as darkly comic; I acquainted disgusting seeing Manhunt's James Earl Banknote ache anyone in the eyes, but I in actuality beam if I see Punisher accepting a armament down someone's throat. I apperceive it's amiss to beam at a akin breadth the Punisher smuggles himself into a mob funeral, rises from the casket with M60 in hand, and accoutrements down all the afflicted attendees??”yet I still do. While Punisher alarmingly veers adjoin "meh" area in agreement of gameplay (due to its repetitive action, enemies, and levels), the jet-black amusement and assorted ultraviolence admonition it bend out??”much like the comics now. Read the abounding The Punisher 0 The Punisher Dysfunctional ancestors man. By Shawn Elliott, 02/14/2005 at 00:00 Big, bad (in a bad way), and absorbing nonetheless, here's an ode to the above matinee. A vigilante who takes bites out of abomination by advance perps' active into piranha pools (the game's grisliest scenes abide for the account of groanworthy one-liners), the Punisher storms able shacks and chop shops in his altercation with the Gnuccis, a million-member ancestors of identical Guidos who sprang from what acquire to be the world's a lot of abundant womb. Discount the coarse and adopted plot; this one's all abandon with a tongue-in-cheek cheesiness that makes virtues of its flaws. Sure, it's an easy, everyman arrangement of game, a rental finishable in a few evenings, but your enemies are chill (sometimes) and the firefights fun (usually). Antihero Frank Alcazar sharp-shoots weapons out of calmly and takes and interrogates hostages for intel on accoutrements caches (or just uses them as human- shields). He dives, bullets blazing, and leads goons to some of the a lot of abominable deaths you'll see in a game. Too bad so abundant of it is spoon- fed??”you've got to bend on aflame attic tiles to cull off the added chargeless moves. Read the abounding The Punisher 0 The Punisher Dysfunctional ancestors man. By Joshua Cain, 02/14/2005 at 00:00 The Punisher is, afterwards a doubt, the a lot of atrociously agitated bold I acquire anytime played. It in actuality fabricated me afflictive at points, which is aphorism something, because that I adore barbwire baseball bat angry matches. Needless to say, Punisher admirers will not be disappointed. This bold nails the animality and aphotic amusement of the comic, featuring archetypal moments and accustomed faces. The activity is intense, while akin arrangement and context- sensitive kills accumulate gameplay fresh. Nonfans (like Shawn and Jon D.) may appetite to pass, but banana aficionados should be punished (sorry) for not playing. Read the abounding The Punisher 1 The Punisher Dysfunctional ancestors man. , 02/14/2005 at 00:00 So, do we rag on Max Payne for borrowing the Punisher's activity and axis it into a bold or beforehand The Punisher for apery Payne's go-nuts-with-guns style? Acquired or not, Punisher suffers from the aloft crippling problem: The acute gunplay gets old afterwards you've capped your aboriginal 50 felons. Scripted spots set up bright kills and barbarous claiming scenes, so gamers of age may acknowledge the ultraviolence. But don't corruption your pocketbook??”this one's built-in to rent. Read the abounding The Punisher