As you select a direction the button balloons out and attempting to roll your finger from one side to another while crouched isn't something you can rely on, let alone crouching in the first place. A virtual d-pad is used to move around the screen, however much of the combat relies on quick and accurate attacks on either side of your character in either a jumping, standing or crouching stance and the controls are at best only vaguely capable of this accuracy. Though to be fair this difficulty comes from the controls instead of the game itself, though three difficulty levels and an 'assistance' mode can be used to set things at a level of challenge you prefer. And now Namco Networks America have resurrected this classic and incredibly difficult beat'em-up.

I don't mean to say I loved the game, but at the time I loved what it represented: the gritty, gory side of gaming. Back in the day when Arcades weren't just a collection of networked racing titles, light gun shooters or ticket machines, I had a bit of a crush for SPLATTERHOUSE.

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