the love keeps coming new splatter house planed

[darkvare]

i know some of you loved this game so here are the news

http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=5826

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167518

[Zomboid]

That is fucking great news. I just got wood.

[Zombinatrix]

Don't worry some dumbass developer will find a way to butcher this classic.

[Guitar Woman]

I hope it doesn't control like a CD-i game this time!

[Dr. Boogie]

Dude, I totally know what you mean!




Nah, I'm just kidding. I have no clue what you're talking about. Good bait.

[Grislygus]

Probably his way of saying that it had bad controls, which, if that's the case, really reminds me of how my little brother complains bitterly about how there's "just no perspective" when I can convince him to play any older game, then proceeds to suck at them

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Well, I think they did a decent job when they remade ghouls and ghosts as Maximo a number of years ago. Maybe that's just one good example though.

[Zomboid]

You're doing a marvelous job at being terrible gw. Keep it up.

I reeeeeeally hope that they don't skimp on the gore in this. I don't see that being a problem when you compare it to some of the recent games, but splatterhouse always went above and beyond.

[Chojin]

Take it from the only person here that owns both splatterhouse and a CD-i - comparing splatterhouse's controls to games like Link: The Faces Of Evil is totally justifiable, if a little mean.

The world seems neat enough, though, and a new splatterhouse for 360 might even interest me to the point of a purchase :eek

[Fathom Zero]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4259/84203splatterhn5.jpg

[Zomboid]

HOLY SHIT :eek

[darkvare]

http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/84203-splatter.jpg

amazingly bloody :love

[stitchfan626]

i just hope they bring back Splatterhouse's ultimate weapon: the shotgun

[Nick]

More shirt ripping GOODNESS.

[LordSappington]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4259/84203splatterhn5.jpg

Damn, that's already strike one in my book. The quickest way to ruin a classic game is to make a 3D remake. Just look at Sonic.
I'm afraid.

[Grislygus]

Oh my God, that looks like a souped up CarnEvil :love

[MattJack]

I remember when I was in 2nd grade and I rented Splatter House.

I put it on the kitchen table and my mom saw it. It was right around the time when they introduced ratings for games, and so of course she flipped out like Kyle's mom.

"WHAT WHAT WHAT!!! MATTHEW! YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY THIS!!!!"

Guess what. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY THIS ONE MOM, I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS. BI*CH.

[BurntToShreds]

Damn, that's already strike one in my book. The quickest way to ruin a classic game is to make a 3D remake. Just look at Sonic.
I'm afraid.


-Mario 64
-Maximo
-Ninja Gaiden
-Shinobi
-Ocarina of Time & all the rest
-Metroid Prime

[LordSappington]

For the record, Metroid Prime sucks ass compared to the rest.
And I do believe I made what we call an 'exaggeration'. But, look at the battle record, there are WAY more shitty 3D remakes than good ones. Like Bubsy. And how about (well, controversially) Castlevania 64?

[Fathom Zero]

Bubsy 3D was a remake?

Of Bubsy 3D?

[Zomboid]

CV 64 WAS FUN

[darkvare]

For the record, Metroid Prime sucks ass compared to the rest.
And I do believe I made what we call an 'exaggeration'. But, look at the battle record, there are WAY more shitty 3D remakes than good ones. Like Bubsy. And how about (well, controversially) Castlevania 64?


i don't like you anymore :< and i hope this game rocks so you shut up

[Zomboid]

oh jesus. Why are you doing that too? :<

[darkvare]

doing what? :<

[Chojin]

Making the CHOJIN FACE :< :< :< :M

[Zomboid]

I don't know if he was seriously asking or not.

[darkvare]

i think we need splaterhouse smileys

[Sacks]

Chojin you better wipe your name off this face because I've been using it for years now :<

[Chojin]

i stole the :< fair and square from mew in like 2001

[Dr. Boogie]

I love Splatterhouse, but I can't say I'm optimistic about this game.

From the shots I saw in EGM, it looks like they're just taking Rick and putting him in some generic 3d world to beat up monsters. It looks like they're completely abandoning the scary settings from the original series.

