nice graphics,difficult boss levels

User Rating: 8 | Painkiller PC
By kreig_jones | Review Date:
Very good graphics but use of high quality textures and special effects clutters the screen and makes it look dirty sometimes. However the constant collection of coins is a real pain and you have to keep looking for secrets to unlock the cards at the end of each level. This is real waste of time as most secrets are hidden in uncanny places. Not only this wastes time while you roam about(after killing all bad guys ) looking for coins in the drums and sniffing for the secrets it takes a toll on the patience. The added frustration of prolonged play fades the awesome gameplay. Most of the time there seem to be no action and then there you are fending off hordes of all kinds of **** coming after you. It feels good though, the adrenaline rushing to the head, but becomes real boring as the game progresses.

Beautifully laid out maps, nice AI but why the storyline is so weak. prime stress is given on unlocking the cards. And don’t think that cards are real handy (QUAD DAMAGE type) either, they stink real hard.
How to enjoy this game-
1) Forget about the secrets and card unlocking stuff they are just distractions
2) Keep the cheat codes handy if ya don’t want to waste ur time in the boss levels. They are real tuff.

2 more things before I close this -
1> Be prepared to have a hell of a time finding the recent savegames.Dont know why they add such weird dates instead of my system dates
VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE LAST SAVES
2> the easy level LEAVES OUT THE INITIAL BOSS LEVELS they cut 30% out(they give a warning though)
3> i cannot understand why such detailed characters when the levels themselves haven’t much of detail to show that would make jaws drop. Yes the bots are heavily textured to drop jaws. But whoever notices them in motion its the corridors that are static and catch our eye. They are drab at times using single repetitive textures.
Thats all for now

CIAO

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