Penumbra Overture: Red's Ramblings

[Muznakh121]

... I guess im the only one who laughed maniacally as he died

[TobiasWins4]

 @ShadowMaster978 I would want to die too if i was trapped in a fucking nightmare

[ferarry13]

1:03 ... "inner sanctum" ... sounds familiar ;) (amnesia xD)

[Eranya]

Red is the only character in a game to ever make me cry.

I mean, 30+ years, trapped in a living nightmare.... I can see why he wanted to die so much.

Rest in peace Red, for you are free.

[Joserass18]

Red Q__Q .....

[jonnavdpas]

;__; I can't stand hearing people burn....

[Lucap1000]

The worst thing of him being stuck is that he could only stay around in that last part of the mine, right those 3 rooms before the Shelter: his room, the big room with the iron door, and the incinerator room, because the corridor was caved in. That must have sucked pretty bad.

[ferarry13]

@Lucap1000 i would try and remove those rocks with time :P

like one rock at a time and one push a day.

[MrLMxD]

Red is in a better place ? I don't know, but in black plague he doesn't seem very happy. He seem to be in a worse place.

[deathward4]

@MrLMxD ...he's not in Black Plague.

[MrLMxD]

@deathward4 Are we talking about the same game ? Red does appear in black plague in that strange place of souls and if you notice that you saw a comment of Phillip, he saying "poor Red im sorry. Are you happier now?" This happens on black plague

[salamouis]

@MrLMxD I thought of that as a place in Philip's mind, possibly triggered by Clarence finding his way in.

[MrLMxD]

@salamouis Maybe, i personally don't agree but i respect. Anyway, Red already know that he was doing acting wrong asking that to Philip, but he wanted to die. Thats sad :(

[salamouis]

@MrLMxD Interesting that we can interpret it differently :D

But yeah, the saddest part for me was seeing his living area, with the noose and everything :(

[MultiNatla]

Penumbra is fantastic, just like Amnesia. I love you, Frictional Games!

I completed Overture today (and I'm moving to Black Plague now, and then Requiem).

And now I feel guilty about killing Red.

Rest in peace, Red, you are in a better place now.

I can't even imagine the pain he went trough. Imagine that he stuck in these damned mines since he was 14, he had NO LIFE!

He spent all his long and boring years stuck in a fucking mine! That's incredibly awful!

[goatmilk222]

I don't understand the rockworm though...

[470Productions]

I like Red and all, really, he's awesome, but that picture kinda makes me think... What made him infected, and why isn't he completely tuurngait'ed...? :L

[lSparto1]

According to the notes, he was only 14 when Phillip found him in the incinerator, he speaks so weirdly because he read a lot of Shakespeare

[MattLokify]

@lSparto1 No, he was 14 when he wrote the note when he got stuck in the mine in the first place. And it was written in 1970. MATHS, USE THEM.

[HammerNHook]

I liked Overture a lot more than Black Plague, because Red was a good companion, like Atlas in Bioshock (until the end of Bioshock when he turns out to be Fontaine). A lot better than Clarence who seems to be a mentally unstable character who helps you at times, but is basically wishing death upon you most of the time.

[paddymoep]

Did he just say "Inner Sanctum"?

[monkeynade126]

@secondworldFB Amnesia at the end alexander is a human, as is the one guy who you have to chop his head off

[secondworldFB]

in all of the penumbra series including amnesia you never get to see an alive human being, NEVER!

THEY'RE TOO LAZY MAKE 'EM

[666AMC666]

now spoiler, was red 14 or was that just an old note i read

[GinandWeedRule]

@666AMC666 He wrote it when he first got trapped in the cave/mine thing. 30 years later Philip meets him over the walkie-talkie, Red now 43-44. :(

[666AMC666]

@GinandWeedRule aww <: [ god how did he survive and in penumbra 3 i think, why does red sound evilish

[GinandWeedRule]

@666AMC666 In Penumbra 3 (Requiem), he is only in a crazy dream of Philip's (which means he is going mad/ already was by the end of Penumbra 2). Red survived so long because (how he himself describes in his ramblings) he had faced the infected monstrosities from behind the metal door at the end. I guess he locked it, and hid a corpse in his wardrobe (I think). He got partially infected by the Tuurngait so even when he had had enough he just couldn't die or kill himself (or force himself to).

[GinandWeedRule]

@666AMC666 Similar to like how Philip starts hearing things in his own head (Clarence).

