Zero Punctuation: Painkiller
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Oh silly me Rome was WAAAY before medieval ages...well not that long but still quite a bit.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Some colloseum myths I'd like to clear up, since you brought that up:
1.) It wasn't a "prisoner death match" - they had skilled fighters who trained just like MMA fighters today, there were rules and everything.
2.) The crowd only had a choice in the matter when a fighter was too wounded to continue, or was a coward.
--- ok that's out of the way, I just hate how the movie "Gladiator" messed around with the history.
Also, how about Atilla the Hun? I think he could also join this debate.
I just love the fact that one day after Yahtzee's review, Steam is advertising Painkiller next to Call of Duty 4 and the Orange Box with his review "All you need to know is that there is a gun that shoots shurikens and lighting" as the only text coupled with it.
I admit I never took a decent look at "Painkiller" while it was advertised on steam, but after playing the demo version, it plays a lot like Serious Sam; and Serious Sam while being shallow in the plot department never truly disappointed me. Just the sound of those be-hooved demons approaching me in the dark was enough to keep me playing. So after playing the demo about four times, paying as much as it took for me to see Indy: 4(10.50:USD) I bought painkiller, and it'll provide me with more than two hours of entertainment for less than the same price of a movie at the theater.
Sorry, if I've made an offending error in my post, I just split half a bottle of absinthe with a dear friend of mine, the weak American brewed stuff, but it's still pretty potent in the quantity I've imbibed. Europeans get to have all the fun.
Yahtzee, Good job, thank you for plugging Psychonauts, I was hoping somebody would publicly enjoy that game so people would get off their ass and play it. Thank you for being a critic, and above-all thank you for being a critic that is "Balls out" honest. Nail on head when you said that critics indulge in under-appreciated games which interest themselves and nobody else, I think that's what most people do between launches; I play a lot of Dosbox in-between launches, that and X-com.
I admit I never took a decent look at "Painkiller" while it was advertised on steam, but after playing the demo version, it plays a lot like Serious Sam; and Serious Sam while being shallow in the plot department never truly disappointed me. Just the sound of those be-hooved demons approaching me in the dark was enough to keep me playing. So after playing the demo about four times, paying as much as it took for me to see Indy: 4(10.50:USD) I bought painkiller, and it'll provide me with more than two hours of entertainment for less than the same price of a movie at the theater.
Sorry, if I've made an offending error in my post, I just split half a bottle of absinthe with a dear friend of mine, the weak American brewed stuff, but it's still pretty potent in the quantity I've imbibed. Europeans get to have all the fun.
Yahtzee, Good job, thank you for plugging Psychonauts, I was hoping somebody would publicly enjoy that game so people would get off their ass and play it. Thank you for being a critic, and above-all thank you for being a critic that is "Balls out" honest. Nail on head when you said that critics indulge in under-appreciated games which interest themselves and nobody else, I think that's what most people do between launches; I play a lot of Dosbox in-between launches, that and X-com.
*Applauds!*
Well, spot on review. When playing through the Painkiller SP one day because I had nothing better to do, I suddenly realized: This game is really, really good! But forget the Shuriken and Lightning gun (For the record it's called the Electrodriver), what about the minigun/rocket launcher combination?
Well, spot on review. When playing through the Painkiller SP one day because I had nothing better to do, I suddenly realized: This game is really, really good! But forget the Shuriken and Lightning gun (For the record it's called the Electrodriver), what about the minigun/rocket launcher combination?
Serious Sam was a fantastic game, as was its expansion. The graphics engine was actually surprisingly amazing for the day, as was the physics engine, and what isnt glorious about taking out a stampede of bulls with a freaking Cannon-gun?
the Serious Sam sequel seriously sucked though... ... ...seriously...
the Serious Sam sequel seriously sucked though... ... ...seriously...
I got the same sort of distinction wrong in a Dis or Dat on "You Don't Know Jack". Category was differences between Vampires and Peacocks. Can be killed by cutting their head off and pounding a stake through their heart. (Vampires:1, Peacocks:2, Both:3)Indigo_Dingo said:
I seem to like making comments that are only mildly relevant, and slightly annoying apparently.
Spikes, stakes, who cares as long as their pointy and horrible?ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I don't recall them ever being cruciform tho.
Regardless, where else can I find this marvelous beast? You're absolutely right, it's just that all I can remember after the fact is HL2's marginally less awesome nuclear crossbow.
Sooo far into the future, like the year, 3000, and no flashlights on guns? Besides, it loses the horror appeal after the imps pop up EVERY MINUTE.DrMisanthrope said:
LOL, I missed that post. What a sheep.Gerrark said:I just wanted to ask: Has no one else noticed this post? What is so hilariously obvious about it and the edit that follows? Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing this, and because if not and everyone else is just ignoring it, I missed the memo.Entharion said:I haven't been able to view the movie... -.- but I know painkiller, and it's sequel: Overdose sucked, and I probarbly agree on whatever Yahtzee says, because he mosty is right about stuff like that
[edit] I saw it.. and YEAH! GO Yahtzee, you found yet another gem in the ocean of brown game #!$% and now I wish you had mentioned that the bosses all have unique ways to be killed and are generally hiooo-mungousbut I'm a review critique.. And now for the comment critique review my post and correct my horrible spelling on some difficult words...
My friend happened to have a copy of Painkiller, so I'm playing through it now. Yahtzee was right; The combat is incredibly fun. The guns are fantastic (especially the stakegun), the physics are great, and the graphics aren't half bad. The best part is the boss fights though; They're epic.
The only downside is the crappy story. I agree with Yahtzee that it doesn't really need a story to be enjoyable, but it does need one to be memorable. A better story probably would have taken this game out of the bargain bin and given it a sequal.
The part that really stands out in my recollection of this game is the orphanage level where you get to blow little demon-children to bits. How did that make it past Jack Thompson?
Oh, come on, Yahtzee. You have the game Painkiller and you don't use Judas Priest's Painkiller as the intro? Haha.
