Penumbra: Overture

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Penumbra: Overture

2007

Release Date:

03/30/2007

Platforms:

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Genres:

Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Developer:

Frictional Games

Publisher:

Paradox Interactive

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About

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.