The Punisher demo

[apsham]

I demand you all go to your favorite game coverage site and download the demo to the new Punisher game. I expected it to be just some Max Payne clone, but boy was I wrong.

The best feature of the game is the interigation system, the best hostage/information system i've seen in a game. Basically, you run up to a criminal hit the 'E' button to grab them and then from there you can either hit 'q' to do a quick kill, 'e' to enter interigation mode or just use them as a shield against his allies. The interigation menu has four options, you can either punch them, smash their face against the ground, use gun tension or choke them. From there you get a bar of stress and their health. The point is to try to get the bar in the stress area and keep it there long enough to make t he guy talk. From there you can do what you want with him.

Another awesome thing, is that there's apparently 101 enviromental ways to interagate crime. For example in the demo level, you can grab a guy and dangle him over a pirana tank. After I got my information out of him, I pushed him into the tank, and everything goes black and white, you catch a glimpse of his barren skull before it returns to full color etc.

Meh, just go play it, you might like it.

Edited December 17, 2004 by Apple Shampoo

[Guest raze0811]

This sounds like the most awesome game ever. I love games where you can destroy people in creative ways. I'm off now to see if this game will be available on XBox at any point in the near future.

EDIT: Apparently not. I guess I will be getting the PC version then.

Edited December 17, 2004 by raze0811

[apsham]

There's only one enviromental thing is the demo, at least that i've found, but when the demo ends there's a picture of Punisher holding a guy close to one of those grinders that turns trees into pulp.

[Jonny D]

This sounds amazing. Do you know where I can get it?

[apsham]

Try http://dlx.gamespot.com/?tag=gs_lnav_dlx it's number 5 on the most recent demos list. If you can't download it from there, the server was acting up, you can find it on jsut about any PC gaming site as it's a new demo.

[apsham]

Another interesting tidbit here, I found that you can throw the people that you are holding. For example, from the second level, I grabbed a thug and threw him from the top level, down implaing him on a guard rail.

Also, I figured out that there's a mode where you hit the 'Tab' button, and you go into a mode where Punisher throws knives, you don't have to aim, and the enemies all get scared as hell. The whole time, you hear the voices of your family.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

Just downloaded the demo, and I think I'm in love with the game.

[Lord Nibbler]

Any idea why my screen keeps going white when I try to look around?

[apsham]

There's a patch that might fix that...other than that, your PC is shite.