Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Namco's 1992 horror-themed platformer for the Sega Genesis, Splatterhouse 2.

Splatterhouse 2 takes place a few months after the epic conclusion of the original Splatterhouse - Rick finds out that Jennifer is actually still alive, and that he needs to head to the hidden mansion behind the burnt down ruins of the first one, put on the mask, and destroy everything in the way.

The gameplay is nigh identical to the first game - you punch and kick a wide assortment of squirmy, oozy gross things that explode in red plumes when they go down. It's also just as brutally difficult as the original, so if you really enjoy the demands of old-school arcade action, this one provides a pretty satisfying second dose.

It looks and sounds pretty good too - I don't think that the presentation is quite as good as the TurboGrafx-16 version (the whole game seems much darker and muddier with less color, the samples have some pretty nasty distortion, and the music isn't quite as memorable or generally pleasing as that that played from the Turbo's PSG). Still, those things don't really hurt the game much.

The game plays like it just strutted off out of the arcade and into your Genesis, and that's awesome. And with it being October and all, what better time is there to play games where you kick undead fetuses and punch demon eyeballs until they explode? The bosses in this rock pretty hard.

It was much later included as an unlockable bonus in the Splatterhouse reboot for PS3/Xbox 360, as well as apparently being the only M rated game on the Wii Virtual Console.
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