Nevertheless, it could still be good, I suppose. We'll just have to wait and see.

[darkvare]

optimism should be the last thing to lose

[Chojin]

If they plane this game enough I don't see how it could fail.

[executioneer]

it'll definitely help work out the bumps

[Dr. Boogie]

But what about the turbulence?

[Grislygus]

They can smooth that over

[Nick]

It's a remake. Splatterhouse doesn't need a remake, it needs a sequel. :(

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6449/mediapi4.jpg

[Sacks]

Does anyone else think about Pantera when they look at him?

[Dr. Boogie]

Only because of the jean shorts.

[Nick]

Wah, I don't like the new mask. :(

[Sacks]

It looks like it did with less red. What don't you like about it?

[LordSappington]

It's a remake. Splatterhouse doesn't need a remake, it needs a sequel. :(

There are already two sequels, and one obnoxious chibi version. A remake is about all that's left.

[Sacks]

A remake would probably give more life to the franchise than a sequel no one would understand.

[Nick]

A remake would probably give more life to the franchise than a sequel no one would understand.
A family man kicking ass is better than a dork kicking ass.

[Sacks]

Plenty of family men wear cut off jean shorts!

[HickMan]

Does anyone else think about Pantera when they look at him?

I always think about Pantera. RIP DIMEBAG

[Zomboid]

RIP BRAW NEVA 4GIT

[HickMan]

MONEY FO NOTHIN'.
CHICKS FO FREE.

I loved the original splatterhouse games. Can't wait to see what they pull off!

[Dr. Boogie]

As long as they keep the grotesque monsters and imagery, I'll call it a success.

[LordSappington]

.... yeah, no matter how much I'll diss its flaws, I'll probably end up buying it.
On another note, did anyone else hate the phantom as much as I did? Hated that bastard.

[Nick]

The goofy smile on the new mask is far too similar to this.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/1977/splatterz2kz3.png

[Zomboid]

Looks pretty much exactly like the mask from splatterhouse 3. I don't see why you're whining about it.

[Nick]

Looks pretty much exactly like the mask from splatterhouse 3. I don't see why you're whining about it. Yes, exactly the same.

http://splatterhouse.classicgaming.gamespy.com/namoff12.jpg

http://splatterhouse.classicgaming.gamespy.com/namoff13.jpg

[Grislygus]

I forgot how badly the cover art sucked on the second one

[Zomboid]

Yeah, and I don't remember there being Xenomorphs from the alien movies showing up.

[Nick]

I love how his mask is kept on by tiny little skeleton hands. d:3

[darkvare]

just an update with a new article
http://www.gametrailers.com/viewnews.php?id=5992

[Dr. Boogie]

I maintain that I'm looking forward to it, but I'm still wary. Part of what made the monsters scary in the previous games was that they were so bizarre-looking (a mound of fat with an enormous mouth, a some kind of aborted fetus attached to a rope, etc), but in these few bits of media that I've seen, they look more like the standard fare for monsters.

And I swear I saw what looked like a jumping puzzle.

[Sacks]

Well as boring as the monsters may be, this game looks like it's going to be amazing to look at.

[Darmy647]

Im interested to see how the whicker man he goes up against goes. I heard its sort of shadow of the colossus kind of boss battles.

[Nick]

As long as they can restart the franchise, and improve in the sequels, I'll be happy.

[Nick]

According to this new issue of Gamepro, instead of having a life gauge your body just gets ripped to shreds.

[BLEU]

I hope there are multiple endings like in SplatterHouse 3. And that it has that same feeling claustophobia and sheer grossness.

My little sister was trying to play SH3 and she had to stop after the first level because the monsters were making her nauseous. It was the baby bird ones in the second level that bothered her the most. :x

[Nick]

What a wuss.

[Zomboid]

I hope there are multiple endings like in SplatterHouse 3. And that it has that same feeling claustophobia and sheer grossness.

My little sister was trying to play SH3 and she had to stop after the first level because the monsters were making her nauseous. It was the baby bird ones in the second level that bothered her the most. :x
What the fuck are baby bird monsters? You mean the screaming mimis?

