Shanelle Gray does a good job with Jennifer’s dialogue, despite the script occasionally degenerating into the standard damsel in distress dialogue that even the best VA’s can’t do much with. He also has quite the potty mouth, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. While some may believe that this takes away from the mystery of this once Mayan mask, it is still great fun to hear the voice of Tigger deliver such hilarious lines. He delivers the mask’s many quips with relish, making for some of the best voice work I’ve ever seen in a game. The voice acting is very good all round, with particular excellence from the voice of the Terror Mask, the man known as Jim Cummings. They seem to be included only to promote the bands rather than set a mood. While the instrumentals are reminiscent of the Genesis games, the band tracks sound generic to me, adding little to the game’s heavy nature. Music is a mix of macabre melodies and hard rock/heavy metal tracks by bands such as Mastadon. The Splatterkills, special attacks that can finish off weakened enemies, are great to watch, but you may find yourself tiring of the same animation every time you execute it. Rick has a plethora of attacks with everything from clubbing blows to ramming attacks to several types of grab moves, all with bloody goodness to go along. What the game does do right visually is its depiction of violence and the brutality of enemy kills. They might be boring to watch, but at least they are fun to kill. Some of them have imaginative designs, but their monotonous visuals in combat make them pretty stock. The bosses don’t fare any better, and are just larger with cheaper attacks. They exist mostly as obstacles in Rick’s way for the player to kill. This is a good thing, as the enemies aren’t very creatively designed or memorable. There’s a reason this game was mentioned in Fangoria’s June 2010 issue, and it isn’t the theme alone. The backgrounds are also very imaginative full of demonic scenery and landscapes full of viscera. Seeing a severed arm stump grow back and missing chunks of rib flesh regenerate is very cool indeed. It is a nice effect to see Rick’s combat damage heal in real time. While Splatterhouse may appear to be like pretty much every other 3rd person action game on the market today, it is the little details that make the graphics stand out. Setting off in pursuit of Jennifer, the game begins. Putting the object on, the Mask possesses Rick, turning him into a hulk of a man complete with many new killing moves and combat powers. Looking for a host for its powers, the mask begins to talk to Rick, promising to help him rescue Jennifer if Rick agrees to help the mask. Moments from death, Rick notices the ancient Terror Mask on the floor near his pool of blood. Shortly after they enter, Jen is kidnapped by the demented doctor and Rick is attacked by West’s demonic minions. West, him having Jennifer for personal reasons. He once again visits West Mansion at the behest of Dr. In this game, you once again control Rick Taylor, who is murdered during the opening of the game. But would it be faithful to the originals? Long time fans of one of the first violent video games were thrilled that this game would end up being released. That is until a new developer was hired by Namco Bandai, finishing up the game. Without a developer, the remake’s future was left up in the air. This reimagining of the classic gore fest trilogy of video games had a troubled production history with the original developer Bottlerocket being removed from the project for unknown reasons.
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