[Wafflashizzles]

am I the only one who mashed the action button to open it when he started saying to turn it off

[TheNinjaGamingX]

so can someone tell me the main storyline of all the penumbra games? O.O cause i really dont get it

[TheAwesomekman]

*best video game companion ever*

[nad330022]

"and yet you cast away my help like you would a puppy, freshly covered in its own faeces"

[fafafak6]

i dont understand

i mean red is your best friend

and in black plague he become bad and he trying to kill you at the end

what the point of that

[deathward4]

@fafafak6 He doesn't show up in Black Plague.

[fafafak6]

@deathward4 IF iam right hes the guy who guide you through the game no?

[Danthepest1]

@fafafak6 You're confusing Red with Clarance, the split personality Phillip develops because of the infection.

[UtubeH8tr]

@deathward4

well technically he does, he's revealed in requiem that he is dr eminess. basically he met you before in loops of mental repetition. you did die in black plague at the end of typing the message on the computer, but you are near death experience; in requiem you and red are mentally floating around until you decide to kill yourself with him in the furnace chamber.

in a nutshell you did everything up to black plague over and over again until you decide to mentally die too

[killroththehallow]

@fafafak6 he asks you to jump in the fire with him in requim because its a dream, but Clarence trys to kill you in black plague.

[tobbemeister]

@fafafak6 he died in overture

[HammerNHook]

@fafafak6 he doesn't appear because you burn him at the end of Overture. They mention him in Black Plague but he doesnt appear

[aidentheodd]

@fafafak6 he dies at the end of Overture

[VincentValentine360]

@fafafak6 that was Clarence... your alter ego, for lack of a better word.

[Mrgameboy2]

@fafafak6 That would be Clarence, not Red

[GamblerJustice]

Thanks for uploading. I keep coming back to this game: while Amnesia is definitely scarier, Overture is without a doubt the best game Frictional has done so far, simply due to the amazing story.

[killroththehallow]

R.I.P. Red hes in a better place

[GMusicification]

<3

[VITYVIKTOR]

so... that thing with sharp teeth and white eyes... is Red??

[Bob1997654321]

When red was talking scared, that scared me the most

[FK78INSERTFOOD]

Mybe Red should have let you smash his head open with an axe rather than deep frie him... Poor red

[alphaalphalfa]

am I the only one that felt a tear go down their cheek when you had to kill red, we've come to know each other so much without seeing one another, I was so excited to see the person who was guideing me this whole way but that dream was shattered when he guided me to a room with a incinerator, and told me to kill him I did as he said and then all could hear was the screams of my only friend dieing :(

(but for some reason I felt good doing it, knowing he's in a better place now).

R.I.P:Red

[theKassCam]

@alphaalphalfa I didn't expect to cry.

I was to the point of bawling.

[Dashbo287]

@alphaalphalfa When I killed him, I tossed all my Jerky onto his ashes, since he asked for food before

[SpeedyTurtI]

@alphaalphalfa Its a game.

[griffun95live2]

@alphaalphalfa i know that feel bro :(

[monkeynade126]

@alphaalphalfa I know this is 9 months old but...... right before you press button to kill red you can turn around and open the dorr you came through and you will wake up in the ship from the beginning, its either overture or black plague where it happens

[deathward4]

@monkeynade126 You're thinking of the ending of Requiem.

[Max27588]

You sir, are wonderful.

...As is Red <3

[deathward4]

@Max27588 At the end, on his death scream, it made you feel so guilty when he begs you to turn off the crematory.

:[

[Max27588]

@deathward4

Completely, It really was a great game and deserves more people to play it..

Very scary and psychological. Good atmosphere, voice acting, story.. just a shame about the graphics!

"But I'm sure you will agree, it is a name rather similar to a cardigan.. fetching when worn correctly!"

I am rather excited however as the same makers of Penumbra are working on a new game now! Amnesia. Let's hope its just as good!

[deathward4]

@Max27588 The free demo of it is available through Steam.

Unfortunately, it crashes on the opening cinematic for me (I have a very poor PC).

"Poor Red is so hungry...He could eat both the horse and the young rippling Stable hand..."

[kamari11694]

@Max27588

the graphics?? I thought the graphics were wonderful for an indie game like that

they were good enough to be admirable, but not enough to be stunning

[meccarian]

@Max27588 It's graphics are great.. Better than 8-bit mario and worse than stupid modern game's graphics, just as portal 2 or crysis. It perfectly fit that game.

[xRedster]

@deathward4 Imagine how it must've been for me >:

I go by the alias 'Red' and his accent/ramblings made him kinda sorta sound like me.....When I had to kill him... ohgod ;-; Rest in peace, my dear twin brother.

[deathward4]

@xRedster It's amazing how the game is able to turn a voice speaking nonsense to your best friend.

;_;

[xRedster]

@deathward4 I think it's also because he's the only person who speaks ingame....Everything else is just text....

It felt so comforting hearing him speak over the radio, every single time.