Painkiller Redemption

Redemption is clearly a slapdash collection of fan-made levels packaged together. The maps are incredibly amateurish; each one is constructed from samey sparsely decorated rooms which are flooded by low-level enemies without any regard for their strategic use. They try to make the Painkiller equivalent of slaughter maps by over-stuffing each level with enemies, but the effect is less overwhelming and more tedious when they just flow in over the coarse of 5 to 10 minutes per combat encounter. Nearly every fight can be addressed by circle strafing to gather enemies in a group, then firing the rocket launcher at them. It is absolutely essential to use the tarot card that doubles the ammo you pick up from boxes; the first few levels have such little ammo that you have to be proficient at using the painkiller to make any progress otherwise.

Ever wanted a painkiller slaughter map campaign?
That's what this feels like, and it's alright for what it is.

If you expect a new painkiller game, you'll just join the many others who put a thumbs down in this review section.

If you expect a slaughter map campaign for painkiller, this is the one you're looking for. Story is reduced to its bare minimum, there's barely any effort in map design, but the monster spawns are increased a lot to create some interesting challenges.

I had fun, and the painkiller weapon carried a lot with its beam attack. Part of me wishes they didn't trickle the enemies in over time and that the map sections weren't so cramped. Gave up at the map that floods you with hitscanners, but I'm sure there's a strategy to be found. But I'll leave that to people who enjoy hunting hard maps to beat against bad odds.

It's the worst Painkiller game because it does the bare minimum and forces the player into excessively repetitive scenarios to finish it. Pretty much all the assets from this game are ripped from the other Painkiller games, including Painkiller: Overdose which carries some of the weapons over since you play as Samael the half demon for much of the game.

I had to restart this three times because level 2 can't be completed on the hardest difficulty unless you unlocked the health steal tarot card on the easier difficulty. I tried for about an hour and all the enemies on this stage deal unavoidable bullet damage that takes all of your health off in seconds. Even with the tarot card that lets you steal health I still had to hide in exploitative areas like secret nooks where ammo was hidden or use a crate for defense while enemies constantly used it to push and squeeze me into the wall.

The rest of the game is just a joke in terms of difficulty, but it's long and repetitive. The maps are just repurposed multiplayer maps that have little logical flow and are mostly pointless, in particular in level 2 because there are so many tiny spaces where enemies will just constantly kill you with nowhere to hide. Level 6 gives the player 666 ammo for no reason at all, but other stages have very little ammo considering there are 1,000+ enemies onstage, so the only way to win is to spam the Painkiller weapon which is like this hook thing. It's extremely repetitive, but easy. Most of the enemies in this game just run at you, and since the levels weren't designed for single player you can usually just jump off the side and the foolish enemies cannot follow you, being forced to walk down the stairs while you escape.

If you make it past chapter 6 there is a boss fight, surprisingly. But then there are two more levels that end with "To be continued" and the game is just over. Well, the only reason I think this is the worst Painkiller game is because it doesn't add anything. Half of the Painkiller expansions are just awful but they add some new concept or idea to the mix, whereas this feels like an asset flip that has no reason to exist. That and the first few hours frustrated me to no end until I figured out what I needed to do, so I recommend playing this only if you want to play through all the Painkiller games. The original Painkiller, Battle Out of Hell and Overdose are the good games, the other ones are "meh" except this one which is just bad.

Painkiller Redemption was developed by the Eggtooth Team and released in 2011.

In this fourth Painkiller installment, you alternately play as Daniel and Belial,
the protagonists of Painkiller: Black Edition and Overdose, respectively,
as they continue their relentless battle against the forces of evil.

As the saying goes, "Don't fix what ain't broken."
The gameplay, graphics, enemies, environments, and music remain virtually unchanged.
Well, almost.

You'll find nearly all the weapons from Painkiller and Overdose in this game,
but curiously, those from the first game's expansion (Battle Out of Hell) are nowhere to be found.

That said, the already lightning-fast and electrifying gameplay of previous titles ramps up to a whole new level of intensity here.
Did you find the earlier Painkiller games too tame, too soft, with their mere hundreds of demons to slaughter per level?
Good news! The guys at Eggtooth Team had you in mind!

Be warned: the maps in Painkiller Redemption are quite small,
so much so that the game feels like an arena shooter.
And for good reason—the six levels are based on multiplayer maps from previous entries!
These maps have been slightly reworked and split into bite-sized segments,
where you face hordes of enemies spawning by the hundreds.
In some cases, you’ll need to mow down over a thousand creatures per map!
Once a massacre is complete, a new section of the map unlocks,
complete with a checkpoint that restores your health and saves your progress.

