The Punisher: No Mercy - PSN Exclusive FPS - July 2 - $9.99

[FriskyTanuki]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2880057701_cfe2371d8f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2880057701/)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/23/the-punisher-no-mercy-coming-exclusively-to-psn/
In case you haven’t already figured it out, there is a new Punisher game coming! We here at Zen Studios (http://zenstudios.com/) are super excited to announce that we’re bringing Marvel’s storied franchise The Punisher (http://www.marvel.com/universe/Punisher) to PLAYSTATION Network. Just a quick FYI – EVERYONE here at Zen Studios is a massive Marvel True Believer, so the entire team is on fire for this project.

We’re calling the game The Punisher: No Mercy because that’s exactly what it is – merciless. For the first time on consoles, you’ll see the Marvel Universe through a first-person perspective in some intense arena-based multiplayer action. Also, the game is being built from the ground up with some serious tech – yes, we are using the Unreal Engine 3 (the ultimate FPS engine) for this exclusive PSN release. Our main focus is to create an awesome online multiplayer experience with the style and grit from the Punisher’s world, complete with characters like Jigsaw, Bushwacker, Barracuda and even Silver Sable (been reading War Journal lately?…).

What does this mean for you gamers? You better get ready to kick some serious #$% with the first ever first-person shooter developed exclusively for PSN. Stay tuned (http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/punisher/) for more details as they become available at www.punishernomercy.com (http://www.punishernomercy.com/). Because of the time difference here in Budapest, all of you who are craving more info can ask your questions in the comments area below, and I’ll have answers for you in another post soon.

[RelentlessRolento]

wow... I saw the news but didn't realize it was a PSn exclusive... I'm very excited now :) I love punisher stuff :P

here's leaked screens:


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if it sells for $20, I'm sold.

[rick3000gto]

Sweetness!!!

[johnnypark]

For the first time on consoles, you’ll see the Marvel Universe through a first-person perspective in some intense arena-based multiplayer action.

That just sounds strange to me. I've never thought Marvel Universe and FPS would belong in the same sentence, so I don't know what to think.
That won't stop me from playing a good game, though, so I hope it turns out well.

[FriskyTanuki]

More info on the game: Today, Zsolt sent us the answers to those questions from Hungary(!) I hope you find the answers you’re looking for below – I know his response on Trophies will please many of you…
Q: What kind of graphics can we expect from The Punisher: No Mercy?

A: With so many great looking First Person Shooter(FPS) and Third Person Shooter(TPS) games available, we simply can’t afford not to give gamers the same kind of high quality. We’ve licensed great technology and we’re pushing it to the limits. With the overall feel of The Punisher: No Mercy, we’ve included dark, smoky / hazy levels with realistic characters and environments, but we’re still keeping several comic pages impressions that truly capture the essence of what fans have come to expect from the Punisher franchise.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2880057573_800731647d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2880057573/)
Q: Why is Zen Studios using the Unreal Engine to build The Punisher: No Mercy?

A: Unreal Engine (http://www.unrealengine.com/) is one of the best in the industry, perfect for a multiplayer heavy FPS / TPS game. It was exceptional at the time we licensed it, but over the last months the Epic (http://www.epicgames.com/) engineers made drastic improvements for the PlayStation3 code with tons of new special technologies and features. We are working very hard to make sure you see some of these improvements firsthand in The Punisher: No Mercy.

Q: Is there going to be a trophy system?

A: Yes, the Trophy system is fully supported.

Q: When can we expect to see a trailer?

A: The first trailer will be available within the coming weeks.

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Q: Is there a single player mode?

A: Yes, there is a single player story mode where players need to beat hordes of bad guys in different challenging game mode to unfold the original story and unlock all elements of the game.

Q: Is there going to be character customization?

A: Yes! Players can select special abilities before the battle that can give you tactical benefits on the field if you exploit them cleverly. We’ll have more details (http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/punisher/) at a later time.

Q: How many different weapons will be in the game?

A: Creating an impressive arsenal in The Punisher: No Mercy has been one of our top priorities. We’ve included different categories of weapons that players can choose from (close quarters, long range, and special weapon). As players collect more and more frags or weapon power-ups, the arsenal becomes more and more lethal.

