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Penumbra: Black Plague

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Penumbra: Black Plague

Rating: 4.4 (126 votes cast)

A letter from a dead man.
A dark, sinister family mystery.
A secret buried beneath a frozen wasteland.
Unravel the mystery.

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... Unravel the mystery.

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.

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.

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Penumbra: Black Plague review

By CaptainQuackers posted 8th Oct 2011

This game is fantastic, it's incredibly scary, and actually has a decent story. The puzzle mechanics can get annoying sometimes and that is why I gave it four stars, but over all the game is brilliant.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By FlargleNargle posted 12th Aug 2011

Dark halls. Eerie whispering. Terrifying demon monster things. Cheap. Yup, this looks like the start of a good horror game already! Add puzzles that make you think of more practical solutions rather then mixing A with B to create C, and you've got yourself one hell of a night! i say ONE night, because unfortunately it is a very short game for those of you who are willing (and daring) enough to go all the way through the game!

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By Joage posted 3rd Aug 2011

The graphics in this game aren't great, but there is still a lot of fun value in this game. If your into horror games this is definitively one you need to play. The scary noises, dark hallways, and disfigured infected will have you on the edge of your seat. That said, the game does get a bit repetitive with the problems you have to solve. overall this game is worth a try.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By AceTrilby posted 2nd Aug 2011

Fear is a powerful emotion, and like its predecessor, Penumbra Overture, Black Plague cranks the fear factor up to 11 and keeps it there. There is no combat, so the only way to defeat enemies is to outsmart and avoid them, or in some cases set traps to kill or stun them enough to make a quick getaway. Possibly the defining feature of the game is its physics engine, which makes opening doors a more analogue affair, controlled by the mouse rather than a button. It also makes the proceedings more realistic - pushing a door open just a fraction to peek out into a corridor or to avoid making a noise and attracting monsters to your position. Puzzles are solved by thinking logically, and anything too complex for casual observers (programming a computer card, for instance) is explained well in-game. All this in addition to great voice acting and a tangible sense of unease, this makes Penumbra: Black Plague well worth a look.

Penumbra, inside the dark mind of my teacher

By CBX posted 28th Jul 2011

My graphic teacher nagged to us students to buy and try the games from Frictional Games, where he's working at. Seeing his art skills piqued my interest, because he is darn good.

And it sure wasn't disappointing. This is a terrifying good game, one of many. Dark, moody and scary with small means. It doesn't have to be a bad thing if a game manages to produce crap, because I almost crapped my pants.

If you think Indie games has never been this scary, you should check out Frictional Games' latest scream: Amnesia: The Dark Descent .

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By Cameron_hill posted 4th Sep 2010

Highly atmospheric Lovecraftian survival horror game - the best Lovecraftian game out there I think (barring certain elements of Dark Corners of the Earth). This game also features a very interesting and highly sophisticated control system. Puzzles are generally logical and built well into the environment.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By Keiffer posted 7th Jul 2010

Genuiononly scary. I mean this game is creeper than the first time i played the first silent hill. Unique. Being infected with a virus that talks to you and messes with your head the entire game was a total trip. i loved this game. I did have a few graphics problems (mostly with the flashlight) and the translations (as i have learned this is a russian title) but niether are to the point as to make the game unenjoyable. This game will hook you. i promise. 5 out of 5 stars. I definatly recommend this as it is a very unique and scary game.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By Brigal posted 13th May 2010

Black Plague continuos where Penumbra left to us, we have the same protagonist, who is now infected by a dangerous virus. You have to travel across Groenlandia, with new puzzles and more plagues, you will enjoy this game a lot. This game has nothing to envy to other graphical adventures games, doesn't have a lot of advertising like other, but i can tell you that is so interenting or more than others. This game deserve a 9.5/10, is a great discovery to me.

By hersheys1 posted 8th Feb 2010

This game is a piece of shit, i've played the Dmoe for about a hour, & loved it.

So I purchased the full game, to continue where I left off. But, everytime I get to the game it starts fucking up!!. All the texture in the game starts acting crazy.

Shit...usually the demo is what does that, not the full game.

I played crysis right after that on high settings. So, NO!! it's not my graphics card or prsr.

I want my fucking money back...........NOW!!!

By jason.915 posted 4th Apr 2009

this game gives me the shivers and im only 12.It has good graphics but it could of been longer.This is not for people who dont like to think and get scared.I would recomend it.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By PUMKIN OF DOOM posted 26th Sep 2008

This is one of the best games i've ever played. The story pick off right were the first game left off. The physics in the game are really good and that all helps to the puzzule solving and the horror. This time you have no wepons so your forced to hide from eneimes. The game gets really terafing when your being chased by a enemy. Problembs. Very littile. Ifound the game very short only taking 3hrs to complete. And depending on how you think you may never complete this game without a guide. but other than that, this is a game that dosent just move the benchmark. It takes it. and buys it so no other game can have it. I recomend this game

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By Tommot posted 27th Aug 2008

Fantastic, overture was great, and this one was even better, a really high reccomendation for anyone who likes survival horror, or is a fan of the creepy.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By boboaway posted 13th Aug 2008

Superb adventure. It's strength is it's lack of enemies. You get to learn how to run very quickly. The physics work great and get used often for puzzle solving. Ultimately though it's just simply a very creepy adventure, that refuses to resort to cheap tricks or any of the current fads in teen horror.

Penumbra: Black Plague review

By sirbrett posted 25th May 2008

Quite possibly the scariest game I have ever played. I absolutely enjoyed it! The story was great. This and the first game are amazing.