Painkiller: Overdose

It's definitely a fast paced FPS game. I had to play on 2nd Level Insomnia in order to make good progress. without being splattered. Overall, same kind of game play as the original Painkiller. -1 Star for game being problem-matic on some levels when re-loading a game, it would stop and error out back to the desktop. Not sure anyone else had this issue for Win7. -1 Star for the lack of secrets and gold treasures. Most levels had a lack luster one or two secrets that were elementary to find. Some levels you can't make your way back to find them. Can't climb onto objects as freely.

Where the original Painkiller felt so incredibly rewarding and satisfying, Overdose was quite the contrary. Somewhere between the weapons, lack of ammo, more bullet-spongy and erratic enemies with a tendency of cheap shots, the recipe felt off. But that's not to say the game was without merits. There is tons of new enemies and some of them were really cool and imaginative. The same can be said for the levels. Although some were a bit hard to read due to the sheer amount of detail. So if you finished Painkiller: Black and are hungry for more, I'd say it's worth to give it a shot for the price, but do not expect "more of the same", but slightly less than that... with a protagonist who *really* wants to be Serious Sam.

This game has some of the best 3D rendering graphics I've seen...great thought and imagination went into this one!

It's a quick style run and gun with hidden little secrets. Definitly still a worth while game in 2024, the graphivs still look good.

Good old school FPS. I liked it