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Painkiller Black Edition

Good, not great

A competent 'shmup that satisfied my urge to shoot a bunch of demons when I was bored. Ultimately the game play ended up feeling a tad repetitive and stale, not really offering much of a unique experience. It's fun for a bit of a laugh, the graphics are nice and polished and the controls feel intuitive, but overall it just didn't sell me. This game has stiff competition in the "oh god everything is trying to kill me"-"shoot all the things"-FPS category, and doesn't come close to taking on titles such as Quake or Serious Sam. I'd recommend those over this. I will give it extra points for being apologetically game-play focused. The opening cut scene froze, but in my honest opinion that was a plus. Sometimes it's nice to just be thrown into the thick of hairy stressful shooting and not worry about a slow build up! It's certainly worth the few dollars I spent for it on sale, just not quite a home-run. :) Here's some game-play I published via Youtube, enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIlk-zaarac

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