Admin [DC]
07-29-2006, 01:28 PM
From the June 2006 edition of Play Magazine
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Painkiller Hell Wars
Score - 8.5/10
Xbox - FPS
By: Dave Halverson
Four of Lucifer’s generals are all that stand between you and ascension in Dreamcatcher’s Painkiller Hell Wars, an FPS with a jet-black soul and a hunger for vengeance. Don’t slide that Xbox under the bed just yet...
...This is a shooter for sure, but one that is sufficiently layered for maximum enjoyment. Killing is one thing but hanging around to collect souls is another. Exploration is essential and encouraged. Ammunition is strategically placed along with holy artifacts, gold, and essence (creating a wicked balance) and each level has a goal that you don’t discover until your first run through that unlocks various Black Tarot cards used to dispense special abilities and defensive measures (for a price of course, and gold is scarce)...
...Visually, People Can Fly play their hand well. Painkiller doesn’t show its entire hand early, a mistake too many games make today. Rather, the game starts out looking good and spirals into downright inspired. The gothic architecture is to die for and the open expanses always feature mesmerizing animated skies...
...As a first-person shooter, Painkiller flat out excels, crucifying nearly all comers on Xbox. It’s long, vastly replayable, the frame-rate is blistering, and it’s anything but mindless. Amen.
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Read the entire review at:
Painkiller Hell Wars Review - Play Magazine (http://www.playmagazine.com/index.php?fuseaction=SiteMain.showGamePage&Game_ID=286)
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Painkiller Hell Wars
Score - 8.5/10
Xbox - FPS
By: Dave Halverson
Four of Lucifer’s generals are all that stand between you and ascension in Dreamcatcher’s Painkiller Hell Wars, an FPS with a jet-black soul and a hunger for vengeance. Don’t slide that Xbox under the bed just yet...
...This is a shooter for sure, but one that is sufficiently layered for maximum enjoyment. Killing is one thing but hanging around to collect souls is another. Exploration is essential and encouraged. Ammunition is strategically placed along with holy artifacts, gold, and essence (creating a wicked balance) and each level has a goal that you don’t discover until your first run through that unlocks various Black Tarot cards used to dispense special abilities and defensive measures (for a price of course, and gold is scarce)...
...Visually, People Can Fly play their hand well. Painkiller doesn’t show its entire hand early, a mistake too many games make today. Rather, the game starts out looking good and spirals into downright inspired. The gothic architecture is to die for and the open expanses always feature mesmerizing animated skies...
...As a first-person shooter, Painkiller flat out excels, crucifying nearly all comers on Xbox. It’s long, vastly replayable, the frame-rate is blistering, and it’s anything but mindless. Amen.
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Read the entire review at:
Painkiller Hell Wars Review - Play Magazine (http://www.playmagazine.com/index.php?fuseaction=SiteMain.showGamePage&Game_ID=286)