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Painkiller Review

Painkiller reviewed by Will Borger on PC, also available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Painkiller is a frustrating game. The designs for the Raid levels and enemies are largely disappointing, the story is nearly nonexistent and ends on a low note, and the Great Value Wheedonisms the characters deploy in combat often had my eyes nearly rolling out of their sockets. But I can’t dismiss it outright, either. The movement and weapons are a lot of fun, the bosses are memorable, I grew to like the characters, and the roguelite mode feels like what Painkiller wants to be. Like its characters, this is a game stuck in-between. Unworthy of heaven, but not bad enough for hell. I can’t imagine who this is for, because it’s not Painkiller fans, and even as a co-op game, it’s held back by obvious limitations. It’s a game about nothing for no one, a mediocre resurrection of a classic trying to put a new cover on an old book and hoping it still has some relevance 21 years later. Yeah. Purgatory sounds about right.

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Review

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection reviewed by Alessandro Fillari on PC, also available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1 & 2.

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is not only a great round-up of the franchise’s earliest hits, it’s also a tremendous history lesson on the building of a fighting game franchise that remains influential today. This compilation could have covered more of the noticeable gaps in time toward the end, and it could have made further efforts to tweak the tuning of some infamously imbalanced enemy AI. But the Legacy Kollection is still a great package that offers the best way to play classic Mortal Kombat and learn about both the series itself and the people who made it.

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