Illbleed

Illbleed
Japanese Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)	Crazy Games
Publisher(s)	^JP Crazy Games[1] ^NA AIA[2]
Director(s)	Tetsuro Sugimori
Platform(s)	Dreamcast
Release date(s)	^JP March 29, 2001 ^NA April 16, 2001
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single player

Illbleed (イルブリード Iruburido) is a survival horror video game developed by Crazy Games (formerly known as "Climax Graphics") and published by Crazy Games in Japan and AIA in the US for the Sega Dreamcast. It was released in Japan on March 29, 2001 and later in North America on April 16, 2001. Despite being financially unsuccessful, this game received a worldwide cult following for its notable combination of nonlinear gameplay elements (e.g. trap detection) and bizarre B-movie style comedy horror theme, dialogue and voice acting.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 61/100[3] Review scores Publication Score Edge 6/10[4] EGM 6.83/10[5] Game Informer 5/10[6] GamePro [7] GameSpot 6/10[8] GameSpy 7/10[9] IGN 6.7/10[10]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^[3]

References

1. "Sega of Japan catalogue page for Illbleed". Retrieved August 21, 2012.
2. "Illbleed US back of box". Retrieved August 21, 2012.
3. "Illbleed for Dreamcast Reviews". Metacritic.
4. Edge staff (June 2001). "Illbleed". Edge (98).
5. "Illbleed". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 2001.
6. "Illbleed". Game Informer (98). June 2001.
7. Star Dingo (April 17, 2001). "Illbleed Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
8. Lopez, Miguel (April 18, 2001). "Illbleed Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
9. digitaltaco (May 1, 2001). "Illbleed". PlanetDreamcast. Archived from the original on May 3, 2001. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
10. Chau, Anthony (April 18, 2001). "Illbleed". IGN. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

External links

• Illbleed at MobyGames