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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.

Excellent expansion, Cant wait for Painkiller II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Expansion is a little buggy, but nothing that cant be patched up.

The graphics are excellent. Better than half life 2 and

better than doom 3, because in doom although the graphics are the

best in any game they are extremely taxing on ANY system at the

present.

I have a Dell xps 3.2, 2 gigs ram with ati radeon 9800 Pro.

Monitor 1200 x 1024.

The game feels a little short, but then again this is an

expansion, not a full release.

I cant get enough of this game; I put half life 2 on pause for

while I play through battle out of hell.

You dont have to deal with the damn steam activation as in

half life 2.

I highly recommend you get painkiller and the expansion.

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.

nothing going right

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

since i started playing this game my life was in turmoil,had to uninstall it everything settled down for me.can't explain it.like it was evil.

Interesting and Funny but Buggy and Difficult as Well

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First off, if you liked the original, you will probably enjoy the expansion as well. Yeah, it is pretty brainless, but it is also quite fun. However, you may also find a few parts that are annoying and even buggy.

1) The new nurse characters have no destruction graphic. Every other enemy you kill has some sort of explosion/dismemberment sequence if you hit them with the freeze gun or painkiller weapon. The nurses simply lay there until they disappear.

2) The game seems buggy, but it could be other software issues. I have 1.5 gb of enhanced latency OCZ memory, but am ocassionally getting a memory read error that kicks me out of the game. I know it is a problem I am having with the expansion pack as it is the ONLY software I am running where I get this error (Half Life 2, Doom 3, etc.). However, there are many other pieces of software and hardware drivers that could also be causing the issue. Gotta love PC's and Windows XP!!!
3) THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS TREMENDOUSLY DIFFERENT!!! I played the last game on the 2nd easiet setting and then this one and am getting my [...] kicked.

Overall, alot of eye candy. Maybe my eye isn't trained enough, or maybe I haven't learned how to regurgitate everything that is in print about all video games, but I found this game as visually pleasing as Doom 3 and Half Life 2. I didn't say it was better or that the science behind it can even be compared, but I thought the game has a great atmosphere and look.

For $19.99 you can't really go wrong. If you liked the first, this one will please as well, just be prepared to patch sometime soon. I assume one is on the way.

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