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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 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.
Prime Matter is a division of Koch Media GmbH, Austria. Prime Matter and its respective logos are trademarks of Koch Media GmbH
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
Posted on: November 1, 2025
charliegibson4727
Verified ownerGames: 5 Reviews: 1
great shooter, much better than COD
great shooter, much better than many modern AAA titles.
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Posted on: March 3, 2023
CaresBlair
Verified ownerGames: 748 Reviews: 26
Good Yet Arcady Shooter
Does a lot of thing right. Runs great on just about any system. Just mindless shooting with a bit of strategy thrown in tactics wise.
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Posted on: November 15, 2024
Alkher
Verified ownerGames: 361 Reviews: 2
Still as good as in my memories
All is in the title. And moreover, no need of an RTX to run it :)
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Posted on: September 25, 2009
Jugulator62
Verified ownerGames: 40 Reviews: 1
Awesome memories!
Had not played this game in years but the $7.99 special was too hard to resist. Takes dismemberment to an artistic level .
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Posted on: February 15, 2011
EvilEmbrace
Verified ownerGames: 190 Reviews: 3
Action Gore Fest
I only review games I've finished. Some FPS focus on brutal action and while some FPS games now tend to be more cinematic, story/character based, Painkiller falls into the 1st catagory and then some. Don't expect a good story, don't expect intricate detailed levels ( though some of them are brilliantly done ) and don't expect a "point" to the game. All you need to know is you have big guns and must fight demons - plus some nurses - that need to shot down and blown into small fleshy pieces. There are 5 weapons to kill, each having two firing modes and each being useful in certain areas. At the end of the game you'll still find the trust first gun, the shotgun, ever so handy. The expansion pack adds another two which are cool but made deciding what gun to use difficult. There are tons of variety in the levels. Gothic cemeteries, italian looking port towns, science labs, tombs, cities, hell etc with there own unique enemies. It keeps things fresh when essentially your killing the same way every level. The utter most best part of the game is the rag-doll physics which makes shooting enemies in the game a joy especially when you have 15 of them running at you. Shotgun blasts send bodies flying, explosions turn bodies into red mist, every bullet and impact reacts in a satisfying way. The bottom line: anyone with a Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D love should enjoy this game. Even a Half-life fan would enjoy it as a nice break from puzzles and epic scripted sequences. This game is all about the guns and shooting and it does it very well.
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