Difference between revisions of "The Punisher (2005)"
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(UK gore patch also works with every local European version of the game. Tested it with a local retail Italian version that only has Italian and Spanish as selectable language and the patch works as intended.) |
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+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes | Singleplayer }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing | Real-time }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives | Third-person }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls | Direct control }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres | TPS }} | ||
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+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles | Realistic }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes | Contemporary, North America }} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series | The Punisher }} | ||
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|strategywiki = The Punisher (2004) | |strategywiki = The Punisher (2004) | ||
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|license = commercial | |license = commercial | ||
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+ | |current state = All versions of the game have the same worldwide censorship.<ref name="censorship">[https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship/games/p.html#punisher/ Game Censorship: The Punisher]</ref> | ||
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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==Issues fixed== | ==Issues fixed== | ||
===Interrogations and aiming issues=== | ===Interrogations and aiming issues=== | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Use d3d8to9 | + | {{Fixbox|description=Use [https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#punisher ThirteenAG's fix]|fix= |
+ | * Copy the content of the archive to the game's install folder. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Fixbox|description=Use d3d8to9 wrapper|ref={{cn|date=September 2020}}|fix= | ||
+ | {{ii}} Use this method only if not already using ThirteenAG's fix and do not intend to play the game in widescreen. | ||
# Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9]. | # Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9]. | ||
# Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory. | # Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory. | ||
− | # Set monitor | + | # Set monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz |
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 12 September 2021
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Developers | |
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Volition | |
Publishers | |
THQ | |
Engines | |
CTG[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 16, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | TPS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | The Punisher |
The Punisher | |
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Subseries of Marvel | |
The Punisher | 1990 |
The Punisher (2005) | 2005 |
The Punisher (2005) is a singleplayer third-person TPS game in the The Punisher series.
All versions of the game have the same worldwide censorship.[2]
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[citation needed] |
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The Punisher Gore Patch
Removes censorship from the game[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Windowed | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced in GPU control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rates higher than 60 FPS can cause problems with interrogations and aiming. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Use The Punisher Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, Music, Voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Interrogations and aiming issues
Use ThirteenAG's fix |
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Use d3d8to9 wrapper[citation needed] |
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Incorrect black levels
Black level correction with ReShade[citation needed] |
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Stuttering on HDD
Disable APM[3] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE, ME | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Hardware T&L compatible 64 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 8500 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ What was the engine used to run the Punisher game from 2004? - Twitter - last accessed on 2015-05-05
- ↑ Game Censorship: The Punisher
- ↑ Stuttering on secondary HD - Tom's Hardware - last accessed on May 9, 2014