Painkiller Expansion: Battle Out of Hell

by DreamCatcher Games

Product Features

• Features 10 entirely new, diverse and bigger levels -- each one is entirely unique
• 4 new weapons, grouped in pairs, including a flamethrower/semi-machine gun
• Play 2 new multiplayer modes, including a hellish mutation of Capture the Flag
• The improved game engine offers better visual effects & advanced new editing/modding tools
• Create your own multiplayer maps or a completely new single-player campaign

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002YITSO
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,688 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Winner of Editor's Choice and Game of the Month awards from the industry's most influencial websites and print publications, Painkiller was a critical and retail hit. Now, the exciting base game is expanded with Painkiller: Battle out of Hell. Destroy new monsters, defeat bigger bosses, play new multiplayer modes. Picking up where Painkiller left off, Battle Out of Hell continues the story with our hero, Daniel Garner, surrounded by dozens of Hell's minions. Lucifer has been defeated, but Eve is unconscious at his feet, and Alastor is thirsty for blood. Battle your way out through a new single-player 10-level chapter against new and bigger villains.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible levels, short play time and terrible AI !!!!!!!, January 6, 2005

By 

SBJ400 "SBJ400" (Mt. Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painkiller Expansion: Battle Out of Hell (CD-ROM)

Painkiller was an awesome game. I still love it and anyone who has not played it should get it! If you don't have it you will need to buy it before you can play this add-on.

Now for this expansion pack...it is total garbage! How the guys behind Painkiller could have sunk so low, so fast, leaves me mystified!

The GOOD -
1) This expansion pack offers a serious upgrade in graphics quality compared to the original game. Very nice, but not enough to justify the steaming pile of stink this add-on is.

The BAD -
1)Disgustingly short gameplay time. Basically, I think the levels are leftovers picked up from the floor of the "crappy idea" department at DreamCatcher.

2)Frustratingly stupid enemies. Hide behind a pillar or in a corner and just shoot them as they do nothing to get you. Stand in a doorway and watch as they do nothing!

3)Watch as rockets and other weapons go THROUGH the enemy without hurting them. Big time clipping errors!

4)Mario style jumping puzzles and timing puzzles. This is a first person shooter, not a Mario and Luigi game! So if you can imagine trying to do jumping/timing stunts in first person mode with a character that handles like an 18 wheeler!

5) One measely BOSS character that is no fun at all to fight.

6)Nothing new or original in this expansion pack. It is just crappy, leftovers that a very smart guy decided not to include in the original game and for good reasons!!!!!


SAVE YOUR $20. $20 is halfway to a copy of Half-Life 2! Also, there are some awesome releases coming this first quarter of the new year. This add-on is not worth $5. I wouldn't even let my dog pee on it.

If you have played PainKiller, you will be on a very exciting high after surviving such a thrilling, creepy roller coaster of game play. If you expect the same thing from this add-on you will be dropped into the depths of a suicidal depression. YES, IT REALLY IS THAT BAD!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fixed It Until It Broke, December 27, 2004

By 

John Szewczyk "Audio Enthusiast" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Painkiller Expansion: Battle Out of Hell (CD-ROM)

I can't think of a better description than that. They fixed the game until it broke. Immediately plan on turning off the "high poly weapons" (which looked better in Painkiller by the way than they do in this expansion) because it'll simply put most systems into slow motion, especially with the flamethrower. I could max out PK at 1024 before, now with all these new effects that really don't make much difference, I have to turn stuff down and the game looks worse than it did previously.

The expansion pack seems to have taken away the cool music and replaced it with a weak sort of techno droning.

The best part about this thing is that it causes the original game to run like garbage too, so not only can you not enjoy your new game, but you can't enjoy the old one either!

Aside from the graphics and music, the game is relatively the same. You can't complain much about the gameplay when it's just kill everything that moves. As another review stated, do watch out for cheap tricks and surprise death pits.

I had crashes with the old Painkiller two or three times, but I've already had a problem with this one and that was in the 2nd level. In the end though, if you bought the original you might as well buy this (and at least an ATI 9800 Pro+).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly tested add-on to a fun game., December 22, 2004

By 

K. Butler (escondido, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Painkiller Expansion: Battle Out of Hell (CD-ROM)

The first painkiller was a ton of mindless, violent fun. BOOH takes the exact same formula and adds a few new weapons and new maps. The problem I have with the game is the VERY steep jump in the difficulty level half way through. On the map called Stalingrad they suddenly give all the baddies guns, grenades and damn good aim. You go from losing life in 5 percent chunks to taking hits that kill a third of your life meter. You take a few of those hits, die, and then stare at a VERY long reload time while trying to memorize a new path that won't instantly kill you. Rinse and repeat. Not fun.

So why not just turn down the difficulty? Because if you do, the game will disable the "cards" that grant you special powers and the game won't be half as much fun. So basically the developers all but demands you play it on default difficulty then cranks it up to an absurd level half way through. Of course the fan boys who consider it an "acomplishment" to "beat" a video game will eat this up. But this game is rated Mature and should therefore be designed with adults in mind. I don't know many adults who will put up with the frustration.