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[Kiya's Guard]

Saber?! Demonic swarm technology??

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Finally, a real Doom game
(Liked the 1st, hated Eternal, let's see how the Dark ages will fare).

This looks like a "proper" fps, a - wait for it - R E T U R N T O F O R M if you will without the platforming and color coded pick up bullshit.

Hope it will turn out to be good

 

[kevboard]

This is just a bad take. The original game developed by chmielarz was exceptional at the time.

it was fine... there's nothing exceptional about it

 

[CamHostage]

Interesting that it's been farmed out to Saber, they've been on a bit of a hot streak lately, even World War Z became dope in the end.

They're a publisher (whatever that means these days...) and are license-rescuing this alongside 3DRealms (which is also publisher'ish); neither are actually developing the game.

Anshar Studios is developing this new Painkiller. Anshar made Gamedec and I think some VR stuff and also did co-dev work on a bunch of well-known games.

Anshar Studios - Video Game Development Studio

Anshar Studios specialize in narrative RPG games, so check one of ours or let us help you create one for you.

ansharstudios.com

Saber?! Demonic swarm technology??

It's a different developer, as mentioned above. Saber might be lending them Swarm, possibly, but more likely it's a custom engine or Unity/Unreal project? Not sure if Anshar has named its engine yet.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

It's a different developer, as mentioned above. Saber might be lending them Swarm, possibly, but more likely it's a custom engine or Unity/Unreal project? Not sure if Anshar has named its engine yet.

Yeah I saw the trailer later, it's on unreal

 

[Hypereides]

Painkiller H&D was fucking awful tbh.

Can't say I fully agree. I enjoyed it for what it was, despite what seemed like a few odd story jumps.

 

[Toots]

I don't remember the weapons and combat feeling particularly good

You remember wrong then, it was at the time one of the wildest fps ever.
They had a stake launcher that would nail enemies to walls. For that weapon only the game is legendary.

 

[Griffon]

You remember wrong then, it was at the time one of the wildest fps ever.
They had a stake launcher that would nail enemies to walls. For that weapon only the game is legendary.

Yes everybody remembers that cool gimmick.

Which was promptly copied over by better games (HL2 and FEAR come to mind).

 

[niilokin]

There was a console command to make enemy corpses stay, it was glorious....

 

[Toots]

Yes everybody remembers that cool gimmick.

Which was promptly copied over by better games (HL2 and FEAR come to mind).

Then you remember that painkiller combat had some cool things going for it, which makes your first statement invalid.

 

[scarlet0pimp]

holy shit, have been wanting to play this again for ages, or get a sequel.

 

[kevboard]

Then you remember that painkiller combat had some cool things going for it, which makes your first statement invalid.

having cool ideas is not the same as having good gunplay.

the weapons can have interesting ideas, and at the same time feel bad to actually use.

painkiller specifically had really weak gunmodel animations, and especially the steak gun felt weird. not only was the animation kinda weak, but also it's very clearly visible that the actual projectile doesn't come out of your gun, but out of the center of your camera view.

the accompanying sound effect while shooting it also doesn't sound all that amazing. it's just a little thud sound.

 

[Sticks]

having cool ideas is not the same as having good gunplay.

the weapons can have interesting ideas, and at the same time feel bad to actually use.

painkiller specifically had really weak gunmodel animations, and especially the steak gun felt weird. not only was the animation kinda weak, but also it's very clearly visible that the actual projectile doesn't come out of your gun, but out of the center of your camera view.

the accompanying sound effect while shooting it also doesn't sound all that amazing. it's just a little thud sound.

So, I loved blasting with the shotgun and going demon time.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Looks lit as fuck, DOOM has some competition

 

[Gubaldo]

 

[Kadve]

Can't say I fully agree. I enjoyed it for what it was, despite what seemed like a few odd story jumps.

My problem was with how much it axed. Think the remake only contained around 65% of the original + expansion in terms of content.

 

[pasterpl]

Loved the first one, day 1 on the sequel.

 

[Branded]

Looks so bloody good. The fact that it has co-op is the cherry on top.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

Looks like a ton of fun!

 

[Buggy Loop]

 

[Gonzito]

I miss these types of shooters. We need more games like these and less souls games

 

[Laptop1991]

I played a couple of these back in the day, they were fun shooters but once i had completed them or played most of the game, i stopped or i never replayed them, good for straight up FPS fun though.

 

[Fbh]

Looks awesome.
Also didn't realize this has coop

 

[seething left]

So, is it like a reboot of the original Painkiller from 2004? Does it feature Daniel as the main character who wants to reunite with Catherine?

 

[Gubaldo]

Release oct 9th 2025

 

[tylrdiablos]

GOG currently have Painkiller Black Edition at 80% off so I'm gonna play through that whilst I wait for the reviews (& performance info) on this one.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/painkiller

 

[John Bilbo]

GOG currently have Painkiller Black Edition at 80% off so I'm gonna play through that whilst I wait for the reviews (& performance info) on this one.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/painkiller

It's a great game though I think the enemy hitboxes could be a bit more forgiving.

 

[Gubaldo]

Painkiller PC Requirements

Minimum:

• • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or Intel Arc A750
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 30 GB available space

Recommended:

• • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Memory: 32 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT or Intel Arc A770
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 30 GB available space

 

[Germuso]

A good shooter for real men.

 

[John Bilbo]

Looks quite a bit like the modern Doom games

 

[Polelock]

Day 1! Painkiller was my first PC shooter, I didn't get a PC until I bought a Dell XPS lol. This game rocked, I had an Altec Lansing 5.1 surround sound, this and Doom 3 when it came out where on constantly.

 

[Dazraell]

I lost all of my excitement about it when I saw what is the devs vision for this game (PvE co-op shooter with annoying characters). There has been some gameplays making the rounds online and all of them feel really souless and not even close to original Painkiller. Here's one of the examples

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I lost all of my excitement about it when I saw what is the devs vision for this game (PvE co-op shooter with annoying characters). There has been some gameplays making the rounds online and all of them feel really souless and not even close to original Painkiller. Here's one of the examples

Oh yeah, that looks like Doom Eternal rip-off with a DMC combo meter. How do you make an FPS game with more bounce pads per second than a Sonic game? Who is this for?

 

[Dazraell]

Who is this for?

I've been asking the same thing the moment I heard some impressions on this game and thought it has to be some kind of mistake. But the more I delved into it, it became obvious this might not be a game I wanted from this IP. I'm curious about the reviews though