Developer: Bokeh Game Studio Publisher: Bokeh Game Studio Release: November 8th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBA Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, Nvidia RTX 3080, 16GB RAM, Windows 11 I was excited for Slitterhead , an action adventure game by Bokeh Studio, a studio founded by none other than your boy Keiichiro Toyama: the creator of Silent Hill, Gravity Rush, and the Siren series. And within that first hour, Slitterhead's body-possessing and Hong Kong-inspired streets had me thinking, "Is this it, the sleeper hit of 2024?!" No, sadly not. It's no doubt built a compelling universe filled with brain-sucking aliens that masquerade as humans, and it attempts plenty else besides: bouncing between bodies as you stealth around dingy apartment blocks, fighting with blood katanas, and gorging on pools of red plasma to refuel skills, many of which require more body-flitting.
Thing is, they are ultimately just attempts , attempts that fall victim to an emptiness and jitteriness that quickly reveals Slitterhead's true, irritating form. I really dig Slitterhead's premise, which is sort of like The Thing vs The Thing but set in the densely packed streets of Kowlong: a slum city based on Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City. Amidst the hubbub, there are googly, slithery beings called slitterheads, who've been disguising themselves as humans as they skulk around slurping the brains out of unsuspecting victims.
You're Hyoki, a spirit entity that's taken the form of an ethereal wiggly wo.