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Marval at the Punisher

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Punisher is one game thats right on with, Marval Comic to XBOX video game. You have to rescue a girl. The game takes you through buildings and a zoo. You have quick kills with a knife. You also have lots of other weapons as well. I find the moves are challenging to move then shoot. the sound and graphics are sweet and so real. Not a slow down in the game. The bad guys say a lot of nasty things, so be sure to be ready to pick up weapons on the ground cuz, you will need them. Kick open doors and roll and shoot. It's a violent game thats made for Mature 17+. I like the Comic and the movies and The Punisher video game, that I play on my days off from work. So drink some coffee and play The Punisher, cuz it's time to take crime out and have some XBOX Fun.

Best Comic Based Videogame Ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This isn't justice; this is punishment, and quite possibly the best videogame based on a comic book made to date. I've played a lot of great super-hero games but this is the king of the mountain. This isn't a game for children, adult's only please, becasue anyone familiar with Marvels line of Punisher MAX comic books will understand why. The badguys in this game drop more F-bombs than Tony Soprano, and there is at least as much blood spilled as in any Mortal Kombat title. The game has a great storyline because it's partially based on the MAX comics, and it also contains appearances by Nick Fury, Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Black Widow, Kingpin, Jigsaw, Bushwacker, Iron Man, and Bullseye. The enemies you encounter range from crack dealers to Russian mercenaries, and the surroundings differ from a funeral parlor to Rykers Island Prison.
This is basically, at it's core, your typical shoot-em up, take no prisoners game; however, it's a whole lot more. The interogations of enemies is the real gem in this title and make agent Jack Bauer look like a boyscout. When pumping enemies for information you can pull them torward special skull icons to initiate special interrogations. These are my personal fave: sticking a dude in a woodchipper, sticking a dude in a crematory and cranking the heat, and holding a guy against a rhinosaures's cage so he can get the point. I can't wait for the sequal to this game (I hope there is a sequal), because this is the most played game in my stack. "Every muzzle flash is another monster gone."-Frank Castle aka Punisher

GLEEFULLY VIOLENT AND ENTERTAINING 8.25 OUT OF 10

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Punisher feels really quite fresh in comparison to what I've played lately when it comes to shooters. The game is basically about a guy named Frank Castle who basically goes about the streets getting rid of crime by means of guns and torture. This game is a third-person action title, and it has a wonderful Manhunt-style when it comes to gruesome killing methods during interrogations for enemies you capture. Here's some examples of what I did in the game; held a guy's head under a drill press and killed him with it when he couldn't give me any useful info, pushed a guy over railing, to the ground below, and then he got crushed in a hydraulic press, kidnapped an enemy in the bathroom, slammed his head against the toilet and drowned him it, held a guy over a pyranha tank and fed him to them, and fed a guy to a wood chipper. That is only some of the things you get to do in this gleefully violent and disturbing game. Some things plague this game from reaching further heights however. An antsy camera during some sequences and enemy AI needs work. It's really no surprise this game is fun considering Volition made Saint's Row, another really fun game. If you're tired of Halo and whatever else you've got when it comes to shooters, The Punisher is the perfect refreshing game for you.

Best Comic Book Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best comic to video game I've ever played. There's so much you can do and it stays true to the character. For fans of the punisher the story is a cross between welcome back frank and a little bit of the movie. Aside from story mode there is plenty to do at the punishers HQ, which will very satisfy anyone whether your a fan of the character or not. To end this I say anyone whose looking for a fun and violent game, this is the right place.

Well balanced but not awesome=RENT IT

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: February 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of those that is fun for the first few levels then gets boring. The levels are too long, the enemies are plain stupid, and Frank Castle is too overpowered. The first level, was pretty good, it was pretty exciting, but the problem was there were only 2 guns you could actually use. I think the only reason people bought this game was because they waited so long to get the game in the first place. Then they realise that in getting the game, they just wasted 50 bucks for a game that probably shouldve cost 30. Frank Castle is way too powerful in this game, because it takes about 10 minutes of people firing at you to actually make you die. In one level, a soldier shot me with a rocket launcher. I expected to see the health bar go down by a lot, but instead, only about an eigth of the bar was taken out. The enemies are also very stupid. They stare at you and scream "its the Punisher!" then just stand there for about 3 seconds for their brains to tell them "maybe you should fire at him, you dont have that thing in your hand that looks like a gun for nothing, ya know." Also, whats the point in putting 5 doors in a room that have nothing interesting behind them anyway? In the first level, you have to choose between 5 doors at a point in the game and waste alot of time and patience, before realising that you passed the correct door 3 rooms ago. Also, the soundtrack kinda sucks. The only music in the game is either Opera like music, and some choir like music. WHAT happened to the rock or the rap or the pop? If you really want to play this game and wont listen to my advice on it, I suggest not making the same mistake I did and rent it instead of buying it.

