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Blood and gore: The Punisher: No Mercy has plenty of it photo

The villains in The Punisher: No Mercy won’t suffer many clean deaths. Below the fold is a new teaser for the game. It’s packed full of gore, fire, dismembered limbs and a smattering of other obnoxiously violent things. Watch it if you want to see the Punisher deliver, uh, punishment to baddies or check it out to see the glory of unrestricted downloadable PSN titles: downloads like No Mercy aren’t what we’re getting on Xbox LIVE Arcade in terms of visual quality and possibly substance.

By the way, The Punisher: No Mercy is set to hit PSN soon. The title drops on July 2 for the real world price of $9.99. Not bad considering the game is packing online multiplayer, campaign, Unreal Engine 3 and tons of blood. Well, unless you're a bargain hunting nun. In that case, we suggest Critter Crunch or Elefunk.


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otogi guy's Avatar
otogi guy at 06/28/2009 02:22
so i guess your going to be playing this one considering the present substance? or more likely these lobbies are going to be dead. Why play this when you can play Killzone2.
Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 06/28/2009 02:24
That's like Nanobreaker gory.
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Jack Maverick at 06/28/2009 02:28
I'm slightly upset that I see a lack of that interrogation thing you could do in the last gen Punisher game, where you put the guy you're messing with close to death to get the information you need, then you end up killing him anyway. It was cool to do, and I don't see it here. Sad panda indeed.

It doesn't look bad, but the fact that the game presents itself to me as a shooter I've already played, only with a Punisher skin set in place. Maybe it'll be different once I give it a play, as the gun selection looks pretty solid, and I have an interest in seeing how the multiplayer will work out.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar
Mr Wrighty 987 at 06/28/2009 02:38
I may get this but......
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/28/2009 02:48
I think 10 bucks is definitely worth a try.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 06/28/2009 03:29
I'm all in for anything Punisher.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 06/28/2009 04:18
Someday some developer will realize that the punisher is about more than just blood and guts.

Someday.
Autumn's Avatar
Autumn at 06/28/2009 04:44
@ otogi guy
I'd play this over Killzone 2. I'd also play CoD4, Cod:WaW, TF2, Red Faction, Far Cry 2, Halo 3 and basically every other FPS over Killone 2. Hell, I'd rather play Perfect Dark Zero than ever touch that piece of shit again.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 06/28/2009 04:58
Uhm Autumn.


Nobody cares.
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Autumn at 06/28/2009 05:09
@Takeshi
Your point?
IronPikeman's Avatar
IronPikeman at 06/28/2009 05:25
@Autumn:

"Autumn: Please don't be mistaken, I'm not stirring shit here. I'm really not that petty. I just want to understand what everyone saw in the game that I didn't, and I don't trust published reviews to give me the story straight."

My troll senses are tingling...
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 06/28/2009 06:08
Yes, my point. Thanks.
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Autumn at 06/28/2009 06:23
Heh, I'm not trolling. otogi's reference to KZ2 as the be all and end all of FPS gaming just boiled my blood momentarily. I have unreasonable loathing for that game.
And obviously nobody cares, it's the internet.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 06/28/2009 07:18
Cool dude. Different strokes for different folks. But I think it was quite unreasonable from both you and Otogi. Not in a Killzone 2 related article but this is about The Punisher. That's what I meant by Nobody Cares. I want to add that I've got an unreasonable love for Killzone 2 and 1 for that matter.
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Autumn at 06/28/2009 07:28
Yeh, sorry. My bad. Shouldn't go around shooting my mouth off.
On topic, I hope the Russian is a playable character - and I expect at least one person to be eaten by a bear...
Timdabrat's Avatar
Timdabrat at 06/28/2009 07:33
*Heavy voice* So much blood!!!
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RonBurgandy2010 at 06/28/2009 07:38
Meh, just looks like a regular shooter. We'll have to wait till release until we can find out if it's anything special.
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Professor Pew at 06/28/2009 07:45
This doesn't look bad at all for a $10 PSN game. But.. it's Punisher in 2000+, so it's probably going to be as bad as the 2nd new movie. Bawww!

Got kind of a Soldier of Fortune vibe from it though.
Cynical Gamer's Avatar
Cynical Gamer at 06/28/2009 08:37
Looks like an updated of Rise of the Triad but less over the top. The gore doesn't look very consistent either.
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EternalDeathSlayer at 06/28/2009 09:05
I'm sure the story and all won't be that great, but for 10 bucks I like what I see. Nice graphics and what looks like satisfying and gory combat? I'm sold.
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10BobMarleys at 06/28/2009 09:10
It's cheap and nasty. I'll see you guys there.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 06/28/2009 09:26
@10bobmarleys: Just like I like my women. May have to get this.
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JACK of No Trades at 06/28/2009 09:50
Looks better than Lagzone 2 lol. It looks like a great deal for 10 bucks.
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pascuz46 at 06/28/2009 10:07
This looks decent. I can for see this being on the PS3 FNF for sure.
Elsa's Avatar
Elsa at 06/28/2009 10:38
... the price is right! Yeah, I'll be giving this a go...
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Chronic Logic at 06/28/2009 11:00
What did Rev have to say about Punisher?
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Blasto at 06/28/2009 12:38
If this isn't totally broken, I'll be all over it. If for no other reason than to encourage more studios to follow suit.

We need more full-featured downloadable $10-$20 games. So far this gen companies aren't following through on the implied promise of decreased game cost enabled by digital distribution. Instead, we get PSP and Xbox "Originals" that we could buy the disc versions of for $5-$10 cheaper (or more in PSP's case), not to mention the hardcopys having increased value over digital due to their ease of portability and resale value. I know that keeping retailers in the profit loop is most of the problem for games that have disc copies, but they need to figure this shit out pronto, it's their job.
HiddenAHB's Avatar
HiddenAHB at 06/28/2009 12:41
Why i'm feeling jealous of PSN?
This isn't right...

@Chronic Logic

Some dude from the c-blogs idealized a Punisher game on it's head and then post the concept of the game in his blog. Later, the Rev was talking about non linear games and the imaginary Punisher game was non-linear so he mentioned it in the RevRant.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 06/28/2009 15:31
The Punisher is kinda cool. . .
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 06/28/2009 22:11
hope its really fun. they been stingy about gameplay videos.
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TheStripe at 06/29/2009 00:07
Sadly, the Punisher IP seems tacked on here. The Punisher was all about booby traps and information extraction. Remember that one time he broke his leg and used a sawed off shotgun as a splint, except you didn't find that out until the bottom of his cast exploded, taking some dirtbag's face with it? I mean, there's lots of gun blazing ass kicking, too, but seriously, this seems dry and repetitive. I certainly got tired of seeing the same ragdoll spiraling ridiculously through the air in the trailer, so I'm sure i'll be super sick of it if I drop the dollars for this game. Meh, back to RF:Guerrilla and inFamous.
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