Mature
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
81
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Painkiller is a graphically impressive FPS with a gothic story and frantic gameplay, designed to bring old-school, over the top fun back to the genre.

You play as Daniel Garner, a regular guy who gets killed in an horrific car crash while taking his wife out for her birthday. She, being the saintly woman she is, gets admitted to Heaven. Daniel, due to his shady past, does not. He finds himself in Purgatory -- a place somewhere between Heaven and Hell. It isn't long before Daniel is recruited by his "caseworker for the dead" to fight the minions of Hell. You see, Lucifer is plotting to overthrow Heaven, and is using Purgatory as a staging ground. Your offer is simple: stop Lucifer's armies and earn your heavenly reward.


Alternate Titles

  • "恐惧杀手" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "PK" -- Abbreviated title
  • "Painkiller: Крещеный Кровью" -- Russian title
  • "Painkiller: Verega Ristitud" -- Estonian title

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User Reviews

Return of old-school FPS vicrabb (6535) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
The gimmick is not really one after all. dreamstealer (90) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
A new incarnation of Quake...or not quite? Kuv (75) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
Have some Quake with your Serious Sam. Zovni (9114) 3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars

The Press Says

Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks Jun, 2004 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
GameZone Apr 07, 2004 8.6 out of 10 86
Jeuxvideo.com Apr 05, 2004 17 out of 20 85
PC Gameplay (Benelux) May, 2004 84 out of 100 84
Gameinatrix May 26, 2004 B+ 83
Game Informer Magazine Jun, 2004 8.25 out of 10 82
Withingames Apr 30, 2004 4 out of 5 80
PC Action Apr 28, 2004 75 out of 100 75
Boomtown Apr 30, 2004 7 out of 10 70
Fragland.net Sep 02, 2004 61 out of 100 61

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Trivia

Daniel Garner, the hero of Painkiller, was originally envisioned and prototyped as slick, gun-toting Latin American with a wardrobe reminiscent of Miami Vice, before being reinvented as a the tough and troubled everyman he is in the final game.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Brian Gladman (208) on Apr 21, 2004.
 

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