Penumbra's Plot

[eliasfrost]

Plot and story is so much more than just the literal story (like a plot summary on a wiki), it's also about the gameplay and how it complements the story and essentially the gameplay is the story-teller, it's the medium through which the story is presented and unfolded, from that perspective, the story of AMFP was extremely lackluster compared to past FG titles, because it didn't weave gameplay and story together like the last games did.

This is also why I think Penumbra is the better FG title imo because the gameplay complement the story in that you solve puzzles that are believable and actually makes sense (Philip is a physician, and making most of the puzzle science based is only sensible), it also makes use of your items in a much better way than Amnesia, in amnesia there aren't really that much you can do with your items but to use them on one single occasion, while in Penumbra (especially Black Plague), your items can be used in multiple situations and sometimes even let you solve it in different ways, unlike Amnesia.

Contrary to what Googol says, I don't think Amnesia is a story that we should learn from, even less so the story for AMFP, but the story for Penumbra.