Worth renting....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I wouldn't say that I'm a huge fan of the Punisher, but I have found the story interesting and the movie wasn't as bad as the reviews made it out to be. Or maybe I was in the mood for a mindless action flick at the time...anyway, I decided to rent the game to see what it was all about.

So far, it is a good rental. It took me a while to get used to the controls, and I am not sure whether it makes a difference or not if you kill the guys with skulls over their head before you interrogate them. The M rating is deserved, f-bombs are dropped (though nowhere as stong as San Andreas). The graphics are pretty good as expected. I have not yet gotten too far into the storyline, while the game is good, it hasn't really hooked me to play it for long periods. I would recommend renting it, but I don't think I would spend more than $20 to purchase it.

I'm glad I rented this game first

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: February 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was filled with promise that a Punisher game was finally coming out on a gaming console. To be honest, I was prepared to purchase the game before I even played it because of the fact that it is based off of the Punisher franchise that is owned by Marvel Comics. At the very least because I am a comic book collector, I had to give the game a try. I can admit now that I would have really been upset if I purchased this game before I played it. Marvel and the game developers messed up making this a 3rd person game, it shoudl have been more like a 1st person shooter like Halo. Actually, Halo is a little more than a 1st person shooter, but enough on that. After playing this game for several hours, I can honestly say that Red Faction on PS2 was much more enjoyable than the Punisher on X-box and that is shame. The game play mechanics are really bad, and the aiming and over the shoulder view is horrible too. Rent this game for sure, but don't buy it or you will be sorry and left with a $50 game that is worth $10 of your time.

It really is a shame that such a bad game was put out on the market. I am sure I'm not the only true comic book fan who was left wondering where in the world did they dig up the concept of this game. It is as if they threw a bunch of comic book stories together. There is so much more to Frank Castle than just shooting bad guys, read the comic book if you don't believe me!

The most recent Punisher movie was okay. This video game truly STINKS! And the comic book is awesome, so take your $50 and invest in the comic book, you will enjoy it much better.

a gun a head ah the possibilities!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

punishment to the saints,sadist,rapest,muderers,and the phycos. yep thats what Frank Castle said,belive me this is so true,and its all brought to life by sanders,drills,45s,shotguns,grenade launchers,electric chairs and a truckload more!these are all ways to make a criminal talk.this game is just so much fun.it has good graphics,cool weapons,and smooth controls,an all in all good buy!

very good game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is very good. not for kids tho,it is very voilent!so parents bewhare!

A Game Based on Inflicting Pain

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Based on a classic comic book anti-hero, The Punisher is a decidedly mature title in which a vigilante takes on most of New York City. Be prepared for lots of torture and swearing.

If you know the Punisher comic book series, you know what you're in for. This guy loves to hurt "bad guys" - and anybody he considers a bad guy is fair game. The number of ways in which you can kill your enemies is astounding. You run through a crack house and shoot people in the crotch, in the head, all the while saying "It sucks to be them". The women are trying to sleep with you while you save them. The druggies are claiming you're a mirage.

Every new level offers roaches scuttling across the floor, innocents who you bypass as relatively meaningless, and bad guys who you kill with cold detachment in extremely gruesome ways. You roast them in the fire. You boil them in oil. You slash them with glass. It's all in the name of "progress" - you supposedly are getting information out of them. However, there is no empathy at all. Because your family died, you now are able to kill every other human you run across without much feeling.

There's some wry humor in here, as in when people call out "Hey, it's that finisher dude". There's also incredibly nasty violence if you choose to push someone past their limit. I suppose it's all in your hands - but it's really nasty that they have some options in here.

The graphics are good in a comic booky way. There is a good balance between realistic movements and a smooth animated flow. I do have to comment that his normal "walk" is a bit slow and melodramatic. The audio is well done, with a deadpan main actor and the usual collection of druggies, hookers and other sleazes as people to talk to. There usually isn't much 'background noise' - the screams and pleas of your victims are the soundtrack here.

While this is in general a well done shooter, I admit that I'm not very comfortable with a vigilante running around deliberately causing as much pain as he can to people. If anybody knows what great pain can drive someone to do, it would be him. If someone happens to fall into drugs, I'm not sure that they deserve a window pane to the neck as a "punishment" for that, or that millions of game players out for rest and relaxation should find enjoyment in repeatedly performing that pain-inflicting action.

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