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[Therumancer]

I knew about it since I came out, but I'm not a huge shooter player and wasn't much interested as a result.

I don't think that it's that the game is literally unknown, but simply that it was overshadowed by being in competition with other, bigger titles when it was new, and while it hung out a surprising long time at a cut rate, being a cut rate game I don't think many people have been all that interested in it, since the shooter fans are always after the shiniest, most impressive one.

I can't comment on how accurate Yahtzee's review on it is since I haven't played it, however he did seem to like it, which is a good thing if your tastes generally tend to coincide with his (which mine don't as an RPG player, but I still respect a lot of his opinions).

 

[feedy]

Is this game any good? Have never heard about it .

 

[manaman]

Grammar and paragraphs will help put your point across in a more clear manner.

Fuck that, let's start with sentences, shall we?

And I've heard of Painkiller, though I also heard it's shite.

It is and it isn't. It's a classic style FPS. Waves of enemies to blast through. Good simple fun. It really works for some, but it's not for everyone. Hence the reason why it was a sleeper hit for some.

 

[Skops]

I wouldn't say 'why doesn't anyone knw about Painkiller" there was an article here a few months back that shortly after the Zero Puncuation review of Painkiller and Yahtzee's positive review of it, sales nearly went up 800%.

So no one knows about it? No, a lot of people know about it, probably played it.. There's just nothing to talk about anymore.

EDIT: Straight from the article itself:

On the other hand, sales data from Amazon seems to reveal a distinct 7,400 percent jump in Painkiller sales shortly after it was given a positive review, if one-liners like "Painkiller is fucking awesome and can kick the ass of most big name mainstream titles and have them for breakfast afterwards" are considered merely "positive" and not "giddy school girl talking about her favorite boy band."

7, 400%?!?!? God damn!