PlayStation 3 becomes a source of Pain

by Kevin Kelly { May 17th 2007 at 3:01AM }

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On Wednesday Sony revealed a new PlayStation Network downloadable game called Pain. After listening to all the "Ooooooooh" "Ouch!" "Dang" and "Man, that had to hurt" statements from bystanders watching the demo, the name seemed very appropriate. It's about what you'd expect from a game that cites Jackass as a major inspiration and rewards you for shots to the crotch.

Basically, it's a simple approach that combines Havok physics with a big human-sized slingshot. You load up your player and launch him into a situation that causes the most pain, whether it be slamming into a moving car, hitting a propane tank (that promptly explodes, natch) or crashing through plate-glass windows. You can interact with the environment in a ton of different ways and in multiple (and curiously named) gameplay modes such as HORSE, Spank the Monkey, and Mime Toss.

The game will also feature user-generated content (there's no escaping Game 3.0!) in the form of game replays that you can upload to the web, and possibly to YouTube, all directly from your console. They haven't announced a price point yet, but the developers told us it would be "reasonable." This title was a surprise hit at the Sony Gamers Day, so look for our hands-on with it soon.

Gallery: Pain (PSN)

Tags: downloadable, Pain, PSN, sgd07

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TravistyOJ @ May 17th 2007 8:52AM

Sounds like the Dismount game.

rDr4g0n @ May 17th 2007 9:10AM

they just took like one minigame from pilotwings and plan to make a whole game out of it?

Jonathan Tran @ May 17th 2007 9:51AM

This sounds like half the Flash games on the internet.

Jack @ May 17th 2007 11:04AM

WON'T SOMEBODY PLLEEEASE THINK OF THE MONKEYS!!!!?

apoc06 @ May 17th 2007 11:21AM

looks interesting. if anything, i think they should include a mode more akin to crash mode from burnout. i always thought that crash mode from burnout could have been bundled into its own game.

if they have more than one option of cities, i would say this is a must buy from the PSN.

Brian @ May 17th 2007 1:05PM

Think this will be a mature rated title? Which makes me wonder, for M rated games how do they monitor how old someone is that is purchasing games through XBLM or PSN?

sheppy @ May 17th 2007 1:27PM

Hotel Coral Essex... is that a Revenge Of The Nerds reference?

jimjo @ May 17th 2007 2:39PM

@sheppy

i should hope so

SkinRock @ May 18th 2007 7:44AM

@Brian

Well, Ninja Gaiden was definitely a Mature game, but it didn't do any kind of checking. Technically it didn't have a rating, though, it was RP, so maybe that's how they got away with it?

Even if they did, I don't think this game is Mature. Mature needs extreme violence and gore. There are no limbs getting sheered off here, or even blood for that matter. I think it will fall under Teen.