Zero Punctuation: Painkiller
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Absolutely on the mark; and I was actually a bit worried going in, considering the last couple of FPS reviews of vaguely similar titles. I was forgetting that unlike Turok or the other one, Painkiller is actually really good. Nothing fancy, no lame gimmicks, just a great little shooting game with some ideas that have seen depressingly little imitation.
Giant bosses may be the in thing right now, but how many other games have a gun that lets you nail your targets to the floor by shooting a giant spike through their crotch?
The title weapon alone was so ingenious it's almost a shame players weren't forced to be more reliant on it; it took me until my second play through to notice you could set this clanky little gem to the basic face-chopper mode, then LAUNCH it, reducing whole columns of golems to so many gibs.
That is boyish fantasy violence at it's best, m'friend.
Giant bosses may be the in thing right now, but how many other games have a gun that lets you nail your targets to the floor by shooting a giant spike through their crotch?
The title weapon alone was so ingenious it's almost a shame players weren't forced to be more reliant on it; it took me until my second play through to notice you could set this clanky little gem to the basic face-chopper mode, then LAUNCH it, reducing whole columns of golems to so many gibs.
That is boyish fantasy violence at it's best, m'friend.
Quite a bit actually, Painkiller started that though, especially with the fact that you could nail them to the walls, and also, Painkiller is more than just a spike, it was a nice little crucifix/wooden stake that we all know does horrible things to demons.Cynopt said:
Whereas shooting a giant wooden Crucifix/wooden stake through a normal person is completely inneffective.[/quote]Indigo_Dingo said:
LOL Oh man, I usually catch myself on that but the one time I slip, it's on a god damn internet forum...
no it isn't inneffective, it's just extra horrible towards the undead and such.
I heard about that song at the end in some Dave Barry column several years ago, and thought that he had to be making it up for once. I guess he wasn't.
As for the actual review...hilarious as usual, but I have to say that I'm getting a little disturbed by most gamers' love of violence for the sake of violence. When did that start, anyway?
As for the actual review...hilarious as usual, but I have to say that I'm getting a little disturbed by most gamers' love of violence for the sake of violence. When did that start, anyway?
Oh silly me Rome was WAAAY before medieval ages...well not that long but still quite a bit.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Some colloseum myths I'd like to clear up, since you brought that up:
1.) It wasn't a "prisoner death match" - they had skilled fighters who trained just like MMA fighters today, there were rules and everything.
2.) The crowd only had a choice in the matter when a fighter was too wounded to continue, or was a coward.
--- ok that's out of the way, I just hate how the movie "Gladiator" messed around with the history.
Also, how about Atilla the Hun? I think he could also join this debate.
I just love the fact that one day after Yahtzee's review, Steam is advertising Painkiller next to Call of Duty 4 and the Orange Box with his review "All you need to know is that there is a gun that shoots shurikens and lighting" as the only text coupled with it.
I admit I never took a decent look at "Painkiller" while it was advertised on steam, but after playing the demo version, it plays a lot like Serious Sam; and Serious Sam while being shallow in the plot department never truly disappointed me. Just the sound of those be-hooved demons approaching me in the dark was enough to keep me playing. So after playing the demo about four times, paying as much as it took for me to see Indy: 4(10.50:USD) I bought painkiller, and it'll provide me with more than two hours of entertainment for less than the same price of a movie at the theater.
Sorry, if I've made an offending error in my post, I just split half a bottle of absinthe with a dear friend of mine, the weak American brewed stuff, but it's still pretty potent in the quantity I've imbibed. Europeans get to have all the fun.
Yahtzee, Good job, thank you for plugging Psychonauts, I was hoping somebody would publicly enjoy that game so people would get off their ass and play it. Thank you for being a critic, and above-all thank you for being a critic that is "Balls out" honest. Nail on head when you said that critics indulge in under-appreciated games which interest themselves and nobody else, I think that's what most people do between launches; I play a lot of Dosbox in-between launches, that and X-com.
I admit I never took a decent look at "Painkiller" while it was advertised on steam, but after playing the demo version, it plays a lot like Serious Sam; and Serious Sam while being shallow in the plot department never truly disappointed me. Just the sound of those be-hooved demons approaching me in the dark was enough to keep me playing. So after playing the demo about four times, paying as much as it took for me to see Indy: 4(10.50:USD) I bought painkiller, and it'll provide me with more than two hours of entertainment for less than the same price of a movie at the theater.
Sorry, if I've made an offending error in my post, I just split half a bottle of absinthe with a dear friend of mine, the weak American brewed stuff, but it's still pretty potent in the quantity I've imbibed. Europeans get to have all the fun.
Yahtzee, Good job, thank you for plugging Psychonauts, I was hoping somebody would publicly enjoy that game so people would get off their ass and play it. Thank you for being a critic, and above-all thank you for being a critic that is "Balls out" honest. Nail on head when you said that critics indulge in under-appreciated games which interest themselves and nobody else, I think that's what most people do between launches; I play a lot of Dosbox in-between launches, that and X-com.
*Applauds!*
Well, spot on review. When playing through the Painkiller SP one day because I had nothing better to do, I suddenly realized: This game is really, really good! But forget the Shuriken and Lightning gun (For the record it's called the Electrodriver), what about the minigun/rocket launcher combination?
Well, spot on review. When playing through the Painkiller SP one day because I had nothing better to do, I suddenly realized: This game is really, really good! But forget the Shuriken and Lightning gun (For the record it's called the Electrodriver), what about the minigun/rocket launcher combination?
Serious Sam was a fantastic game, as was its expansion. The graphics engine was actually surprisingly amazing for the day, as was the physics engine, and what isnt glorious about taking out a stampede of bulls with a freaking Cannon-gun?
the Serious Sam sequel seriously sucked though... ... ...seriously...
the Serious Sam sequel seriously sucked though... ... ...seriously...
I got the same sort of distinction wrong in a Dis or Dat on "You Don't Know Jack". Category was differences between Vampires and Peacocks. Can be killed by cutting their head off and pounding a stake through their heart. (Vampires:1, Peacocks:2, Both:3)Indigo_Dingo said:
I seem to like making comments that are only mildly relevant, and slightly annoying apparently.