![]() He lumbers along just as slow as he did before, with no new attacks in his tiny arsenal. ![]() I didn’t like the fact the Rick didn’t get new clothes (he still looks like a possessed intern) and that he didn’t learn any new moves since his first outing. Shotguns are still the law of the land though. There’s nothing like whacking a baddie with a 2×4, bone, or one of the other nine (yes, nine) weapons lying around and watching him splat against a wall. Remember, this title came out back when blood wasn’t the main reason for playing a game. Stage two’s ghostly faces in the backgrounds still look good, and although the blood dripping down the screen in stage three must have been awesome in 1992, it’s lost some of it’s “umph.” Parallax is well done and some levels combine them nicely with foreground effects (like the fog in stage four).ĭeath animations are gory without being excessive. While the level of detail is about the same as in the first game, the sprites seem bigger, and there are some cool effects in some stages (seems like a common trait in the games I’ve reviewed lately). It’s rare to see an early Genesis game pull off dark colors without going all purple ( Batman Returns and Chakan come to mind). The visuals are a real treat, with dark and earth-tone colors dominating each stage. I haven’t finished the game on hard or game master, so I don’t know if the ending changes by doing so. Choose from normal (four hearts), hard (three hearts), or game master (2 hearts!). Released at a time when it seemed every Genesis game had eight meg power, Namco went out of its way to make the sequel bigger and better than anything seen in the original. Splatterhouse 2 is eight levels of gory fun that has you beating back all kinds of nasty creatures in your quest to save Jennifer. ![]() The time has come to don the mask once more and save her. You may have thought that Jennifer was safe after Rick rescued her from the West Mansion in part one, but we know girlfriends are never safe in video games. Imagine my delight when the sequel was announced for the Genesis! ![]() I didn’t have a Turbo when it was released, so I had to get my fix over at a friend’s house. The original Splatterhouse is my favorite Turbo Grafx-16 game (alongside Side Arms). Genre: Action Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Players: 1 Released: 1992 ![]()
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