games website "Demon Removal: Hell Curse" detailed review: unparalleled FPS return!

Name of the game: Demon Removal: Hell Curse

English name: Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

Genre: First Person Shooter (FPS) game

Game production: The Farm 51

Published by Nordic Games

Game platform: PC

Release date: October 31, 2012

The official website: http://www.painkillergame.com/

I. Personal mood

"Painkiller" (also known as "Fear killer", "Painkiller"), came out in 2004, because of its unique weapons, control Settings, script Settings, and crisp combat can create a tight game atmosphere, so it is famous at the time.

Eight years have passed, and "Demon Slaying: Hell's Curse" has appeared, and as a remake of a classic game, how will she make us feel? What kind of golden light will this once excellent masterpiece send out on today's PC platform filled with FPS? Let's wait and see.

Ii. Introduction to the game

"Demon Slaying: Hell's Curse" is a remake of 2004's "Demon Slaying", using the "Unreal 3" engine to create, the picture quality has been greatly improved, while inheriting the fast-paced core of the original game.

In the game, players will be able to play five game modes, including single player mode, networked cooperative mode, Deathmatch mode and team Deathmatch mode. Of course, in order to better improve the game, the official also provides a feedback function, click the button players can directly go to the official forum for feedback.

Three. Game screen

A game made with Unreal Engine 3 inevitably opens with a bold red logo, followed by a magnificent UI, a distant sun hidden in the clouds, and a powerful skull statue in the close-up.

Moving clouds and stationary objects shine against each other, giving the entire UI a dynamic effect. After choosing a good difficulty to enter the teaching level, a closed similar temple or bell tower inside the scene, the game screen is still passable, worthy of this 4G more game volume.

The dynamic light source effect and the relatively large item model are not bad, but many subtle places are not satisfactory. A closer look at the surface texture and texture details is basically a Mosaic. Look up at the day, a group of stickers, far-looking, or stickers. Take a look at the scenery around you, the trees and plants are still stickers!

And the scene is very monotonous. Gothic architecture is a good representation of the game style, but the repeated use of the site can feel dull, and there are too many invisible walls and narrow terrain, but these are also the limitations of the theme and the characteristics of the game.

The end of the formal start of the game, CG cutscene compared to the game screen will be a lot better, special effects, facial expressions are no problem of the masterpiece style. Briefly explain the plot of the next general game (Chinese patch reasons, the game dialogue is still eagle text.

However, with very NiuBi's English level to understand the plot is no question, in simple terms, male pig and male pig's lover Catherine have died, and then a devil like death comes out and tells the protagonist that after collecting a certain number of souls, he can see Catherine again. Then the male pig began to kill the egg pain of collecting the soul of the road such a dog blood brainless plot) after officially entering the game.

The explosion effect is quite good when fighting, the gun model is also very beautiful, a handful (although there are only 3......) The exquisitely designed and handsome postmodern sci-fi style weapon exudes a strong metallic texture and beauty. The gun also works well when fired.

Is the appearance of the enemy set the comparison file modeling is also very simple, is it to highlight the hero's grandeur? A wretched little skeleton really let people can not raise the pleasure of shooting. The pools of blood on the ground after killing the miscellaneous soldiers, the various colors of energy scattered everywhere and the suspension props that improve the effect look like the picture level of the era of Quake, it is really nostalgic ah......

To sum it up in a simple sentence, it can be seen from afar, but it is terrible to see.

4. Game music/sound effects

The game music is good, after entering the battle, the background music of the game automatically switches to a strong rhythm of rock music, with only three words - JJ Burst! The sound effects are good, too.

Whether it is the shooting sound of the gun or the striking sound effect after hitting the enemy, although it is not so brilliant and excellent, it is at least medium and above the level in the FPS, which is much stronger than the 007: Legend played in the morning.

Five. Game operation

The operability of this game is also the same as the original, simple and clear without complicated keys, each instruction can be easily executed. Kill all enemies here, move to other rooms (the compass at the top of the screen shows the direction of movement), etc. These tips and the actual operation are easy to use.

The lowest level of the enemy may be the skeleton (skeleton), a little stronger may be armed skeleton soldiers, this time the freezing effect is useful, freeze them first, and then slowly fix. It is worth noting that the game does not have the setting of right-clicking (right clicking is a special shooting mode for weapons), and can only use the cursor in the middle of the screen to shoot like CS.

At the same time, both the enemy and the characters under their control have the problem of moving too fast, coupled with the yellow screen of Unreal 3 and the narrow scene of the game, it is easy to cause 3D vertigo syndrome!

Game style and system

The game is actually very simple, it is fixed in a small room to kill all the enemies in front of you and then enter the portal to enter the next scene and kill all the enemies. There are a few collected elements (including souls, gold, armor, relics, ammo, etc.) and Tarot elements similar to card skill slots.

After collecting a certain number of souls, you can transform into a demon form, at this time the screen turns red, and your movement speed, attack speed and attack power are greatly increased. If you were a Pac-man running around being chased before, then after the change is equivalent to eating big beans to eat the enemy's super foodie!

But I have to say that the game also has some shortcomings that can not be ignored, first of all, the enemy's attack form seems to only kill you, playing more feels like really playing Pac-Man! Then there are only three types of weapons temporarily found (the first is a blade gun similar to the samurai sword, the shape is very arrogant, a direct knife attack at close range, and the pistol can issue ammunition that can freeze the enemy, which is very important, and will be mentioned later.

Another gun had a long barrel, took slightly longer to reload, and fired a grenade-like object), which was dull in every way but pretty. Left button one attack, right button one, no need to change the bullet setting is very cool.

Miscellaneous soldiers are attacked after the death effect is a lot, such as the simplest frozen after breaking into pieces! The ballistics and dismemberment systems are worth mentioning, but they're a bit of a stretch compared to games with similar elements like L4D2's bullet to limb effects and physics effects, or DARK SECTOR's sawing effects.

Vii. Conclusion

This game is a high-definition remastered version of the 2004 release of "Demon Slaying", compared to the former, it does not increase too much precision and creativity in it, and it only improves the picture level. But often simple is the most happy, perhaps a no-brainer can be with good gay friends to engage in gay shooting is the real essence of this game.

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