
- Developer
- Frictional Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Engine
- HPL
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Genres
- Puzzle Adventure Indie
- Themes
- Action Horror Survival Stealth
Languages
- Audio / Voice
- English
- Text / Subtitles
- English
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