Penumbra: Black Plague (2008)

Frictional Games

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.82 from 222 ratings

1419 members have it in their collection · 8 playing now · 866 backlogged · 68 wish listed

How long? · with extras 7h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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Release dates

  • Feb 12, 2008 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 12, 2008 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac

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5 stars
45
4 stars
108
3 stars
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2 stars
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1 star
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GigaDeathNullGolem

Review GigaDeathNullGolem 3/5 · Sep 20, 2022

Maintains atmosphere and interesting setting, builds on lore, introduces more puzzles

Overall this is good. In some ways, I think I was more impressed with the first though.

This game has a well fleshed out setting and lore (based on the first) And there are actually a lot more puzzles of various designs. However, some of these puzzles are kinda goofy and some were really hard (and some were really stupid …

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Overall this is good. In some ways, I think I was more impressed with the first though.

This game has a well fleshed out setting and lore (based on the first) And there are actually a lot more puzzles of various designs. However, some of these puzzles are kinda goofy and some were really hard (and some were really stupid simple!) The main thing though that I disliked, you have NO weapons in this game. And you have no tools you can manually swing back and forward to emulate actual motion. I'm guessing some players thought that was too hard (it was kinda tricky to get the motion right), and that combat relied on that too much, so they just took them away and left you with nothing instead??? I really like this, because it really highlighted the engine well, I thought. Oh well, there's still plenty to like in this due to story, lore, setting etc.

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yields

Review yields 5/5 · Dec 2, 2014

Heavily influenced by the movie "The Thing" and the Cthulu mythos - The Penumbra games are excellent and very well made. Black Plague is of course more polished than Overture which is normal. Highly recommended, along with Frictional Games' next game : Amnesia (that IMO surprassed Penumbra).