Digital Foundry Retro

Painkiller RTX: A Classic FPS Gets A Beautiful Path-Traced Upgrade (10x5)

Ausstrahlung: Mai 31, 2025

Produced by talented Polish developer, People Can Fly, the original Painkiller was incredibly impressive from a technological perspective back at launch in 2004. Today, thanks to Nvidia's RTX Remix technology, the game receives a full path-traced upgrade. It's still work-in-progress, it's punishingly heavy in terms of performance fully maxed - but it's certainly something special. Alex looks back at the original game and what the modding team has delivered so far.