Penumbra: Requiem

More puzzles to solve without the monsters getting in the way. It follows the theme of the first two games with some story related chatter as well.
These games would be better and more intuitive if the player could see his feet.
I had to set the Gl settings in my Nvidia video cards driver control panel to get the lighting related stutter out of the way. I set the default renderer to the video card, turned off thread optimisations, and set every other Gl related setting to what I thought it ought to be, and it runs at the highest settings.

Although disappointing in comparison to its predecessors (i.e Black Plague and Overture) "Penumbra: Requiem" isn't actually that bad. The puzzles, although confusing at times, are all quite fun and entertaining, additionally it was quite nice to hear more from Red and get some much needed characterization for Emisses. Penumbra: Requiem has one glaring flaw, its lack of closure. As an end for Philip it feels rather unfulfilling. It still feels like there's so much left to explore and so many questions unanswered. For example what really was the deal with the Archaic? where did the turngaait come from? Honestly, I wouldn't mind another game in the Penumbra univurse, that way we could possibly get a more fufilling answer.

7/10

This game doesnt fit the Penumbra series at all, its more of a standalone game that solely focuses on puzzles with some atmosphere than horror. Even then its just boring in general

This game is really just a couple puzzles with a penumbra theme. Only a few lines of dialogue that resemble the previous games. However, It was a somewhat fun game to play.

Mid/Frustrating

This is the weakest of the three games. I only recommend it if you get it on sale and if you liked the previous ones.

Unlike the first 2 games, this one has no mystery or lore to explore. It's purely an atmospheric puzzle game that leads you to the conclusions you already knew in Black Plague. Storywise this game is pointless, but I did enjoy it for the most part.

Maybe. Some of the puzzles started to get strange towards the end of the game, but it's doable without a guide.

If you have the 10fps while looking at a direction bug and own Nvidia GPU, disable "Threaded optimization" for your penumbra.exe in Nvidia Control Panel

These puzzles... I think my brain... Doesn't work anymore...

bad, don't bother

Pioneers of this genre, realistic physics...

6 of 5 must play.
5 of 5 great story great game-play.
4 of 5 great story average game-play.
3 of 5 average story great game-play.
2 of 5 give it a go if it's you're favourite genre.
1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do,
0 of 5 play if you're a masochist.
-1 of 5 avoid.

Penumbra Requiem score is 2 of 5.

liked it

I played this so you don't have to. Penumbra ended at Black Plague

Bad escape room game. No horror and it doesn't hold up like the first two. I had more questions at the end of this than I did at the end of Penumbra: Black Plague.

Despite this being a "Penumbra" game, it has nothing to do with the survival horror elements and the intriguing story of "Penumbra".

"Penumbra Requiem" is just a boring puzzle game with no meaningful story or any horror elements. It feels like a worse version of portal due to the fact that it is way more outdated than portal and has nothing interesting to offer to the table, other than generic "escape room" puzzles and awful mechanics.

If you are a massive fan of "Penumbra" you can give it a try, but I personally don't think that this game is worth it.

If you had a sinking feeling of abandonment after solving the final puzzle in Penumbra Black Plague, this is basically a quick fix to what might actually be a larger problem in your life..

Short Review

... no thanks. I don't want any more of their generic terrible puzzles.

6/10