Painkiller: Overdose discussion thread (for fans & critics)

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Download the 750MB demo from here.

Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer levels of mayhem, Painkiller: Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end bosses that will blow your mind!.

Game Features:
• A Prequel to the eventual Sequel bridges the storyline and ties up wandering ends.
• Overdose introduces a new character and storyline that examines the repercussions of Daniel defeating Lucifer in the original Painkiller!
• 16 NEW levels of fast-paced pain-killing action!
• 6 New demonic weapons grant the powers of a demi-god to souls awaiting damnation everywhere!
• Crafted and designed completely by Mindware Studios; long-time advocates and fans of the game.
• A reshuffled Tarot deck infuses Belial with new powers and devastating combinations.
• An innovative direction in the Painkiller universe!
• Over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell New End Bosses of colossal statures standing guard over Hell's crumbling domain and the entrances to the other realms!
• A revitalized commitment to multiplayer introduces a series of stats tracking features and game server options intended to revamp the multiplayer experience.
• Multiplayer compatibility with original Painkiller multiplayer maps and game modes!

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I'm a big Painkiller fan and had to give the game it's own thread... let's see how Overdose stacks up against Painkiller and BOOH.
 
is it a fresh big expansion or a whole new engine etc?

i just finished painkiller in trauma mode...going to start booh in trauma soon :D
 
If you play so much PK, we should play some MP sometime :P

From the screenshots, it looks like an improved "PAIN engine" that was used in the last 2 games... and I guess they're still using Havok 2.0 for physics.
 
Download on here, about 3 hours to go... gotta hit the sack soon, but I think I'll wake up at 6am to play it lol.
 
started downloading it, damn tata indicom is down now :@, else i would have got this demo in an hr. Now have to wait till tommorrow morning.

Hope i can play it @ decent settings in my card. This is a DX 9 game right??
 
It will play just fine, it's the same PAIN engine used in the last 2 games with some improvements... and as a result, it is DX9.
 
Saiyan said:
Hope i can play it @ decent settings in my card. This is a DX 9 game right??
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PAIN Engine = Awesome graphics without having to sell an arm and a leg to get a top of the line GPU. :P
 
I've got through a couple checkpoints, and here are some early observations:

1. Nightmare in OD is like Trauma (maybe it takes time adjusting to the new weapons)

2. New weapons rule, very creative indeed

3. Hardly any ammo available - you can't waste ammo, every shot has gotta count

4. While in the open, you will die standing in one place because fireballs fall out of the sky

5. Graphics and physics are pretty much the same as PK and BOOH, but I'm getting lower frames with OD

Some screens that I've taken... don't think I'll be taking anymore, having more fun playing:

 
Very cool. Always felt Painkiller was a highly underrated game (like Undying). Fantastic gameplay and the ability to allow anyone to strafe jump without having to do it the "hard" way. :)

Whens the full version out? And more importantly, when will this hit India? :ashamed:
 
Rickyk said:
Very cool. Always felt Painkiller was a highly underrated game (like Undying). Fantastic gameplay and the ability to allow anyone to strafe jump without having to do it the "hard" way. :)

Whens the full version out? And more importantly, when will this hit India? :ashamed:
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It releases Oct 23 worldwide, but expect it to take 2-4 weeks before hitting shelves here... popular titles take a week, so this should take more.
 
RiO said:
It releases Oct 23 worldwide, but expect it to take 2-4 weeks before hitting shelves here... popular titles take a week, so this should take more.
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Actually it would probably take more than that. The trend in India seems to be that only the successful franchises and highly anticipated games make it to the stores. The lesser known titles hardly make it here and Pain Killer falls under that catagory. I had a real hard time finding Legit versions of Pain Killer and BOOH.
 
The original Painkiller and BOOH took a little over a month to get here, so my guesstimate is based on that :)
 
the whole environment looks spooky although i like the whole engine and fast paced action and all i'm always scared to play painkiller.dont if its the blood or something its just make me feel like puking.
 
Ero-Sannin said:
the whole environment looks spooky although i like the whole engine and fast paced action and all i'm always scared to play painkiller.dont if its the blood or something its just make me feel like puking.
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am surprised to hear this from you, c'mon man Painkiller is pure fun :devil2:
 
Ero-Sannin said:
the whole environment looks spooky although i like the whole engine and fast paced action and all i'm always scared to play painkiller.dont if its the blood or something its just make me feel like puking.
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LOL, more blood and guts in Overdose... some screens of the second level, Haunted Valley:

 
i still havent completed painkiller it self.. my pc hd actuallllyy crashed and i lost all my saved points so didnt bother again... bt i guess ill give it a try ...cause i loved the game mindless pointless shootinng..hmmmmmmmmmmmm........
 
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