Bringing the PAIN
One of the more unusual games announced for the PS3 this year is the PSN game PAIN, a cartoony Jackass-style Havok-physics-engine powered game where you launch a hapless character into harm’s way and score points based on the chaos created. The game is finished now, slated to launch at the end of November, and Gamespot has some funny hands-on impressions posted. So far it’s looking good.
While it’s going to ship with just one level, the Gamespot crew enjoyed it quite a bit, stopping only to grumble about the possibility of being nickled and dimed over small amounts of additional content. The game modes sound genuinely funny and I had to stifle a giggle when they described how you launch yourself at Mimes and then grab them as you fly by to try and throw them from mid-air through glass windows. Another smirk-inducing game mode was the Spank the Monkey game, which is a challenge mode where you try to hit as many monkeys in mid-air using slow-mo aftertouch between hits. Allowing other players to trigger booby-traps in the environment while you’re taking your turn is a bit of genius as well.
Top it all off with the developers taking suggestions from the community in a new poll on the PlayStation Blog asking what kinds of characters would you like to launch into harms way in the game — celebrities, sports figures, political figures, or Sony game characters — and you have some great ideas for where the game can go. Can I vote for all of the above?
The official page for the game (caution: loud video starts playing right away!) lists online multiplayer for the game, which has me excited. If done well with full voice support, I could see this being ridiculously funny and silly. It also mentions recording and sharing of instant replays. I mean really, how can’t it be funny if flapping the character’s arms and legs around in mid-air influences their trajectory?
Via Gamespot , the PlayStation Blog, and the loud-movie-loading official page.
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