Overcoming Pain

About

"Overcoming Pain" is a fast-paced action-packed shooter game with various locations, difficulty levels, and game modes. Battle against a multitude of enemies, from soldiers to robots to zombies, with a wide range of weapons at your disposal. Compete for the highest survival time on the leaderboard and earn achievements in this adrenaline-pumping experience.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

56%

Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game has potential and could improve with future updates.
Some players find it fun and enjoyable for the price.
The option for custom settings and the ability to run and reload adds a nice touch to gameplay.

The game is poorly optimized, with low frame rates and frustrating mechanics.
The story mode is lacking and difficult to navigate, with minimal content.
Many players feel the game is repetitive and lacks engaging gameplay, making it a waste of money.

gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The gameplay has been widely criticized for its poor navigation and lack of depth in the story mode, with many users reporting subpar performance and low frame rates. Overall, the game mechanics are described as clunky and unrefined, contributing to a lack of engaging gameplay.
- “The story mode is horrible to navigate, lacks depth, and all game mechanics feel terrible.”
- “Extremely poorly optimized; I'm getting only 39 fps with an FX-8350 and 1080 Ti. Gameplay is virtually non-existent.”
- “Both maps, the weapons, enemies, etc. are just thrown into a shoddy product with little gameplay value.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story mode has been criticized for its poor navigation and lack of depth, with many reviewers finding the overall narrative unsatisfactory. However, some players appreciate the hunger and thirst mechanics, suggesting that while the story itself is lacking, certain gameplay elements offer a redeeming quality.
- “The story mode is horrible to navigate, not much to the story, and all game mechanics feel terrible.”
- “The story mode is bad, but I like the hunger and thirst system.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The game is criticized for its extremely poor optimization, with users reporting low frame rates, such as 39 fps on high-end hardware like the FX-8350 and 1080 Ti, severely impacting gameplay experience.
- “Extremely poorly optimized; I'm getting only 39 fps with an FX-8350 and a 1080 Ti. Gameplay is nearly non-existent.”
- “The optimization is a disaster; frequent frame drops make it unplayable.”
- “Even on high-end hardware, the game struggles to maintain a stable frame rate, which ruins the experience.”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The graphics have been criticized as sub-par, and users are frustrated by the inability to change settings mid-game, requiring a restart to adjust options. Additionally, the AI has been described as lacking.
- “The only way to change game options is through a windowed dialog box at the start, so you have to restart the game to change graphics. The graphics are sub-par, and the AI is a joke.”
- “The graphics look outdated and lack detail, making the game feel less immersive.”
- “I was disappointed by the low-quality textures and bland environments that detracted from the overall experience.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the humor in the game to be quirky and unexpected, with specific examples like a character's one-eyed blinking eliciting laughter.
- “His model also only blinks with one eye for some reason, and I find that hilarious.”