E3 2010: Splatterhouse Hands On
The bloodiest game of its time is back, and, well, Splatterhouse is bloodier than always.
When Splatterhouse was starting time released in American arcades in 1989, it was indefinite of the first videogame titles to invite backlash for its immoderate blood, gore, and horror movie aesthetic. That made the console table relinquish on the TurboGrafx-16 heavily censored, and sparked a debate on videogame violence that still rages today. Namco's decision to redesign the crippled for AAA release on today's consoles might mean that videogame makers no longer feel the need to apologize for "adult" easygoing. Oregon it just may signify that they are batshit sick.
The story has remained largely unchanged from the first game, although there are some departures. A guy named Rick and his girlfriend Jennifer are attacked by creatures coming from the mansion of their instructor, Dr. West. Jennifer is taken and Rick mortally wounded. A diluted masqu is in Rick's reaching, and a voice beckons him to set it happening. Wrick does so, and is transformed into a bulky version of himself. The mask speaks to Rick and instructs him that he must pass across the residence (the titular Splatterhouse) to save his girlfriend. Basically it's Rocky Horror Picture Show meets The Mask.
The diagram isn't that important, because the game is completely about style. Crick brawls his right smart through waves of ever more disgusting creatures. Each blow sends splatters of blood across the riddle. The Interior Department of the mansion, all twisted and filled with monster-spawning goo, is drawn in comic-book flair, not quite a electric cell-shaded, but close. The comic-ness is accentuated when Rick builds up plenty powerfulness and enters Rage modality. Everything goes black and white, except for the parentage, and Rick's attacks pack a whole lot more punch.
Gore abounds in almost every facet of the game. You can chisel the arms of enemies and so beat them with it as a battle royal arm. The same with heads or skulls. The finishing move for one boss (a short QTE that plays once its life reaches zero) involves cacophonous off its devil horns in a spray of descent. You can and so throw those horns at the adjacent enemy. Puzzles are just as gory. One elbow room had me pick up enemies and impaling them on spikes. Once I had impaled four bodies in such a way, the threshold opened and Rick was able-bodied to go along his journey into the Splatterhouse.
The brawling fighting of Splatterhouse is playfulness, and the revulsion/comic record aesthetic worked for ME. I also kinda dug how Namco didn't pull punches in the marketing for this pun. It is what it is, successful to be enjoyed past adult gamers. Information technology contrasted greatly with the kid-companionate family fare being schilled at more outstanding booths. Playing Splatterhouse on the E3 show floor next to the Harvest Moonlight display was an unmated moment for me, but one that I leave care for as a signature second of this class's show.
Splatterhouse is due come out of the closet this fall on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
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