Q: When can we see the first screen shots?

A: The first screenshots are currently available on Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/thepunishernomercy/news.html?sid=6198074&om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;1), and many more will be available in the near future.

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Q: Any idea of how big a download this will be?

A: Hopefully below 1gig, but it may be difficult as we want to include all the cool graphics and environment that we are currently working on.

Q: Will there be Hungarian subtitles? (from EmThor in Hungry!)

A: The game is localized to German, Italian, Spanish and French, but unfortunately not to Hungarian. However if you are around Budapest feel free to visit our studio (http://zenstudios.com/), and we can provide some real time narration :o)

Q: Will the game output at 30 or 60 FPS?

A: With this kind of huge GFX data only 30 FPS is realistic.

Q: How do you pronounce “Zsolt Kigyossy”?

A: “Zs” is one letter, same as in Zsa Zsa Gabor. Pronouncing anything in my language is simple: one just needs to try to pronounce each letters (like in German), and it is done :o) thank you for asking.


http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/24/the-punisher-no-mercy-%E2%80%93-your-questions-answered/

[RelentlessRolento]

Debut Trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43000.html

yes, it's another FPS but I'm a sucker for anything punisher.

[smiggity]

It actually looks okay. As long as it doesnt take an entire clip to kill people and everyone isnt moving at light speed then I will get into it

[happy]

It looks better than I expected, but I just don't see people playing this over COD, R2, KZ 2 (when it comes out), Warhawk, socom, and others. It just seems silly to me that anyone would release a PSN shooter like this.

[FriskyTanuki]

Why do people have to play this over those other games?

[smiggity]

Probably because gaming time is limited for most people

[RelentlessRolento]

my one complaint is that the faces on the character models look horrible... that might prevent me from getting it.

[CaseyRyback]

I enjoyed the last Punisher movie and game, but everything I have seen from this Punisher has been garbage. It really sucks that they didn't stick with Tom Jane and Volition.

[FriskyTanuki]

Probably because gaming time is limited for most people
For just one game at a time? I don't think they'd be looking at a PSN game for their online fix anyway and I'm not sure many of them are here on CAG compared to those that do have the time to play more stuff online.

[RelentlessRolento]

I enjoyed the last Punisher movie and game, but everything I have seen from this Punisher has been garbage. It really sucks that they didn't stick with Tom Jane and Volition.


Yeah, I still think Thomas Jane was a good pick but I'll give the new guy at least a chance... I hope it's more like garth ennis stories than early punisher stuff.

[smiggity]

For just one game at a time? I don't think they'd be looking at a PSN game for their online fix anyway and I'm not sure many of them are here on CAG compared to those that do have the time to play more stuff online.


True true. Although no matter how many games I have I really only play 1 at a time until it is dominated.

[Ahadi]

Debut Trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43000.html

yes, it's another FPS but I'm a sucker for anything punisher.

There's enough here to get my interest. I'd like to see how this pans out more. And I need to see what the price tag may be. If it's $20 or less, I'm sold. Any word on multiplayer?

[arnoldhead]

There's enough here to get my interest. I'd like to see how this pans out more. And I need to see what the price tag may be. If it's $20 or less, I'm sold. Any word on multiplayer?
Not to be an ass, but did you even read the OP's post? "Our main focus is to create an awesome online multiplayer experience," and the guy also mentions that there will be a single player story mode.

On a side note, how does gamesharing work with multiplayer titles? :-P

[happy]

You'll be able to share it.

And my point about needing to choose this over other FPS games was that for a title based mainly on online multiplayer other people will need to play it over those games to have anyone to play against. I even tried to play Wipeout online a few weeks ago (before the patch) and there were all of 3 races.

[doubledown]

If it is shareable, I am totally in. Not sure how happy knows it will be shareable as SOCOM was NOT.

[Ahadi]

Not to be an ass, but did you even read the OP's post? "Our main focus is to create an awesome online multiplayer experience," and the guy also mentions that there will be a single player story mode.

