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I thought it was strange that Jim Cummings voiced the Mask in the 360 game.

I like Jim though, I don't see him in a lot of stuff now-a-days.

>>15260084

Jim Cummings was most certainly an interesting choice, but I think it worked quite well in the end.

>>15260093

Oh yeah, he was the right amount of intimidating/creepy, how I always imagine the mask sounded in the older games.

It was actually the best part of the game.

>>15260315

How is it gay?

>>15260315

Kill yourself

>>15260328

G

>>15260082

I actually liked the game on TurboGrafx-16. The port was good enough imo. Never played the arcade version until Mame years later. The arcade version of the first is the best in the franchise.

The sequel on Genesis is alright as well but is noticeably inferior in controls and sound. The last couple of levels are pretty crappy as well.

Third changed things up quite a lot. Never got around to beating it. It is a pretty difficult game and I prefer the scrolling style of the other two games.

I have never played the reboot released last gen so cannot really comment. It seems like a crap game from what I've seen though. It would have been better off if they did a retro style remake of the original like what Capcom did with Bionic Commando and Resident Evil. I think those two games have remained the best remakes so far.

>>15260562

Says the retard who stays in a thread he dislikes. Drink bleach faggot.

>>15260545

>Third changed things up quite a lot. Never got around to beating it.

It actually is piss easy once you learn that back -forward - back - attack is the strongest move in the game and spammable without any resource cost. Without it, yes the game is quite difficult.

My theory is that they wanted to implement a desperation move as was tradition in every contemporary beat em up. When they gave Rick a superform they ran out of buttons and didn't have the time to figure anything better than adding it as a secret. I would have given it a health cost and mentioned it in the manual.

To fucking hard. I got stuck on the chainsaw dude.

Tried the game on PS3, dear fucking christ that framerate is abysmal

>>15261190

mostly this, i found the game way too timing oriented.

it didn't have variety it was just press at the right time or fuck you. a little leeway or at least less repetition would have been nice.

>>15261855

The worst part about that game was the final level. In that one level you could feel just how much the switch in studios and rushed development hurt the game.

The "final boss" and ending were extremely disappointing.

>>15261869

The final boss was clearly fucked by the crunch time. That said, the ending mirrors the ending of the original where nothing is really resolved and it's a grim note.

>>15261886

I kinda like the ending in the original, despite all you went through, it was always too late to save her.

>>15261869

I just wished the soundtrack was more Brutal Legend and less BR00TAL METUL. I think Tim Schafer is a huge fucking cunt, however the licenced heavy metal songs in Brutal Legend were probably the best in gaming history, when it comes to Heavy Metal anyway.

>>15261966

I dunno, I feel like the soundtrack fit the over the top edge pretty well.

>>15261975

I enjoy alot the actual original or updated ost of the old games but find the licensed ones bothersome, but that might be because i dislike gutural and screamo.

Of course, sento nel core is a must.

>>15260082

I always liked 2 over one because of the controls. as for the 2010 one I'm just frustrated it'll be never ever for a sequel that would be far more interesting to play though. (also the studio fuck ups.)

The arcade game is the best one.

>>15260082

those hanged fetuses scared the fuck out of me when i was a kid

>>15261886

Is it possible to even kill chain saw dude without bringing 2 shoguns?

W

>>15269258

Game got rushed and they had to cut out more levels and content.

>>15269317

You can do it with one shotgun and then finish him off with the jumping slide.

Aside from nu-Splatterhouse, the only other Splatterhouse I haven't played yet is Wanpaku Graffiti, about how good is it?

>>15277818

Man i actually like how they portrayed the terromask in nu-splatterhouse, specially the sould the voice actor gives to it.

>>15277904

I wish more games did this.

>>15278802

>he doesnt know

I personally feel they botched nu-Splatterhouse, the classic one had this creepy, disturbing atmosphere, with an upsetting soundtrack on top of it, while the new one seemed to scream : HEY LOOK AT HOW BADASS THIS GAME IS! CHECK THIS COOL SOUNDTRACK! HOW COOL IS THAT!? BADASS!!!

IT'S WHAT COOL KIDS LIKE!!!

And that ruined it for me, also the monster design sucks ass compared to the originals.

How would you go about making a new Splatterhouse game? I'd just clone Dead Space, set it in a mansion and surrounding areas like Clive Barker's Undying did, and spooksynth the fuck out of it. DS is the only game I've played that manages to retain the same pacing and feel as the first two games in a 3D environment.

>>15276560

That's not entirely correct. Devs that were originally making it were fucking up horribly and making something far worse than what we got. Namco didn't like this, kicked their shit off the project, and tried to salvage what was left. We would have got wigger zombies if things didn't change.

>>15279340

Why? There are already tons of 2D fan games out there as it is. Why not try doing something similar but different? 2D also limits the ability to present a really nice mansion to murder your way through, and that's really fucking important for a game where the main characters are the mansions.

I personally think the pc engine port is the best version if only for this theme. Still really nice though that they included the old games in the reboot.

>>15279452

>Devs that were originally making it were fucking up horribly

I heard the very opposite, that they were making the game just fine and then namco lost faith in it and took it over, leading to the mess of a finale we got.

At least the first 2/3 were pretty good.

>>15279701

>lost faith

More like just couldn't financially handle Bottlerocket trying to DN:F their way through an easy life. There was a leaked version of the game floating around from just when the game changed hands and it was a horrible, barely touched, mess despite the game being announced in, I think, 2005 or 2006, if not earlier. The whole game seems rushed because it absolutely was rushed, effectively being made in just a year. Of course it is entirely possible that I am remembering things incorrectly, heard only one side of the story, or maybe merged from the Bearstein universe where this was the case.

