I bought this game for an awesome bargain and I don't mind puzzle thrillers.

Graphics: Sub-par

Sound/ Ambiance: Good

Gameplay: Decent - Good

Controls: Could be better

Overall: A Good Buy

If you rather gameplay over low graphics than this is the game for you. The graphics are sub par but the puzzles and the ambiance helps to make up for it somewhat.

Do not despair if you get stuck, use online walkthroughs and complete the game, its worth it.

Overall, I enjoyed it especially Part 1: Overture and Part 2: Black Plague. Part 3: Requiem, however I did not.

Part 1: Takes you on a quest to find your father in a frigid part of the world where you end up in a mine. Following notes and a helpful voice through a radio (who knows exactly where you are to tell you what to do) your quest now turns into finding that helpful voice who is trapped somewhere in the lower mines. At the end of Part 1, you do wonder if things could have turned out differently.

Part 2: Penumbra Black Plague is way better than part 1. It continues where Part 1 left off. You are now in a facility. You have less means of killing your enemies but the adrenaline rush is more frequent. This time you are aided by a cynical voice who is part of you (which makes more sense than the "psychic" miner in part 1) and he will remain with you to the end. It adds humor to a somewhat eerie game. The puzzles in part 2 are more complex and uses more brain power/common sense to solve. Part 2 ends just like Part 1, where you are expecting a continuation, however...

Part 3: Does not exactly continue on the same notion that Part 2 left off. Part 2 made you believe that you are going to find or confront the menace in the mines. However, you're in a dream? finding orbs to complete the stage? Which of course made little to no sense to me, and once again the helpful miner from PART 1 is now your aid, even though all remnants of this miner was wiped from your memory in PART 2.

Solving puzzles and finding orbs with a contradicting storyline made me not complete Part 3.

In conclusion. Penumbra is the game to buy because Part 1 & Part 2 makes this game worth every penny.

I own this entire series (obviously) , and to tell you, it redefines what all think as horror. In most horror games you can defend yourself with a knife, gun, bomb or other such items, this game is not like that. with the first game the most deadly weapon you have is a rusty old pickaxe, however, considering what you will face, that is nothing, for there are massive " rock-worms" which could break through 8" thick steel alloy doors, and as you can see, this make the game much harder and scarier for a pickaxe an not do anything to it. in the second game you have NO weapons at all, and you discover a virus has infected the place you are in, which cause anyone who catches it to slowly become a zombie-ish alien creature that sounds as though it has come from straight from the gates of hell. If you get scared out of your with by a simple "boo" you WILL faint even by watching this during the day, if you PLAY it at NIGHT... it scares anybody. Oh, and by the way, you find out you have the virus i mentioned earlier

Great survival horror adventure, the story and atmosphere fits well together and this game even recommends you to play it in the dark which really does amplify the creepiness. There controls are fairly simple and puzzle are somewhere straight forward but theres a few think outside of the box ones and a few physic based ones. This should be a must buy for any survival horror game fan.

The interactive physics really enhance gameplay, rather than simply making things look good. If only the combat could be fixed and the puzzles are very nicely executed.

Simple, scary, and satisfying. Aside from object collection, there’s little in the way of replay value, but Penumbra Collection is an enjoyable romp while it lasts.