Pro Killer Man

Posted by Derek Yu Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:41:00 GMT

Pro Killer Man

JW’s Pro Killer Man is killer, man (d’oh). In each of the game’s 10 stages you have to kill the man (or men), in white, and evade cops and bodyguards as you rush to the exit. It’s that simple!

But there’s something very compelling about the arrangement of the game, from the simple pseudo-3d aesthetic to the way the characters in the game react to the violence. You really get a great sense of the panic ensuing from the crowd as shots are fired, even though there are very few visual or aural clues revealing as such. The use of color is nice, too.

This is one of those games where I’d love to see the concept extended, but then maybe that would just ruin it.

TIGdb: Entry for Pro Killer Man



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  1. Naufr4g0 said about 2 hours later:

    Too hard! I always die killed by a cop, 5 seconds after I have started to play. :(

  2. Ezuku said about 3 hours later:

    Agreed, I’m afraid I’m only half a dozen levels in and already stuck…

    The fact that the police instantly home in for you the moment anyone is killed, and their complete disregard for human casualties, makes it a lot harder than it should be.

    Cool concept though, just needs a few tweaks. Reminds me of top down Black Shades

  3. Biggerfish said about 3 hours later:

    Great fun.

    It was ridiculously hard though, I only beat the last level because one cop shot the other one (AWESOME!).

    I also kept losing myself in the crowd, and had trouble keeping track of my, the guy in white and the cops all at once.

  4. MisterX said about 3 hours later:

    I also thought of it as Black Shades, only from a different perspective (well, basically two).

    I only got to “Almost there…”. I thought it was fun that the crowd serves as one huge meat shield for you, but I agree with all the rest that has been said so far.

    Oh and it’s funny that you can kill everyone in range while hiding, until the area is sprawling with cops who will happily riddle you with bullets the second you step out :)

  5. Winterous said about 3 hours later:

    This game is great fun! I finished it, and got the awesome ending cutscene!

    Anyway, ridiculously fucking hard, and awesome visuals.

    7/10, mainly because it’s fun, but not that functional.

  6. Chris said about 3 hours later:

    It’s funny how the TIGdb entry suggests I “also try Aquaria”. I guess they both involve shooting… (;

  7. MZP said about 6 hours later:

    Won’t start. I’m running Vista.

  8. Ezuku said about 6 hours later:

    Use the game maker Vista thinggy converter

  9. Dacke said about 8 hours later:

    Awesome game.

  10. vista said about 9 hours later:

    what’s the vista thingy converter? i’d love to have something like that.

  11. Blueberry_pie said about 9 hours later:

    You can find it here.

  12. Quetz said about 10 hours later:

    I can’t run it either. Also using Vista.

  13. Sandy said about 10 hours later:

    Go… to: wiki . yoyogames . com/index . php/MakinggamesworkunderWindows_Vista

    And remove….. the spaces betweeen the dots……. :-)

    …

    Sandy

  14. Sandy said about 10 hours later:

    And put “_” beteween the words in the last bit… :-(

  15. soupy said about 10 hours later:

    man, I was expecting an awesome ending, but all I got was one big letdown

  16. Fishy Boy said about 10 hours later:

    What are you talking about? That’s the best ending ever! What more could you want?

  17. Uesugi said about 12 hours later:

    Too hard using laptop touchpad… GARGGGGGL. Cops are insane, must take out those white shirts so I can follow the thrilling story.

  18. jkd said about 13 hours later:

    I recorded myself playing it as I tried it out.

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

    Sorry about the game volume, (I should have tested first) but I thought it was better to preserve my first reactions than to re-record.

  19. Exoduster said about 16 hours later:

    Seems that the download has been moved, or maybe it’s just screwy for me. Either way, this works:

    http://www.thepoppenkast.com/file.php?game=Pro%20Killer%20Man

  20. Biggerfish said about 23 hours later:

    What are you talking about? That’s the best ending ever! What more could you want?

    I thought the ending was very appropriate, I mean, I was smiling for the 5 minutes I watched it.

  21. Kongming said 1 day later:

    Hard? I beat this in like fifteen minutes. I mean, I died a lot, but it’s just a matter of timing, using the hiding spots effectively, and a sometimes a little luck.

    Also, the ending ruled. I’m going to echo Fishy Boy: what more could you want?

  22. MisterX said 1 day later:

    Oh, I didn’t know I was nearly through the last time. This time it was rather easy: Killed the last target, one bodyguard killed a policeman, I lost all of them around the corner, done, yay.

    I agree that the ending really was very.. say, appropriate.

  23. permanent said 1 day later:

    This has replay value. Beat it without dying more than 5 times.

    Where’s the music from?

  24. JaJ said 2 days later:

    I composed it

  25. Bo said 4 days later:

    i did all lvls:) this thing rocks, not that cheap lawless streets in gta xD

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