Pocket Gamer - During the Middle Ages, the Catholic church sold indulgences like an ice cream peddler on a hot summer day. A few coins was all it took to avoid earthly punishment for your sins.
It's not so easy for first-person shooter Painkiller Purgatory. Whether you part with cash for the iPhone and iPod touch version or indulge the more expensive iPad edition, you still have to endure the punishment of a fundamentally flawed first-person shooter.
When Painkiller came out on the PC back in 2004 it was one of the most impressive games that would be available in the first person shooter genre for quite a while, people couldn’t get enough of impaling the hordes of enemies that were slowly shuffling towards them with a 6 foot wooden stake through the chest. Who could get bored of that?! Given the cult following of the original game, and the fact that Chillingo would be publishing it, there’s no way that a Painkiller game for the iOS devices wouldn’t be enjoyable right?
Right?
AppSpy - It's hard to shake the feeling that Painkiller Purgatory is still a work in progress and gamers who pick it up will pay the price for having their time wasted; if you must play it, wait until it's given a serious update first.
Painkiller Purgatory's title is certainly apropos, since you may need a pill after playing this mess of a port; or perhaps you'll feel trapped in limbo wrestling with the terrible controls. Chillingo took one of the most respected PC shooters (concerning a dead man's desperate attempt to prevent a war between Heaven and Hell) and published a near impossible to play iOS edition that had us shaking our heads.
Chris Buffa (Modojo)
another painkiller game dam. they really must have alot of money.