'Penumbra: Overture' Going Episodic
PC Adventure to Begin in Greenland
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Developer Frictional Games and Lexicon Entertainment announced that the recently announced full-fledged title Penumbra: Overture will be joining the growing trend of episodic content.
The first episode is to take place in an underground facility in Greenland, where the player will find themselves alone and with no way out. Two weeks since his mother has passed, the protagonist receives a letter from his late, estranged father instructing him to retrieve a book from a safe-deposit box and burn it. Instead of heeding the instructions, he reads the book, following clues and hints, leading him to Greenland and his little predicament.
Penumbra: Overture will create challenging gameplay using "immersive mouse movement interaction" allowing the player "to open, pull, push and in other ways manipulate the game objects in a motion similar to doing it in real life. This type of interaction has never before been used in a game and makes the puzzles a lot more fun and the game more immersive." The story on the other hand will progress through in-game exploration, with no dialog. Instead players will discover the story strewn about the environment such as radio transmissions, notes, and books.
The first episode is to take place in an underground facility in Greenland, where the player will find themselves alone and with no way out. Two weeks since his mother has passed, the protagonist receives a letter from his late, estranged father instructing him to retrieve a book from a safe-deposit box and burn it. Instead of heeding the instructions, he reads the book, following clues and hints, leading him to Greenland and his little predicament.
Penumbra: Overture will create challenging gameplay using "immersive mouse movement interaction" allowing the player "to open, pull, push and in other ways manipulate the game objects in a motion similar to doing it in real life. This type of interaction has never before been used in a game and makes the puzzles a lot more fun and the game more immersive." The story on the other hand will progress through in-game exploration, with no dialog. Instead players will discover the story strewn about the environment such as radio transmissions, notes, and books.