Both parody and pastiche, ILLBLEED is a horror-comedy with both survival and action-game elements that was illfated(!) due to the sudden discontinuation of the Dreamcast.

Created by ex Climax Graphics developers (Blue Stinger), these were some of the few people who got any real experience with the Dreamcast hardware, and this game shows off its capabilities wonderfully.

The textures are grimey and gritty, but really vibrant and full of detail, and coloured lighting and fog is used throughout.

The models look great, though characters lack facial expressions during cutscenes, and are partially segment animated, appearing very doll-like. This gives every cutscene both a very funny and uncanny feeling, like you're watching puppets (a theme of the game??).

Crunchy, live reverb using the Dreamcasts sound processor gives the ambient soundtrack of metallic objects, brass instruments, and sharp strings a uniquely digital, eerie vibe.

It manages to be pretty funny in a shlock way, with baffling line deliveries and bizarre turn of events, but just as grotesque and bloody as its source material of monster movies, grindhouse and slasher films, and paranormal thrillers.

Blood is everywhere. Every time you hit or get hit, an over the top explosion of blood sprays everywhere. No More Heroes and Madworld still look less bloody at times than Illbleed.

It has a weird proto-character action controller.You can dodge attacks, and there are i-frames??

This game probably deserves a record just for how many unique jumpscares it contains.

If you're a survival horror fan, and especially a horror film fan, i guarantee you'll appreciate this game. Play it with an emulator so you can see all the shock events.

I could go on forever about this stupid game.
It's my favourite thing.