[Dr. Boogie]

He means the ones that shoot their tongues at you and try to slide along the floor to hit you.

[Nick]

That sounds like exactly like a baby bird.

[Zomboid]

Nevermind the fact that half their fucking head is teeth and JAW.

[Nick]

What point of exactly like a bird did you not understand?

[Dr. Boogie]

I guess their arms are folded up like little wings, but still, your sister needs glasses.

[Sam]

AND A PAIR OF NUTS.

[Nick]

OH SNAP SON!




Also, how you plane a Splatterhouse.

[Grislygus]

Now now, we already figured that out in a brainstorming session

[BLEU]

Well fuck, I don't know what they're supposed to be! But they look the most like a baby bird to me so that's what I identify them as. Sorry. :\

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/BloodyThesis/antmonster.gif

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/BloodyThesis/amazon19.jpg

Is there really zero similarity between the two? The dude who runs the West Mansion describes them as "antlike," though, so I guess it's subjective because I don't see that AT ALL.

[Zomboid]

He describes them as ant-like? That's what I always thought too, though admittedly, I don't know why.

[MrSmiley381]

If they don't mess this game up, I will be happy.

If they mess this game up, I might buy it anyway.

Keeping that in mind, Splatterhouse is the one franchise where I can say that every game, including the Famicom spinoff, was inherently good. No shameless cashing-in ever seemed apparent to me.

[Nick]

I just hope this doesn't turn out like Golden Axe did.

[BLEU]

There's a new Golden Axe? :eek

[Grislygus]

In that shitty Sega Ages deal

[Dr. Boogie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Rider

[Nick]

http://www.1up.com/media/03/6/4/2/lg/397.jpg

http://www.1up.com/media/03/5/5/1/lg/129.JPG

Now I am interested.

[Dr. Boogie]

The environments remind me of Shadowman.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's a bad thing then right?

[Zomboid]

Seems like it's too dark and gloomy. Splatterhouse 3 looks like the game that they're gonna imitate here, and that one had room after room that were all brightly lit.

[Dr. Boogie]

That's a bad thing then right?

More to do with the style than the quality of the graphics. Shadowman had some dilapidated areas with architecture made of bones and skin and such, and some areas with a more industrial feel, with more ironworks and such, but all of it with a certain amount of age showing.

[Nick]

http://www.1up.com/media/03/6/6/0/lg/799.jpg

http://www.1up.com/media/03/6/4/2/lg/398.jpg

http://www.1up.com/media/03/6/6/0/lg/801.jpg

http://www.1up.com/media/03/6/6/0/lg/802.jpg

More screens!

[Grislygus]

Zombie athletic department?

[Nick]

Zombie Jocks?!

[Nick]

This comes out in 10 days, who is gonna play it.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm going to rent it and check it out.

[Sacks]

Is this xbox or Ps3 or what? I need to know which one of my friends to start pressuring into buying this.

[bigtimecow]

...i thought this game got cancelled

[Nick]

Nope! :)

[darkvare]

sega just took development form surge

[Nick]

The release date has been pushed back apparently.

[Dimnos]

What nigga?!

Namco Bandai's long-delayed current-gen Splatterhouse reboot is making its way slowly but surely to consoles, and it may come with an added bonus -- three of the original games.

http://www.destructoid.com/splatterhouse-reboot-features-unlockable-original-titles-170483.phtml

[Grislygus]

Holy smegging shit

[Grislygus]

And the original ISN'T the toned-down saturn version? :eek

Dude, even if that's a steaming pile of shit, I'm buying it

[Dimnos]

And the original ISN'T the toned-down saturn version? :eek



Nope! Unedited Jap version. :rock

[Zomboid]

Shiiiit yeah, son! My desktop wallpaper is a promo still for the new game. I'm pumped :O

[darkvare]

wich still?

[Nick]

I'm getting this game no matter how bad it is.

[Sacks]

http://screwattack.com/videos/Out-of-the-Box-Splatterhouse

[Mockery]

Anybody get the new Splatterhouse game yet? I'm curious to hear how it turned out since Boogie and I played the demo at E3 earlier this summer.

