Posted on: October 12, 2023

BenCrichton78

Gry: 648 Opinie: 25

KILL THE PAIN!

If you're looking for a fun gothic arcade-style shooter, you'd probably look into Painkiller. The debut game from The Astronauts (formerly a pre-AAA/Outriders People Can Fly) and their best work, hands down, Painkiller is fast, frenetic and refreshingly basic. Playing out as a swarm-fighting shooter akin to Serious Sam only slightly better (yeah, I said it), Painkiller is as basic as it gets: Just you, your gun, and a shit ton of enemies. And by god, does the game excel at both. Despite bad/serviceable AI, the enemy designs are pretty creative and creepy-looking, and are fun to fight against as they still pack a punch. You'll face Skeleton Knights, Ghost Monks, Reaper Templars, Zombie Ninjas, Insane Amputees and even more nightmarish enemies of different forms. It's genuinely varied and it keeps the adrenaline pumping as you unload lead into another swarm of bizarre freaks. And guns? The roster of guns in Painkiller is unique and fun: We have a basic shotgun and a rocket launcher-chaingun combo, but we also get the Stake Gun, a weapon that fires wooden stakes to nail enemies to the wall, and the game's main crowd control weapon, the ElectroDriver, aka. The Gun That Shoots Shurikens and Lightning. All of these guns are great to use thanks to the game's awesome physics, sound design and even function of these weapons, and despite only being a roster of 5 including melee (7 in Battle out of Hell), you will get a lot of mileage out of this arsenal. Combine this with awesome music, fantastic level design and an interesting, though flawed Tarot Card system that gives you powers, and you have a gem. It won't convert those who despise swarm-style shooters, but for everyone else? Grab an ElectroDriver and tear those monsters a new one.

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Posted on: March 21, 2025

Moovveez

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Gry: 165 Opinie: 5

Shoot everything

You go into an area, the doors close, lots of enemies start swarming, you shoot everything, keep shooting until they stop coming, then move to the next area. Rinse, repeat. The fights are indeed fun, and there are some interesting combat areas. But there isn't much more to the game than that. The more I played, I started to realize how much I appreciated other games that have some kind of legitmate story going on, taking place in some kind of consistent world setting. Some games overload you with dialogue and text to read, and that's exhausting. But then on the other hand, some games are the total opposite.... this game. This game has only a flimsy excuse for a "story". It's essentially nothing but endless wall to wall combat in some totally random "locations". I guess it's a good game for anyone that just wants to relieve some stress and shoot everything in sight. But I just wasn't feeling it. I don't recommend it.

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Posted on: January 27, 2009

FatalKitsune

Gry: 83 Opinie: 9

Simple, fun, furious.

Painkiller is in the same vein as Serious Sam, Duke Nukem and Doom. There's no physics puzzles, no epic story, no tactical choices. It's all testosterone and violence. Painkiller swarms you with wave after wave of enemies, arms you to the teeth with a wide variety of wierd weapons (a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning) and tells you to get from point A to point B in one piece. That's it. There's a story here about demons and your dead wife or something but it's largely passable and is pretty much only used to establish the fact that you're killing demons. Painkiller: Black comes with the original game and the expansion, Battle Out Of Hell. While the first game is excellent all around, featuring some really nice level design and trigger-happy gameplay, the expansions seem to fall flat on their face and really aren't worth touching. That said, it's still a pretty good steal to get Painkiller for ten bucks. This is a classic mindless shooter. You can't do much better.

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Posted on: June 12, 2011

sethiuskhan

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Gry: 17 Opinie: 1

oldskool funtimes

I truly miss this era in shooters: where fun was king and the bullets, baddies and bosses were plentiful. "Painkiller" sticks to its guns and never slows down, providing a solid campaign and expansion. Nothing but thrills!

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Posted on: October 28, 2011

animeator

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Gry: 1152 Opinie: 1

Oh Hell Yes.

First off, pardon the pun in the title. I say pun, because in this game you play as a man who fights his way through not just Purgatory, but Hell itself. There's more to the game's story than that, but it can all pretty much be summed up with "Demons bad. Shoot demons". That's really all you truly need to know. And shoot demons you will. With a vast array of inventive weapons, including the titular Painkiller. Basically a hellish eggbeater which doubles as a laser-thing. Because that's another thing about this game. You have alot of variation here. Very rarely do you fight the exact same monsters in more than one Chapter. The locales are all very varied, as you at one point go from a modern military-base to an ancient arabian palace. You will also get your fair share of fun weapons to use. There aren't many, only about 7, but each one has an alternate firemode that's completely different from the primary fire. The Stake-launcher for instance primarily pins baddies to walls with a satisfying "thunk" and "Splat", but it also comes completely equipped with a grenade launcher. Another really nice thing about this game is the soundtrack. But then, being an old Metal-head, maybe I'm biased. There is very much a Heavy Metal-feel to this game. Both in terms of the music-genre and the magazine. Personally I think this is a good thing, but if that's really not your thing, you might want to look elsewhere. For everyone else, this game's just straight-up fun. And great for blowing off abit of steam as you wade through the hordes of hell, and re-painting the ceiling with whatever's left of them when you're done.

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