Gallery Update: Splatterhouse (It's Heeeeeere!)

Well, my review copy is still in the mail and on the way, but the game is indeed available at your local game emporium. A few more screens for your viewing pleasure are below the jump.

SAW II Slices Into Retail

Jigsaw and his deadly traps return in Konami's brutal horror/action/trap simulation game, SAW II. Definitely not for the weak-stomached gamer, this sequel has improved graphics and combat, a ton of new traps and is spread over even larger environments than the first game. Not a huge fan of the movies myself, but I liked the first's game a lot thanks to some devious puzzles and a mix of adventure game elements twisted on their ears. This one should be twice as gory and even more devious.

Dark and gritty screens below the jump - more to come in an update shortly.

Gallery Update V: Splatterhouse

And here we go again... more bloody Splatterhouse goodness courtesy of Namco Bandai. My, my, my... the blood does fly in these shots, doesn't it?

Gallery Update: Splatterhouse

Just a few more tame to awesomely gory screens for Namco Bandai's relaunch of the horror action game. Just keep saying to yourself: "It's only a few weeks away... It's only a few weeks away... It's only a few weeks away..."

2o points if you get the joke, by the way.

Gallery: Knights Contract (Ultra-Violence Screens)

Namco Bandai's upcoming addition to the spate of hyper-violent God of War-influenced games has some truly bizarre-looking monsters and a nicely stylized look to it that I like quite a lot. It's also one pretty gore-packed hack-up, as you'll see in these screens not quite ready for the regular DAF blog (thanks, ESRB and your silly restrictions!). With a 2011 release date, here's hoping the game gets enough polish and press to become a hit in its own right. GO, Game Republic!

Gallery Update: Dead Rising 2 Co-Op

Cleaned up nicely for Gamescom, these excellent DR2 co-op screens are pretty darn tame considering the other far gorier videos and screens released for the upcoming game. Ah well, "clean" or not, I'll still run them here anyway - enjoy!

Gallery: Splatterhouse

Great looking in-progress screens from Namco Bandai's upcoming horror/action game, now being developed in-house. Want more? Go check out the detailed game info on the regular DAF blog. This one could be a winner of an M-rated dinner for genre fans, that's for sure...

Fairytale Fights Screens + Artwork

Playlogic's awesomely hysterical hack & slash/platformer hybrid game is coming your way on October 27, 2009 - my hands-on preview is here. The bloody stuff you missed is here:

Gallery: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

A couple of CG screen caps and a few screenshots. A bit of spray here, a tiny hole in a body there... y'know, par for the course in Capcom's zombie-packed franchise. Anyway, can't wait to play this one...

Gallery: Dragon Age: Origins

Not really 'gory", but a bit of spray and Barry Smith-esque blood spatter. Unless you keel over at the color red, there's nothing really gasp-worthy at all, but here you go:

Gallery: Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

Yes, the body parts and blood do indeed fly in these rather splashy Onechanbara screens, huh? Granted, the game is more of a pure guilty pleasure fling with a C+ cutie than a must purchase AAA title, so don't expect greatness. In case you're curious, this sexy gal packed arcade style slash 'em up started off back in Japan as part of D3 Publisher's budget priced Simple 2000 lineup. There were a few Onechanbara games, a spin-off and characters from the game even appeared in a not so hot budget 3D fighting game a few years back. And yes, i own a couple of these titles (so sue me for liking cheesy action games).

Anyway, there's a decent bit of challenge to pulling off some of the special combo attacks. I guess I should write up a review one of these days, right? A Wii gallery for Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Slayers is going up next. Like this game, it's not going to win any Game of the Year awards, but it does its job well enough for fans of cute gals in fetish gear, seemingly endless waves of zombies and gallons of blood spilled per minute.