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- DreamCatcher Interactive
- DreamCatcher Interactive
- DreamCatcher Interactive
- DreamCatcher Interactive
Painkiller: Redemption
Released On: Feb 25, 2011
43
4.9
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
43
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
71% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
43
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
71% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Redemption is enjoyable if you're a fan of the series or just have a hankering for mindless shooting, but everyone else should probably steer clear.
Although better than the orribile Resurrection, Painkiller: Redemption is a cheap-but-cobbled-together new chapter in a series that has nothing left to say.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
4.9
22% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
29% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
49% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
4.9
22% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
29% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
49% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
To be honest this was the first game in the painkiler franchise that I played. "oh good" I thought, I can finally see what all the fuss is about. The game is gory, fast paced, the weapons are imaginative, the levels are diverse, and the the enemies are relentless. So why does it bore me? though there are plenty of weapons and all of them with secondary fire but they're all introduced at the start and are almost identical between the two characters that you play as aside from a few. There are allot of enemies but they suffer from the rpg-issue of being reskined. There are a few enemies with special abilities but since you literally kill thousands of enemies every level you will already have them smeared across a nearby wall before they can become a real threat. The arena-like progression almost seems like a rule in the level design. They try to mix it up but every area that you fight enemies in will be in some kind of boring and wide open space. I only recommend painkiller redemption if your a hardcore fan of the series and I don't represent fans but I can't help but feel like even they might be tired of the series since there's four other expansion packs already.
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My only gripe was that being new to the series, it pretty much just tosses you in after a short text scrolling introduction to the story, and there's no tutorial. After a week, however, the company has released an update with a brief tutorial. Good job, glad to see dedication to fixes! Feels like an old DOOM 2 game, simple, pick up ammo n money, kill everything. Quite fun!
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As much as I love impaling skeleton warriors with the Stake Gun, if I'm paying for this experience I want something new. [June 2011, p.72]
Painkiller: Redemption is only recommended for fans of the franchise. Remaining players need more graphics and better gameplay; there're much better FPS in the market.
A bunch of fan made levels. For some reason sold as a full game. [Apr 2011, p.99]
While this may sound like a marketing victory Redemption takes you on a journey into the real game of hell. [Issue#203]
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If you like games like Serious Sam, but even more chaotic this is the game for you, be ready to fight all the creature that lives in the hell !
p.s. The game is missing some story and will looks like you're grinding to get a level done but oh well, you will have no time to think to the story while playing lol.
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The game consists in slaying 1000 enemies per **** levels are very ugly designed and very small and repetitive the enemies are the same for all the level and even for all the game which is by the way too small only 6 **** enemies come like 100 at a time in so small places and you find yourself fighting like for 10 minutes then again advance to next room and kill dozens of crazy **** **** is very difficult and simple.
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This one and the wacked out previous incarnation of PK (Resurrection) are two sides of the same coin. This new one does not have the bugs of many previous ones, especially Resurrection, but it lacks the interesting maps and spooky atmosphere of any of the originals and even the awful Resurrection. Redepemption has none of those mind-blowing, super creepy re-imaginings of what purgatory would be like: instead Redemption takes really bland maps from the originial Painkiller online deathmatch features, pretties them up a **** then is just nothing but mindless, repetitive killing. None of the elegant scares of the original - hell even Redemption is better at that. No brain strategy in how to kill these guys. It's just run around and around and fire at a bunch of bots. Part of the dark fun of the original two Painkillers was that sense of revelation and awe at this wild, disturbing world. While Redemption has none of the technical bugs of even the original or subsequent knockoffs - which really fills one with hope for the franchise's future - it has zero imagination. Now if only the crew that did Resurrection and the crew that did this one came **** might have something cool again.
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Summary The player will continue the story of Daniel and Belial as they join forces for the first time to end the bloody conflict between heaven and hell. You will discover all new maps, fight off literally thousands of demonic fiends, and lose yourself in the intense gameplay rounded off with an absorbing heavy metal soundtrack.
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Feb 25, 2011
Developer:
- DreamCatcher Interactive
Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive
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