Pain

Went up town today. Bought a copy of a game called Pain for the PS3. It is not what you would consider intellectually demanding (but then again I don’t want any demands made of my intellect just at the moment).

Anyhoo, Pain just gives you a destructible environment, a very large catapult. And a victim. You just fire the victim out of the catapult and watch as they bounce off the scenery suffering all manner of impact damage.

There are quite a few different scenes, a number of different people to fire (including David Hasselhoff if you pay an extra pound – not worth it though) and some themed games where you have to hit targets and stuff.

I think long term appeal is somewhat restricted, but as a quick blast it is quite fun.

Comments

[Simon Johnson]

Have you tried Flower yet? It's an unmissable PS3 experience. Two to three hours of pure bliss, it's more proof of games as art.

See my review here:
http://www.reviewsquad.co.uk/gaming/playstation-3/review-4.html

[Rob]

I got Flower the week it came out. Fantastic game (although it drives my dad nutso as he can't see what the point is).

I've just got Fat Princess, but I've not had time to play it yet.

[Simon Johnson]

Yeah, my girlfriends Mum was like that aswell.She said you couldn't even call it a game.