HOTEL BARCELONA

Love it I waited to buy it and I enjoy it so much

Absolut banger. Not as thought provokingly cool as Deadly Premonition or D4 but right up there with the best of 'em. Swery's still got it.

I bought the game on release, and played it up to the first boss clear, and it was definitely a less than stellar experience. BUT, after the touch-up patches the game feels much more responsive and fluid. In its current state, I would absolutely recommend giving this game a go. I played 95% of the game on normal (dubbed ingame as "veteran") difficulty, and the early game definitely feels unforgiving. As you start upgrading your skills and weapons, it becomes much more fun to play. The game mechanics are more detailed in the meta aspects (time of day, weather, paths and doors, phantoms, and their respective buffs and debuffs), but the combos and the fighting itself is not super deep. The story and the characters are 100% SWERY grade, if you like his stuff, and / or horror movies and horror pop culture in general, then you will enjoy it for sure. All in all, if you can tough out the first few hours of the game, it becomes easier and more fun as you go along. (Or just crank the difficulty down to easy until you get the hang of things.) The game has a multiplayer part as well with invasions (a la souls games) but I did not do any of it, partly because of the low playercount.

Hotel Barcelona is gallons of SWERY's offbeat originality in a more compact package than usual. DR. CARNIVAL in particular stands as his best protagonist since Francis York Morgan, and while its systems can be overwhelming and obtuse at first you learn their logic with a bit of time. While the 3D models are passable, the 2D art by Hiroaki Hashimoto is absolutely stellar and adds tremendously to the atmosphere of the game. The vocal performance and script in Japanese is likewise laden with flavor, and the dialogues are punchy with no wasted space. Ultimately I appreciate a scrappy game made with creative control and vision, in an era of 200 million dollar focus grouped crapshoots made for everyone and thus no one.

fun!! however, i wish the fps limiter allowed you to set the target framerate

One of the wackiest and weirdest games I've ever played. B movie references galore. Best played with friends.

HOTEL BARCELONA is a stylish, weird, and very cult-feeling action roguelike with great ideas, but its gameplay doesn’t fully live up to its concept. The strongest part of the game is its identity. The slasher horror theme, bizarre characters, strange bosses, and SWERY-style madness give the game a very unique flavor. It doesn’t feel like a safe or generic roguelike, and that alone makes it interesting. The Slasher Phantom system is also a genuinely cool idea. When you die, your previous run returns as a phantom to help you in the next attempt. It turns death into part of the gameplay loop, which fits the theme really well. However, the main problem is the game feel. For an action roguelike, the combat should feel sharp, responsive, and satisfying, but HOTEL BARCELONA often feels stiff and a bit sluggish. Attacking, dodging, and parrying don’t always feel as smooth as they should. Sometimes dying feels less like “I made a mistake” and more like “the character didn’t respond fast enough.” The roguelike loop also doesn’t feel strong enough to keep me hooked for a long time. There are weapons, perks, upgrades, and different areas, but the content starts to feel repetitive fairly quickly. The game has style and creativity, but not enough depth or replay value to fully carry the experience. Visually, the game has a strong identity and some memorable designs, even if it is not always impressive on a technical level. The audio is decent and fits the tone, but it lacks the impact and energy that a blood-soaked slasher action game should have. Overall, HOTEL BARCELONA is not a bad game. It has personality, charm, and some genuinely interesting ideas. But the combat, content amount, and overall polish hold it back. Recommended only if you enjoy cult games, SWERY-style weirdness, and can forgive rough gameplay. For most players, I would suggest waiting for a discount. HOTEL BARCELONA เป็นเกมที่มีสไตล์ มีความคัลต์ และมีไอเดียดีมาก โดยเฉพาะระบบ Slasher Phantom ที่ตายแล้วตัวเราจากรอบก่อนกลับมาช่วยสู้ แต่ปัญหาคือเกมเพลย์ยังไม่ลื่นพอ การฟัน หลบ Parry ยังรู้สึกแข็งและหน่วงไปหน่อยสำหรับเกม Action Roguelike แถมคอนเทนต์กับความหลากหลายยังไม่อิ่มเท่าที่ควร สรุปคือ มีเสน่ห์ แต่ยังไม่เนี้ยบ ถ้าชอบเกมแปลกสาย SWERY อาจลองได้ แต่สำหรับคนทั่วไป แนะนำรอลดราคาดีกว่า

I wish I knew this game was inspired by eighties/nineties horror movie franchises. I would have bought it back when it was broken. Runs fine now. A little frustrating but you can grind your way through it

Pretty good game. The price is a little high, but I like the aesthetics and the roguelite gameplay elements. It does a good job of capturing a kind of B-Movie horror feel and the progression through the different rooms is interesting. Going the same route can be more beneficial than going in new directions, as the game creates a shadow that follows your same moves that goes through the room with you, but every time you enter a new room in a level there's a different type of upgrade you can receive so it can be interesting to experiment. I do recommend it if you like this type of game.

このゲームの一番の魅力は、やっぱり独特な世界観だと思います。 SWERY×SUDAらしいクセのある演出やキャラクター、ホラー映画っぽい雰囲気がしっかりあって、他のゲームにはない感じです。 ストーリーも気になる要素が多くて、続きが気になりながら進められます。 ゲームとしてはローグライクで、何回も挑戦しながら強くなっていくタイプです。 過去の自分が「ファントム」として残って一緒に戦ってくれるのも面白くて、周回するほど楽になっていくのが良いバランスだと思いました。 最初は少し難しく感じるけど、慣れてくると一気に進めるようになります。 音楽や演出もちゃんと雰囲気に合っていて、ホラーとメタルの感じがいい味出してます。 ボス戦もそれぞれ個性があって、普通に楽しめました。 多少クセはあるけど、それも含めてこのゲームの良さだと思います。 尖ったゲームが好きな人とか、ホラーとかローグライクが好きな人には普通におすすめできます。