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Crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is crap. Painkiller plays great on my system (Pentium 4 2.0 GHz, 1 GB ddr ram on motherboard, Nvidia 5200 w/128 MB ram). But Battle Out Of Hell is S.L.O.W. And it plays heck with my video card. It also took several attempts to get the game to install and when it did it took forever. Totaly unplayable. Make sure your system plays the game before you buy it or you will be extremely disappointed like me. There are much better 1st person shooters out there than this piece of crap. I'd flush it down the toilet but it might get stuck and flood my house with sewage.

Not Bad

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

considering the increasing quantity of video games appearing and the reduction in overall quality, this one seems to come accross as an above average graphics, quick gameplay, varied levels with a multitude of creatures. However as emersive as the atmospherice effects and graphic are I have to admit it is at times too graphic. Nevertheless, certainly fun. Nice playability and quite easy to manouver and my oh my those weapons... Wow. In a nut shell I would have liked it as much as doom 3 if it only were for three things: the loading time between levels and the simplicity of gameplay engine and lack of ability to interact with your environment for a more dynamic experience. Also, I always would rather see new versions of the same games rather than those dreaded expansion packs.

If you liked Painkiller, you'll like this, just know what to expect.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just like my title says, you'll like it if you liked Painkiller and want more, just not much more. It's important to point out that this is an expansion, NOT a sequel, so don't expect it to be as big and awesome as the original.

One of my favorite things about the original were the levels and level design, better than any other game in my opinion. If they used a texture on one level, it wasn't used again, this way every level looked totally unique and new. Unfortunately this is not the case in the expansion. Overall I like the levels, and it does give you more if you weren't ready for Painkiller to end. However overall I would say they are not as inspired or skillfully designed, as Painkiller's. Same goes for the new enemies, which most of which are cool, but nothing jaw-dropping.

One of the highlights of this expansion however are the new weapons. One thing that really impressed me with Painkiller was the originality and usefullness of all the weapons, and this has carried over to the new weapons (which I'll let you discover for yourself).

Basically, if you want more Painkiller, this expansion is definately worth it and should help hold you over until the sequel (which I don't know if there ever will be Painkiller 2 but there totally should be).

Pure Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Best fps game I ever played, plenty of levels to keep you interested, graphics are fantastic.

Same great concept, amazingly creative, but more annoying

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved Painkiller. It was fresh, creative, and in many ways amazing. Totally original mostly, it was blatant killing of some of the wierdest beings, with some of the most puzzling weapons ever. Not a particularly deep story, but who cares. It was a perfect video game-video game. It had some flaws, as all games do. The most glaring of which was the inane jumping, so much so, that trying to beat the game and win each round became tiring and annoying, very frustrating at times. Which is too bad, because the world that People Can Fly created is second to none in the video game world. I am amazed that they built this game.

Well though, Battle out of Hell is even worse. The same great weapons (some new ones too), even more goofy bad guys, but oh my garsh, this is FILLED with so much dumb jumping, it ruined the gameplay for me most of the time. There is nothing worse than trying to jump across the same gap 500 times. My thumbs were killing me.

I nearly quit the game over and over. And despite how much I love it, and want to find every secret, holy item and get every tarot card the game has to offer, I simply dread the replay, because of all that horrible jumping. It simply ruins the game.

F.E.A.R. go it right. There was a small amount of jumping, and lots of ladders, but there was perfect control. You never die because of falling off a ladder or jumping the wrong way. So it can be done.

Ultimately, the jumping would actually not be quite as bothersome, but you simply cannot control it, no matter what you do. Too bad, as this could have been one of the greatest all time games EVER. Nearly all the reviewers and opinions I have read about this game say much the same thing. I hope all game builders understand this and never repeat these blatant errors.

Painkiller expansion

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A good edition as far as expansion packs but it could have used some
different material because it seemed like more of the same stuff, just harder.

first person shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Painkiller was one of the greatest FPS games out there. Battle out of hell was no exception. It did not dissapoint at all.
I can't wait for the next one.

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