Which to play first?

[abe]

I got the Penumbra collection and Amnesia off of Amazon. Started playing Amnesia last night but I got to wondering if I should play the 'Collection first? Thoughts?

[Tanshaydar]

My personal advice to you is to play Penumbra collection first. Since Frictional games have matured a lot, getting back to Penumbra from Amnesia might make you feel a little awkward.

Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Requiem
Amnesia: The Dark Descent

That would be the order to play. Still, it's your choice.

[abe]

Hey, thanks! I'm a bit disappointed that surround sound doesn't work straight out of the box. I'm playing on WinXP w/Logitech Z-5500s and a Creative X-Fi super-duper card. But I'm guessing that I should be able to enable this easily by reading the 'game output log' file, and then editing the 'settings' file. That sound about right? Any hints?

edit: I guess I assumed before I got the game that part of the 'scary' was hearing things coming up behind you and stuff. Perhaps not?

[Frontcannon]

Headphones. This game is made for them.

[Fomzo]

I haven't played any of Penumbra, though I watched Black Plague's LP and regreted it later on(I would rather play it myself) But I'm not sure whether Penumbra is available in Poland...

[nofsky]

Look in this thread if you want to get surround sound in Amnesia.

[bobbo]

I played Amnesia first, then the Penumbra titles in their own order. I didn't think it was setback as Penumbra comes with it's completely different setting. If you don't care for super fancy graphics then I'd say the order doesn't matter.

[ADAMantium]

Play the Penumbra titles. Don't even bother with Amnesia, because it won't work on certain drivers. Penumbra was easy enough to run.

[bobbo]

Play the Penumbra titles. Don't even bother with Amnesia, because it won't work.

Maybe you want to wait a bit longer for replies with possible solutions in the error thread?

[ADAMantium]

I worded that wrong. I'll fix it.