Immersive yet unsettling action game
Hotel Barcelona is a premium action-packed game that takes players on a thrilling journey into a surreal parallel universe teeming with bizarre characters, from alien entities to serial killers. The brainchild of two highly esteemed game developers, Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro and Goichi "Suda51" Suda, the game's structure features time-loop sequences intricately woven with both visceral and psychological elements.
Exploiting fear in strange reality
Drawing inspiration from Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece, "The Shining," Hotel Barcelona presents a narrative where the most notorious American crime syndicates have decided to reconvene. The eponymous hotel serves as the rendezvous point for these outlaws. Players have the daunting task of bringing down these most vicious murderers before the hotel transforms into a gruesome blood bath.
However, the antagonists are far from being ordinary human criminals. The game has brilliantly blurred the line between reality and imagination by incorporating a malevolent alien entity, a devilish chef delighting in his macabre creations, a creepy baby puppet, and more. With the game's mature content and evocative imagery, it is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
Not suitable for all players
To sum up, Hotel Barcelona is an engrossing, albeit bizarre, exploration into the realm of the uncanny. Its unique combination of time loops, psychological elements, and a diverse array of unconventional characters ensures that players are treated to an extraordinary gaming experience filled with suspense, intrigue, and chilling horror.
