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painkiller and the bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

great game, but buggie software and the 1.3 patch dont work.
wait a few more months then look for updated patch.The game turns itself off and all the computer geeks say dont buy it.

should have worked better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game had a lot of potential. It had an interesting premise, cool weapons, lots of bad guys, cool landscapes, etc.....

But the game just didn't seem to work despite all the parts. The action was done in sequences, where invariably music will start and enemies will attack you. The levels don't have a lot to them, mainly involving killing enemies then moving to the next level. the plot also has a tendency to vanish at times.

This is a pretty game and has some interesting parts, but just didn't keep me interested to the end.

Like an arcade version of Doom

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Straightforward first-person-shooter with lots of creatures to blast. PainKiller reminds one of the original Doom with hordes of creatures with one thing in mind --- your destruction. Once in a while there is a "boss" creature with exceptional stamina and killing power. At one stage, there is a giant after you in a graveyard. That giant is the largest creature I've ever seen in a game. Huge and powerful, with minion hordes chasing you too.

Don't plan on a lot of strategy and hiding in this game. But, there is something refreshing in the simplicity of it all.

Great escape game.

Just what it sounds like, FPS killing the pain

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

I'll admit there isn't much plot or point to this game, but it does have mindblowing graphics,(just as good as DOOM 3). I don't know what all the bugs and patches are about that everyone is talking about. Hell i just upgraded my computer, i have an AMD Sempron 2800+ Processor, Overclocked to 2.0 GHz, 768 megs or RAM, and a GeForce 5200 FX Nividia Graphics card, and it runs Superb, no clitches and no sluggishness at (1024x768 resolution). I myself do like games better that have puzzles(example Resident Evil 4), and clues to find, but if you just wanna take out some aggression and just shoot your way through endless badies, turn out the lights and play in the dark with some loud 5.1 surround sound, you'll feel much better. So i agree but don't agree with most of the other bad reviews. Repetative yes, no fun, nope. Plenty.

Falls short.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game can be only seen as a little appetizer for Doom 3 or
Half Life 2. Unfortunately the game falls short: it is repetitive, over priced, and has several bugs that the latest patch 1.15, as of May 14, 2004, has made even worse. No replay value because the plot/story is shallow. Do yourself a favor and buy a used copy, use it as a warm up for Doom 3 or HL2. If you pay out the 40 you will be regretting it.

Cool game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Story might not make sense but it's a fun FPS game, the levels get more and more interesting as it goes on. You gotta love the physics in this game, it's an awesome game brings back the old school Doom/Quake style.

This game is the best !!! Story is fantastic !!! Painkiller

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When i first time played Painkiller i was in shock !!! That game is amazing !!! Fantastic !!! The story is great - dark and interesting !!! You must buy this game - it's worth your money !!! If you are waiting for DOOM III - first you must check Painkiller - maybe this game is even better !!!

Great Idea, Bad Follow Through

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The graphics and scenery are quite dazzling and spectacular. The music is decent. There are lots of good sound effects and ambient music/sound. The heavy metal segments that play during combat are decent but get a little repetitive after a while, and also are a little too predictable since you know what's coming as soon as you hear it. Some here claim that it's only one or two metal riffs that they play through but that's not the case. There is a metal riff for each level (I know I inspected the contents of the sound.pak file in the game). The maps are a little uninspired at times, but also provide that closed in, no idea where the bad guys are coming from feeling other times.

The story line starts out great but gets a little shallow and nearly imperceptible as you move though the game. The biggest negative of the game is the instability. I had nothing but bugs from beginning to end (unhandled exceptions that won't give you an error, just boom.. gone). Replay value is non existent as the path through the game is linear with no variance.

Fun to see and go through but gets a little tedious at times and the bugs are a huge annoyance.

Just didn't like it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: April 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright I haven't played this game for more than two hours, but felt the need to save some others some money and put my opinion in for what it's worth.

Good news: if you STILL play doom 1 and 2, then THIS is your game! You'll probley think it's game of the year material.

Bad news: if your not in the doom 1 and 2 group, you're probley gonna HATE this game. I'm in the hate group.

There is no great gameplay here, no AI, no inspiring level design, it's not scary. There's enough pretty graphics to make nice screenshots to sell the game. Mainly it's just shoot collect stuff and move on to next area gameplay. Boring. The monsters just spawn then run at you. You just run upto them and take them out point blank with a shotgun. It's hard to even get hurt in this game, the main thing that will hurt you is the collaterial damage from the explosives that "just happen" to be laying around the map right in your projectile path.

My recommendation is download the demo, and if you think the demo is the most awesome gameplay you've seen they buy it. But don't buy this game without trying the demo!

This game ran at top speed on my system: AMD 2800+, Radeon 9800 PRO 256, 512 Ram. There's nothing spectacular to look at, so my guess is it will probley run at top speed on a majority of systems out there.

Just plain fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There is nothing complex here. If you liked Doom or even
more recently Serious Sam, give this game a go. Not much of
a story here, but this game is fun. Painkiller gives you one
of the funnest weapons to use ever. It's a blade that spins like a blender and as simple as is sounds it never got boring to use.You can easily chop through 200 enemies in about 5 minutes with this thing. The levels are varied from undead skeletons to knights. I do agree the price is a little high and
recommend waiting for it to drop to 20 dollars.

The graphics are really good on newer systems with decent video cards.
The sounds are standard.

Overall it is a top notch shooter that is not classic but
the frenzied action never leaves you bored.

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