I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Beyond You Global @BeyondYouGlobal Publisher The Cult Games @TheCultGames Developer White Owls Inc @WhiteOwlsInc
This is released in the UK on the 26/9/2025 and in the UK is priced at £24.99.
INTRODUCTION
A mysterious hotel stands in a remote location on the border between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Its luxurious appearance hides a terrifying truth: it’s a trap for America’s most dangerous serial killers.
You are Justine, a novice federal marshal with a deadly secret – your mind is shared with Dr. Carnival, a deranged murderer with a violent past. Together, you must eliminate every killer in the hotel… and try to survive long enough to escape.
FEATURES
- Experience a Unique 2.5D Action System This is not a simple side-scrolling action game. The intense battles require tactical movement, precise timing, and clever use of your abilities. Environments are rich with danger and drenched in 1980s American horror movie atmosphere.
- Use Death to Your Advantage: “Slasher Phantoms” Use Death To Your Advantage Every time you die, a memory of your past self is born. These echoes, known as Slasher Phantoms, repeat your exact movements from the previous run, and can deal real damage to enemies.
- Use them as shields, allies, or distractions. With each failure, your strength multiplies.
- Grow Stronger With Every Drop Of Blood The more you fight, the more you’re covered in blood. This isn’t just visual flare. Blood fuels your power. Fill the Skull Gauge by staying aggressive, and when it reaches its peak, unleash Carnival Awakening: a devastating special attack that unleashes something unstoppable but monstrous.
- Seven Horror Inspired Bosses Explore seven unique areas within HOTEL BARCELONA, each inspired by a different sub-genre of horror. From haunted mansions to twisted laboratories, each zone contains an unforgettable boss battle that demands analysis, strategy, and quick reflexes.
- A Collaboration Between Two Legendary Creators SUDA51 (No More Heroes, Killer7) and SWERY (Deadly Premonition, The Good Life) team up for the first time in this original horror-action project. Their distinct styles combine into a surreal, gore-filled, unforgettable experience.
- Online Multiplayer: Co-op Missions and PvP Invasions At first glance, HOTEL BARCELONA may look like a single-player roguelike. However, the game also features robust online multiplayer if you know how to unlock it. Up to three players can join forces in co-op mode, working together to complete missions and survive the hotel’s murderous inhabitants. And for those seeking a more competitive thrill, PvP mode allows a fourth player to invade your world, hunting or being hunted in a brutal cat-and-mouse game.
FAN ART
Story is fun and interesting and weird.
Skills are cool as alot of them and all have own uses and own look in terms of moves and can make own build to help as once upgraded they are all permanent such as health increases and many more.
Weapons are cool as alot of variety to them and all have own stats and own look and feel to them.
Enemies are cool as alot of variety and all have own look to them and all have own attacks to learn to avoid.
Characters that you meet are all unique as all have own look and own personality to them and even own uses aswell.
Difficulty options are nice as alot of choice and still challenging even on easy setting.
Controls are easy to learn and pick up.
Combat is clunky as combos slower than would of liked kinda leaves you open at the end of a combo.
Challenging even on easy setting as you die alot.
Movement is clunky as jumping feels floaty and can be annoying to land on platforms and wish movement was smoother.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall story is fun and the skills you can pick to make own build are cool and the weapons all have own stats and look, feel with nice difficulty options and controls easy learn and pick up with characters you meet all have own look and personality to them. However for £24.99, Combat is clunky as combos leave you exposed to take hits and even on easy setting is very easy to die and movement is clunky especially for jumping to platforms and not as smooth as hoped for.
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Story is fun and interesting.
Skills cool own look, uses.
Weapons own look, feel, stats.
Enemies own look, attacks to avoid.
Characters own look, personality.
Difficulty options nice alot of choice.
Controls easy learn, pick up.
Combat is clunky as combos slower than would of liked.
Challenging even on easy, die alot.
Movement is clunky not as smooth as hoped.
Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE
VIDEO REVIEW
https://youtu.be/GS_02qUMLco?si=4rubDSlRMnaFoHXu
PLAYLIST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPzBB9LGq8RqfQ1RFQkGcYLM&si=LknesRGlhT1tG5ni
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