Splatterhouse

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

  Nov 23, 2010

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  6.5

  playscore

  5.7

  16 Critics

  7.5

  856 Players
• Xbox 360

  Nov 23, 2010

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  7.0

  playscore

  6.0

  18 Critics

  8.5

  17.6K Players

25 critic reviews · 1 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Game Trailers

  6.4

  Copious amounts of blood and gore manage to obscure some of its failings, but never enough to allow you to fully ignore them

  Reviewed on X360
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  PS Lifestyle

  3.0

  Splatterhouse is a bloody beat ’em up with an overabundance of violence and a somewhat coherent story. What it is not though is a good game and something you could recommend with a straight face. Tasked with saving your love and keeping a blood thirsty mask at bay, gamers must try to overlook the myriad of issues that stumble the experience, and unless you’re blind, that is going to be hard to do.

  Reviewed on PS3

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  The Escapist

  6.0

  I was more than a little uncomfortable as to who the intended audience for Splatterhouse is. The only gamers who could get substantial entertainment from the boobs, blood and brawling are that special breed of teen-aged boys who can't get enough slasher films and Playboy. For anyone else, Splatterhouse won't offer much.

  Reviewed on X360

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  IGN

  4.0

  Let&'s be honest: Splatterhouse was always the video game equivalent of an exploitation flick. In an era where games were dominated by perky platformers and colorful beat-em-ups, Splatterhouse was a breath of rotten air, full of gore, secondhand references to horror movie icons, and cheap thrills - sort of like the movies it took inspiration from.

  Reviewed on PS3

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  Games Radar+

  6.0

  No, Splatterhouse isn’t a great game. It’s not even a good game. It is better than bad, though. It annoys with some cheap deaths and some distant checkpoints, and it can grate with its “attitude,” but it’s also loveable in a scruffy way. It’s a game with no pretentions, knowing exactly what it is (and in case you forget, it includes all three fully playable original Splatterhouse games).

  Reviewed on PS3, X360

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  Joystiq

  5.0

  Splatterhouse is like an undercooked blood sausage. It's sloppy, gooey, and all falls apart under any real amount of pressure. If given a little bit more time on the grill, it could have turned out to be one of the tastiest dishes in the beat-em-up genre this year. But as it stands, it's just a cold lump of yuck.

  Reviewed on X360
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  GameSpot

  4.5

  But as notable games like Condemned, Manhunt, and MadWorld have proven, bloodlust can be satisfied without sacrificing quality gameplay. Even taken on its own terms as a 3D rendition of an old-school beat-'em-up, Splatterhouse is a messy game with too few merits to recommend it.

  Reviewed on PS3, X360

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  Giant Bomb

  6.0

  This isn't a game you're likely to remember for too terribly long past its conclusion, but if you're a die-hard nostalgist for this franchise, or just someone looking for a decent outlet to punch, stab, and batter the living hell out of some crap for 10 or so hours, Splatterhouse will scratch that itch.

  Reviewed on PS3, X360

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  Video Gamer

  6.0

  There really isn't anything more to it than that. But somehow it is fun. It's not a particularly attractive game, the locations aren't especially memorable and the tone is a teenage boy's wet dream. If that sounds like a laugh, you'll probably have a decent time.

  Reviewed on PS3, X360

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  Destructoid

  7.5

  This game was better than I thought it would be, and better than it perhaps should have been. With more refinement and redesigned (or eliminated) platforming, this could have been a classic in the beat 'em up genre, but as it stands, Splatterhouse is pretty damn good for what it is, and packs enough content to keep fans satisfied. Ridiculous gore, silly metal music, and endless amounts of brutal, nostalgic combat.

  Reviewed on PS3

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