Painkiller is a first-person shooter video game released on April 12, 2004. It was published by DreamCatcher Interactive and developed by Polish game studio People Can Fly. It attempts to replicate the "old-school FPS" gameplay of Doom and Quake. It has 24 levels of seemingly unconnected designs that include medieval castles, factories and lunatic asylums. Five of the levels are "boss levels" with some of the largest FPS bosses to date. The game takes place in Purgatory and Hell. It is notable for using the Havok 2.0 physics engine extensively. The main character, Daniel Garner, is voiced by Cam Clarke.
Near future. The political situation in the world of tense to the limit because of the extremely unpleasant incident: in the sky over Eastern Europe, the U.S. missile shot down an airliner by a commercial flight. As a result of the disaster all on board were killed. The U.S. government officially declared nothing to do with what happened. One of the most experienced agents of U.S. intelligence Michael Thornton entrusted the task to investigate and find the culprits of the tragedy to prevent a looming international conflict.
This epic role playing game is set in a medieval world on a volcanic Mediterranean island, The "Risen" story unfolds over four chapters and will offer multiple ways to develop the story by his own actions and decisions.
