Illbleed

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Illbleed is a survival horror video game for the Sega Dreamcast. In it, players are tasked with guiding horror movie aficionado Eriko Christy and her friends through a deadly theme park riddled with booby-traps and monsters, relying on a heartbeat monitor and their own senses (some of which are conveyed through an in-game interface and others indirectly) to avoid being frightened to death. Should they make it out alive, the eccentric genius responsible for the park will reward Eriko and her friends with a hundred million dollar prize.

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1 Gameplay
2 Characters
3 Stats
4 Levels
- 4.1 Theaters
5 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay of Illbleed isn't like other survival horror games. The player is encouraged to not rush through the level, but to slowly walk from place to place, looking around and at the environment. Using a tool that consumes the player's adrenaline, the player can mark various places where they suspect a trap might be. These traps burn, slice, scare, and hit the player in various different ways, resulting in blood loss, raise of pulse, and lowered stamina.

The player is given tools and items to prevent their character from bleeding to death, running out of strength/adrenaline, or being scared to death. If the player fails to keep their character alive through the course of the level, then he or she must be revived outside of the level. If the player runs out of all characters, then the game ends.

[edit] Characters

The game features five different characters (not including the wood-puppet or doll) for the player to choose from at the start of each level. If the player fails to keep that character alive, then they must choose from another upon their death. If all the characters die, it's game over. Each character has their own strengths and weaknesses, with two being all around average (Jorg and Kevin). Eriko, the main character, can recover more quickly after being scared by a trap or enemy. Randy, the dim-witted slasher movie fan, has the highest strength and health, but lowest adrenaline. Would-be psychic Michel has the slowest vitals, but the highest adrenaline.

[edit] Stats

Illbleed can be won or lost based on the characters stats at the end of the game (or the middle if one dies). At the end of each level, the remaining stamina, adrenaline, pulse, etc., is tallied, and the player loses some prize money if the values are too high or low. These extra ranks get harder to reach with each and every stage. The following are the stats and what they mean.

Stamina: The character's overall health. When depleted, the game ends.
Adrenaline: The character's ability to mark traps. Game continues when depleted.
Pulse: The character's gauge. When raised too high by traps, the player dies.
Bleeding: The character's overall wound level. This is increased when the character moves and drops when the character stands still. The higher it is, the slower the character moves. At higher levels, the character starts to lose health. When it hits the highest level, the game ends.

[edit] Levels

Each level is unlocked one by one in the following order. The player approaches a theater and is asked if they would like to begin the level or not. If they select "Yes", the level begins with an intro. After completion, the player can not replay the level.

[edit] Theaters

Minnesota Hell Cinema - Homerun of Death: The player explores a burned-down hotel, Chateau Banbollow. Throughout the level they have repeated encounters with Gale Banbollow, the flamethrower-toting owner, who was badly maimed in the fire and driven mad by the loss of his son, Jimmy.
Cinepanic - The Revenge of Queen Worm: The player explores an abandoned campground, where they discover the ghost of worm farmer David Rodriguez, who seeks their help in putting his gigantic, prized breeding worm Rachel out of her misery.
Boogie's Fun Movies - Woodpuppets: A vindictive tree spirit kills lumberjack and chainsaw enthusiast George MacLachlan, then takes over his mill, turning it into a factory for the production of killer mannequins. The player must enter the mill and destroy the diabolical plant and its army of "Woodpuppets".
Shock It To Me Theater - Killer Department Store: The player enters the ruins of the Cashman Department Store, facing haunted merchandise and the ghost of its greedy owner, Donald Cashman.
Hall of Resentment - Killerman: The player must help solve a murder mystery in a broken attraction.
Child Palace - Toyhunter: The player takes on the role of Cork, a cross between Woody from Toy Story and Indiana Jones, and help him travel to Hell and back to rescue his lover, Sexy Doll, from the clutches of the ruler of Toy Hell, Zodnick the Hellhog.
Michael Reynolds' Horror Museum - The Final Battle: The player confronts Reynolds and one of his three sinister boss monsters in order to claim their reward. An alternate ending allows the player to discover the sinister connection between Eriko Christy and Michael Reynolds