Over all: Fun Fun Fun. Cheap Cheap Cheap. $9.99 us. WOW. Gotta have a ps3 connected to the psn network. But seriously, out of all the downloadable games I have seen on the wii, the 360 and the ps3, this one takes the cake. For real. Hilarious. This is a get drunk, or something and sit and play type of game, alone or with a bunch of friends. This is what the JACKASS game only wishes it could have been. In PAINDEMONIUM mode you basically shoot a person with a giant sling shot, aim him at things and try to cause as much damage to stuff as you can. It’s cool, you can pose in the air, grab when you land or hit something, and control the person while he or she is in the air, afterwards as you rack up the pain, you get an ouch meter, which allows you to nudge the player with the D-PAD while he is still moving in directions, to rack up points. The goal is to get is to cause the most damage in dollars. My High so far is about 2 million, but on the leaderboards I have seen high scores of 29 million. WOW. The other modes are mime MIME TOSS, this is where you grab onto a mime while you are launched and then let go of him and aim him into glass panes, pretty cool, but my least favorite of the 3 single player modes. The last mode is called SPANK THE MONKEY , this is where you aim and shoot at monkeys that are randomly placed all over the city. This is addictive, and there are so many ways to rack up point, hidden areas, and ways to control the out come. Mutliplayer, it’s not online from what i can tell. It gives you bowling, HORSE, like in basketball. BOWLING, the title says it all. And FUN WITH EXPLOSIONS, in which you try to hit the most explosive boxes laid out on the course. Below, to get the video trailer to play please click on the “Pain (PSN) - Still Painful in the UK Trailer” text in the player window.

This game is small though, you can download 2 extra player characters to play as, but as far as I can tell, there is just the one city. But it doesn’t matter, it only costs 10 bucks! I cant stop playing this. If they add more areas, and more stuff in the future, this is going to be a priceless game. I’m serious, I have not had this much fun playing a game since mariocart on the SNES. This is a Gimmick Game, but, it is one of the best ever. The controls are complex, and there is a lot you can control. I would say that this game reminds me of the crash modes in the Burnout racing games. Those are a ton of fun too. I highly recommend this. This is a must have. It’s the type of game you can pick up and play easily for 5 minutes and put down, or you can spend days endlessly trying to get the highest score ever. The PS3 just keeps getting gold. These games cannot be found on any other system. NICE

7.5 Presentation
It does its job. Menus are ok, and the images and text while it loads are pretty well done.

8.0 Visuals
There are ton of objects in this city to break, a lot, there is a ton of detail, 720p only, too bad its not 1080p. It has this cartoon like feel, kind of like a Tattoo artist style. It doesn’t blow you away, but it is neat to look at.

9.0 Audio
I love the music, it fits perfect. I love the sound fx a lot, the grunts and groans make the game! I love when you go near certain parts or buldings you can hear music, or people. There is this one place with this really funny country music that sounds like popeye singing to it. Made me laugh.

9.2 Game Mechanics
Once you get the hang of it, it is simply amazing. This is what it is all about. It plays great. It is complex, but anyone can get the hang of it after a couple of tries. Very well done. The game physics are great too, like how things fall and break and crash.

9.0 Replay
It is so rewarding to punish these characters. There is nothing like watching someone flail around with rag doll physics while getting hit by cars, bouncing off buildings, being blown up, or nailing monkeys. As it is, it is very re-playable, but if they add more towns and scenarios this could be one of those “CULT CLASSICS” that never gets old. As it is, it lacks variety. If they fix that, then this is a AAA title down the road.

9.0 Total Score.
(out of 10 / not an average)

FUN FUN FUN! A Must have. It’s only 10 bucks! Go buy it now! and have fun..

Music Listened to while writing this review: The Brown Book - Death In June.