Key Takeaways
- Slitterhead received mixed reviews when it launched earlier this month, as it divided players and critics.
- Bokeh Game Studio has taken issue with one of the more negative reviews, going after IGN.
- Replying to a completely unrelated article, Bokeh asks IGN for a higher review score.
Slitterhead launched on November 8 and was met with mixed reviews from critics. Some loved it, like our own James Troughton, who gave it a four out of five in their review and labelled it “the PS3 game you never got to play”. But it was certainly divisive, picking up some average or negative scores too.
IGN gave Slitterhead a 5/10, and was far from alone in this estimation of the game, with some publications going lower. However, this review seems to have irritated developer Bokeh Game Studio, as whoever is running its social media just brought it up completely unprompted.
Bokeh Game Studio Isn’t Happy With A Negative Slitterhead Review
The article that Bokeh is responding to here is from a different author and about a different subject entirely – layoffs in the gaming industry, and the unsustainability of big-budget game development. Still, the account for the studio has used this as an opportunity to vent its frustrations with the review, making it clear that they want a higher score.
Slitterhead sits at a 62 on Metacritic and a 65 on OpenCritic. This is lower than its user score, but not by much, as this is currently a 7.1/10. Its highest score in a review recognised by Metacritic is 8.5/10, and the lowest is 3/10, indicating that critics were fairly divided on this release.
Slitterhead is out now, available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
Set in the densely cluttered streets of “Kowlong,” filled with obscurity and chaos, this battle action-adventure game casts players as the “Hyoki,” an entity devoid of memory and physical form. His only motive is to eradicate the monstrous beings known as “Slitterheads” crawling around the city, disguising themselves as humans.
Roaming the vibrant neon-lit cityscape, players must seek out allies among humans known as “Rarities,” infiltrate and track dangerous organizations, and engage in battles harnessing the power of blood. As the suspenseful drama unfolds, delve into the mystery behind Hyoki’s existence and the appearance of the Slitterheads.