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Still, its repellently violent gameplay dripped with atmosphere, and it was a pretty unique and original narrative idea. But Odium bombed and Metropolis rincewind sank and the developers moved on to start People Can Flyand if Painkiller is any indication of the general quality we can expect from this studio, we're going to be hearing about them for a long, long time. It has the gore of a snuff film and the frantic intensity of a war zone, and it is quite frankly one of the most rincewind beautiful rincewind and satisfying shooters I have ever played. By distilling the FPS rulebook down to the most basic essentials (move and shoot), Painkiller wipes away the patina of complexity that so burdens, and sometimes so overwhelms, modern first-person action games. There are times when you just want to kill and kill, without restrictions or addendums, and that's what this game is about.
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