On a side note, how does gamesharing work with multiplayer titles? :-P

Oh I totally skimmed it and totally missed that :lol: I did watch the video though ;)

[happy]

If it is shareable, I am totally in. Not sure how happy knows it will be shareable as SOCOM was NOT.

The only games you cant share are socom warhawk and GT5P, which are BR and PSN simultaneous $40 releases. Punsher is not. It is more along the lines of Wipeout. Even Burnout is shareable (I hope more older BR games become shareable $30 PSN titles).

Obviously any game has a chance you can't share it, but there's no reason to expect they will change with this.

[doubledown]

I hope you are correct as I will be in for a share ;)

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

I enjoyed the last Punisher movie and game, but everything I have seen from this Punisher has been garbage. It really sucks that they didn't stick with Tom Jane and Volition.

I definitely liked the Punisher played by Thomas Jane as well, but from what I've seen of Jigsaw(who some may now confuse with the lead 'villian' from the Saw movies)and the other characters in the trailers, I'm liking it.

As long as we never go back to the format of the 1989 Dolph Lundgren stinker, where he had a drunken hobo as a 'sidekick'. Although, I have to admit that that movie was decent for its time, minus the drunken homeless guy helping the Punisher.

[FriskyTanuki]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/05/punisher-no-mercy-slaughters-psn-this-spring/

Officially delayed until the spring, two months after it was supposed to be out, but Joystiq has some new screens to make up for it.

[smiggity]

They got a post on the PSblog if you wanna copy/paste

[FriskyTanuki]

It has nothing new in it. It just reiterates what the Joystiq article says.

[smiggity]

But Joystiq is horrible....

[Breakpoint]

This looks to be fun. Hope its worth the money.

[cheezisgoooood]

The gameplay in the trailer looks reeeaally stiff. The guns don't look like they have any recoil in them at all and it looks like the turning is slow.

[FriskyTanuki]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/06/22/this-week-on-playstationblog-12/

This is supposed to get a release date sometime this week, so it shouldn't be too much longer for this to be released.

[Shrapnellistic]

Battlefield: 1943 stole this game's thunder (forgot about TP:NM) so they'll have to price competitively against them ($5 less). Didn't see any iron sights in the first trailer and that's one of my FPS quirks ever since CoD4:MW spoiled me with that. Other than that, the fidelity is up to snuff if albeit uninspired.

[FriskyTanuki]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/06/23/vengeance-is-coming-exclusively-to-psn-in-the-punisher-no-mercy/

It will be out next week for $9.99.

[smiggity]

9.99 makes this a must buy

[MisterBee]

I think the problem with this game is that people are probably only going to buy either this or Battlefield 1943. If that game gets released around the same time and for a similar price, say $15, I think more people would buy that game and not this one based on name recognition alone.

[Arcturiang]

Probably a day-1 buy for me.

[RelentlessRolento]

might get... I love punisher, its just a matter if the game is good or not since barely anything is known.

[Jimbo Slice]

I'm up for a gameshare group if anyone gets one going.

[Shrapnellistic]

New Trailer
^ http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/14266935/punisher-war-zone/videos/punisher_trl_debut_62409.html

What's that at 0:17? Ughh... no iron sights, just the "Half-Life 2 scope".

[RelentlessRolento]

looks better in that trailer than what we've seen earlier

[fizzywix]

Single-player demo will be released tomorrow as well

[VipFREAK]

Sweet, it will be the first time I turn on my PS3 in decades.

[RelentlessRolento]

nice. glad to hear of a demo since that'll make buying decisions easier.

[Squall835]

Sweet, it will be the first time I turn on my PS3 in decades.

You're from the future?

[VipFREAK]

Affirmative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrva8NoMLM

[doubledown]

Anyone buy this today? reviews?

[Romis]

I haven't played this yet, but I imagine some of the appeal is the ease of it always being on your system, just clicking and it going and relatively easy to pick up on the fly like Crash Commando's

[MSUHitman]

When's the demo supposed to come out? No demo on the store as of right now. Also Battlefield 1943 was announced as coming out next week, so not good news for Zen Studios.

[fizzywix]

Well there was supposed to be a demo according to IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/100/1000444p1.html), but I guess they were wrong.

