Cantousent Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 You know, Painkiller is an excellent game. I did my two runs, and I found that I enjoyed it actually better than Doom 3 and almost as much as Half Life. In a year that seems characterized by lackluster games, Painkiller is yet another great FPS title, showing that, at least for me, FPSs are one of the few really great genres around. When I bought Painkiller, I purchased the "GOLD" version. That meant I got a nifty Penny Arcade comic strip, the expansion pack, and the word GOLD on the box. It was all good. I did a quick game on Insomnia to unlock the Nightmare level. I then went through nightmare and picked up every black tarot card for each level. So far, so good. The backstory isn Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
alanschu Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 I thought Painkiller still had pretty nice graphics personally. I didn't care for the expansion though.
Calax Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 I just liked the fact that with some of the bosses you were about as big as their little toe. I also loved the super weedwhacker of doom that's your default "fist" weapon if you don't have any ammo left over. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Cantousent Posted July 24, 2005 Author Posted July 24, 2005 Ah, yes, the Painkiller. It's a great weapon. It even does a good amount of damage and has good range. I'm not much for melee, myself, the actual Painkiller aspect of the weapon is awesome and tended to yank the dead body towards you. It made it much easier to collect the soul. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Child of Flame Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 If you haven't already figured it out Eldar, you can also use the alternate and the primary fires on some weapons at the same time for a tertiary firing mode. Those were probably only really all that useful on the Shuriken launcher (Electrified Ninja Stars take out groups of baddies faster than the Shottie + Freeze combo in most instances), and the Painkiller (Long distance spinning blade of death). I played through the first game, got through Trauma mode, got into the BooH X-Pack (I bought them both at the reduced price of $20 just before the Gold edition came out ), got swamped with work, and had to put it away after the first two levels. I really dug the Orphanage, creepy as all get out. I also downloaded the Bink Tools before I put it away because I wanted to know how it ended. Ending is good.
Cantousent Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 Okay, I gave it a test. The tertiary mode is kind of cool, although I find that I still prefer different weapon selections for different areas. It's funny, but I just realized that the nazis in the Leningrad map use cannisters for calling in air strikes. When you take the time to dance around and watch rather than just shooting them down, they look an aweful lot like the LTs from RtCW. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Arkan Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Hmm...maybe I should look into this title, as there are currently no good RPGs to play. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
Gorth Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 I thought Painkiller still had pretty nice graphics personally. The "Hell" level was quite spooky in all it's surrealness. Haven't tried the expansion and it sounds like I might just wait for PK2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Child of Flame Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 Don't do that Gorth. The ending to the Expansion was good, not to mention seemed pretty plot critical. Also, the Orphanage level is one of the creepiest plays I've done in awhile.
Meshugger Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 I thought Painkiller still had pretty nice graphics personally. The "Hell" level was quite spooky in all it's surrealness. Haven't tried the expansion and it sounds like I might just wait for PK2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The hell level was an example of great artistic integrity, simply excellent IMO. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Sarjahurmaaja. Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 Stake gun + asylym inmates = Fun++ 9/30 -- NEVER FORGET!
metadigital Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 Fun is only post-event incremented, so it therefore must require both elements together to have better fun. Personally, I think: while (gamer ){ if(λ OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
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Cantousent Posted July 27, 2005 Author Posted July 27, 2005 You know, Leningrad was a great level and the latter half of the expansion was quite good. I'd suggest it if you can get a reasonable price. You should have fun. I agree with SoE, the orphanage is spooky, but the early expansion didn't appeal to me as much as the last half. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
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