Painkiller (video game): Difference between revisions

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A [[Spiritual Successor]] to this game, named ''[[Bulletstorm (Video Game)|Bulletstorm]]'', is now available.

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=== This game provides examples of: ===

* [[Abnormal Ammo]] - Roughly every single weapon has you firing something that could arch a few eyebrows. Demon fetuses, stakes, the screams of a severed demon head...

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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Just in case you missed the intro, Belial will be sure to remind you. Every 15 seconds or so.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]] - In ''Resurrection'': {{spoiler|"Before you, only two others had stood against the legions in purgatory. One was Daniel, who was looking for his love...and found her. The other was Belial, who was looking for revenge...but instead found mercy." The line about Daniel is likely referring to the first Painkiller's secret ending, which is non-canon, although Belial's ending was the exact OPPOSITE of mercy.}}

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]] - The final boss is Lucifer himself.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - The final boss is Lucifer himself.

* [[Die Chair Die]]

* [[Discontinuity]] - Overdose started off as a fan-made mod to Painkiller. It shows. A lot.

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* [[Hell]] - The last level of the original; The earlier ones are actually Purgatory.

* [[Hell Is War]] - Literally. The final area of the game takes place in [[Hell]], which to the hero's human eyes looks like a time-frozen collection of historic war scenarios with the humans cut out, complete with an unmanned battering ram breaking through crumbling castle walls, grenades exploding in trenches, a crashing airplane and, looming in the distance, a giant mushroom cloud forming over an exploding atomic bomb.

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]] - Most games with this game's development budget just have a couple of guys who sound like they were grabbed from the office across the hall do all the voice work. ''Painkiller'' actually goes the extra mile and has several recognizable voice actors, including Cam "Liquid Snake" Clarke as the main character, and the incredibly hammy Jim Cummings as Alastor.

* [[Hey It's That Voice]] - Most games with this game's development budget just have a couple of guys who sound like they were grabbed from the office across the hall do all the voice work. ''Painkiller'' actually goes the extra mile and has several recognizable voice actors, including Cam "Liquid Snake" Clarke as the main character, and the incredibly hammy Jim Cummings as Alastor.

* [[Highly Visible Ninja]] - If they're not using projectile attacks, then they're about four inches from your nose trying to kill you. And they repeatedly yell in Japanese.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] - If they're not using projectile attacks, then they're about four inches from your nose trying to kill you. And they repeatedly yell in Japanese.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]] - {{spoiler|How Daniel defeats Lucifer.}}

* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]] - Daydream is easy, Insomnia is normal, Nightmare is hard, and Trauma is [[Nintendo Hard]].

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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - Daniel's easy-going Imp friend that follows him around for most of the game turns out to be {{spoiler|Lucifer himself in disguise, busy digging holes to open portals between Purgatory and Hell}}.

* [[Obvious Beta]] - ''Resurrection'', through and through.

* [[One Hit Kill]] - Part of the demon morph's powers, except against bosses.

* [[One-Hit Kill]] - Part of the demon morph's powers, except against bosses.

** One of the cards, when activated, gives every single enemy 1 HP.

* [[One Man Army]]

* [[One-Man Army]]

* [[Pacifist Run]] - Sort of; the Tarot Card challenge of ''Battle Out Of Hell'''s second level, Looney Park, is "Kill no more than 88 enemies". The first 67 kills are mandatory, so the Pacifism part only comes into play during the rail shooter section in the second half.

** Doubles as a [[Luck Based Mission]]: the roller-coaster automatically running over 18 enemies and the other enemies accidentally killing each other can ''very'' easily push your kill count over 88.

* [[~~Powerup~~ Letdown]] - Many tarot cards.

* [[Power-Up Letdown]] - Many tarot cards.

* [[Puzzle Boss]] - It's easier to name those who are NOT: Necrogiant, Alastor, and Cerberus.

* [[Quad Damage]] - Via the Black Tarot. There's also a skull item which alters weapons so that some of their weaknesses are removed.