Cat Plays Penumbra: Black Plague - Video Edition!

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:37 pm

People of TR who I do not regularly see on the IRC! You should all check out the Let's Play series I'm doing! I'm just about to upload episode 5, so there's plenty to watch already, and as an extra special bonus you all get to hear my sexy British accent! Please enjoy!

Linky: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcFzidicQzyghD1_IF6BVCZdW19j1nzqb

Andres Indoril · Post by **Andres Indoril** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:54 pm

Damn it, Cat!
(Nice advertising)

To whom it may concern, you can also access my channel through Cat's for a less amusing Skyrim playings by yours truly. Alternatively, here's a link.

SamirA · Post by **SamirA** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:31 pm

Not the voice I expected from you Cat.

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:24 am

I'll definately take a look at this later. I beat the first Penumbra game "Overture" last year and I was about half-way through Black Plague when I became swamped with school work. Perhaps I should get to work finishing it so I can watch your Let's Play without having stuff spoiled.

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:35 am

SamirA wrote:Not the voice I expected from you Cat.

What kind of voice was you expecting?

RelinQ · Post by **RelinQ** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:23 am

Both Cat's & Andres' videos are worth a look!

100hugo · Post by **100hugo** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:56 am

watched them all

Myzel · Post by **Myzel** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:04 pm

Hearing Cat scream like a little girl makes it all worth it. :p

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:49 pm

Sorry for the thread necromancy, but I don't think it really matters much in Off-Topic Discussion.

Anyway, I finally got around to watching your Let's Play, Cat, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. Your commentary is top notch, and you make reasonable progress with each episode. You're also a whole lot braver playing the game than I was, believe it or not. It probably took me three times as long to beat it, mainly because I spent the whole time creeping around, leaning behind every corner, and hiding from those alien things.

It's a shame you couldn't play the first Penumbra game before going into Black Plague. There are plenty of great moments in it, and the mine it's set in is appropriately creepy and creates a overwhelming feeling of isolation. The combat is absolutely terrible, of course, but at least that means you feel helpless and scared when going up against enemies. I believe it is possible to get through the game using only stealth, but for whatever reason I put up with the cumbersome controls and killed everything in my path. People who think Morrowind's combat is bad have nothing to complain about.

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:19 pm

I could do a series of Penumbra: Overture one of these days if you think it'll be sufficiently interesting

Thanks for the feedback, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, too.

I think my next video series will be Bioshock, which I'll be running alongside the Magicka one I'm currently doing with Andres

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:27 pm

Hope this isn't thread necromancy, but...
What Let's Play series do you have on your channel? I've just been watching some of Andres Indoril's Skyrim series, and I was wondering if there was a series on your channel that you might recommend, so that I may watch it some time.

P.S. Am I becoming the creepy newb that asks too many questions?

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:12 pm

His Let's Play of Penumbra: Black Plague is quite good, as I've stated before in my above posts

Of course, since Black Plague is a sequel to a game that Cat hasn't done an LP of, you might want to check out this other LP of Penumbra Overture first, if you're unfamiliar with the series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eAYV-i ... E445A04D5D

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:36 pm

I'm sorry, but is it a game series like Amnesia? I can't stand those games. Make me too jumpy, you see, but nothing against Cat's LP or the design of the game, of which I have no doubt are both excellent. I appreciate your link, Yeti, and I'll watch sometime when I have time.

Andres Indoril · Post by **Andres Indoril** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:06 pm

The Magicka series of myself and Cathartis is on Cat's channel, so you should totally watch that.

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:28 pm

Magicka? What's that? Is it like Dungeon Siege III?

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:02 pm

You know, if anybody's looking for some really good Let's Play videos to watch, I'd highly recommend a series called "Super Replay." Its produced by Game Informer magazine, and has some of the funniest and most insightful commentary I've ever heard in a Let's Play. The GI editors have some pretty entertaining personalities, especially Tim Turi, Andrew Reiner and Dan Ryckert, who are on most of the videos. They've provided endless entertainment for me over past few years.

Some of their best videos are when they play hilariously bad obscure games and struggle through them. My favorite Let's Plays styled videos of all time are probably the ones they did for the PS1 games [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj4aoTkDfNk]Overblood[/url] and Cyberia.

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:15 am

Cool! I'll check 'em out sometime!

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:11 am

When I get around to it, I'm planning to do a long-play of Bioshock, and I'd like to do the first Penumbra game one of these days, too. I'm just nowhere near as prolific with my video making as Andres appears to be o.O

Why · Post by **Why** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:41 am

I'd watch you play Bioshock Infinite, but I don't want you to spoil the original for me.

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:40 pm

Is Bioshock incredibly creepy? Little sister unnerves the hell outta me

Katze · Post by **Katze** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:12 pm

Bioshock is nowhere near as creepy as Penumbra or Amnesia, it's mostly a straight-shooter with a novel visual design.

TheLexicon · Post by **TheLexicon** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:28 pm

Alright. I might try it out someday. Thanks!