It’s worth noting that Redemption can be downright brutal at times,
thanks to the overwhelming number of enemies you face in such tiny spaces.
This makes the game incredibly intense, bordering on downright frenetic at times.
It’s a real challenge for fans of the earlier titles.
That said, I was surprised by how easy the final boss fight felt—
previous Painkiller games had conditioned me to expect more epic battles.

Leave your brain at the door for Painkiller Redemption.
This game takes the concept of a mindless, action-packed shooter to the extreme.
Blazingly fast and hardcore, this fourth chapter doesn’t mess around.
Claustrophobes and fans of laid-back games need not apply!
That said, it’s a shame the game is so short and feels less inspired than its predecessors.

They had on mantles with the hoods low down
before their eyes, and fashioned of the cut
that in Cologne they for the monks are made.
Without, they gilded are so that it dazzles;
but inwardly all leaden and so heavy
that Frederick used to put them on of straw

Well I perceived one sent from Heaven was he,
and to the Master turned; and he made sign
that I should quiet stand, and bow before him.
Ah! how disdainful he appeared to me!
He reached the gate, and with a little rod
he opened it, for there was no resistance.

Absolutely secondary and boring experience, absolutely no new features or additions. You can skip it.

Mindless close quarters slaughter.
Could be fun for some.

Less bugged than Resurrection, but eggtooth team managed to create such ridiculous spawns that so far it is the worst experience in Painkiller series

Trash... 6 levels of (HAHA I GOT YOU TRAPPED IN A SMALL ROOM!!!)... well O.K. you beat this room, go ahead to the next room that I promise isn't 100% exactly the same thing... (HAHA I GOT YOU TRAPPED IN A SMALL ROOM!!!)... well O.K. you beat this room, go ahead to the next room that I promise isn't 100% exactly the same thing... (HAHA I GOT YOU TRAPPED IN A SMALL ROOM!!!)... Etc.. Etc.. Just play PAINKILLER BLACK EDITION then just skip the rest of the entire series pretty much.

This one was one of the better Painkiller fan-made sequels if not the best (haevn't played recurring evil yet),
However it really captured the joy of the original, with less bugs, but the extreme count of enemies on screen at once, doesn't really help its AI, as you can easily group them in large swarms and detonate them...

Ludzie którzy dają negatywy są typowymi szkolnymi kujonkami, albo dzisiejszymi dorosłymi korpo szczurami, którzy liżą buty szefowi:
"No za dużo jest przeciwników, za fajnie się ich morduje, aż zaraz nie wytrzymam, najlepiej nasrać tylko troszeczkę szkielecików, którzy będą strzelać z połowy mapy jak w 'battle out of hell', żeby gracz musiał jak w quake'u na instabigie ich kołkownicą snajpić a jak jestem w stanie w końcu używać tutłowej borni 'pankiller' to już mi się nie podoba bo jest za łatwo a ja chce jebane dark soulsy zrobić z gry z 2004 roku"

Redemption jest właśnie tym czego nie byłó w pierwszym painkillerze.
Są mapy z ponad tysiącem przeciwników, jest dużo amunicji i dwie postacie czyli mamy wszystkie bronie z serii.
Jest to typowa gra do zabawy a ludzie, którzy tego nie rozumieją niech wracaja do swojego trującego bagna w dark soulsach.

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My first painkiller game was Painkiller Recurring Evil. I Purchased this game because it was developed by Eggtooth Team which is behind the excellent music of recurring evil. This game unfortunately does not have any amazing in-combat music except the one which you will hear in the very end while credits are rolling. The game really lacks depth but the satisfying gun-play of painkiller is still there. This game do put you up against 700-1000 enemies per level. So if you want to use the overpowered weaponry on dozens of enemies at once, in this game you can do that. I would recommend playing recurring evil or black edition first and then this if you want some more action. Generally I go for trauma difficulty in painkiller games but for this I completed the game on nightmare difficulty. For playing in trauma difficulty I would recommend the hellgun mod (restores the weapon especially made for dealing this game's difficulty ) or unlimited ammo mod so that you would not run out of rocket launchers ammo.

If you want a repetitive and bland mixture (every map is the same - hordes of enemies in tight spaces) of the original two games, this is your jam. It's a good thing I got this thing dirt cheap (packed with the original games during a sale), because I don't know how anyone would get tricked into spending 5 bucks for something that should have been a free mod.

Way too many monsters to kill it takes away the fun of the game