[smiggity]

I like the game. Got a bunch of unlockables, Single and Multiplayer plus online co-op. There are like 6 MP game modes

[RelentlessRolento]

I'm still waiting for a review since there's pretty much no info about this game online.

[Paco]

It's great for a quick boot up and play game. Looks nice too especially considering the price point. It isn't really deep, but I wasn't expecting that anyway, rather I was just expecting a no frills old style shooter and this game delivers. Nice gore too.

[edson13]

yea, seems real old school. Sort of like Goldeneye, it's either going to feel dated, or you'll just enjoy it for what it is, a simple shooter. Haven't played multiplayer yet, still trying to unlock everything in the single player game.

OT: Now Burn Zombie Burn which I bought together with this, thats a hell of a lot of fun!

[smiggity]

Yes Burn Zombie Burn is one of my favorite games on PSN

[Paco]

Crash Commando is far better then burn zombie burn in replay value.

[robin2099]

I really want this but it's hard to bite on it with Battlefield coming next week.

[smiggity]

Paco Crash Commando cannot be played with people on the couch. Local Coop is the king of replay value

[Paco]

True that, but overall my friends get a lot of enjoyment playing and watching Crash Commando. We pass the controller after a while and get shenanigans with the kills. Too bad the game is turning noob unfriendly with all the pros using the sniper rifle and killing everyone the moment they see em. I'd like to see some noob rooms or something so they can gain skill.

[VipFREAK]

It's online muliplayer only?

Crash Commando is far better then burn zombie burn in replay value.

Burn zombie burn was meh... but Crash commando looked fun! lol

[Paco]

It's online muliplayer only?



Burn zombie burn was meh... but Crash commando looked fun! lol

Crash Command is online multiplayer only. But if it's any consolation on how good it is, I Played more Crash Commando then Killzone 2 and Resistance series combined. I can't get enough of it.

[jman619]

The graphics for Punisher isn't all that great. The story to it isn't that great either. I played some multi-player, and thought it was fun. I know the game will get rated low,but I liked it. :lol:

[Pootie Thang]

I can't beat the level with the 8 waves of enemies... ugh!

[DarkNessBear]

So... where is the demo?

[Paco]

So... where is the demo?

It's in Oprah's panties. Good luck finding it though. It's a long search.

[DarkNessBear]

It's in Oprah's panties. Good luck finding it though. It's a long search.
So that means Gayle already got it... :cry:

[Arcturiang]

Waste of money. Beat the "story" mode in under one hour of playtime. Multiplayer is "equip the rocket launcher until you fall down" mode.

[MSUHitman]

Thanks to Shipwreck I was able to save my money. Disappointing this was so poorly done.

[Dingleberry]

I got it in a gameshare so I only spent the $2. For my $2, I enjoyed it. I liked how the weapons leveled up as you got more kills with it and it made me think about trying to be Rambo because I didn't want to lose my leveled up weapon.

I still can't recommend it to anyone because a FPS without a solid community playing is no fun at all.

[m_d_amore]

it needs a cag night

[naes]

This is a fun game, definitely worth $2 gameshared.

[diddy310]

I think they did a decent job on this, takes me back to Timesplitters more than anything. I do enjoy how the characters have specific comments towards eachother. Looks like the future DLC will include at least 4 new playable characters based on the ending. Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Outlaw (of Agency X fame) and Black Widow II (Yelena Belova).

[MillerTime2523]

If you're not satisfied with this game and you haven't already done so, I'd suggest playing this online and trying to get some of the unlocks.

I had a hell of a time with the 150 people in 13 minutes level - ended up finishing it with 2 seconds left and like 25+ deaths, and the 8 waves level - did that with like 10 seconds left and probably 15+ deaths. Played online for a while, went back through the SP to try and pick up the extra trophies - ended up going 150-9 with like 5 minutes remaining.

IMO this game is fun, had potential, but was poorly executed. 150 kills with almost every gun online to unlock stuff in a downloadable game whose (very very small) community will probably last a few weeks wasn't the smartest move. It won't compete with the likes of Killzone 2 or Resistance or anything like that, but you theres some good fun to be had with the game.