Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  Overture and Black Plague albeit their age and other oddities are good games with a good story and definitely worth playing. Requiem is a dlc to Black Plague so one would naturally believe Requiem would be a continuation or at the very least an extension of the previous two. It's not. Others who have traversed this series before me have indeed found out long ago what Requiem is. A crummy disjointed puzzle laden deviation and not in any way consistent with the two previous endeavors. Others have reviews which go into more detail and those reviews are more entertaining than Requiem. Next stop: Penumbra Necrologue.
• dudeduderson

  Nov 9, 2022

  Penumbra Requiem is an odd entry in the series. Its not as much of a Penumbra game as much as a shallow puzzle game. The horror elements amount to no payoff, the psychological elements go nowhere, and the overall narrative is unsatisfying. Would not recommend to someone looking for a Penumbra game and I would not recommend for someone looking for a puzzle game.
• Paris

  Dec 10, 2022

  The final chapter of the Penumbra series. It is the most mellow of all the games as there are no real enemies to speak of. The game is strictly focused on large scale puzzle solving and tying off the rest of the story. Requiem follows right after the end of Black Plague and gives new insight into the original characters from the first 2 games. There are no notes to read in this one except for some books which play audio style cut scenes from some of previously mentioned characters. The game is also quite short compared to the others, having taken me about 3-4 hours to complete. The puzzles are challenging and impressive, and are honestly quite enjoyable once you get into the flow of them. Some may be disappointed by the lack of enemies but the heavy sense of dread still clouds the atmosphere anyway. A classy and bittersweet end to a thrilling franchise. Thank you for the journey Frictional Games!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 15, 2014

  i dont remember seeing that second screenshot anywhere in the game, but it is a very excellent game with really good puzzles, and a very scary ominous environment throughout the entire game if you enjoy puzzles and problem solving this is a very good game because its heavily focused on that aspect
• gamedeal user

  Apr 8, 2023

  Penumbra Requiem: I loved penumbra games but this one? its terrible.They removed enemies so the only dangers are for example waters in which you can drown.The puzzles are made really bad some of them are really buggy or just flustering.And as penumbra overture had some kind of a weapon to defend yourself with and had a combat system or penumbra black plauge had intresting puzzles this game lacks anything that would be intresting though there is a story we can see some memories from the first game and we can hear some of the characters like Dr. Richard Eminiss or red the games feels just empty. I like the feel of it as still we explore industrial complexes and even arctic bases but there is just no sense of fear or danger and for me this is really not penumbra.There are some levels that i liked but some of them make you not think just do the same thing over and over agian.My stupid theory is that they were making another expansion for the game but they ran out of time so they made it into a game consisting only of puzzles.But as puzzle expansion Penumbra Requiem is not bad still i have to say that This is the only game in the penumbra series that I unfortunately do not recommend the game has an ending but...its not really an ending worth playing the whole game still if you want to have just that end for the penumbra games try it out 3.5/10
• gamedeal user

  Dec 29, 2014

  This is a timid recommendation, but I think the game is good enough to be called a decent wrap up for the series. There are no enemies at all in this game, so there is no tension. Despite that, some of the locations manage to be creepier than anything in the preceeding games. There aren't a lot of glowing positives to this title. The story is superfluous, so if you've finished Black Plague and DON'T want to play this, then you aren't missing much. The puzzles are more numerous and a bit more complex, but for the first time in the series, there are more than a few convoluted challenges.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 29, 2015

  Its definetly a nice game.Its a puzzle based game with the creepy atmosphere of the previous 2 games.Yes it isn't scary as the previous ones,but i had a lot of fun playing it and i recommend playing it if you want a nice relaxing puzzle game.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 17, 2015

  I am a huge fan of Penumbra, but this is different. Please note that this is a puzzle expansion pack. It is a game filled with puzzles, ubt it does not have the same story nd creepiness that the first game does. I wish there was more to it, and it strayed toofar from its original title, but can still be fun. 7/10
• gamedeal user

  Aug 15, 2015

  Although Penumbra: Requiem is without the Survival aspects of Overture and Black Plague, its puzzles provide a challenge worth conquering as you unravel more about Philip and what goes on in his head. However, due to this, the game does tend to feel more like Portal without a Portal Gun than a game from the Penumbra series. While it not may live up to expectations brought to the table by Black Plague, it's a satisfying conclusion to a great trilogy.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 1, 2015

  Disapointment. Thats all I got after finishing the 3rd and final chapter in this series. What started off solid in Overture and continued with a bang in Black Plauge just fizzled out here. The spooky atmosphere is really the only thing this has in common with the first two games. No real threat felt. Just puzzle after puzzle after puzzle with nothing. It offered no resolution to what the first two games. Hell looking back I would say Black Plague was a better ending. This was just Portal without the portal gun. Play if you love puzzles but if you want the horror these games offered in the first two titles than you'll be disapointed like I was.