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Published
by DreamCatcher Games
Developed by People Can Fly
Release Date: 18th March 2003
Price: £29.99
For
those of you who haven't yet sampled the manic, no holds
barred action of Painkiller and were thinking of doing so
DreamCatcher are about to release a DVD Black Edition of
the game that will provide you with everything you could
wish for including the original game and it's just as frenzied
expansion back, Battle Out of Hell. In addition to the main
game and the expansion there's also a nice collection of
bonus materials too to make the whole package even more
tempting. We've already reviewed both Painkiller and its
expansion so we'll just give a quick summary of both.
Painkiller
Painkiller puts you in the shoes of Daniel Garner who at
start of the game is about to take his girlfriend out for
a birthday meal. As they drive towards their destination
at high speed, in the pouring rain, Daniel takes his eyes
off the road to look at his girlfriend a bit too often and
before long they plough into an oncoming vehicle. Daniel,
now dead but trapped in purgatory, is told that in order
to receive purification, he has to kill four of Lucifer's
generals in order to prevent a war between heaven and hell.
With little choice available to him Daniel accepts the task.
To read our full review of Painkiller click here.
Painkiller:
Battle Out of Hell
Battle Out of Hell picks up where Painkiller left off with
you controlling Daniel Garner. Lucifer has been defeated
but now there's a new threat, Alastor, and there's also
those dozen's of Hell's minions to deal with too. There
are 10 levels for you to battle through and once again you'll
find yourself overwhelmed by enemies who only want to put
an end to you. On the multiplayer side of things Last Man
Standing and Capture the Flag have been added but these
are tried and trusted modes that, whilst they are nice to
have, don't really offer any kind of innovation that fans
of Painkiller might have been expecting. To read our full
review of Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell click here.
In
addition to the original game and its expansion you'll also
have a making of video, a video of the title music and a
preview of the Xbox version. The only problem here though
is that most of this offers nothing to deaf gamers. The
making of video is not subtitled (expect for the developers
Polish speech which has subtitled English text). The music
video is irrelevant for deaf gamers and you could even argue
that if you've just purchased this Black Edition on the
PC a clip of the Xbox version of the game is also rather
pointless. Also in the package are some mapping and dev
tools which is great if such things appeal to you.
Painkiller
Black Edition is certainly the package to go for if you
haven't yet purchased Painkiller. You get all the maniacal,
Deathmatch style fun of both the original game and the expansion
in one neat package. However it's tough to recommend if
you already own the original game and only need the expansion.
The extras here are worth it if you do own the original
game and it's no more deaf gamer friendly than the original
release. See our original reviews of Painkiller and Painkiller:
Battle Out of Hell for our rating and full comments on these.
Overall
Game Rating: 7.5/10
Painkiller Black Edition is a solid purchase for those who
don't have the original game but to those that did buy the
original game they would be better off paying the lesser
price for the Battle Out of Hell expansion.
Deaf
Gamers Classification:
(Click
the letter or here
for details)
The game doesn't really have any
subtitles which means you'll miss out on the story. Thankfully
though the story is just a thin veil for non-stop deathmatch
style fun.
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