Nerdy, weakling college student Rick Taylor lies dying on the floor in the lobby of the massive West Mansion. His girlfriend Jennifer has been kidnapped (the plot of every beat-em-up ever) by the maniacal Doctor West.
The Splatterhouse coin-operated Videogame by Namco (circa 1988), and it's history and background, photos, repair help, manuals, for sale and wanted lists, and census survey is brought to you by The International Arcade Museum at the Museum fo the Game. One of my all-time favorite games series has got to be Splatterhouse. Team behind Splatterhouse 3 understood this, and so they decided to make their game a.
A mask topples out of a nearby sarcophagus, it speaks to him, promising an extension to his life, and, more importantly, revenge. Upon donning the mask, Rick is not transformed into a green-faced party animal in a yellow suit, but a muscle-bound raging hulk ready to take on any monsters the West Mansion has to offer. There's plenty of splatter, and plenty of house, so, if nothing else, it certainly lives up to the title. Fortunately there IS a lot more to enjoy. Splatterhouse is probably the bloodiest game of all time and is a great beat-em-up, but it does begin to wither by your third play-through.
The gameplay is very. Very similar to that of Batman: Arkham Asylum, though nowhere near as polished. And a lot of Rick abilities are similar to that of Alex Mercer from Prototype.
It's no secret that the game had a troubled production. Bottle Rocket Games was fired (and rendered defunct as a result) by Namco around early 2009, and it took Namco's in-house team nearly a year and a half to fill in the rest. The game still feels rushed and unfinished. The biggest problem lies with the fact that the game does not install to your PS3, but merely loads off the Blu Ray disc. This creates very, very long loading times that will REALLY drive you mad.
Aside from that, you'll have an absolute ton of fun with Splatterhouse. Pros: Great script. Great dialogue/characters. Nude pictures of Jennifer. Lots of satisfying blood and gore. Contains the arcade version of the original Splatterhouse as well as Splatterhouse 2 and Splatterhouse 3, which were exclusive to the Mega Drive and extremely hard to come. It's worth buying for these two alone.
Cons: Extremely long loading times. Graphics are only in 720p. Some really cheap deaths (wouldn't be such a problem if it were not for the loading times). Seriously.the loading times are a killer.
THIS GAME REALLY SHOULD HAVE INSTALLED ONTO THE PS3!!! Graphics B Sound B Gameplay B Lasting Appeal B+.
Contents.Gameplay Splatterhouse is combat-oriented with main character Rick fighting various monsters in either hand-to-hand combat or with makeshift weapons, such as wooden planks and meat cleavers. Rick is able to attack his enemies with super strength and rip them apart. He can also chain attacks together into.Rick can lose limbs, but is able to grow them back over time. Arms can be used as clubs to fight enemies.Throughout the game, Rick collects blood from defeated enemies.
Collecting a certain amount will allow the player to unlock new moves and perform special attacks. Players can find journals documenting Dr. West's history while photos of Rick's girlfriend serve as a breadcrumb trail to follow. He can perform 'Splatter Kills', extremely gory finishing moves. There is also a platforming element with jump nodes to keep instant death falls to a minimum.The game also comes with the original arcade game, and as unlockables.Plot Jennifer Willis is to have an interview with Dr. Henry West M.D.
, professor of, at his house. Her boyfriend, Rick Taylor , comes along so nothing bad happens.
Just as Rick is about to propose to Jennifer, the two are attacked by Dr. West's experiments, kidnapping Jennifer and leaving Rick mortally wounded. Rick knocks over a sarcophagus revealing a mask. Close to death, the Terror Mask calls out to Rick, saying it will save him and help save Jenny if he puts it on. Having no choice, Rick puts the mask on and is transformed into a hulking beast powered by the blood of others.Rick follows Dr. West and Jennifer through other dimensions and time periods and learns of Dr.
West's plan to bring dark deities, known as 'The Corrupted', into this world by sacrificing Jennifer. West believes The Corrupted will resurrect his dead love Leonora, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Jennifer and originally died of. The Corrupted intended to lay waste to Earth instead. It is revealed that Dr.
West and the Corrupted had previously resurrected Leonora, but she was brought back as a demonic savage. West tried to contain her and bring her back completely, but one instance she escaped; Dr.
West later found her holding a porcelain doll, horrified at the fate of the child she took it from. West was later summoned away from the town of Arkham and his home on a pointless errand, only to discover that the town's populace found out about Leonora, and imprisoned her to be burned as a witch. Rick encounters Leonora while traveling through time, emerging near the alit wickerman cage as the townsfolk are turned into monsters by the Corrupted. In an attempt to save Leonora thinking she was Jennifer, Rick was attacked by her demonic form, forcing him to kill her. West witnesses Rick stomping on her and loses his morality, vowing to tear down the gates of heaven and ascending on a pile of corpses, built from the townsfolk of Arkham and topped with Rick's dead body.In the end, Rick succeeds in rescuing Jennifer and thwarting West's plans; however, one of the Corrupted emerges, summoned from the numerous killings Rick committed through the game and constructed from the bodies of the monsters.
The Mask informs Rick that he knew that Rick's killing would release it, stating that he wanted the Corrupted to know that it was the Mask that stopped them, and for that to happen, he needed to let them out. Rick and the Mask manage to kill it and sate the Mask's thirst for vengeance, but in the process, a stray spirit possesses Jennifer. Believing his deal with the Mask to be done, he tries to pry it off; however, aware of Jennifer's possession, it refuses.
It is implied from West's reaction that the stray spirit is of Leonora's.Development and promotion According to Makoto Iwai, a then-senior vice president of Namco Bandai's American branch, he was tasked with finding a game to release that would be popular with American audiences. Realizing that a sequel to Splatterhouse might appeal to older audiences interested in games like, and seeing 's success with, Namco Bandai approved the concept.In early 2009, BottleRocket revealed that had made the decision to cut the developer from the project, and had already taken back their console development kits.
With no other projects or funding on their plate, BottleRocket was effectively shuttered as a result. Namco Bandai Games explained that the move was due to a 'performance issue'. The project was handed over to the internal development team at Namco Bandai Games who had recently completed.
Weeks later, it became known that Namco Bandai Games hired members of the original development staff from BottleRocket to help finish the game.The game's story and dialogue was penned by comic book writer. Composed original scores and the protagonist Rick Taylor (in his non-possessed look) was modelled after him.Splatterhouse was originally announced by Namco Bandai on May 29, 2008, with an expected release for the and in 2009. In June 2009, Namco Bandai said that the game would be delayed to the following year, which they later narrowed down to a Q3 2010 release date. Splatterhouse was finally released on November 23, 2010.As part of promotions leading up to the game's release, Splatterhouse was featured on the cover of issue #295 in June 2010. This was the first video game ever featured as a central cover on the horror magazine. The cover featured custom artwork by Dave Wilkins (the game's art director), and the article featured an interview with the design team by Fangoria's lead video game coverage writer Doug Norris. In addition, Namco Bandai announced a partnership with to create a shoe based on the game, and featured character Jennifer Willis as a in its December 2010 issue.
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