Zero Punctuation: Painkiller

[Kyouki1980]

Ok I just played the Demo of Painkiller and I have to say "OMFG WOOT" in stupid l33t kiddy speech. Cause thats what this game instills in me ^_^ That kiddy level brutality and excitement for pure carnage and non stop action. Its like Doom but with more BALLS! ^_^
So buying this game through Steam. Thankyou Yahtzee for reviewing this gem!

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

i don't think i'll get the game, to quote an internet friend of mine: "The game is awesome early on when you are killing weak enemies with awesome guns, but its not so fun when the invincible juggernauts come at you from all directions"

Soul Collections don't make it any different? You have to use Black Tarrot cards right too.

What I think is funny, is that the hardest boss is the first one.

 

[Kyouki1980]

i don't think i'll get the game, to quote an internet friend of mine: "The game is awesome early on when you are killing weak enemies with awesome guns, but its not so fun when the invincible juggernauts come at you from all directions"

Soul Collections don't make it any different? You have to use Black Tarrot cards right too.

What I think is funny, is that the hardest boss is the first one.

He could kill you by tripping over, I sure hope they get easier.

You guys are spoiled ^_^ Whats the point of playing a game that ISNT a challenge? Most games these days are dumbed down for people and made easier cause they keep complaining that its too hard. Pathetic. Grow some balls people and WORK for your acheivements in games ^_^
I'm playing Painkiller on its hardest setting and though its tough as hell I'm really enjoying myself.

 

[The Thief]

i don't think i'll get the game, to quote an internet friend of mine: "The game is awesome early on when you are killing weak enemies with awesome guns, but its not so fun when the invincible juggernauts come at you from all directions"

Soul Collections don't make it any different? You have to use Black Tarrot cards right too.

What I think is funny, is that the hardest boss is the first one.

I found Alastor to be way harder. I killed Necrogiant first try and in enough time to get the tarot card.

Easiest boss has to be the end boss. I was kinda disappointed there.

You guys are spoiled ^_^ Whats the point of playing a game that ISNT a challenge? Most games these days are dumbed down for people and made easier cause they keep complaining that its too hard. Pathetic. Grow some balls people and WORK for your acheivements in games ^_^ I'm playing Painkiller on its hardest setting and though its tough as hell I'm really enjoying myself.

If you want a challenge, try getting the black tarot card from the "City on Water" level. That was a pain in the ass.

Also, once you're done nightmare, try out trauma difficulty. No souls, no morphing, tougher enemies, no quicksaves. Only advantage is you can keep your cards.

 

[Magnetic2]

I am waiting for Yahtzee to review a Shin Megami Tensei game, either one where the world gets destroyed in the first hour of the game, young school children shoot themselves in the head constantly, or a demon eats your mom and talks about how good she tasted.

Yeah, but does that cancel the fact that it is still a JRPG? I have heard of the game, and its an interesting tweak on one of the old JRPG cliches, but it still falls into the problems of the others.

How?

 

[TheeSpongeman]

Yahtzee, I have to agree with you here. This is a CLASSIC style shooter so to speak. Go in, kill stuff, and keep killing stuff. Not to mention it's bloody. It may be considered "Bad" cause it doesn't have a story. Don't get me wrong, sometimes a story can make or break a game. But this isn't one of those games that you need a story for. My version of the story, "Your in hell, you got guns, now get the HELL out alive." I kinda thought Doom 3 was brilliant though, so I have to disagree with that analogy of it not being a true successor to the Doom series. It made me freak out (perhaps too much at times) just like the old games did when I was little. There were still secret places to access, there were still plenty of monsters to kill, and the story I BELIEVE actually added to the game in this case. The voice acting was good, the dialog was believable, and it helped me get into the atmosphere of the game, which a believe that's what a story is supposed to do. Still, kudos for giving this unrecognized gem recognition it needed.

 

[p0nda]

It's "Dead Alive". Great gorefest zombie movie, go rent it. I think it was Peter Jackson's 1st film.

*cough* 4th *cough*. I never saw The Valley, but Meet The Feebles and Bad Taste are both cult classics.

On a side, and completely unrelated note, the militaristic approach to moderation on this site makes me so happy I could weep like a little girl. I love you guys. Seriously.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

On a side, and completely unrelated note, the militaristic approach to moderation on this site makes me so happy I could weep like a little girl. I love you guys. Seriously.

That has it's downsides. *see GameFAQs and Gamespot*

 

[Kobushi]

this sounds like a fun ffs! I might to go out of my way to have a look at this game. I'm really get annoyed by the fact that ffs games are trying to force a story into their game. Its not that I don't care what the game's objective is, its just that it should be secondary to the fact that I play this game to kill things. Don't get me wrong, I did like the style that half-life took, but when it comes to replay ability, it doesn't have any. Once you figure out the puzzles in the game, I don't want to play that map again.
Wolvenstein 3d, Doom II, Duke Nukem 3d, and Shadow Warrior for the win!

Cool review, can't wait for the next one.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

You guys are spoiled ^_^ Whats the point of playing a game that ISNT a challenge? Most games these days are dumbed down for people and made easier cause they keep complaining that its too hard. Pathetic. Grow some balls people and WORK for your acheivements in games ^_^
I'm playing Painkiller on its hardest setting and though its tough as hell I'm really enjoying myself.

Clearly you have never fought Jinapachi in Tekken 5 - there's a difference between "challenge" and "cheap bullshit just so the boss isn't killed on the first try, and instead, on the 1,000th"

Also, Necrogiant killed you unintentionally most of the time, it was so irritating. Although in general, I agree with you.

I thought the exact same thing.

Another late "misunderstanding" bird -_- what I want to know is why he read the last page and quoted this guy instead of quoting the other guy on the first page, I suspect he did it to piss me off.

 

[hamburgershoes]

Never played Painkiller, heard of it though. I might try it out. I like to have the weird weapons. Like in Armed and Dangerous

 

[sshplur]

Did this work for any IE users? I've been trying since last week but it's still not working. Once I even left it for 40 minutes but still nothing.

 

[p0nda]

That has it's downsides. *see GameFAQs and Gamespot*

But it also has its upsides, just turn to Sherdog, where the moderation is non-existent, and the idiocy is rife.

 

[Aptspire]

Look at the time stamp on the video (not the comment)
same thing as last week DX

 

[DGKT93]

is it me or does yahtzee have somethin against timeshift?

 

[quickford]

I'm interested...but which version of Painkiller should I get? eBay lists the PC version, both standard and "Gold Edition" which comes with an expansion. I assume that is the one in the review, rather than Painkiller: Hell Wars for Xbox. Is the expansion any good?

 

[LazyAza]

I played the demo of this game back before the full version was even out and I must say I didn't care for it. I played games like doom and duke nukem 3d to death in there prime and this type of game just doesn't do it for me anymore. The weapons may be as bad ass as yahztee says but the gameplay just takes repetition to the extreme, I felt like I was killing the exact same guy in the exact same way in the exact same room 50 times over most of the time.

Which is weird since 'modern' fps's aren't all that different, I guess I'm just the type that needs a good story(well a half decent one) with mine along with atmosphere and a decent amount of variation in tasks to undertake. Project Origin is the next big fps for me as I'm a huge fan of monoliths games. Hope yahtzee reviews that one.