Spiders

[PerfectBlue]

The "combat system" is designed so that fleeing is a more attractive option than fighting. This isn't Doom after all.

Yes I am well aware, but its faulty in implementation. I am merely pointing out combat with a spider really brings out some of the poor game play mechanic and design choices. You don't have to make combat clunky and unresponsive to discourage it, you lower the damage, attack speed etc. This was one of the strongest criticisms of the first game by many of the reviews I read, and I agree with it. Moreover, its a common complaint on the steam forums. I would speculate thats the reason it was removed all together in Black Plague. In doing so it made the second act in the series more tense and unnerving, which was a great design choice given genre survival horror.

I am a big fan of Frictional Games and Penumbra, but the game is not without its flaws.