Overblood

Overblood is a 1997 Sci-Fi Survival Horror/Adventure game for the original PlayStation. It was developed by the Japanese company Riverhillsoft and published by EA. It was one of the many games made in the wake of the success of the first Resident Evil.

The game begins as the protagonist wakes from cryostasis with amnesia. After saving himself from the life-threatening cold of the room by wearing a small vest he calls a jacket, he learns learns from a computer terminal that his name is Raz Karcy and that he was never supposed to wake up. With the aid of the robot Pipo he begins exploring the mysterious complex in which he is trapped, discovering the aftermath of an earthquake and the unfortunate results of a Super Soldier project. Things get complicated when he discovers he is infected with the mutation-causing ARNA Virus and that someone wants to make sure he never escapes...

It is notably more puzzle oriented than other Survival Horror games, having less than ten enemy encounters over the course of the entire game, counting the boss. It was also commended for its use of companions whom you could control at will for puzzles.

While it was at the time considered rather average, it is now incredibly entertaining: the laughably illogical puzzles are just barely passable, the animations for everything from jumping to just standing still are ridiculous, and its otherwise interesting but forgettable plot is chock full of Narm.

Had a sequel, Overblood 2, The Hero is Arcano Brandi who traveled to East Edge in 2115 to become a "Junk Blader" After the End as Earth is a boiling furnace and the only reason people have survived is due to the constant cooling devices. He tries to save and old man at an airport from being robbed but does get a valuable object that involves saving the earth. He then goes on a paid mission to fight the Government. It was released only in Japan and Europe, and contained a Game Breaking Bug that made it impossible to finish. It also had a lot of similarities to another game.

If you actually looked up this forgotten game, its likely because you watched the Super Replay of it on Gameinformer.com.


 * Amnesiac Hero: He remembers nothing.
 * Big Word Shout / Skyward Scream:
 * Body Horror: The result of the Viral Transformation entry below.
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Cloning Blues:
 * Cute Machines: Pipo.
 * Dress-Coded for Your Convenience: The good guys wear vests that are too small for them. The evil guys don't.
 * Elaborate Underground Base: The first game took place entirely inside one.
 * The Faceless: The mysterious man who helps the heroes along and the scientists in the discovered video.
 * Genetic Memory:
 * Good Morning, Crono
 * Gosh Darn It to Heck: It feels like the script was deliberately kept rated G for whatever market appeal they were going for.
 * Guide Dang It: There is nothing that indicates what objects can be interacted with. Many items are not even visible in the game, you just have to interact with one of several identical environmental objects to find the item needed. Crouching and interacting with an object has a different effect than interacting with it standing up, to the point where while standing up you will get "There's nothing here" and while crouching you will find a crucial item. Completion requires you either check every single thing, from desks to boxes to walls, twice, or you use a guide.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Laser Blade: The laser knife.
 * Let's Play: The previously mentioned Gameinformer Super Replay of the entire game, found here.
 * Mad Scientist:
 * Magic Antidote: Once the Viral Transformation mention below is in full effect,  This essentially wastes the subplot, since there was a decent amount of build up but is never mentioned again after that event.
 * Replacement Goldfish:
 * Robot Buddy: Pipo.
 * Say My Name:  and later
 * Self-Destruct Mechanism
 * Super Soldier:  Obviously, it backfires until.
 * Tap on the Head: Raz gets knocked out in a single punch from  compared to the other times he's been punched by zombies.
 * This Cannot Be!: Raz says this upon
 * Time Limit Boss: The final boss must be beaten in five hundred seconds and still escape.
 * Unskippable Cutscene
 * Viral Transformation: Happens to
 * You All Look Familiar: The zombies all have the exact same model. More obvious than in other games because the only thing they wear is a solid-colored jumpsuit, normally blue but later Palette Swapped to green.
 * You All Look Familiar: The zombies all have the exact same model. More obvious than in other games because the only thing they wear is a solid-colored jumpsuit, normally blue but later Palette Swapped to green.

The sequel provides examples of:

 * Anime Hair: Arcano, lampshaded by an NPC who says it's weird and asks you to change it.
 * Bare Your Midriff: Every single woman in the entire game.
 * The Coats Are Off: Kondo in the first fight.
 * Cool Airship: Billboard Island turns into one.
 * Enemy Mine: The owners of Billboard Island force Arcano to fight with them after he tried to rob them.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Arcano's younger sister, Nina, has these.
 * Gosh Darn It to Heck: Averted when Arcano says both "shit" and "bastard" in the first cutscenes.
 * High Altitude Battle
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: The ITP have been doing this to people against them, so they can't fully remember what top secret information they can remember. For example, erasing Raz's memory of the events in the first game.
 * Man in White
 * No Escape but Down: At the very start, Arcano jumps out a window.
 * No Export for You: Overblood 2 never made it to America, but was released in PAL regions and Japan.
 * Only in It For the Money: Arcano, after he's finished the first job he was paid for he does decide to work for free.
 * Or Was It a Dream?: Did Arcano see the spirit of his dead sister or was it a dream?
 * The Other Darrin: Raz is played by another actor, at least in the English version.
 * Rubber Man: Kondo is this in his "green" form.
 * Seers: Arcano has visions of the future.
 * Torture Always Works: Raz and the other scientists were tortured after they survived the explosions before the game started.
 * Unusual Eyebrows: All the bad guys have really odd eyebrows...