Punishment 1 and 2

Posted by Derek Yu Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:52:00 GMT

punishment 1

Punishment 1 was one of the 50 Really Good Games in the Indie Game Guide, and of it I wrote:

“Punishment is an assault to the senses, a punishingly difficult platform game that continually alters the player’s perception. It’s the gaming equivalent of spinning around until you’re dizzy and then trying to walk in a straight line… and as a bonus, there’s a level that features a giant, smiling portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto in the background.”

Now there’s a sequel, of which cactus writes:

punishment 2

“Without spoiling too much, I can say that this game is down right evil. The gameplay revolves around tricky platforming, and flipping switches to open the door to the next level. Except there’s one big twist that will make your mother cry. Everytime you get to a new level you have to flip all the switches in each and everyone of the earlier levels again. So you have to make it all the way down to the bottom level, and start flipping the switches over and over. And over.”

And it’s true, my mother did cry. You can find both games here!

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  1. harkejuice said about 1 hour later:

    i love this game, its so mind-blowingly hard…. really, its beautiful

  2. Rz. said about 2 hours later:

    FUCK, that first game really made my eyes almost bleed. it’s brilliantly ridiculous though

  3. Skaldicpoet9 said about 6 hours later:

    Hmm…looks like I am going to have to check this one out….I feel like playing a game that makes me want to gouge my eyes out for some reason….lol

  4. Melly said about 7 hours later:

    To be honest it’s not nearly as frustrating as the first. In this you have to redo all the levels over and over, but as you do so your skill in them increases and some you just breeze through. In the first game you have huge gaps and those level twisting and control inverting craps that fucked you over and over and over again. This game is far more forgiving, compared to that one.

    But yes, it’s still hard. But this one I’ll beat. Out of principle.

  5. Echo said about 9 hours later:

    You’ve all been bad little indie gamers, and you need to be PUNISHED

  6. jkd said about 16 hours later:

    The funny thing is, I really enjoy these games. Especially the first one.

    Anyone finished either?

  7. Donkey Piss Licker said about 17 hours later:

    And, this is better than Duel Blasters 3000 or Shunga Lord? ( http://www.jackdark.net/eroticnemesis.html )

    Crack, mother%@*$er, do you smoke it?!

    Agendas are fun.

  8. Knight said about 18 hours later:

    The first one was great.. the second one isn’t as good since you have to redo everything. I found it a little TOO punishing.. good thing you’ve got infinite lives.

  9. Triple T said about 18 hours later:

    That was quite fun but I can’t imagine beating it without an active support of my brother. I think multiplayer is the only (yet not a minor) part where the sequel beats the original.

  10. dessgeega said 2 days later:

    i think the problem with the sequel is that i feel as though i’m being punished arbitrarily, not for my own mistakes (like missing a jump).

  11. Lava said 3 days later:

    The game isn’t actually hard…just insanely tedious. And you’ve only got one try, because i doubt anyone will attempt it twice.

    At least, it takes less than an hour to complete…and i certainly would NOT have gone back through this last level.

  12. um said 4 days later:

    call me stupid but how the hell do I get the second one to start? Any key I press doesnt do anything.

  13. Lava said 4 days later:

    Just use the arrow keys to move…the title screen is actually the first level.

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