<s>
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Crazy	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	O
Games	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Climax	O
Graphics	O
until	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
Illbleed	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Climax	O
Graphics	O
,	O
they	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
months	O
following	O
Sega	O
's	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
only	O
selling	O
a	O
tenth	O
of	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
was	O
planned	O
but	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
contemporary	O
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
,	O
Illbleed	B-Application
prioritizes	O
locating	O
and	O
neutralizing	O
traps	O
over	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
remaining	O
characters	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
ends	I-Application
and	O
must	O
be	O
restarted	O
from	O
a	O
previous	O
save	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
Eriko	O
's	O
friends	O
Kevin	O
,	O
Randy	O
,	O
and	O
Michel	O
invite	O
her	O
to	O
Illbleed	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
horror	O
amusement	O
park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
she	O
saves	O
all	O
three	O
and	O
a	O
reporter	O
,	O
Jorg	O
,	O
Eriko	O
and	O
her	O
friends	O
win	O
the	O
prize	O
money	O
,	O
but	O
Eriko	O
states	O
that	O
she	O
is	O
going	O
back	O
to	O
Illbleed	B-Application
and	O
tells	O
them	O
not	O
to	O
follow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
by	O
the	O
Tokyo-based	O
game	O
developer	O
Crazy	O
Games	O
,	O
under	O
leadership	O
from	O
its	O
founder	O
and	O
producer	O
Shinya	B-Application
Nishigaki	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Illbleed	B-Application
after	O
completing	O
their	O
first	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
considered	O
making	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
and	O
were	O
asked	O
by	O
Sega	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
after	O
its	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
production	O
occurred	O
in	O
Shinjuku	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
and	O
lasted	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmer	O
Kazuaki	O
Yokozawa	O
designed	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
alleviate	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
issues	O
in	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
had	O
avoided	O
horror	O
elements	O
in	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
to	O
set	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
horror	O
adventure	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
like	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
,	O
but	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
wholly	O
embrace	O
horror	O
for	O
Illbleed	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2000	O
at	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Crazy	O
Games	O
originally	O
expected	O
Sega	O
to	O
localize	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
success	O
,	O
Sega	O
of	O
America	O
dropped	O
Illbleed	B-Application
from	O
its	O
localization	O
lineup	O
in	O
mid-2000	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
crowded	O
first-party	O
release	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crazy	O
Games	O
self-published	O
Illbleed	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2001	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
Sega	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
only	O
selling	O
50,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
,	O
a	O
tenth	O
of	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
Illbleed	B-Application
and	O
Blue	B-Application
Stinger	I-Application
were	O
under	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
developer	O
Coolnet	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
Illbleed	B-Application
being	O
reportedly	O
90%	O
complete	O
,	O
the	O
ports	O
were	O
canceled	O
due	O
to	O
Nishigaki	O
's	O
death	O
in	O
2004	O
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
poor	O
performance	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
(	O
EGM	O
)	O
wrote	O
that	O
Illbleed	B-Application
"	O
picks	O
up	O
the	O
dying	O
survival	O
horror	O
torch	O
,	O
douses	O
it	O
in	O
gasoline	O
,	O
and	O
throws	O
it	O
into	O
your	O
treehouse	O
,	O
laughing	O
all	O
the	O
while	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
described	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
genre	O
as	O
becoming	O
"	O
almost	O
as	O
ubiquitous	O
as	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
felt	O
Illbleed	B-Application
successfully	O
set	O
itself	O
apart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
agreed	O
,	O
saying	O
the	O
genre	O
needed	O
some	O
kind	O
of	O
innovation	O
,	O
and	O
felt	O
that	O
Illbleed	B-Application
new	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
and	O
unique	O
humor	O
made	O
it	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
called	O
the	O
offbeat	O
presentation	O
Illbleed	B-Application
most	O
redeeming	O
quality	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
gratuitous	O
use	O
of	O
luscious	O
,	O
spurting	O
blood	O
sets	O
its	O
B	O
movie	O
tone	O
perfectly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
summarized	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
one	O
word	O
,	O
"	O
excess	O
"	O
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
everything	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
insane	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
over-the-top	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
panned	O
by	O
EGM	O
and	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
felt	O
it	O
contributed	O
to	O
its	O
campy	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illbleed	B-Application
game	O
design	O
and	O
controls	O
were	O
criticized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
recommended	O
Illbleed	B-Application
to	O
players	O
who	O
can	O
appreciate	O
schlock	O
horror	O
and	O
ignore	O
technical	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Shinya	B-Application
Nishigaki	I-Application
said	O
of	O
the	O
reception	O
:	O
"	O
Illbleed	B-Application
requires	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
intelligence	O
to	O
play	O
 [ ... ] 	O
It	O
was	O
just	O
an	O
entire	O
mix	O
of	O
entertainment	O
that	O
many	O
people	O
could	O
n't	O
understand	O
.	O
</s>
