Zero Punctuation: Painkiller

[KBKarma]

... sometimes yahtzee slurs his words, although he has been getting better and faster over time,
Also sometimes yahtzee british accent obscures words just a lil too much. And also if you aren't a native english speaker yahtzee is impossible to understand and you need a transcript to understand

If you don't mind me asking, why do you post transcripts?

I dunno; I did it once out of boredom, and people liked it, so I continued. Some of Yahtzee's best lines are spoken so quickly you could miss them.

Ah, thanks. I tend to not notice, since I'm used to accents like his and worse.

2) Crikey is used by Brits as well. The people of Australia, as I recall, were convicts shipped there by the Crown. So of course some remnants of their past would remain. And crikey it is. Also, spelling words correctly. Like "colour".

Crikey is british O_O
well i shouldn't be suprised, considering how much of other cultures actually makes it to America I'm suprised I know the little amount I do.

Heh. I presume so. I heard Penfold say it in Danger Mouse once or twice. I say it on occasion, and have heard/seen one or two English people say/type it.

 

[cutekittenkyti]

oh and everyone needs to go around and use the word Murmporpegah (MMORPG) as much as possible, If they haven't seen Zero punctuation then you can tell them about it. And they will thank you from the bottom of their hearts <3

 

[cutekittenkyti]

murmorpegah i meant....




i think

 

[DarthTirith]

Nice review, but it wasn't my fav, mainly as I never really got into Painkiller when it was out, side a demo. A demo which was admittedly fun due to the stake gun. I like the new look for the site. Nice not having to close adverts whenever I watch a ZP.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

You have a pause (OH GOD A PAUSE IN A ZP!!!) wich kinda breaks the flow right after you say "the enemys don't give me stiffies, that would be gay" *pause*

 

[NMG1]

Hilarious.
Yahtzee is back on form after a mediocre GTA4 review (i love that game), with a gun that shoots shirukens and lightening........ LOVE IT!

 

[NeoSpriggan]

Good review, its a bit of a change to see him review a game he really likes. Great, now I need to find a copy of this game now, though i hear its a tad rare.
Oh, and i crave a review of MGS4 since it means i will be playing it the next day or have been playing and have most likely finished it by then. I hope he likes it as much as i know i will.

 

[the_tramp]

I wonder if there will be a spike in sales of this game now that this has been reviewed... especially at $9.99 on Steam or otherwise incredibly cheap in a bargain bin.

 

[Fangface74]

Painkiller...fun? It's just a gothic take on Serious Sam, every enemy runs screaming towards you (barring the odd ranged attack), you hold left mouse button down and move the crosshair over wave after wave of bad guys, then advancing till you discover a new baddy and hopefully a new weapon so you don't stop playing (lets face it, were ALL about the new toys).

Serious Sam was amusing, but just because PK used the Havok physics engine (woopy-doo, impaling...fun for A WHILE), it's still just an SS clone.

So yeah, just because it's fun for 20 minutes, doesn't change the fact it's just for 20 minutes!

 

[Digikid]

Excellent review for an Excellent game. Well done Yahtzee.

and guys....stop pestering him about Mario Kart.....it really is NOT WORTH REVIEWING and not that good of a game really.

 

[XT]

if you didn't play this game or follow it upon its release you should probably stick your dick in a blender and hit the puree button.

 

[tajron85]

1 thing... gun shooting X + lighting can by use like mine hiting with lighting ^^

and "painkiller" gun can be use to fly-cut :>

 

[otterbeans]

I was also expecting "The World Ends With You," but knowing Yahtzee's rabid hate for JRPG's, we probably won't be getting it. I mean, the setting is Shibuya for Christ's sake, I'd be surprised if he's even considered looking at it yet.

A good review, I guess, if a tad redundant. The jokes really aren't as funny or quote-able as they used to be, but still much better than the average review, so I don't have right to complain. Also, this new format is making me a little nervous, is the Yahtzee we know and love going to change into Guitar Hero III? I hope not.

 

[herodotus]

It's a fun review of a pretty boring game. Might have to give it another go, but I just found the action gameplay repetitive and ultimately boring...kill everything you see, period. Then again at $7, who can argue it's not worth trying? Gotta stop drinking coffee when watching Yahtzee...my monitor needs cleaning evrytime damn time.

 

[DanRSL]

Definitely feels like a return to form for me. And although I doubt my previous post was even read, let alone meaningfully considered, your end result of this week's review addressing a more unknown game and steering clear of obvious critical "gimmes" makes me feel great. Please keep that up.

Although please, don't even dignify the people requesting a Mario Kart review with a response. If they want one, then here
MKWii-
-far too derivative of previous games
-unnecessary and sometimes unlikeable characters
-designed without skill in mind
-once again a Nintendo product contradicts the mission of the Wii by being much better with a Gamecube controller
-poop joke

Now read that very quickly and there's Yahtzee's MKWii review. Actually, Yahtzee, I would be honored if you used that as a 15 second review just to appease anyone still asking for an MKWii review.

But anyway, good review and I look forward to the drought of big name games which I hope will encourage more creativity and less "gimmes".

 

[twilight_dweller]

Huh, and here I was looking forward to a "The World Ends With You" review.

You must be new here.

Not really. But your concern is touching.

I mean that.

 

[agerdemon]

I wonder if there will be a spike in sales of this game now that this has been reviewed... especially at $9.99 on Steam or otherwise incredibly cheap in a bargain bin.

You can get it even cheaper than that.

 

[agerdemon]

I never knew wot this game was about but if it is like serious sam with more violence thats good enough for me!

 

[Digikid]

Perfectly said DanRSL. Well done and very true.

 

[elpresidente]

I'm surprised to find out that many of you have never heard or played "Painkiller". It's a very good game, and despite the fact that in this game you basically just kill tons of bad minions, it has great sound and visual design - you'll love it if you value these things in games. Some of the ambient music pieces are purely genius, particularly that of the "Military base", "Factory" and "Opera house" levels. The game uses dynamic music background, which means that during fights a realty hard heavy-metal riffs kick in, but since I don't like metal I just turn off battle music and leave only the ambient.
Also, it's not simply a shooter, there is subtle message throughout the whole game, and the closest point it becomes visible is in the "Asylum" level.
Finally a review of a good game that I have played, and don't have to wait ages for it to be converted for PC!