History VideoGame / Overblood

The game is later followed by a sequel, ''VideoGame/Overblood2''.

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 [[BlatantLies jacket]], he learns from a computer terminal that his name is Raz ([[NamesTheSame No]] [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} relation]]) 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 [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies unfortunate results]] of a Super Soldier project. Things [[FromBadToWorse get complicated]] when he discovers he is infected with the mutation-causing [[TheVirus ARNA Virus]] and that someone wants to make sure he never escapes...

It's sequel, ''[=OverBlood=] 2'', was released in 1998 and [[FollowTheLeader had a lot of similarities]] to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII a certain game released a year earlier]]. TheHero is Acarno Brani, who traveled to the city of East Edge in 2115 to become a "Junk Blader." Since the events of the first game, [[AfterTheEnd the Earth has become a boiling furnace]] that is only habitable due to massive cooling devices. He tries to save an old man at the airport from being robbed and ends up becoming involved in a sinister conspiracy revolving around a [[MacGuffin mysterious capsule.]] It was released only in Japan and Europe, with certain copies containing a {{Game Breaking Bug}} that made it impossible to finish.

* YouAllLookFamiliar: 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 [[PaletteSwap Palette Swapped]] to green.

!!The sequel provides examples of:
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* AnimeHair: Acarno, lampshaded by an NPC who says it's weird and asks you to change it.
* {{Animesque}}: If the first game was a shot at adventure games and survival horror, the second game is far more [=JRPG=]-inspired and way more anime by comparison.
* BareYourMidriff: Every single woman in the entire game.
* CallBack: In the D-NA bar, there's a statue suspended in mid-air with a gravity controller, a reference to the first game where Raz takes such a device that was used to levitate a statue. [[spoiler:Taking the gravity controller here [[PressXToDie causes the statue to fall on you and kill you.]]]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While Raz Karcy returns and robots modeled after Pipo are abundant, Milly Azray makes no appearances in Overblood 2 whatsoever.
* TheCoatsAreOff: Kondo in the first fight.
* CoolAirship: Billboard Island turns into one.
* EnemyMine: The owners of Billboard Island force Acarno to fight with them after he tried to rob them.
* {{Expy}}: Acarno looks mildly similar to [[{{VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha}} Charlie Nash]], [[spoiler: even at the end of the game, he was believed to be dead as he didn't seem like he escaped from the ship the {{big bad}} was on before it blew up and Charlie is known for dying in each game he appears however [[{{Main/DisneyDeath}} it turns out Acarno actually survived as stated before the credits roll]].]]
* GirlishPigtails: Acarno's younger sister, Nina, has these.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Averted when Acarno says both "shit" and "bastard" in the first cutscenes.
* HighAltitudeBattle
* InNameOnly: The two games don't really share much at all with each other, thematically or in terms of continuity (not that there isn't any if you know where to look). Thankfully, one of the few things they ''do'' share is a [[SoBadItsGood charming ineptitude]].
* JigglePhysics: Present, though subtle. Especially odd considering how simplistic the character models are.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The ITP have been doing this to certain people so they can't remember any information that could be used against them. For example, [[spoiler: they erased Raz's memories of the first games events.]]
* NoEscapeButDown: At the very start, Acarno jumps out a window.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Acarno, but only for the first job. After that, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he decides to work for free.]]
* OrWasItADream: Did Acarno see [[spoiler: the spirit of his dead sister]] or was it a dream?
* RubberMan: Kondo is this in his "green" form.
* {{Seers}}: Acarno has visions of the future.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler:Acarno tapping into the latent power in his blood results in superhuman capabilities and ''laser beams fired from his hands.'']]
* TitleDrop: The meaning of "Overblood" has an actual in-universe reveal with [[spoiler:the BigBad being the very first Overblood, a super-human soldier made using the Traveler's blood of Acarno's sister, and with his plans being to use Acarno's at that point to finish the rest of the planned Overbloods.]]
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Raz and the other scientists were tortured after they survived the explosions before the game started.
* UnusualEyebrows: All the bad guys have really odd eyebrows...
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* InNameOnly: The two games don't really share much at all with each other, thematically or in terms of continuity. Thankfully, one of the few things they ''do'' share is a [[SoBadItsGood charming ineptitude]].

* TitleDrop: The meaning of "Overblood" has an actual in-universe reveal with [[spoiler:the BigBad being the very first Overblood, a super-human soldier made using the alien Traveler's blood of Acarno's sister, and with his plans being to use Acarno's at that point to finish the rest of the planned Overbloods.]]

