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Painkiller Black Edition

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Painkiller Black Edition
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Painkiller Black Edition includes Painkiller and the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villans.  Gothic Story, Frantic Gameplay. Painkiller is a first-person horror shooter, designed to satisfy a gamer's hunger for intense, fast-paced acti...
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Description

Painkiller Black Edition includes Painkiller and the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villans. 

Gothic Story, Frantic Gameplay. Painkiller is a first-person horror shooter, designed to satisfy a gamer's hunger for intense, fast-paced action. It's an adrenaline addict's nightmare, where hellish monsters swarm in seemingly endless mobs. 

Graphically, Painkiller is unmatched. The proprietary PAIN Engine puts out an unbelievably high polygon count, while adding increased texture quality and the latest lighting and shadowing techniques, including soft shadows, DOT3 bump mapping, water reflections, glass simulation, volumetric light and fog, and more. Plug in the Havok 2.0 physics engine, and you get a realistic environment in a totally fantastical setting. 

Stranded in a place between Heaven and Hell, your time of judgment is at hand. The Underworld is on the verge of unholy war, and you are but a pawn in the infernal battle. As you fight for your purification, the truths behind the deceptions are revealed.

 

FEATURES

  • Combo weapons: All weapons come in pairs, with a primary and secondary fire.
  • Morphing: Your unholy pact gives you the power to morph into a powerful possessed creature with every 66 souls collected.
  • Lasting replay value: Painkiller features a standard single player campaign, with additional modes to encourage replay.
  • Physics Engine: Painkiller employs the Havok 2.0 physics engine, allowing for inverse kinematics ("rag-doll physics") and deformable, interactive environments.
  • Over 30 levels of fierce action, dozens of different enemies in completely unique and varied environments.
  • High adrenalin gameplay: non-stop action, hundreds of enemies to be decimated and gigantic bosses.
  • 14 incredible weapons, including the famous stake-gun, and the mythical Painkiller.

Prime Matter is a division of Koch Media GmbH, Austria. Prime Matter and its respective logos are trademarks of Koch Media GmbH

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manual (40 pages) artworks soundtrack avatars HD wallpapers manual (French) manual (Spanish)
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This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

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Release date:
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Size:
3.7 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Intense Violence, Blood and Gore)

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great oldie

they should have made more games just like this. doom eternal is comparable to something like this game made back in the day


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Posted on: July 2, 2025

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Its pretty good for what it is

Its not a perfect game but when you get into the oldschool flow, it can be pretty fun. Its a big bogged down by its own oldschool gameplay in some situations.


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Edited on: October 23, 2025

Posted on: October 23, 2025

KillerFerret

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Games: 267 Reviews: 33

Great until end game

This game is really good but falls apart really hard at the end. Not only do you have to fight an insufferable boss, but there is even a map that will softlock you. Now I remember why I never played this game again after finishing it the first time. I guess some classics just don't hold up that well.


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Posted on: October 27, 2025

Painkiller

Awesome FPS. Unlike many modern games, this one is actually 'fun'.


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