#penumbra black plague

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[mrsdaqota]

OHHH some random content for Penumbra! Oi oi daaamn...

[alireil]

I'll never stop loving this game

[gelmanov]

Penumbra. Philip and snow

[pena-blin]

[justjusticejam]

Noooot exactly a recent sketch but a pretty wholesome nonetheless because yay penumbra

[amunisence]

The soundtracks and sound design for every game made by FG are so unique. I can't really talk about Rebirth and Bunker (because I'm less familiar with those OSTs), but every game from the Penumbra Tech Demo to Bunker is just so distinct and recognizable to me. I'd go as far as to say the soundtracks in these games are part of their indentiy.

(I got a little carried away so I put my thoughts on each game's OST/sound design below the cut.)

The Dark Descent has an atmosphere I've never seen (or heard I guess?) in any other game that I know of. Man, what I'd give to play a game with the same feel and atmosphere as the first Amnesia (I have similar feelings abt the Penumbra OST I'll get to later). I find it so unique that choirs and voices are heavily used in the OST/sound design of this game. The frequent presence of whispers, cries, and other voices really adds to the "haunted" feel of Brenneburg castle. The atmosphere this creates aids in putting the player in Daniel's shoes while playing the game. Makes you just as paranoid and confused as he is. Not to mention Daniel's own ramblings amongst the other voices and memories that haunt him. Slightly off topic: I wonder if Daniel's ramblings are just complete nonsense made up by his subconscious or if their indicative about how much he actually remembers in the present moment in the game. I wonder how soon ramblings can be heard. I would guess any area after you get to the entrance. I also wonder if he rambles out loud or if those are just his inner thoughts. Or perhaps I put too much thought into it. :)

There has always been a soft spot in my heart for the OST for A Machine for Pigs. I just LOVE how industrial most of it sounds and how the sound design ties in so well with the soundtrack. New Century is top notch too I never get tired of it as well as Mandus (I used to play Mandus on piano). I'm sure there's symbolism in the OST that goes right over my head too.

With SOMA, Rebirth, and Bunker, I don't really remember the OST itself too well, but I do know that the OST + the sound design are very uniquely tied to these games. Unfortunately, the OSTs aren't as "iconic" as the earlier games (Bunker does have a good safe room theme though), but the sound design in these later FG games are phenomenal.

Now finally, Penumbra my beloved. Lately, I've been remembering how much I loved the Penumbra Series--especially the OST/sound design of these games. The OST/SFX have big PS2 era horror game vibes (I specifically realized this while playing Resident Evil Remake for the first time recently), but the OST is still very unique to Penumbra. The OST/SFX in the Penumbra games are unique to the environments in each game. Like the frozen mines in Overture, and the Archaic facility in Black Plague. I will say the sound design in these games are a little weaker than the newer games, but still iconic to its identity. I would love to play a new Penumbra or a remake kinda along the vain of what Counter Current Games does with the fan games, but I digress.

Those are all my thought on the soundtrack/sound design for all of FG's games. It's one of my favorite topicsshdxjdjevefkeb

[misssicknesss]

I gave up on art so I'm making shitty quality memes for a while. Recently got back into Penumbra games and Clarence is literally me, such a silly rotten creature I adore him.

[krissiefox]

This is an odd little detail in Penumbra Black Plague that I noticed - in this foyer, there are these creepy vine-like "shadows" on 3 of the wall corners. There's no actual vines around to be projecting them, and I'm not sure if the game explains what these are at any point. One of the games fun spooky little mysteries!

[lolsupgirls]

little thoughts

I really love being a member of a dying fandom. Like you know it but you can't leave because it's kind of a part of your childhood and your whole life. It's like dad's old car. It may not be up to date, it may fall apart right on the road, or it may not start at all, but you can't bear to get rid of it. I'm looking at you, frictional games.

[rottendreamsfromtheevergreen]

These guys are giving me mad Penumbra: Black Plague umbilical cord monster vibes.

[mrsdaqota]

I had some free time so recently I started to replay Amnesia games, also I had too much time playing DD1 with mods, soooo... I made a whole crossover fanart :D Penumbra, Amnesia TDD and Darkest Dungeon are my fav games for all time 🥺💚

[alireil]

Someday, I might draw a short Penumbra comic... just a few pages🫠

[kulshedra97]

hmmm not exactly how I pictured this but it'll do :v

[pena-blin]

[mpreg-jesus]

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