Necrovision (NV) is the spiritual successor to Painkiller (PK). Anyway, it is one of the rare games, that plays (at least in some areas) in the World War I setting. The theme is interesting, but soon the story goes its own way. The best thing are the letters, you can read and find scattered around, so you have some insight about the horror, that the soldiers on the battlefield have been experiencing. And here comes the catch: the whole game is build around a fantasy and horror story, the WWI setting is just a cover. Still, the beginning and some later stages are very interesting in that regard. What is different in NV regards to PK: - they included melee attacks in NV (you need a three button mouse for that) - you can kick (like Duke Nukem and the guy from Bulletstorm) - you can wield two weapons at the same time - in later stages, you can ressurect fallen enemies and use them as your allies - PK was faster, here I had a feeling, like I am slow tank* (the rin is time limited) - *oh, the irony... you have "vechicles": a walking tank and another demonic armor-suite in the last stage - you can fly a dragon - vampire glove - the stages are more interconnected (visually and story-wise) Most of the levels are quite dark and dull, the colors have mostly brown, grey, yellowish tones and red (like the sky in some stages). There are some colors, like the vampire grenade with red smoke, or the green poison gas in WWI trenches and in later stages blue crystals/minerals and machines with blue energy. But that is all. To be fair, it is okay for this setting. I disabled some effects, because for me it was rather distracting. We are speaking of a game, that will soon be a decade old. Sometimes, there can be stutters and low fps. I didn't encounter any bugs. Played on Intel Core i5 6500, 16GB RAM, Geforce GT1030 (performance similar to Geforce GTX750 (not Ti!) and Radeon RX 550), Win 8.1. I could write more, but I will now rather download the prequel - Lost Company. :)
