Painkiller demo

Publisher's description of Painkiller demo

Painkiller follows a recently deceased and heavily armed soul blasting his way through purgatory, and features over-the-top Havok 2.0 physics to make the first-person action even more frantic. The demo gives you a glimpse of three locations in purgatory and three of the game's five dual-mode weapons.

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Editor's review of Painkiller demo

Denied entrance to heaven, you must battle hordes of undead warriors to save the world while discovering the mystery of your own destiny. Although Painkiller definitely has an old-school vibe reminiscent of Wolfenstein or Doom, the detailed graphics and advanced physics engine are anything but. Three levels from the single-player game offer loads of supernatural first-person-shooter fun.

The demo offers three of five possible weapons from the full game, each of which has two types of attack. Collecting the souls of the slain undead boosts your health, while tarot cards give your character special fighting or protection abilities. The 3D environments are gorgeous, with details and explosions that contribute to the nightmarish scenario.

One downside of the demo is that it lacks save functionality, although once you pass a level, you can restart at the next. The most difficult gameplay setting, Trauma, is also not available. Although the game is still in development, movement and hit detection could definitely be improved--jumping is difficult to control, and enemies sometimes cause damage even though they obviously miss. These are all minor quibbles, and we highly recommended the demo to any fans of first-person shooters whose systems meet the minimum requirements.

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  Painkiller demo

  Buy the game & the Expansion Pack

  by: casper75 on 03-Jun-2005 09:51:03 AM

  Pros: I have never done a game review before so here I go Painkiller would have to be one of the best games out there from the very beginning you are thrown into one hell of a challenge, I have played Far Cry & the Half Life series & both those games are what I would call slow starters. The Graphics in Painkiller are just as good as Far Cry & the Half Life series & the sound is very real as well the first time I started playing I had chills down my spine, You have a large selection of weapons which you will need to defend yourself from all types of monsters within the game. For people who are new to this game there is an expansion pack available however you will need to download a few patches to make it run the Patches you need are:

  Painkiller patch 1.61, File Size 338MB

  Painkiller update 1.62, File Size 108MB

  Pk162_164patch File Size 6.36MB

  All are exe files

  If you have a fast internet connection these file will be easy to download

  Cons: No problems with this game however You must have files listed above to run the expansion pack.

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  Painkiller demo

  really nice

  by: luke_felix on 28-Mar-2005 02:03:02 AM

  Pros: the game ad awesome graphics it was simply outstanding.

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  Painkiller demo

  a brilliant masterpeice of modern gaming

  by: brianthesnail123 on 24-Jul-2006 10:04:47 AM

  Pros: this game is probally the best game i have played in history,it has everything a game should have,brilliant graphics,cool gameplay,loads of weapons,and a brilliant soundtrack

  the graphics are easily handled by low end cards(radeon 9250,ge-force 4mmx),and this is on high settings(1024x768 res).

  play it today,you wont regret it!

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  Painkiller demo

  freakin awesome!!

  by: ugarmyjr on 17-Oct-2004 08:39:59 PM

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  Awesome

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