Posted on: November 27, 2017

brunosiffredi

Spiele: 1047 Rezensionen: 23

Amazing game, incredible levels, bad DLC

Painkiller Black is a package that offers both the main game and it's DLC 'Battle Out of Hell'. My review focuses solely on the single-player and comes with zero nostalgia as I've played it for the first time in 2017. This is a wave-based FPS in the style of Serious Sam, but with better level design, more enemy types and original weapons. The main campaign is great, despite some unfortunate design choices regarding boss fights which feature one off gameplay elements that are more confusing than fun. Most levels are amazing and made me wish this was a different type of game that gave me more reasons to wonder around. The Palace is one of the better looking 3D environments I remember traversing. The sheer amount of enemy types in the main campaign is very impressive. Seems like each level has unique enemy types. No lazy color-swapping here. The music is pretty rad if you are into metal and the way the game uses it to alert you that enemies are coming is a cool idea that works great. My only big complaint about the main campaign is the fact the game locks you out of some levels, which are only accessible on higher difficulty, but you are not informed of this before you start. In fact, the game's manual states that Insomnia difficulty is the intended difficulty in which the game was meant to be played. If that was truly the case, why force you to replay the entire game in a higher difficulty to access those levels? Makes no sense. The DLC 'Battle Out of Hell' is easily the weakest part of the game. The 10 extra levels it features ignore most of what makes the game good and in some cases seem intended for a different game entirely. Only 2 of them were truly memorable, while most felt rushed or just poorly designed. The new gun is pretty cool, but doesn't add much. Overall, Painkiller is a must play for FPS fans. The Painkiller is the best melee weapon ever in a videogame. Just be warned about the DLC not being nearly as good as the main game

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Posted on: December 7, 2022

LordBuschguy

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 3

The most boring video game of all time™

Painkiller in a nutshell: You enter a room and the doors lock. Now a few dozen enemies will spawn and neither a way ahead nor back will unlock until the enemies are defeated. Haven slain all enemies the next room will unlock. Once you enter the next room, all doors will shut again and a few dozen enemies spawn. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. One might probably call this the ancestor of modern DOOM. Since the gunplay is solid enough in its core, the game can still be entertaining if you only want to kill some enemies and blast some music through your speakers. Buy this game on sale if you want an occasional "brains-off shooter", but stay away if you are looking for exciting or exotic gameplay.

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Posted on: June 23, 2025

Cyprus648

Spiele: 33 Rezensionen: 5

bETTER THEN HAWK TUAH

vERY GOOD. SHOOT MANY THINGS.

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Posted on: January 27, 2009

Mothra

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Spiele: 195 Rezensionen: 8

old school pain

this game gives you all you want in a shooter: numerous enemies, big maps and myriads of ways to dispose of them. just get it. this game has a gun that shoot shurikens AND lightning. nothing beats that.

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Posted on: September 23, 2012

JalPhoenix

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Spiele: 149 Rezensionen: 12

Crappiest secrets ever

This is a fun game, but it has hands down the worst secrets of any game ever made. Seriously, they're so ridiculous, hard to find and unrewarding that it's not even worth trying. Half of them are behind doors that don't open until you finish the level, then all they give you is ammo. Since there's nothing left to kill and ammo doesn't carry over to the next level, these are essentially worthless. Then there are secrets that you can only get to by moving an explosive barrel next to an otherwise unmarked, innocuous wall and explode it. Just how the hell, besides cheats and walkthrough, am I supposed to know that? Idiots! Oh, and the wagon. You have to push this damn wagon around and try to inexpertly position it in the right spots so you can perform an arcane acrobatic ritual and use it to propel you onto a high ledge. What, was the standard model, frustrating as shit jumping puzzle too tired, so much that they had to make it even harder, all just so I can get a single box of ammo? God damn stupid, that's what the secrets in this game are, and someone needs to be retroactively beaten for them. Other than that it's a fun game. :)

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