I can think of no better way to “elevator pitch” Blood Breed than like this: Super Meat Boy as a PlayStation survival-horror game with '80s VHS rental trappings...
No, seriously, it's a great combo. Think about it: gaming is rife with ridiculousness, including the aforementioned adventure of a sentient piece of meat who dodges saw blades and spikes to rescue his girlfriend. At the same time, the '80s brought us similarly ludicrous concepts: a deranged rock star who invades people's dreams and kills them with a drill bit-fitted guitar, man-eating slugs, a yogurt-like dessert that's actually made from a primordial ooze that takes over consumers' minds, and extraterrestrial clowns who dissolve people with cotton candy cocoons and slurp them up like spiders. Indie faux-retro gaming and '80s horror were always meant to be a couple.
Blood Breed shows us but one perspective of this pairing. You embark on your cinematic voyage, complete with video cassette-style screen imperfections and a grainy filter, as a nameless woman who wrecks her car after hitting a deer. Stranded, she has nowhere to go except an apparently abandoned slaughterhouse at the side of the road. However, you just know someone else is skulking around inside, looking to turn unsuspecting victims into steak. And that person is...
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Staff review by Joseph Shaffer (October 02, 2023)
Rumor has it that Joe is not actually a man, but a machine that likes video games, horror movies, and long walks on the beach. His/Its first contribution to HonestGamers was a review of Breath of Fire III. |
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