Towards the end of the last millennium, Parasite Eve and Parasite Eve 2 were always a little more out there compared with their contemporaries too – and so the shots of a playable dog character definitely suggests Slitterhead is leaning away from survival horror norms.

'There's a distinct action-RPG feel to Slitterhead which flies in the face of Silent Hill and Forbidden Siren'. Almost a quarter of a century later, few games have captured the feel of the horror-leaning action-RPG's on the fly, mix-and-match approach to combat, and so if Slitterhead does tread a similar path, I for one am suddenly way more excited than I otherwise was. With a busy HUD that delineates which weapon is drawn and which is stored, and a collection of combat icons that include a health bar, some sort of special move indicator and a magic supply, there's a distinct action-RPG feel to Slitterhead which flies in the face of Silent Hill and Forbidden Siren.Īs the player is shown circling an infected enemy while using magic to regenerate health, before slashing and then blasting them at point-blank range with a firearm, I was instantly reminded of Square Enix's 1999 gem, Parasite Eve 2. In the aforementioned in-progress combat footage, it appears players will assume control of said motorcyclist as they hack and slash and shoot their way through the game's multi-tendrilled baddies. From the unsuspecting businessman who gets ambushed and slaughtered in an alleyway, to the scores of police officers locking down the city at gunpoint, and the blood-sword-slashing motorcyclist who literally chops an infected abomination in half, there's definitely a more intense feel to things in this world. Whereas Silent Hill's descent into B-movie horror is often a sanity-challenging slow burn, things appear to have fallen apart pretty quickly in Slitterhead.

Silent Hill creator's new horror game Slitterhead debuts early gameplay and playable dog

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