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"I must eliminate them...ALL..." The bodiless "Hyoki" hunts down the brain-devouring "Slitterheads", lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city
Slitterhead is a action, adventure and action-adventure game
developed by Bokeh Game Studio lnc.
and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Released on November 08th 2024 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 905 reviews of which 718 were positive and 187 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam with a 60% discount.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11, 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400@4.00GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 3400G@3.7GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 1060(6GB) /AMD Radeon RX 580
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 30 GB available space
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Slitterhead is a ver intersesting game that has some major PC optimization issues. I really liked the story, presentation and soundtrack. I will try to explain why I think this game has potential. First, you gotta play this game if you are an SH fan. Is it worth the full price ? No chance. I got it at a first deep discount and I got much more than I expected. Look, the gamnig media in general are calling for AA mid budget original titles and when we get one, it gets slammed. Reviews are opinions, and some criticism is valid but most of it is just unfair. This game runs well on the consoles so I don't get what this game lacks to get mostly 6s and 7/10. I will not spoil anything in this review, The story is very interesting and it is told through memories and conversations aka interactive cut scenes. There is almost no voice acting, but there is a reason for that and you will figure out why. Some aspects of the story are a bit boring but the whole concept is very original. Most of the characters have very interesting backgrounds and the whole flow of the story is great. Presentation is what makes this game unique. The art syle is great the OST is great, and this game has some really smart meta story telling that not everyone will understand. As a fan of SH 1 to 4 you will get a lot of winks from the creator of this iconic series. The main menu has a SH sound when picking up objects, some cut scenes have that dream feel, like you are playing the SH games. Big fan of Yamaoka but if I am being honest the stuff he did after SH 1-4 is more miss than hit. In this game, with a help from other talented people he made a great OST. Banger after banger, great stuff. This is more than enough for me to recommend this game. And now the ugly part. The combat is just ok but it felt like an afterthought. Really feels like someone had some ideas but not enough time or money. Some aspects of the combat are really weak, and you don't have to use them at all. The idea is ok but the execution is not. You will battle these weird creatures named Slitterheads and the problem is that most of them look similar and most of the fights are very similar with little change throughout the game. The PC optimization is crap. It is UE again, and the developers made a bad PC port. In semi open areas the game has macro stutters and micro stutters. Awful stuff and why the developer keep using this crap engine is beyond me. That being said, I think this game is very good, at times even great. It is clear as day what this team's strenghts are, story telling, weird and dark atmospheric tone and sound design and music. I wonder how would this look if they made a horror game with less combat. Missed opportunity, if you ask me. 100 % recommandation but at 60% discount. Rough gem that has soul and it is worth playing.
Make no mistake, Slitterhead is a B-game. It's jank, its budget is visible, it makes... 'economic' use of voice acting. But it's also grimy and slimy and violent and weird and I've never played anything quite like it. If that sounds like your kind of game, you owe it to yourself to give Slitterhead a shot.
It's not a survival horror, it's a high octane action game. With horror themes. The bulk of the combat consists of boss fights where the player is locked in a narrow arena against a tough and dangerous enemy. Most of the bosses are essentially the same monster. Devs alter its design, add special abilities, sometimes put two bosses in the arena at once - they squeeze out the potential as best they can, but you shouldn't expect the variety of bosses from a Soulslike or a Monster Hunter entry. The game can be completed on Hard in 15–20 hours and, whatever I said earlier, it never loses its momentum. The boss fights are interspersed with sombre walks through the city, skirmishes with weaker monsters, episodes of tracking down monsters in a crowd, dizzying chase sequences (the player is the pursuer), and even more one-off vignettes like primitive stealth missions. Unfortunately, the magnificent boldness of game design found in the Siren games is not quite present here. In almost every boss encounter there are one or two main characters and a whole group of ordinary people, between whom you switch as often as you like. Only the player controlled character attacks the boss at any given time. It's not co-op fights but rather a solo fight where the player uses terrified people huddling in corners as expendable meat shields. And yeah, regular people don't have to survive these fights. Each character has their own weapon and a set of special abilities. Regular people inherit the special abilities from the two heroes you choose to play the mission with. Regular townfolk have been given nearly a hundred different designs, so it's unlikely to see two identical people on screen. However, the citizens look simple and stylized and, truth be told, they don't feel like real people. It kinda creates a feeling of loneliness in a crowded city. Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai builds the same atmosphere in his movies - developers are fans of his clearly, the game has a bunch of references to them. Slitterhead doesn't look like mind-blowing next-gen, but it's a beautiful game that will age well. Under the hood it's Unreal Engine 5, and it's the most optimized game on this engine I've seen. The monster designs were made by artist Miki Takahashi who worked on the Siren games and 3D sculptor Keisuke Yoneyama. The designs look amazing in stills and jaw-dropping when animated. And Akira Yamaoka is as good as ever. The game has plenty of bloody scenes, dismemberment, mass killings, and some sexual innuendo. But because of stylized visuals all this brutality rarely comes across as terrifying. Mesmerizing, but not terrifying. There are a couple of truly chilling moments nonetheless. The game's biggest failure is the lack of voice acting. In all the cutscenes, the player reads the lines in subtitles while the characters just grunt and make interjections. It's hard to say what the hell developers were thinking here. But this is the only thing that mars the impression of this vibrant, original, beautiful, and genuinely fun game.
