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 ps3
DEVELOPER Namco Bandai Games | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
Splatterhouse Reviews ps3
guardian.co.uk review
Throw in some surprisingly nuanced storytelling, some boss battles that can only reasonably be described as mega, and what Namco have produced here is something of a masterpiece of the beat-'em-up genre. Splatterhouse is a vulgar, noisy, shallow, juvenile, gruesome gem of a game that never forgets to be fun, even when going out of its way to be as appalling as possible.
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vandal.net review
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cheatcc.com review
If you decide to take a stab at a harder difficulty on your next playthrough, you’ll be happy to note that all of your previously purchased skills will carry over. It will surely be a welcomed aid to all the achievement/trophy hunters out there looking to score some extra points.
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destructoid.com review
This game was better than I thought it would be, and better than it perhaps should have been. With more refinement and redesigned (or eliminated) platforming, this could have been a classic in the beat ’em up genre, but as it stands, Splatterhouse is pretty damn good for what it is, and packs enough content to keep fans satisfied. Ridiculous gore, silly metal music, and endless amounts of brutal, nostalgic combat.
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gamepro.com review
When Rick sticks to splashing the screen red, Splatterhouse is a satisfying, blood-soaked romp. The clear-a-room combat can get a bit repetitive, but the diverse cast of crazies — and the equally varied ways to silence them — should keep horror fans hacking, slashing, beheading, and eviscerating through the ten-plus hour campaign. And if that doesn’t satiate your blood lust, a wave-spawning survival arena mode should do the trick. Splatterhouse isn’t quite the evolutionary step forward we had in mind for the cult-classic horror series, but it’s still a bloody good time.
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psfocus.nl review
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gamezone.com review
As blood splashes on the ground, walls, on Taylor’s body and even on the screen, Splatterhouse shows that not all video games have to take the route of melodramas. It’s simple. It’s fun. Most importantly, it does its job at giving action fans a fantastic romp through a violent backdrop. It also helps that the soundtrack chosen is right out of a metalhead’s dreams.
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3djuegos.com review
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psxextreme.com review
The problem here is that the action happens so fast and an enemy needs to be very near death for the body to glow, that you usually kill him before you even see him glowing. So I started to press Circle about the time I thought he might start glowing, just so I wouldn’t have to stop. Stopping and waiting is a no-no; all you do is button-mash and if you don’t, you’ll probably die. On top of which, the context sensitive command involves the analog sticks (genius move, there; you know, we do still have face buttons), and the amount of time you’re given to process what’s shown is inconsistent. With some enemies, the command came up during a Splatterkill to pull the right analog stick right and the left analog stick left, and it stayed there for a few seconds.
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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
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
A generally tongue-in-cheek tone is hammered home by the mask itself, which constantly talks to you as the waves of enemies are torn to pieces. It dishes out some pretty funny one-liners and isn’t afraid to be very self-referential. Had Splatterhouse taken itself seriously the extreme gore simply wouldn’t have been palatable for the majority of people – as it is it’s walking a fine line.
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giantbomb.com review
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.
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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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metro.co.uk review
Splatterhouse’s main claim to fame is that it was one of the first games to require a parental warning. Originally a coin-op from 1988, the games were fairly standard scrolling beat ’em-ups, but featuring enemies and backdrops inspired by ’80s horror films – not the usual Final Fight style street gangs. The main hero is clearly based on Jason from the Friday The 13th films, with various enemies paying homage to Evil Dead, Re-Animator and other contemporaries.
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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gameblog.fr review
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gamereactor.se review
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