2007-02 Monday 12th, A wide variety of previews

[timonator]

For all German speaking readers, visit Krawall Gaming Network for their Penumbra: Overture preview.

All in all "Penumbra - Overture" would have the potential to be a thrilling and good game. The puzzles are nice, the story could evolve well, playing with the physics is fun. But so much would have to be made better: the much too cumbersome fighting mechanism, the much too boring levels, the very not exact hit-checking. Maybe Kalypso can accomplish removing those big faults, but the close release date makes us doubt

scoring: 5 out of 6, where 6 is the worst

For all German speaking readers, visit 4Players.de for their Penumbra: Overture preview.

finally someone dares to add action to a real first-person adventure! [blah blah] puzzles are both varied and good [blah blah] environment nicely incorporated [blah blah] fight controls aren't that good [blah blah] story makes you curious [blah blah] good scary mood [blah blah]

scoring: 2 out of 6 where 1 is the best

For all German speaking readers, visit Gamezone for their Penumbra: Overture preview.

[blah blah]great puzzles, great interactivity with the environment[blah blah]

scoring: 2 out of 6 where 1 is the best

just wrote a really quick summary.
btw: what/who is Kalypso?

- it seems to me the krawall reviewer wasn't really all that competent or had a bad day or something