[OxBlood]

I´ll get it on friday I guess but some guys on my regular boad have it already and the first impressions were quite positive as far as I can tell. The voice acting seems to be pretty good as is the humor between Rick and the Mask.

[Nick]

I got this game day one, I've been streaming it on the website I'm a part of at vidya2 (http://www.vidyavidya.de/). I have to say, I absolutely love it. It's a great remake and stays true to the original. It also includes the original 3 games as unlockables.

[OxBlood]

Yeah, as I said in the other thread, I´m impressed what they´ve done with it, it´s really pretty good and that´s way more than I expected :) Glad I got it and for a good price too...all Splatterhouse games on one disc.

[Grislygus]

I WISH I STILL HAD A 360 DAMMIT I WANTED THIS GAME SO BAD RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

[Nick]

Its also on the PS3.

[OxBlood]

Okay, I just finished it. Pretty good game they made there. The last third isn´t that great but what can you do.
Oh and normal isn´t normal it´s pretty hard in certain areas though 90% of my deaths were caused by falls (honestly Namco, don´t try do put Platforming in there, you don´t know how to do these things properly) or the fact that you have to learn bosses the first time round.
Wouldn´t be that much of a problem if the game didn´t load for about a minute each and every time you die. That and many Checkpoints aren´t that well placed.

I´d say Splatterhouse is a solid 7. It´s good but not that well designed here and there. Glad I bought it :)

[Nick]

I have no regrets about it. I hope we get a sequel.

[Shadowdancer21b]

I'm looking forward to buying a 360 so that I can play this and Dead Rising.

[Sacks]

Okay, I just finished it. Pretty good game they made there. The last third isn´t that great but what can you do.
Oh and normal isn´t normal it´s pretty hard in certain areas though 90% of my deaths were caused by falls (honestly Namco, don´t try do put Platforming in there, you don´t know how to do these things properly) or the fact that you have to learn bosses the first time round.
Wouldn´t be that much of a problem if the game didn´t load for about a minute each and every time you die. That and many Checkpoints aren´t that well placed.

I´d say Splatterhouse is a solid 7. It´s good but not that well designed here and there. Glad I bought it :)

The falls were usually what got me in the arcade version. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

[OxBlood]

One thing they like to do later on is throw more and more previous bosses at you. In one level you have to fight 1st Level bosses plus one of the annoying invincible-buff-teleport enemies at one while the ground collapses gradually. Really fucking annoying...but it only took me two or three tries. The most annoying part for me might have been a jumping section with the collapsing bridge. 6 or 10 tries I guess.

I think the only tips one can give for the combat are:

-Use the heal-skill, it´s cheap and almost always available
-Use the dismember-grab, it provides you with weapons when there are none around
-Always kill glowing enemies first, they can twohit you
-Berserker, Berserker, Berserker. Whenever you see a normal Boss, whenever things get too tough, whenever you´re almost dead: Berserker Mode is you best friend in this game

That´s all I can think of right now. The game isn´t Ninja Gaiden-difficult, it mostly suffers from some poor design choices I´d say.

And I too hope we´ll get a sequel, I really like the story and the characters of the game and that´s quite a feat for a game called Splatterhouse. A little Herbert West - Reanimator, a bit Charles Dexter Ward, a bit of the eldritch menace from beyond the stars, those guys knew their Lovecraft, no doubt :)

[Sacks]

All of these complaints are making me more excited to play this because they sound like all the classic gripes for Splatterhouse.

[Nick]

It's a great game. I expected the ending they gave me, but it somehow still managed to piss me off. It's great! I demand a sequel right now.

[Mockery]

Just a quick heads up for any of you who've been thinking about buying the new Splatterhouse... it's on sale for only $25.99 on Amazon today. Hell of a good price.

[Nick]

That is a fantastic price. I bet it doesn't come with this, though.


http://www.videogamesaga.com/Splatterhouse_bonusLG.jpg

[Sacks]

Was it a rumor that this one came with all the other ones or was that just on xbox or what?

edit: Nevermind chaps I figured it out.

