The Punisher demo is out
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sonycowboy
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You can also pick up the PS2 demo (along with Mercenaries demo) at Gamestop.
I picked it up this afternoon and will give it a whirl later tonight.
I picked it up this afternoon and will give it a whirl later tonight.
Late Stage Marxist
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Tell me more tell me more did she put up a fight?bishoptl said:
Mr_Furious
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Can someone verify if the game goes B&W when a gruesome finishing move is performed?
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KarishBHR said:
heh, that's exactly what it's like. Which is both a good and bad thing I suppose. I have no idea what they took out but it's plenty violent as is. I like the comic book coloration though, it's well done. The game itself seems well-done mechanically.
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I remember they showed concepts at GG, with Punisher popping someones eyes out,sticking his fingers in his eyeholes and then dragging him by his eyeholes (still alive and waving with hands) somewhere.
They probobly took it out or it didnt even make it into the game
They probobly took it out or it didnt even make it into the game
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:lolEekTheKat said:
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Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Screens please.
Funky Papa
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That was kinda weak. The death by torture screens are presented in black and white and you can't dismember thugs with point blank shots (grenade effects on people feel quite nasty, though)
It feels like a dated beta, I will hold my judgement until I get final code.
It feels like a dated beta, I will hold my judgement until I get final code.
Demo didn't impress me too much.
For all this talk about the interrogation function none of the cronies would tell me anything. They all said they wouldn't talk so I quick killed them all.
Anyway, I only noticed three options in the demo: Smash face, punch, and choke. None of the three lead to any decent results for me.
This game definitely plays like a Max Payne rip off. Except you can't do the cool bullet time cinematic acrobatic diving kills that you could do in the Payne games.
For all this talk about the interrogation function none of the cronies would tell me anything. They all said they wouldn't talk so I quick killed them all.
Anyway, I only noticed three options in the demo: Smash face, punch, and choke. None of the three lead to any decent results for me.
This game definitely plays like a Max Payne rip off. Except you can't do the cool bullet time cinematic acrobatic diving kills that you could do in the Payne games.
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taking the guy on the sacrificial altar and ripping his heart out rules.
and just going up to people and hitting "q" for different kids of quick kills is amusing, too.
and just going up to people and hitting "q" for different kids of quick kills is amusing, too.
Funky Papa
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Yes, it is high here. Weird, maybe is just a bug.
Okay more thoughts on the demo :
it runs at only 1024x768 - I hope it's like FSW where there's a hidden file somewhere that affects graphics settings.
AA doesn't appear to affect in game graphcis (Nvidia 67.02 drivers), yet it does sort of affect performance.
The audio is slightly offsynced with the lip movements, but not really enough to be jarring though.
By default the holster button was unmapped on my setup, once you holster guns though The Punisher pulls out a big knife and guts people if you quick kill from the front.
The pirahna sequence was in black and white here too.
None the less, if the full game is a bit more polished up, then this game could be pretty good fun just running around massacring criminals in hilariously overkill fashions.
That being said, if the price was -
$49.95 - Pass
$39.95 - Maybe if there's nothing better out around the same time
$29.95 - I'd definately pick it up at this price.
it runs at only 1024x768 - I hope it's like FSW where there's a hidden file somewhere that affects graphics settings.
AA doesn't appear to affect in game graphcis (Nvidia 67.02 drivers), yet it does sort of affect performance.
The audio is slightly offsynced with the lip movements, but not really enough to be jarring though.
By default the holster button was unmapped on my setup, once you holster guns though The Punisher pulls out a big knife and guts people if you quick kill from the front.
The pirahna sequence was in black and white here too.
None the less, if the full game is a bit more polished up, then this game could be pretty good fun just running around massacring criminals in hilariously overkill fashions.
That being said, if the price was -
$49.95 - Pass
$39.95 - Maybe if there's nothing better out around the same time
$29.95 - I'd definately pick it up at this price.
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In my last run through I just messed around with quick kills, and saw like 5 or 6 different ones.
Among them were :
I stuffed a grenade in some guy's mouth, he ran around all panicked until he exploded.
Capped a guy in the stomach with the shotgun, and the poor victim pumped the shotgun for me.
Smashed a guy's knee with the shotgun's butt, and then crushed his face with a solid hit from the rifle.
Also I grabbed some guy, interrogated and punched him in the face a few times, then threw him off the railing and watched him scream and faceplant to his doom off a second floor balcony.
In my last run through I just messed around with quick kills, and saw like 5 or 6 different ones.
Among them were :
I stuffed a grenade in some guy's mouth, he ran around all panicked until he exploded.
Capped a guy in the stomach with the shotgun, and the poor victim pumped the shotgun for me.
Smashed a guy's knee with the shotgun's butt, and then crushed his face with a solid hit from the rifle.
Also I grabbed some guy, interrogated and punched him in the face a few times, then threw him off the railing and watched him scream and faceplant to his doom off a second floor balcony.
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That's certainly encouraging to hear. There was an AVI at Xbox.IGN that had the game go B&W when the enemy got dunked into the pirahna infested water. This better not be some bullshit console only censorship being implemented. Man, I wish I never saw that AVI :-\WarPig said:
From what I know/hear/have been told the game definitely goes all sepia/the camera turns away, during the special kills. But I'm not really fussed. I find the whole thing repellant anyway (even though I do love the Garth Ennis comics) - it's just gratuitous, and the kills aren't even remotely satisfying.
Weird. My gore settings were on high, but when I pushed the kid into the piranahs, the screen went black till it was finished (all other cutscenes worked fine)
I come here to ask, but there was an error, so I went to play the game and it says my card isn't compatible... let me get this straight, I play you for 15 minutes, and NOW it doesn't like my videocard, what the hell?
I tried restarting to no avail. Any ideas?
I come here to ask, but there was an error, so I went to play the game and it says my card isn't compatible... let me get this straight, I play you for 15 minutes, and NOW it doesn't like my videocard, what the hell?
I tried restarting to no avail. Any ideas?
Apparently the project manager said the Sepia thing was a compromise to get them an M rating, whereas the game was originally AO.
Part of the reason why this game was rated AO originally was because of the interactive nature of the killings. Manhunt was pretty much click button, watch person die, but in Punisher you actually get to smash the guy's face in with a flick of the analogue or mouse.
I find this game much more interesting than Max Payne, simply for the fact that there's so many different comically over the top ways to kill people.
Given there's a PC version of this now just made it all the more interesting, as I'm curious to see if people find a way to defeat all the censoring on the PC vs the (presumably) mostly static console versions.
Part of the reason why this game was rated AO originally was because of the interactive nature of the killings. Manhunt was pretty much click button, watch person die, but in Punisher you actually get to smash the guy's face in with a flick of the analogue or mouse.
I find this game much more interesting than Max Payne, simply for the fact that there's so many different comically over the top ways to kill people.
Given there's a PC version of this now just made it all the more interesting, as I'm curious to see if people find a way to defeat all the censoring on the PC vs the (presumably) mostly static console versions.
Mr_Furious
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Now that's just fucking retarded anyway you slice it. Input from a button is ok for gratuitious violence getting an "M" rating but using the analog stick equals a AO rating? Such bullshit. Well my interest in this game just deminished. Good going Volition/THQ.EekTheKat said: