Penumbra: Overture is an intensely creepy horror adventure game developed by Got Game Entertainment and published by Frictional Games. The game has been designed to please horror game enthusiasts, who prefer subtlety in horror sequences to mindless action.
The opening montage reminds one of H.P.Lovecraft's masterpieces. The protagonist, Philip, gets a letter from his father all of a sudden. The odd fact is that his father presumably died some 30 years ago in an accident, when Philip was still in his infancy. The letter directs Philip to an abandoned safety-deposit box full of notebooks with mostly unreadable scribbling and a map of Northern Greenland with a specific spot highlighted. A thorough check by Philip reveals the spot as an abandoned mine. This is where Philip makes the decision to show up at the place and investigate. The beginning of his adventure puts him in a blizzard fighting for against the freezing cold.
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