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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.

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 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

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.

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!

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.

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!

simply astonishing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

well i dont know what to say what hasnt already been said so i will just restate the fact that this game has beautiful graphics, great gameplay, wonderful environment interaction, and an even better storyline:)

Best comic hero game ever!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Outstanding! From the graphics to the music, dialogue, storyline, and of course the blood and gore. A perfect 10. I do wish the game had been a little longer, but I guess I'll wait on pens and needles for the second in the series. Who would have thought a game would translate this well from the comics to the xbox?

...It's Punishment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

"The Punisher," Marvel's anti-hero with powers more befitting an avid member of the NRA than your typical superhero (in fact he has no super powers to speak of save a seething hatred for all things criminal), finally makes his way into the world of video games post "Max Payne" and "Dead to Rights," and it's immediately clear that he belongs here. Despite simple, derivative gameplay in settings and scenarios that do little to surprise, "The Punisher" manages to entertain thanks in no small part to the character's cold, remorseless demeanor, conveyed in the game via special kills, brutal interrogations, and a John Woo style ballet of bullets.

The game's story, though penned by respected comic book writers regular to "The Punisher" series, does little to envelop the uninitiated in the ruthless world of Frank Castle (aka, the Punisher) beyond the bare bones minimum, but it's enough, coupled with Tom Jane's excellent vocal portrayal. The plot's potential for suspense is foiled by the game's penchant for flashbacks, which represent every mission in the game until the finale, thus killing most any tension it might otherwise have provided. Still, in the most basic fashion, it provides ample excuse to terrorize the criminal underworld and commit unspeakable acts all in the name of cold-blooded vengeance.

It's immediately apparent that "The Punisher" owes a considerable debt to "Max Payne," in that, aside from bullet time, both games are rather identical. Even Castle's forward dive, guns out, looks strikingly Payne-esque. Regardless, "The Punisher" mixes things up a tad by replacing Max's aforementioned time bending fete in favor of slaughter mode, which essentially allows Castle to temporarily throw aside his firearms, flick out a never-ending supply of knives, and have at the bad guys with brutal efficiency. Though it's rarely if ever necessary to switch to slaughter mode, thanks in no small part to the Punisher's resistance to bullets and anything that really resembles pain, it's still a hell of a lot of fun, and some of the quick kills are gleefully sadistic no matter how many times you see them.

With guns blazing, "The Punisher" is a fairly standard and less than awe-inspiring third person shooter, but again the aforementioned quick kills, though perhaps to easy to actually pull off, liven things up considerably. Add in location-specific special kills that allow you to sacrifice thugs upon a pagan alter in a museum or throw old mafia moms from five story windows and you've got a good variety of death-dealing tools at your disposal, and as long as you're not squeamish about violence in your shooters, that's definitely the game's strong suit.

Interrogations are also an option. You can capture bad guys and beat, throttle, or otherwise threaten information out of them, which provides you with a health bonus and, on occasion, some extra goodies for your efforts. None of this is particularly necessary, but of course the true reward is the sadistic practice of draining criminals of all information they possess and then killing them anyway as they plead for mercy they won't actually receive.

"The Punisher" offers a fairly large assortment of weapons, but only a few of them really feel all that different from the rest, and later in the game you'll almost certainly find what you like and stick with it `til the end, essentially killing the initial sense of variety here. And no matter which weapons you take into battle (and you're realistically limited in your selection per mission), the game is far too easy. In fact, it's an out and out cakewalk. Despite Castle's lack of superhero powers, the man is either wearing mithril Kevlar (which is strange) or he's entirely unbothered by your garden-variety bullets (which is stranger). Walking directly up to your standard villain and quick killing him is exceedingly easy because said villain's constant stream of ammunition seems more irritation than out and out threat.

Though the game provides some stirring set pieces (such as a funeral home slaughter), most of its levels are of the "been there, done that" variety - especially the docks and warehouses which are enough to elicit groans. What's more, the gameplay rarely ever offers up anything new as it goes, what with its lack of puzzles (at least any that are remotely challenging) and lack of combat diversity. Thank god it's so much fun to interrogate, assassinate, and throw your enemies, because if it weren't the game would proffer little else of value.

What with its linear gameplay, lackluster story, and grossly simple action, "The Punisher" definitely won't tickle every gamer's fancy, but I dare say its sheer, shameless brutality will certainly win over many who give it a chance. All in all, it equals a fun romp that, while not devoid of problems, does a fine job of bringing the comic book character to life in a brand new medium. A tighter storyline, more interesting environments, and a tad more challenge would go a long way toward making a sequel glisten with quality.

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