>the reboot isn't on PC

Fuck. I have a huge boner for characters with multiple personalities.

>>15279843

Rick doesnt have multiple personalities, hes getting possesed by a demon inside a mask.

>>15279856

That's really what I meant, I just worded it poorly. Multiple protagonists inhabiting the same body then I suppose.

>>15279837

I don't remember being able to defeat anything anywhere near what could be called fast in 2010, outside of the scrolling segments. Everything took way too long to defeat even with power combos to the point that I really didn't want to fight anything at all. It and 3 really share the same problem of being too much of a beat 'em up, with slow combat, durable enemies, and faster overall pacing. A good Splatterhouse game needs to have a slow pace, quick, deadly, and simple combat, and rely primarily on gimmicks to challenge and defeat the player. This is why I mentioned Dead Space, which has enemy encounters that mostly rely on trying to trick or surprise players, but are very quickly dealt with before slowly moving on to the next room that will try a new trick. The house itself being a character is another thing you can't really appreciate due to going through everything so fast. I can remember every scene in 1 and 2, and most of them in DS1, but can only remember a few bits and pieces of 3 and 2010. This isn't to say the beat 'em ups are bad though, they are great fun and still bring a lot of Splatterhouse to em, but they just don't have the same spirit.

>>15279753

If you can find a demo or something or gameplay footage I'd like to see how awful it could have been

>>15279974

>>15279920

I actually remember hearing about this demo as well, it was a while ago and I cant seem to find anymore information on it.

https://splatterhouse.kontek.net/index.html

I did find this site though with a bunch of old information.

>>15261869

>>15261886

>>15261948

>>15278697

Looked up this series and immediately had to fap to her. Glad to find out the direction things go after the first game.

>>15279452

>That's not entirely correct. Devs that were originally making it were fucking up horribly and making something far worse than what we got. Namco didn't like this, kicked their shit off the project, and tried to salvage what was left. We would have got wigger zombies if things didn't change.

<wigger zombies

Absolutely disgusting

>>15279701

>I heard the very opposite, that they were making the game just fine and then namco lost faith in it and took it over, leading to the mess of a finale we got.At least the first 2/3 were pretty good.

Is there any footage of the WIP version?

I didn't know the game went through all that trouble and this definitely picked my curiosity

>>15281816

I never found the demo, but i did find this wall of text talking about how bandai namcos CEO thought mobile games were the future and they should just finish splatterhouse and throw it out the door.

https://splatterhouse.kontek.net/requiem.html

shits fucked, Granted im willing to admit rocket bottle might have been incompetent as well but I am fairly certain namco is the bigger dickhead in this whole mess.

>>15280087

But anon, dont you kill her and later resurect her in 2?

Then rick'o boy wouldnt be boning that but a restored version of her.

>>15281990

That article links to https://worthplaying.com/article/2010/1/14/news/71532/ which is what I was talking about.

>might have

They straight up lied about what they were making. This was the same case as what happened with Colonial Marines, except nobody cared since Splatterhouse isn't a big name. They showed everyone what they wanted to see, told em what they wanted to hear, then started fucking around and making a completely different game when nobody was looking.

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>>15282212

>They straight up lied about what they were making. This was the same case as what happened with Colonial Marines, except nobody cared since Splatterhouse isn't a big name. They showed everyone what they wanted to see, told em what they wanted to hear, then started fucking around and making a completely different game when nobody was looking.

I finally read about it, basically the developers of nu-splatterhouse were the former developers of the "Mark of Kry" on PS2 and when Namco hired them, they told them specifically that they wanted a new Splatterhouse that was close in tone to the original trilogy and these fuckers instead wanted to develop another "Mark of Kry" with the same mechanics, ignoring completely what Namco told them, even after repeated calls.

It's a rare case of a company taking charge to fix the mess their developers were doing.

Nowadays companies put their hands in their developers' work only ruin it by injecting their cancer.

TL;DR

Those uppity developers deserved to get the boot, Namco tried to save the game but it was already too late, the damage was done.

>>15282950

>hey guise do i fit in?

You are trying way too hard

>>15282950

anyone who unironically uses the word 'based' in such a way should unironically go back to cuckchan.

>>15284693

Jason embodies a lot of what Japan likes in their scary creatures. Namely a Mask that obscures the face of a creature wielding an unusually large weapon.

bump because splatterhouse threads are rare.

Might as well post the other good songs from the franchise.

Any info on the original developers and composer? Where are they now?

https://invidio.us/watch?v=Jhn36HPa5iA

bump

The game had great music.

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>>15301851

Geez man calm down, theres really not much to talk about.

>>15301892

I dont want rick-o to be dead, but sadly, thats the state of the series.

>>15301892

Somebody ran at least two Splatterhouse games last GDQ, that might have something to do with it.

>>15284937

>tfw rick and guts need to team-up

>>15302202

You think guts would team up with someone thats being possesed by a demon-mask?

>>15302214

maybe, depends on the actions and motives of the demon in question are.

hell, hasn't it been alluded to that guts might be zodd's bastard?

>>15302225

No, thats just a theory some people push, zodd and guts only share mutual respect.

>>15301892

Chuck and Kid also have good soundtracks.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=6ORR07i8m48

https://invidio.us/watch?v=YPGhhsd4Fb4

>>15301931

Nope, I just love Splatterhouse.

>>15301892

Yes, visit him in the Namco Museum.