

There is also a platforming element with jump nodes to keep instant death falls to a minimum. He can perform "Splatter Kills", extremely gory finishing moves. West's history while photos of Rick's girlfriend serve as a breadcrumb trail to follow. Players can find journals documenting Dr. Collecting a certain amount will allow the player to unlock new moves and perform special attacks. Throughout the game, Rick collects blood from defeated enemies. Arms can be used as clubs to fight enemies. Rick can lose limbs, but is able to grow them back over time. He can also chain attacks together into combos. Rick is able to attack his enemies with super strength and rip them apart. Splatterhouse is combat-oriented with main character Rick fighting various monsters in either hand-to-hand combat or with makeshift weapons, such as wooden planks and meat cleavers. While its graphics, soundtrack and voice acting were praised, it was criticised for its controls, difficulty, glitches and repetitive gameplay.

It is a reimagining and a reboot of the original Splatterhouse which was released in 1988. Splatterhouse is a horror-themed beat 'em up hack and slash video game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games in 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. * "Select level" instead of "Select chapter" in this build.Beat 'em up, hack and slash, survival horror In the final, the difficulties were renamed to "Coward, Savge, and Brutal". * Difficulty names are "Normal, Hard, and Brutal" in this build. * A diary counter is featured in the main menu in this build. * Story progression (called "progression" in this build and not "progression (story)") uses a three digit percentage in this build. * All the items on the main menu are selectable regardless of status.

* Story mode and Survival Arena are both 100% by default. * "Downloads" instead of "Downloadable content" on the main menu. The START in press start button is lower cased in this build but all uppercase in the final build. * Title screen is missing the trademark and copyright information. * Compiled almost two months before the final release build.
