The Punisher/Trivia

*5-7 originally planned for the game to be linear in design, but it was changed to open-world to have more mainstream appeal.
*Violence depicted in the game's trailers caused a spell of controversy within the media, with many groups urging the developers to tone down some of the violent scenes, or remove them all together. In a statement on 5-7’s official website, lead director on the game David Burnes stated that they had “no intentions whatsoever of changing the level of violence in the game”. 
*The game's main antagonist Frank Costa mentions “it's changed a lot since ‘74”, referencing the year the Punisher was created.
*In a backstreet alley the player can find a building named “Karavagus’ Pub”, a reference to another of NINE100 Studios’s games, Whispers of Wolves
*Buildings and walls throughout the game’s open world can be seen painted with the latin phrase “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” a direct reference to Watchmen
*In some dumpsters throughout New York dishevelled copies of famous comic books can be seen, such as The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (the first appearance of the Punisher) and Action Comics #1.
*The Punisher’' is the second game based on an existing property (after The Purge: Animals) to be published by NINE100 Studios
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