Splatterhouse is a brutal 3D action game that’s a re-imagining of the 1988 arcade title. You play as Rick Taylor, who is on the bloody trail of his beloved Jennifer who has vanished after a visit to the eerie West Mansion.
GenreAction
Platforms xbox360
DEVELOPER Namco Bandai Games | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
Splatterhouse Reviews xbox360
planetxbox360.com review
The only downside is that the lighting is off at times. Rick will glimmer a little too much, even when he’s covered in the red stuff. Then there’s the audio, and here’s where Splatterhouse really delivers. The soundtrack is a bold mix of classic Splatterhouse tunes and death metal tunes from the likes of Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch, among others. The sound effects are bone-rippingly good, with lots of splats and spluts to please you. The best part, though, is the dialogue. Rick isn’t really that convincing and Jennifer screaming way too much for her own good, but Jim Cummings, the voice of the classic Disney character Darkwing Duck, is perfect as the demonic mask. His curse word-laden taunts and constant commentary is simply too good to pass up. It almost makes you wish the mask did all the talking. No, Splatterhouse doesn’t revolutionize with its gameplay, and it’s not quite a perfect-looking game either. But if you’re looking for a bloody good time, it comes through on all fronts. Having the classic games in the package is great, too. We definitely can’t deny this overhaul of Splatter.
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vandal.net review
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cheatcc.com review
Taking a look back at the entirety of this revamped Splatterhouse will reveal that Namco Bandai Games has delivered exactly what they promised. A fun, classic experience that features over-the-top gore. This game was all about fan service, and while some moments missed on the execution, it’s hard to deny the overwhelming nostalgia factor.
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meristation.com review
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msxbox-world.com review
There’s something likeable about Rick, the mask and their plight. Jen is worth fighting for it seems, and with some geniune satisfaction gained from killing the denizens of hell the journey feels enticing. Splatterhouse isn’t perfect and suffers the same fate as others before it. There’s simply not enough variety to hold your interest beyond the first few hours, and only fans and die-hards will likely want to play beyond this. Whilst there’s no doubt over the quality of the design and production, it’s possible this could have benefited from being an XBLA release at a lower price point instead of full retail. That said, if you’re after an abundance of comical gore, a game which doesn’t take itself too seriously and an appealing but simple scenario, then you’d do well to give Splatterhouse some of your time.
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3djuegos.com review
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eurogamer.net review
It’s a measure of how far we’ve come that just over 20 years ago the sight of blood alone was enough to shock and offend, whereas now it is nowhere near enough. Sadly though, it’s also a measure of how little Splatterhouse has advanced that its guilty pleasures are too tame and abstract to match even that achievement, while the game underneath is too generic and rough around the edges to compensate for its other shortcomings.
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gamesradar.com review
No, Splatterhouse isn’t a great game. It’s not even a good game. It is better than bad, though. It annoys with some cheap deaths and some distant checkpoints, and it can grate with its “attitude,†but it’s also loveable in a scruffy way. It’s a game with no pretentions, knowing exactly what it is (and in case you forget, it includes all three fully playable original Splatterhouse games). It knew it was never going to set the horror-action world on fire, and so it’s content to instead bathe the world in blood. And torn-out colons.
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videogamer.com review
For Splatterhouse to be a good game it needed to have more depth. For the majority of the game’s 10 chapters I simply button mashed until I could activate my special attack, and repeated that over and over. There really isn’t anything more to it than that. But somehow it is fun. It’s not a particularly attractive game, the locations aren’t especially memorable and the tone is a teenage boy’s wet dream. If that sounds like a laugh, you’ll probably have a decent time.
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giantbomb.com review
Above all else, Splatterhouse is a game that screams “competent.” Specifically, it screams it with a guttural heavy metal growl over the deafening din of grinding power chords and machine gun blasts of double bass, while simultaneously vomiting a fire hydrant’s worth of blood all over the screen. That all that gratuitous violence and gushing gore manages to inspire so little reaction is perhaps more a testament to where we as a society sit now compared to the late ’80s. More to the point, it speaks to the notion that a bunch of bleeding freaks and severed torsos maybe isn’t quite enough to sell a game all by its lonesome anymore. It’s good, then, that Splatterhouse has a bit more going on upstairs than the games it originally spawned from. This isn’t a game you’re likely to remember for too terribly long past its conclusion, but if you’re a die-hard nostalgist for this franchise, or just someone looking for a decent outlet to punch, stab, and batter the living hell out of some crap for 10 or so hours, Splatterhouse will scratch that itch.
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gaming-age.com review
All together though, it’s hard to recommend Splatterhouse as something you must pick up and try out right away. I’d certainly suggest a rental at best, and maybe wait for an inevitable price drop if you like to actually own your games. It’s not something I’d completely pass on, I did have some fun with it, it’s just a little too repetitive and rough for me to consider it as a great release. You’ll probably already know whether or not you’re the audience for this game based on the whole gore/horror factor, so if you’re going into this just for the gameplay element, I’d say you better try before you buy.
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joystiq.com review
Splatterhouse is like an undercooked blood sausage. It’s sloppy, gooey, and all falls apart under any real amount of pressure. If given a little bit more time on the grill, it could have turned out to be one of the tastiest dishes in the beat-em-up genre this year. But as it stands, it’s just a cold lump of yuck.
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gamespot.com review
If you come to Splatterhouse just looking to satisfy your thirst for violence, you’ll find the carnage well suited to your particular tastes. In fact, some great-looking environments and interesting plot devices signify an attempt to rise above the pools and puddles saturating every surface
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ign.com review
Let’s be honest: Splatterhouse was always the video game equivalent of an exploitation flick. In an era where games were dominated by perky platformers and colorful beat-em-ups, Splatterhouse was a breath of rotten air, full of gore, secondhand references to horror movie icons, and cheap thrills – sort of like the movies it took inspiration from. But, like so many horror remakes of the last few years, little of the original Splatterhouse’s charm has been left intact, and the half-baked mechanics and graphic content can’t make up the difference. Other games have managed to marry over-the-top violence and sex with sound game design, and Splatterhouse just feels like an imitator.
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gamereactor.se review
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