A late, late Painkiller review

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Post by Damien_Azreal »

Yeah, to me the Orphanage, Loony Park and Dead City are the only good levels in BooH.

The rest of the levels tend to blur together for me. The two new weapons were okay, but the bolt caster could've been so much more kick ass! I'm currently playing through from scratch again.... going for as muchon my first time through each level as possible.
I'm on the third (or 4th) chapter... five starred every level except for a few.
I love having unlimited use of the terrot cards. :twisted:
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Post by Drakan »

Just bought a copy today. Soon... in an hour I will discover what it is you all rave about. Can't WAIT!

Couldn't find the expansion, sadly... :( But soon.
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and then... we'll play deathmatch! :D
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Deathmatch worth anything? 8)

Soon you will kneel before the power of 'Asylum', Drakan! :twisted:
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Well, in PK deathmatch is more entertaining than single player, at least in my opinion. 8)
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Sounds like it should be just a little bit worse than Bloodbath then. :twisted:
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Post by Damien_Azreal »

Yeah, but everyone has to have the same version to play. If we want to play a deathmatch... we all need the exact same patch.
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Post by predator »

You are correct, Daedalus. PK deathmatch does not fully match Blood Bath, but it has some of its spirit.

Damien, you are right too. I have version 1.64, which I think is the latest.
My server will run on this version.
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Ðædalu§ Ðeathmask wrote:Deathmatch worth anything? 8)

Soon you will kneel before the power of 'Asylum', Drakan! :twisted:
Almost. But my f*** external CD drive spat the god damn dummy - AGAIN!!!! f*** A!

But hey... I have the copy ready at least.

mmmmm... asylum :twisted:
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Post by predator »

Yes, Asylum is cool. The whole first episode is great. I love the cathedral level.

The only levels in PK I really disliked were those set in the military theme.
Military Base was the worst one. Very boring.
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Yeah, excuse the language, but I must emphasize this : Military Base is REALLY s*** made. Why do they feel the need to show you the entire mission in one frame constantly?

I played that mission in Matrix slow-motion style. Especially visually impressive with those jumping blokes. :lol:
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Post by Hellen »

And I want to say, that I like the Military Base! Though I hate any ‘war’ themed game(from Call of Duty to… eternity :)), and that must be kinda strange, but I must confess this PK level somehow touched my heart. Repeating myself, I’d say that I have a ‘special’ attitude to the hospitals and abandoned military (and none-military, but also abandoned) objects.

PS: IMHO!!!
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Post by predator »

That's funny because I have exactly opposite impressions. :lol:
I like Call of Duty and Return to Castle Wolfenstein very much but I hate those military levels in PK.
They just don't fit in there. They don't belong there.
Well, you could argue of course that since the plot in PK is so ridiculous virtually anything could be put into PK levels, but still... Military Base just doesn't feel right. At least for me.
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Post by Daedalus »

Painkiller has a plot? :wink:

For me Painkiller starts off really good and goes downhill from there. By the end of Chapter 2 it really gets silly.

Hell is a possible exception though 'Castle' and 'Monastery' have a little bit of an impression on me, but just the scenery, really.
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Post by predator »

Pure truth, Daedalus! Pure truth.

But deathmatch is great.
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