[darkvare]

i've been to every store that sells games in my town and haven't found a single copy i'm a sad panda also no rental copies

[Dimnos]

Did you check Amazon?

[darkvare]

amazon charges 30 bucks for shipping

[Dimnos]

What your not premium with free 2 day shipping? :eek

[darkvare]

its cause its a shipping to mexico

[Zomboid]

I beat it and am almost done a second playthrough on brutal difficulty. This game is great, but there are definitely problems. There are certain enemies that basically throw their hands into the air and decide to charge you, and if you're close, you can't hit them, even if they're still in the arm-throwing animation, which means you get grabbed. Annoying. The platforming parts can be pretty annoying, but they're still fun.

Also, I kinda wish they'd had more horror elements and less "LOVECRAFT IS FUCKING METAL!!!!", but even that's kinda minor.

[Nick]

Also pictures of Jennifer's tits.

[LordSappington]

Also, I kinda wish they'd had more horror elements and less "LOVECRAFT IS FUCKING METAL!!!!", but even that's kinda minor.
I'm a huge Lovecraft fan, especially in Horror, but it's overplayed. It takes a really great writer to make Lovecraftian elements legitimately scary, and not just annoying.
Also, I've been wanting to play this for a while. Probably going to wait until it's cheaper at the local Gamestop.

[Sacks]

I'm not really familiar with Lovecraft. What is some of the stuff that is influenced by that in this game?

[OxBlood]

The whole Dr. West-thing is Lovecraft, based on Reanimator (the Lovecraft story, not the movie) and combined with the Charles Dexter Ward-story, the the-world-is-ending-in-a-demonic-eclipse-thing at the end, some of the cross-dimensional ideas, the fleshy-ness of some enemies or locations...many things can be traced back to Lovecraft, though I´m sure he didn´t invent them, he just made them popular and still does to this day.
That´s all I can think of right now as I´m in a hurry...

And concerning scary...I think it´s hard to make anything that L. made really scary these days since his stories just aren´t scary, just mildly unsettling and very atmospheric but I agree that you can´t just throw that stuff into a game and expect it to be awesome. Most references got a smile out of me but not much more.

[Zomboid]

Actually, that Call of Cthulhu game that came out a while ago was pretty damn creepy. It's just that a lot of metal bands kinda take a lot of Lovecraft names, stories, and imagery and put it into their stuff, usually with pretty lame results. This kinda did the same thing, though it wasn't all bad.

There's a couple parts where you see Cthulhu faces and shit like that. Also, West says Shub-Niggurath and Cthulhu at some point. Other than that, you're right.

[OxBlood]

I need to rephrase that. The stories themselves are not scary but the situations the characters are in are. L´s "problem" is the way he tells his stories. I honestly wonder if anyone ever thought his stuff was scary, giving everything away in the first sentece every time...I mean I enjoy the hell out of the things he wrote (though I hardly ever read them in english, it´s a little too much for me in the evenings) but still, the stories themselves don´t hold much tension.

[Nick]

It's more of a homage to Lovecraft rather than Splatterhouse taking the source material seriously. Also all these references were in the original storyline as well.

[Dimnos]

Reading Lovecraft is more like "Whaaaaaat!?! Sucks for you dude."

[OxBlood]

To me, reading Lovecraft is like getting comfy in a huge leather armchair in front of a nice warm fireplace while there´s a thunderstorm tearing up the countryside outside my imaginitive mansion and watching some poor slob getting ripped apart by some otherworldly nightmare outside the window. :)

[Zomboid]

It's more of a homage to Lovecraft rather than Splatterhouse taking the source material seriously. Also all these references were in the original storyline as well.
What? REFERENCES, maybe. I don't recall Cthulu's visage being seen in the background, nor did they flat out use the names and terms. Have you played the original games, even? The story was pretty thin in the first two, and the third was still pretty vague. Sacrifices and bringing in elder gods from outer dimensions is a lot more Lovecraftian than the dark stone and Jennifer turning into a monster after a boreworm fucks her up.