Context: I bought this game on sale for $25. I collected all achievements across two playthroughs for a total of ~37 hours. Slitterhead has all the charm of a PS2 era cult classic, for better and for worse. Several disparate gameplay elements are held together by a unique concept and an interesting, though unevenly told, plot. The slitterheads, brain-eating, shapeshifting monsters, walk among us. Taking the role of a disembodied spirit called a Hyoki, players have to track down and eliminate the hidden insectoid threat. But how does a ghost fight against a physical foe? By possessing whoever happens to be nearby of course! Possession is the central gameplay component that ties the game together. Whether in pursuit of a creature through cramped alleyways or avoiding detection in dangerous territory, player success will be measured in how well they can learn to leverage the hapless civilians that populate the slums of 1990's Kowloon. Possessed citizens gain enhanced strength, heightened reflexes, and can use their own blood to manifest a variety of weapons. Central characters, dubbed "Rarities", resonate especially strongly with the Hyoki's power, and gain a suite of unique abilities based on their personalities. Good thing too, since about 80% of the game is spent locked in Souls-like combat with creatures that can rip through your human hosts like tissue. Combat has all the bells and whistles you'd expect from an action game from 2024: a poise bar, dodge rolls, parries, and cooldown based abilities. Fighting monsters would feel completely derivative were it not for two things: the rarities unique playstyles, and the all-important possession mechanic. Most levels in the game allow you to bring up to two rarities along for the ride, and who you bring can dramatically impact the flow of combat. Julee, the first rarity you encounter, is endlessly compassionate, and specializes in healing and empowering those around her. Former boxing champ Edo on the other hand is purely focused on damage. His abilities are totally self serving, but he can be easily overwhelmed if he's not properly supported. Playing around with different combinations of rarities is one aspect of the game I greatly enjoyed, as there are plenty of fun ways player powers can be combined. Of course the two rarities aren't alone on a mission either. A typical creature encounter will also involve a number of cowering "volunteers" to be used in the crusade against the slitterheads. Body swapping from one host to another is key to victory, because even though the rarities are powerful, they're not invincible. If a rarity is outnumbered, possess a nearby NPC to loudly distract some monsters away from them. Or maybe compel a civilian to attack a monster from the rear while a rarity attacks the front. You can even turn the populace into blood powered time bombs and send them charging into Slitterhead Valhalla. There's no cooldown or limit to the number of times you can body swap during an encounter, so battlefields often turn into a raucous haze of violence; a bubble of loosely controlled chaos. The number of tools given to players during combat is actually quite impressive, which is why it's such a shame the game doesn't keep up the variety on the enemy's side of the equation. Broadly speaking, there are only three different enemy types in the game, and once you've figured out how to fight them, that's all there is to it. There's a lot of room for experimentation and player expression in the combat, I just wish the game gave you more reason to discover it. Narrative wise the game is a bit of a mixed bag. It tackles themes like causality, sacrifice, and finding hope in the face of the inevitable. Without going into spoilers, I actually liked the story the game told, I just wish it was told better. The presentation is mostly a mess. Voiced dialogue is sparse and inconsistent in delivery. Lines that aren't voiced have the speaker utter a prerecorded clip over the intended text. These clips are usually spoken in a rushed mumble, the kind that makes one nostalgic for the Rare N64 games. Visuals range from serviceable to quite good. The neon-streaked slums of Kowloon are dark and filthy, choked with pedestrians in varying stages of desperation. The game smartly eschews attempts at photorealism, giving character models a semi stylized appearance. The main cast looks good, but side characters often look fish-eyed and out of place. I can't help but feel like a bully for picking on the presentation though, as so many of my complaints can and likely are explained by the developer grappling with a small budget. Ultimately, Slitterhead is a flawed but fun game that never really found it's audience. Horror fans will appreciate the monster designs and body horror, but will likely bounce off of the game's focus on character-action sequences. Action fans will enjoy experimenting with character abilities, but will feel frustrated at the limited pool of enemies to flex on. The story, for as much as I enjoyed it, takes some twists that I'm sure some would find polarizing. In spite of that, Slitterhead won me over for nothing else than being a unique experience. There's nothing else out there quite like it, and it took me back to a time when developers were willing to take risks. The game is by no means perfect, but I can't tell you how refreshing it was to play a game that ran out of budget before it ran out of fun ideas.
this would've been a cult classic on ps3, and i fear it's been overlooked. everything about it is quirky and unexpected. there are moments where the combat can feel clunky, but the inventiveness and variety counterbalance those brief frustrations. and it's set in 80's hong kong!
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Slitterhead is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Slitterhead is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Slitterhead received 718 positive votes out of a total of 905 achieving a rating of 7.56.
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Slitterhead was developed by Bokeh Game Studio lnc. and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Yes, Slitterhead is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Slitterhead is not playable on MacOS.
No, Slitterhead is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Slitterhead is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Slitterhead is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Slitterhead does not support VR.
Slitterhead is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Slitterhead. Explore additional content available for Slitterhead on Steam.
No, Slitterhead does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Slitterhead does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Slitterhead is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Bokeh Game Studio lnc.
Publisher
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Release
08 Nov 2024
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