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DreamCatcher has popped a PC demo up for its new Painkiller game Overdose.

It started out life as a fan-made mod that allowed you to destroy things as half-angel and half-demon gatekeeper Belial, but was soon given a wad of notes so that it could flesh itself out into a proper offering.

You will now be able to slaughter around 40 freshly demented and Hell-spawned nasties with an armoury of six new weapons. Then, if you get a little bored, you can head online to try out the bundle of new multiplayer maps.

Painkiller: Overdose has been put together by Mindware, unlike the previous Painkiller and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell instalments that were made by People Can Fly.

Painkiller is a first-person shooter that takes place in Purgatory and Hell, and aims to bring about the kind of joy games like Doom and Serious Sam put in your hands.

Pop over to the Sunday morning-inspired Painkiller: Battle out of Hell review for more information.

About Painkiller: Overdose
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- Release date 23/11/2007
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mkreku #1 4 years ago

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But what does Painkiller lack that Doom and Serious Sam had? Co-op.

Fix it, Dreamcatcher.
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Maldoror #2 4 years ago

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Painkiller was a pretty solid FPS on the PC and the multiplayer deathmatch, was very popular amongst the hardcore deathmatch players (all 10 of them).

But talk about releasing a game at a bad time, with so many other great FPS either out right now or around the corner.
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sharpfish #3 4 years ago

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They are releasing it at the perfect time (HALLOWEEN) this is the #1 halloween shooter (at least the first painkiller was with those witches flying by! 0
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BobsYourUncle #4 4 years ago

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Pfft, UncleLou told us about this hours ago.
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LFace #5 4 years ago

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Just tried it. Graphics aint too bad. Yeah theyre not crysis standard but still looks alright. Gameplay is ok too but again nothing special. I loved painkiller and its expansion and this seems like more of the same but from a different perspective. The new weapons seem a little gimmicky though but so far thats my only major gripe.
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Der_tolle_Emil #6 4 years ago

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Painkiller? Great. It was such a great singleplayer game, I played it a lot - so much better than most other singleplayer FPS games out there. Will definetly try this!
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DUFFKING #7 4 years ago

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I thought PainKiller was incredibly dull
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lambtron #8 4 years ago

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Yes, so did I.
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huxathon #9 4 years ago

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Painkiller was a lot of fun, it had almost tetris-like qualities especially when you worked out how to juggle victims.
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UncleLou #10 4 years ago

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I loved the original Painkiller (single-player). Some fun weapons and setpieces, enormous bosses, ann all very slick.

This demo, however, did nothing for me - what's it with the gimmicky weapons? It also looks a bit ugly by today's standards, really.
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Machetazo #11 4 years ago

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/Does research - It's a standalone, according to lead designer chap.
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