The definition of a cult classic. Harking back to memories of all your favourite B-movie horror schlock, Illbleed takes the weird, the frustrating, and most importantly, the amazing charm of its low budget inspirations, and turns it into a glorious messy and indulgent little experience.

Before anything, it is very important to note that this game takes some time to warm up to properly. The first stage of this game, while great in building its wonderful off-kilter tone, is incredibly trying, having to juggle around the game's numerous mechanics that it doesn't do a great job of telling you about, and navigating around the game's main gimmick can be incredibly frustrating, and literally random at first glance. But like any fan of horror B-movies knows, if you can get past the initial frustrations, Illbleed is a game that will stick with you, there is no game quite like this one.

Every scenario in this game is silly and memorable, everything is "gory" but its all so tongue-in-cheek that you can't help but laugh when your character is literally spraying puddles of blood from a jump rope or something. And the last two levels in particular are such wonderful highlights, ending with a weird tokusatsu murder "mystery" and just, a parody of Toy Story, for no reason. I do like saying that games in the modern day are of an unreal quality of both variety and weird wonderful joy, but there isn't and likely will never be a game quite like Illbleed ever again. While its a hard game to get to grips with, like any fan of the game, I would implore you to tough it out, and strap yourself in for one of the most wild games to have graced an equally wild console.