Comments on: Penumbra: Black Plague Screenshots http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/29/penumbra-black-plague-screenshots/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:46:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/29/penumbra-black-plague-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-10735 Chris Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:05:34 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=664#comment-10735 Hope they've overhauled the awkward control scheme a bit, too, and improved the voice acting. Also had a weird problem with the first one, in the way it taught you how to use the controls. I don't mind when games put instructions onscreen ("Right Mouse: Throw Object") but when they're mentioned conversationally by the narrator, like in Overture ("I can always throw the object I'm holding by clicking the right mouse button") it breaks the immersion. Hope they’ve overhauled the awkward control scheme a bit, too, and improved the voice acting.

Also had a weird problem with the first one, in the way it taught you how to use the controls. I don’t mind when games put instructions onscreen (”Right Mouse: Throw Object”) but when they’re mentioned conversationally by the narrator, like in Overture (”I can always throw the object I’m holding by clicking the right mouse button”) it breaks the immersion.

]]> By: CrashT http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/29/penumbra-black-plague-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-10672 CrashT Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:17:34 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=664#comment-10672 Is it just me or does that first screen look like the training level from Deus Ex? Is it just me or does that first screen look like the training level from Deus Ex?

]]> By: Garth http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/29/penumbra-black-plague-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-10630 Garth Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=664#comment-10630 "Dude, did you see that gray wall? Wasn't it awesome?" Sorry, couldn't resist. “Dude, did you see that gray wall? Wasn’t it awesome?”

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

]]> By: fluffy bunny http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/29/penumbra-black-plague-screenshots/comment-page-1/#comment-10564 fluffy bunny Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:27:27 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=664#comment-10564 The screenshots they released for the original were also really crap. But the game wasn't. :-) The screenshots they released for the original were also really crap. But the game wasn’t. :-)

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