If you’re expecting an overlooked classic, though, you’re in for disappointment. Oh, and the fact the creator of Silent Hill cites it as a major inspiration for his interest in horror games probably helps. Trip Hawkins’ overpriced but ambitious attempt at a more developer friendly console having a Japan exclusive horror game is already weird enough, but that game also using fully 3D models for the environment and including early cel-shading graphical techniques kind of puts it over the weird barrier into historically significant. It is a fascinating piece of history all the same, if just due to what system it released on and for what region.ĭirected by Kenichiro Hayashi ( Overblood) and programmed by the eventual director of Dragon Quest VIII(not to mention one of the main creators of Professor Layton), Doctor Hauzer is a 3DO Japan exclusive. ![]() Before Overblood, there was Doctor Hauzer, a much worse game that’s more forgivable for its sins because it came out in 1994 and tried a lot of things nobody else was doing at the time – arguably for good reason. ![]() That’s understandable, as Overblood is a bonkers experience that sticks in your brain like few things do ( PIPOOOOOOOOOOO!!!). ![]() If you’ve heard the name Riverhillsoft, it’s most likely in the context of Overblood, one of the most ridiculous and widely mocked horror games of the classical era.
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