Penumbra: Overture Review - PCPenumbra: Overture is, as the name suggests, the first in a planned trilogy of games. So what does this opener have to offer? Well, at its heart, Penumbra: Overture is a horror-filled first person adventure game, but it's a cut above the norm, with an amazing (and chilling) feeling of realism as you move around the game. So does Penumbra: Overture's plot live up to the stunning visuals, and how does it play as an adventure game? Read what we think in the full review of Penumbra: Overture now! Click here to read the full Penumbra:Overture for the PC!  Penumbra: Overture Review PC We’re told that Penumbra Overture is the first in a series of three titles. And while this first person survival horror isn’t quite perfect, there’s enough to like about it that we’re already looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. The gaming physics, for example, are rather more clever than the norm for an adventure game, with mouse movements being directly translated into in-game object movement in accordance with Newtonian physics. You’ll crouch in a terrified puddle of humanity repeatedly swinging your hammer back and forth until you smash the face of a killer dog. You’ll enjoy the fact that the way in which you pick up a slab of wood in the game has exactly the same effect as it would in real life – hold it in the middle and it will sway and wobble ponderously but pick it up near the end and you have a fabulous weapon. We’ve seen elements of this before, in Oblivion, for instance. But there’s never been anything quite so challenging – there’s no click to swing option for the easily bored. Click here to read the rest of the Penumbra: Overture Review for the PC now!
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