Penumbra Black Plague

[Aradreth]

For those of you who are interested the Linux version of Penumbra Black Plague just got released. The first one, Penumbra Overture, was great fun and I recommend everyone at least gives the demo a try.

Here's the links:-
http://www.penumbrablackplague.com/
http://www.penumbra-overture.com

[xav1r]

Very cool games, if only they had spoken dialogue instead of just lines of text.

[Aradreth]

Honestly I prefer reading text to having bad voice acting, and as they are indie developers they probably can't afford good voice acting.

[xav1r]

at least bad voice acting gives me something to laugh about. :) Reading text is to me too much like reading an ebook.

[Aradreth]

I don't think the developers want to make people laugh with Penumbra they want to scare people. :p
Anyway I like to read, so I'm indifferent (although good voice acting > reading because I'm lazy).

[xav1r]

yea, i know. btw i like the game, but somehow, i cant get myself to finish it. maybe im too spoiled by fast action fps games. Penumbra being an adventure game more than anything, which just occurs that it's in a 1st person view, makes it slow for me. And the controls, i didnt figure out how to move the hammer around until after many tries and smashing the keyboard with the desk. :P

[Aradreth]

I can see why some these games may not be everyones cup of tea and how certain aspects may make you want to smash your keyboard. :D
The newest one you have no weapons by the way; it's purely hiding and trying not to look at the monsters else the character gets scared and makes noise attracting the monsters! So you need up needing to get into a dark corner or behind something and look at the wall as they go past, that to me is an awesome concept.

[xav1r]

yea, i was like, where's the minigun? wheres the BFG???