Penumbra Overture episode 1 ( Demo )

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Demo is out and its worth getting

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http://www.gamershell.com/download_18128.shtml

I also recommend you get the updated exe which they rlsd to fix my crash problem

http://frictionalgames.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=612&page=1
 
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Donwloaded this from here. Well i think i did.

Is this demo any different? As the one i downloaded kept randomly crashing and i found the controls to be just stupid basically.
 
topgun06 said:
Donwloaded this from here. Well i think i did.

Is this demo any different? As the one i downloaded kept randomly crashing and i found the controls to be just stupid basically.
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Yeh its different controls are a little fiddly at first but they do work very well compared that version , you also start on a boat.. thats all im saying cause it will spoil it
 
Cool didn't know this was being made into a full game. I though the demo that's been out for a while was just a student project.
 
Reppyboyo said:
So what kind of game is it?
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Hard to describe..

Its like a first person adventure with action bits involved...

For example

I see a bottle of whisky on the table, i move towards the table and center the whisky in the middle of my viewpoint. A hand icon appears , i hold the left mouse button and the whisky is being held in front of me.. If i let go of the mouse button the bottle drops if i quickly move the view point and let go of the mouse button i throw the bottle. The bottle breaks :D

Its the same with doors and windows and tables most of it can be manipulated as if im actually moving them by hand :)

There are puzzle elements involved like i couldn't get past this door, so i used the hand icon and pushed the closet out the way.. Clicked on my hammer and used hitting motions with my left mouse button and broke away these planks of wood
 
Oh god, I remember playing the demo (think it was the tech version, in the arctic-type base?) of this! Good fun, interesting interactive slant on things....Was quite eery as well!
 
topgun06 said:
Right, im mad. How do i get past the first door in that cave thing.
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Go into the smaller room, and move one of the shelving units out the way of a boarded up hole way.

I liked this game, shame the demo was so short though! Nothing happened..

If any object looks out of place, pick it up because you will need it :p.

I only picked the metal pole up because i wanted to hit someone with it, turns out it was a lot more useful :p
 
Yeah, great little demo, very creepy - took me 10' to get the courage to turn the lever that opens that hatch... I thought it was a cage and something was gonna jump out at me if I so much as went near it! :p

Unfortunately all the emotion in these games comes from the suspense: once enemies start coming at you it very quickly evaporates. The first'll make you just, but the second onwards will start becoming mundane, hence no sale here. Great graphics though.
 
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