/vr/ - Retro Games

I decided to give the Japanese version of Part 3 a try, and right away I noticed the punch-combo was a lot stronger (Mostly pretty useless in the US version) and the AoE move was easier to perform (Jump+Attack instead of Back-Forward-Back+Attack) along with being much weaker (but still worked as a good get-off-me move instead of a "destroy the game when you get good at it" move). All the levels had more time as well so getting the best ending is really easy, I wish there was less time by default because the game didn't feel that much like an anxiety-inducing race to make sure your family members don't get murdered.
Overall I'd say it's a lot more beginner-friendly as well as being more balanced, although I haven't tried out the higher difficulties yet to see how that fairs. Should probably take a break from Splatterhouse though. I'm not sure why when a lot of beat-em-ups get ported to America they change it to end up being more tedious than actually fun.