The Suffering is the first game of its kind to probe into the very unsettling and seedy underbelly of a maximum-security penitentiary haunted by horrific and grotesque apparitions, represented by the unique and disturbing executions that previously befell them. Gamers take on the role of Torque, an inmate who must face much more than his own inner demons and the harsh and gritty reality of death row, as he fights to escape the unleashing of the penitentiary's gruesome secrets in a challenge more terrifying than fighting death itself. The Suffering features ultra-mature content and three distinctly different endings depending upon how you choose to survive.

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I have played through a few checkpoints, and I haven't seen a single ad.

Maybe they are after each level or something?

Yep thats one of the first things I tried was to see if the drivers were updated. And I have SP1.

I have an Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset. I have a laptop if you couldn't tell from the card.

every chance they are on things like billboards, or on the side of vehicles and you just havnt really noticed.

i got ads when i boot the game up, it plays this video for joining the army, that one with the space shuttle... DO SOMETHING AMAZING. Then when the game closes it plays the same video over again, over my desktop.

have you tried right clicking on the icon and going to compatability and messing with some of the check boxes such as disable visual themes/disable desktop composition? try that or may try checking run as administrator?

Area 51 now too.
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