And yeah, no shit. My point was only that it's a pretty standard trope these days, and it might've been nice if it was less METAL LOVECRAFT WALLET CHAIN FUCK YEAH and more off-putting horror and ohmygodmyfamilyisdying.

Also, same here, Ox.

edit: I'm glad this game came out. I really am. I've been looking forward to it for yeeeears, and I think Boogie and I are probably the two biggest Splatterhouse fans on this forum, but I think it could've been a bit better. It's still really fun and worth getting, though. Just some minor nitpicks.

[LordSappington]

Lovecraft's works are something you have to kind of dwell on. It's not going to be scary at all if you just pick it up and read it, but if you make sure you're in the right mood, atmosphere, and zone for it, and let it dwell in the back of your mind for a while, it starts to get unsettling.
Also, his stories are incredibly descriptive; it feels like a chore to read if you don't get into it. I think that's one of the reasons there aren't many straight-up Lovecraftian games; you can't just throw Cthulhu into a game and expect it to be scary. It's all very psychological. Amnesia did it very well.

[Zomboid]

Yep. I think I read Dagon when I was all fucked up with the flu and nyquil, and it was awesome. It was the perfect thing to read at the time, and it's always stuck with me. The Temple is another great one.

[LordSappington]

My favorite is The Rats In The Walls. Dagon was also pretty awesome.

[Dimnos]

...and watching some poor slob getting ripped apart by some otherworldly nightmare outside the window. :)


Thats the "sucks for you dude." part. :lol

[OxBlood]

Yeah but I thought it deserved to be wrapped in nicer words, that´s all :lol

Guess I should read or listen to Dexter Ward again, very good audiobook, read by "the german voice of Johnny Depp"...of course he speaks 5 other guys too like Christian Bale and shit...just because we only have like 10-15 decent voice actors here :D

[kahljorn]

Lovecraft's works are something you have to kind of dwell on. It's not going to be scary at all if you just pick it up and read it, but if you make sure you're in the right mood, atmosphere, and zone for it, and let it dwell in the back of your mind for a while, it starts to get unsettling.
Also, his stories are incredibly descriptive

http://mimg.ugo.com/201002/37619/cuts/in-the-mouth-of-madness_288x288.jpg

[Fathom Zero]

fckin loved that movie

[OxBlood]

What movie is that? The...blabla of madness?

[Fathom Zero]

IN THE MOUTH OF MIZZADNESS

[OxBlood]

Right, that one movie that I always forget to buy..."die Mächte des Wahnsinns" (the forces of insanity), as it´s called here. Thanks for reminding me, gotta order it somewhere...

[Fathom Zero]

Sam Neill is brilliant in it. I lub 'im.

[Zomboid]

Yeah! Man, that movie was horrifying when I first saw it. That kid on the bike was what done me in, bros.

[kahljorn]

:lol i like how its funny and scary at the same time

HE WONT LET ME OUT MAN in a bill paxton voice

[Nick]

What? REFERENCES, maybe. I don't recall Cthulu's visage being seen in the background, nor did they flat out use the names and terms. Have you played the original games, even? The story was pretty thin in the first two, and the third was still pretty vague. Sacrifices and bringing in elder gods from outer dimensions is a lot more Lovecraftian than the dark stone and Jennifer turning into a monster after a boreworm fucks her up.

And yeah, no shit. My point was only that it's a pretty standard trope these days, and it might've been nice if it was less METAL LOVECRAFT WALLET CHAIN FUCK YEAH and more off-putting horror and ohmygodmyfamilyisdying.

Also, same here, Ox.

edit: I'm glad this game came out. I really am. I've been looking forward to it for yeeeears, and I think Boogie and I are probably the two biggest Splatterhouse fans on this forum, but I think it could've been a bit better. It's still really fun and worth getting, though. Just some minor nitpicks.

Considering it all started at Dr. West's mansion I just assumed that everything had to be tied to some sort of Cthulhu-esque origins. I always thought some of the monster depictions were reminiscent of Lovecraftian horrors.