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Painkiller
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Painkiller is a fast-paced first-person-shooter that hearkens back to the early years of shooters. Telling a hellish story about a man fighting his way out of Purgatory and foregoing modern conventions of realism, Painkiller brings back the over-the-top twitch gameplay that is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
5 ★ (2)
4 ★ (7)
3 ★ (1)
2 ★ (0)
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Sometimes the most simple things are the most perfect...

Firstly, let me tell you what Painkiller game isn't about. It is not about pretensions, it is not about ambition, it is not about cliches. It is not about "complex environment" or unscripted AI. It is… Read more

In Painkiller, you will shoot a lot of dudes in the face.

Painkiller Review Now here’s a game intended for the old-school crowd. This game doesn’t try to be anything it’s not, which is great because what it tries to be is an over the top, action packed shoot… Read more

Painkiller Review

Cutting a long review short, 2 words to sumerise. FRIGIN AMAZING! Read more

As simple as first person shooters can get

Painkiller is really about as simple as it gets. All the game throws you from level to level, occasionally leaving you there to fill the blanks as to why you are there in the first place, and slaughte… Read more

A solid appearance from a new Developer, People Can Fly

Released April 9th of 2004, a first person shooter, looking like the games of old, like Quake or Doom touched down upon the shelves of game stores. The Developers known as "People Can Fly" (PCF) broug… Read more

Painkiller is a refreshing return to the basics.

The background story.. not important. All you need to know is you are trapped in Hell and the only thing that can redeem you is by turning everything in your path into a red puddle of goo. Painkiller… Read more

One of the absolute greats !

Another overlooked and underrated shooter that dosent take itself to seriously and that has the guts to go back to the roots of shooters and as always I applaud them. You have to battle your way throu… Read more

Viceral, action-based entertainment

Visceral, action-based entertainment will always have a warm place in my heart, way down there with the original Doom and Quake , etc. Games which don’t bother much with plot, but just give you hours… Read more

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