Thread 723798994

A long awaited sequel to one of the biggest boomer shooters just came out, how come there are no threads? Did all the gamer dads leave this board?

My boyfriend told me the game is fun and has coop but the coop is gross becuase the 2nd player has to play as a bimbo

>>723799114
Is that true? I'd love to be the bimbo

>>723798994 (OP)
>Coop friendslop focus
There's your reason.

>>723798994 (OP)
It's a raid game with no solo mode, and these are the characters you play as. The brand name was just bait, I guess.

>>723799491
>No solo mode
brb, removing from my wishlist.

different studio, looks terrible and nothing like painkiller

>511 players
Yeah it's dead for good now. Boomer IPs that were only mildly popular in the first place should not be resurrected.

>The stupid [NAME] meme that means everyone will forever have to suffix it with the release year
Yeah miss me with that hack shit

>>723799491
well according to the steam page there's a campaign

>>723798994 (OP)
I tried the demo and found it to be unfun. Worse than Doom: The Dark Ages.
Apparently the game is already on torrent sites. I suspect the developers themselves did that as an attempt to hide poor sales behind piracy, when in fact it's just because it's an unfun game.

>>723799491
Why do they keep making them all ugly as fuck

>>723800350
Most games are pirated day 1, that's never really a problem, people don't really pretend it's a problem anymore. Denuvo shit is still a small minority of games

Why do devs keep making these games co-op focused? Surely game developers REALIZE that MOST gamers have no friends?

>>723798994 (OP)
I played the demo and the shooting felt unsatisfying

>>723800294
It's a co-op campaign, though you can play with bots.

>>723801067
You SICK FUCK

painkiller was never particularly good

>>723800442
Eh, the original MC looked like a generic 90's-early 00's Slav bro. Leather jackets went out of style decades ago, but were a status symbol in former Soviet countries.

Oh boy a new game for /v/ to be offended by that they weren't going to play anyways

>>723798994 (OP)
The only good Painkiller game is the original and everything after it was average at best, but mostly shit.
This will be no different, especially since they're trying to go for the NuDoom audience.

>>723801286
I'm offended by the games industry continuing to churn out generic garbage and studios killing themselves by making trash no one wants

>>723799491
LMAO Concord taught these devs nothing.

>>723801192
Painkiller Black is all anyone need play of this franchise.

It is Painkiller in name only, decent game if the demo was any indication but why would you settle for "decent" in an oversaturated market.

>>723801330
The original is average too let's be honest

>>723798994 (OP)
>Painkiller
>One of the biggest boomer shooters
Not only is it not a "boomer shooter", it's not even remotely close to being big. It's as niche as you can get, it's a horror flavored Serious Sam.
Also it's not that good in the first place.

>>723801390
The original game had no level design to speak of (just big arenas where doors locked behind you), the enemies had no AI (they just rushed towards you). The shooting was kind of fun though, especially the stake gun with ragdoll physics, that was very novel at that time.

>Early 2000s Bargain bin lower shelf FPS games are now "boomer shooter classics"
Painkiller was like, $15 in its heyday. Why would ANYONE pay $40 for it NOW?

>>723801901
Painkiller was a top tier game, the bargain bin ones were stuff like Will Rock and Devastation
t. actual boomer

>>723798994 (OP)
>"Sequel" released 20 years later made by none of the guys who made the original
>It's shit
Wow who would have guessed. The actual Painkiller devs moved on and are making Witchfire btw, which is actually good.

>>723799491
Wait what? Is it like l4d then? Was really looking forward to it so I didn't want to spoil anything and didn't check a single trailer

>>723802759
>Is it like l4d then?
Yes.

>>723798994 (OP)
I tried playing the first one but it was the most tedious and boring game I have ever played
You just hold down the fire button while hundreds of enemies run at you in a straight line

>>723798994 (OP)
that's no boomershooter
looks more like a sad UE4 asset flip

>>723802979
>You just hold down the fire button while hundreds of enemies run at you in a straight line
yeah, that's how boomer shooters work

Played the demo with some friends gonna give it a good 2 hours this weekend in the hopes the campaign will offer a bit more with some boss fights

>>723802979
>you just hold down the fire button while hundreds of enemies run at you in a straight line
So, peak gaming?

>>723801286
This

>>723801281
Generic is better than the "reimagined" cast

>>723799652
I don't get how anyone could think it'd be good to begin with. Painkiller is basically a cursed series. Only the first game and its expansion were good. Every other game in the series ranged from thoroughly mediocre to just fucking outright awful.

>character's main personality trait is that she was raped
Peak writing

>>723798994 (OP)
Why the hell did they even make it a co-op shooter? the fuck were they thinking? I was hoping that it was going to be viable solo. But it's too fucked up from this design that it's irredeemable in that regard too.

>>723801067
why do you do it
>>723802318
so that's why i like witchfire

I have Doom eternal likes fatigue

>>723805050
Doom Eternal is the best FPS game ever made.

>>723805547
Not even close, it can thank covid for its slight popularity

>>723798994 (OP)
It's not painkiller
Simple as

>>723805547
It's soi

>>723804832
I thought it was a single player nu doom like shooter after seeing the e3 trailer. Gaming companies have a bankruptcy fetish it seems, I don't know why they keep shitting gaas coop shooters

>>723801281
>Leather jackets went out of style decades ago
I still like them...

>>723806149
blackrock money
that's why we keep getting jewish/black characters, they don't care about the money they care about the message

Is Serious Sam 4 good?

>>723800294
>handcrafted randomized

>>723798994 (OP)
Looks like Nu-Doom.
Cringe af.

Also I can just replay any of these.

>>723802318
>The actual Painkiller devs moved on and are making Witchfire btw, which is actually good.
Huh really?
That game was giving me Painkiller vibes, but it all makes sense now.

oh no no boomershooterbros........

>>723802080
bruh I got Painkiller from a Level Magazine

>>723798994 (OP)
>Play as a marvel quipping shaven head ugly bitch.
Yeah no thanks.

>>723805547
The true FPS patricians game

>>723805627
Filtered!

sloppakiller

>>723799114
>misinformation
>>723799581
>misinformation
>>723800232
>misinformation
>>723800294
>actual true information
>>723801901
>misinformation
>>723802318
>misinformation
>>723802979
>misinformation
>>723808932
>misinformation

verdict: your mother, father and pets will die in their sleep tonight unless you reply to this post with sincere apologies
absolutely no immunities.

>>723801281
He looks like a copy of me

>>723802318
I tried getting into Witchfire but just couldn't. Combat felt like shit, mainly because of the damage drop off for weapons. It feels like if you're even an inch outside your guns' effective range the damage it does instantly drops to 1 rather than being a gradual drop off. The whole parry like system they've got in place where if you dodge while close to an enemy a circle appears near them that you can shoot to stun them is also finnicky as fuck. I've tried all sorts of different shit with it and the best I can figure is it only works when it feels like working. Honestly the nicest thing I can say about it is that the AI for melee enemies is pretty good, mainly the way they try to circle around you and flank you as opposed to simply charging straight at you.

>>723799491
>no solo mode

>>723813781
That's why they give you medium, long and short range weapons. You get two, pick the two ranges you're comfortable at and swap accordingly. Not being able to snipe people from across the map with your revolver is a positive for the game, not a negative.