Penumbra 1.1

• Popularity:

  #1 in Horror (out of 19 products)

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 86 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  393,160

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP, 1GHz, 256MB RAM, Radeon 8500/GeForce 3+, 400MB disk space

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 18, 2006

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Penumbra 1.0 Penumbra 1

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Publisher's description of Penumbra

From Frictional Games:

Penumbra is a free, first-person horror adventure game that uses the latest graphics technologies and physics to create an immersive game world. The protagonist finds himself in an underground base searching for his lost father. It's dark, scary, and dangerous.

Version 1.1 adds multilanguage support, extended support for older video cards, extended configuration options for video cards, a new installer, and minor additions and fixes.

Editor's review of Penumbra

• 4.0 stars

The best games keep you on the edge of your seat, and this first-person shooter does the job nicely. With a 3D engine built from the ground up by the game's developers, you'll feel the tension as you skulk down dark hallways in search of your father with your flashlight drawn, wondering what will jump out at you next. Penumbra's excellent physics make items react and move in a realistic way. We also like the great sound effects and eerie music, which add to the overall creepy factor as we search the vast maze of underground tunnels and hallways. On our initial run the game crashed once, but we were able to get up and running after that. First-person-shooter addicts and anyone who enjoys a scare factor in their games will definitely like Penumbra.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 86 votes
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• 4 stars

  11 out of 15 people found this review helpful

  Version: Penumbra 1.1

  "Great FPS, great puzzle"

  by Stinger15 on July 27, 2006

  Pros: The puzzles in this game are very hard. I'm stuck at the moment. It is a real challenge to find what and how to do something or continue in the game.

  Pretty detailed graphics, except for the cons bring that down (look below). Great options for gameplay. The story is ok, could've been better dialogue, but I'll give it credit ;).

  Cons: Some graphics features messed up on the game. Luckily you can change the settings while in game until you get the right settings. Very low frame rate.

  Sometimes complicated on how to do something (as in equip an item and use it correctly without messing up). Or wether the item is no equip and just use.

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• 5 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Penumbra 1.1

  "Great First Person Horror Mystery"

  by Baldy2 on February 22, 2008

  Pros: If you think you are going to run thru this game you are dead wrong. This game requires thinking. graphics are great. It runs very well on my WindowsXp Sp2 System. I recommend this game to all those who want a FREE slow paced,thinking game. Gave it a Five Star Rating. Thanks Cnet.

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Penumbra 1.1

  "Download. Now."

  by palingenesis on October 5, 2006

  Pros: Frictional Games deserves a bigger budget for their talent. With a cutting edge physics engine and eye candy graphics, this horror title makes me wonder why you haven't played this yet. This game is scary and fun and at the same I didn't put it down.

  Cons: The controls are a little funky but heck I can't complain. This is the BEST indie horror game I have ever played. Keep it up Frictional.

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• 4 stars

  17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

  Version: Penumbra 1.1

  "overall, this is a must download for horror adventure fans"

  by sneaksiegarrett on July 20, 2006

  Pros: Wow this game is amazing. For a technology demonstration (yes this is a demo) this game is genuinly spooky and the adventure/puzzle aspects make it really cool. This isn't another fps.. this is a First person horror game. You interact with the world.. The physics are amazing. Its sort of like Half-life 2 in the physics aspect. If you like horror adventure games, I really suggest you download this game.

  Cons: - Its a demo. =p However, I think they will finish the game... So other than that, I can't think of any cons other than the fact that you cant defend urself (well if you dont count dynamite) However, that is just an opinion, not necessarily a con of this game.

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• 3 stars

  14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

  Version: Penumbra 1.1

  "For those who have trouble with game loading"

  by Cheezy502 on July 26, 2006

  Pros: I only played for about 15 minutes so don't know much. I got out of the first room.

  Cons: I downloaded to a pc with a 32 mb integrated graphics chip, and the game wouldn't load. I tried it on a pc with an ATI 128 mb card, and it didn't load properly and I had to stop the game with Task Manager.

  However, when I manually changed my display settings to 800 x 600 before loading game, it worked fine.

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