Okay, so here’s the scoop on this wild ride called HOTEL BARCELONA. It’s like someone mashed SWERY’s brain with SUDA51’s twisted imagination and — boom — out pops this wacky slasher thing. It’s supposed to hit PlayStation 5 sometime in September. CULT Games and White Owls handle that stuff, if those names ring a bell. Honestly, I can barely keep track of my own schedule, let alone all the game releases. Anyway!
Picture a hotel in the middle of nowhere, right on the Pennsylvania-West Virginia line. Yep, classy digs, but surprise! It’s crawling with America’s most infamous serial killers. Yeah, you heard that right. The plot twists harder than my stomach after too much greasy pizza. You’re Justine, a fresh-faced marshal with a shady little secret. And oh boy — sharing your mind with some nutcase named Dr. Carnival. I mean, what kind of name is that? Together, you gotta wipe out these psychopaths. Fun times.
Now, not to sidetrack, but the visuals are something. It’s like 1980s horror threw up on my screen — in a good way? They call it a 2.5D action setup. Fancy terms. You dance around the place, timing attacks and dodging dangers like a clumsy ballerina. Every time you kick the bucket, these weird “Slasher Phantoms” pop out, replaying your every move, like echoes of your glorious failures. I don’t know, maybe it’s supposed to be epic.
Moving on! Blood. There’s a lot of it. You basically marinate in the stuff to power up. Fill this Skull Gauge thing, unleash some Carnival Awakening attack, and… chaos. Also, you wander through these seven areas — each a nod to different horror favorites. Boss fights are included, obviously. Some they-should’ve-stayed-in-the-fridge kind of monsters.
Get this — SUDA51, who did No More Heroes, and SWERY, the mind behind Deadly Premonition, joined forces. I can barely handle a solo project, but they made it work, somehow marrying their craziness into this gory whirlpool.
Anyway, this is your rundown of HOTEL BARCELONA. It’s a trip, for sure. Check it out — or don’t. Life’s confusing enough, right?