* TitleDrop: The meaning of "Overblood" has an actual in-universe reveal with [[spoiler:the BigBad being the very first Overblood, a super-human soldier made using the alien Traveler's blood of Acarno's sister, and with his plans being to use Acarno's at that point to finish the rest of the planned Overbloods so they can TakeOverTheWorld.]]

* Animesque: If the first game was a shot at adventure games and survival horror, the second game is far more [=JRPG=]-inspired and way more anime by comparison.

* ManInWhite: [[BigBad Zeno Razuul]] dresses like this.

* PutOnABus: While Raz Karcy returns and robots modeled after Pipo are abundant, Milly Azray makes no appearances in Overblood 2 whatsoever.

* LetsPlay: The previously mentioned Gameinformer Super Replay of the entire game, [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/12/31/super-replay-overblood-part-1.aspx found here,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63E8E9356E867E63&feature=plcp here]].

''[=OverBlood=]'' is a SciFi {{Survival Horror}}/[[AdventureGame Adventure]] game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Developed by Riverhillsoft, it was first released in Japan in 1996 and was later localized by Creator/ElectronicArts for the west in 1997. While often seen as one of the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' [[FollowTheLeader clones]], it was actually in development around the same time and it's really more of a SpiritualSuccessor to Riverhillsoft's even lesser known UsefulNotes/ThreeDO game ''Dr. Hauzer'' (which in turn drew inspiration from ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'', much like ''Resident Evil'' did).

''[=OverBlood=]'' is a SciFi {{Survival Horror}}/[[AdventureGame Adventure]] game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Developed by Riverhillsoft, it was first released in Japan in 1996 and was later localized by Creator/ElectronicArts for the west in 1997. While often seen as one of the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' [[FollowTheLeader clones]], it was actually in development around the same time and it's really more of a SpiritualSuccessor to Riverhillsoft's even lesser known UsefulNotes/{{3DO}} game ''Dr. Hauzer'' (which in turn drew inspiration from ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'').

''[=OverBlood=]'' is a SciFi {{Survival Horror}}/[[AdventureGame Adventure]] game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. IDeveloped Riverhillsoft, it was originally released in 1996 in Japan and was later localized by Creator/ElectronicArts in the U.S. and Europe in 1997. While often seen as a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' [[FollowTheLeader clone]], it was actually in development around the same time and is really more of a SpiritualSuccessor to their even lesser known [[UsefulNotes/3DOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] game ''Dr. Hauzer'' (which in turn drew inspiration from ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'').

''[=OverBlood=]'' is a 1997 SciFi {{Survival Horror}}/[[AdventureGame Adventure]] game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. It was developed by the Japanese company Riverhillsoft and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. It was one of the many games [[FollowTheLeader made in the wake of the success]] of the first VideoGame/ResidentEvil.

-->--Raz "Wienerless Steve" Karcy

If you actually looked up this forgotten game, there's a good chance its because you watched the [[LetsPlay Super Replay]] of it on Gameinformer.com.

* [[spoiler: AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Raz becomes one... but in an unusual fashion, he gets cured in under five minutes.]]

* AmnesiacHero: He remembers nothing.

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 [[BlatantLies jacket]], he learns from a computer terminal that his name is Raz ([[NamesTheSame No]] [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} relation]].) 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 [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies unfortunate results]] of a Super Soldier project. Things [[FromBadToWorse get complicated]] when he discovers he is infected with the mutation-causing [[TheVirus ARNA Virus]] and that someone wants to make sure he never escapes...

* UnskippableCutscene

It's sequel, ''[=OverBlood=] 2'', was released in 1998 and [[FollowTheLeader had a lot of similarities]] to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII a certain game released a year earlier]]. TheHero is Arcano Brani, who traveled to the city of East Edge in 2115 to become a "Junk Blader." Since the events of the first game, [[AfterTheEnd the Earth has become a boiling furnace]] that is only habitable due to massive cooling devices. He tries to save an old man at the airport from being robbed and ends up becoming involved in a sinister conspiracy revolving around a [[MacGuffin mysterious capsule.]] It was released only in Japan and Europe, with certain copies containing a {{Game Breaking Bug}} that made it impossible to finish.

* AnimeHair: Arcano, lampshaded by an NPC who says it's weird and asks you to change it.

* EnemyMine: The owners of Billboard Island force Arcano to fight with them after he tried to rob them.
* GirlishPigtails: Arcano's younger sister, Nina, has these.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Averted when Arcano says both "shit" and "bastard" in the first cutscenes.

* NoEscapeButDown: At the very start, Arcano jumps out a window.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Arcano, but only for the first job. After that, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he decides to work for free.]]
* OrWasItADream: Did Arcano see [[spoiler: the spirit of his dead sister]] or was it a dream?

* {{Seers}}: Arcano has visions of the future.