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People Can Fly / Jan 24, 2007 / Action
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Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
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Very Positive
85% positive, 967 reviews
The first few levels are fun enough, but there are a bunch of small problems that add up quickly into a very frustrating experience if you actually try to play through the whole game. Below are some of the worst things I encountered (I played on Nightmare, the second-highest difficulty): - The game wants to be a run-and-gun boomer shooter where you're never stopping or doubling back, instead circle-strafing around...
2 found this helpful, 2026-08-27
more metal than doom
1 found this helpful, 2026-09-22
I do not advise playing this on a smaller screen, you will have a much better time playing this on an actual gaming monitor rather than a gaming laptop screen, thank me later. That said, this is one of my favorite shooters of all time. This feels like if we got a real grim Quake 2 instead of that sci-fi only game. This has everything you would want in a Quake game and then some. The story isn't as great as the...
4 found this helpful, 2026-07-28
This game was pretty popular back in the mid 2000s, but a series of shoddy budget sequels (thinly disguised expansions, in reality) pretty much killed long-term good faith towards the series. However, Black Edition is still an amazing time, and is one of the best FPSes of its decade. Great graphics and performance, killer soundtrack, fun arcade/boomer shooter style gameplay all combine to make this a lost gem of the...
3 found this helpful, 2026-07-05
Painkiller is one of those games that almost everyone will tell you is good, but very few people have actually finished—for good reason. It's a classic case of style over substance. Painkiller absolutely nails the vibe: the art direction is fantastic, the soundtrack is excellent, and the overall aesthetic is memorable. But the developers seemed to forget that gameplay should come first. If you take Quake, strip away...
8 found this helpful, 2026-08-06
TL;DR: 7/10, fun shooting but janky, story could've been cool, and shows age Pros: The weapons are fun and vary. The story can be fun at first if you let it. The enemies vary enough and switch it up. Music was good. Atmosphere was cool Cons: Shows age. The jankiness can get annoying. The story tries too hard in some ways but doesn't flesh it out enough. Some of the things you're supposed to figure out on your own...
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-05
its not bad its an old game in some parts of the game it shows but still a decent one
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-04
Ibuprofen - Full Pack of low quality medicine 🟡Painkiller is an arena shooter that is heavily relies on bunny hopping. With obnoxious Boss Fights and a disgusting secret hunting. 🟢You are stuck in Purgatory and the only way to Heaven for you - is to kill 4 Generals of Hell. 💚The game is rich in terms of content - both for levels and monsters variety. Although, it feels like devs woke up one night and thought -...
1 found this helpful, 2026-08-15
At first it seemed good, but it gets boring and s.h.i.t.t.i.e.r. And the boss-battles are a mess! A lot of time, you have to do ridiculous things to hurt them. Playing it as a young teenager was kinda fun, but playing it as an adult is bad. It feels like an unfinished game for me! And the problem is not me, it is the game! Serious Sam games are still fun to play, even the older ones, like The First Encounter! The...
3 found this helpful, 2026-08-13
Game is old and even games in 2004 this seems to be a very low effort game. As a kid I remember this seemed like a cool game but playing it now is kind of annoying literally a cookie cutter game. Would not buy this game even for $1 as free to play and games from 1990 are better than this 2004 game. Dont waste your time and the boss fights are among the worst of almost any game i ever played.
3 found this helpful, 2026-07-13