<s>
Splatterhouse	B-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
SPLATTERHOUSE	B-Application
•	O
3	O
)	O
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
horror	O
themed	O
beat'em	B-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
given	O
a	O
rating	O
by	O
Sega	O
's	O
own	O
Videogame	O
Rating	O
Council	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
an	O
unlockable	O
extra	O
in	O
the	O
2010	B-Application
remake	I-Application
,	O
with	O
new	O
artwork	O
replacing	O
the	O
digitized	O
photographs	O
due	O
to	O
legal	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
about	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
action	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
3	I-Application
features	O
non-linear	O
exploration	O
throughout	O
several	O
different	O
rooms	O
,	O
forcing	O
Rick	O
to	O
often	O
backtrack	O
as	O
he	O
tries	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
to	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
is	O
the	O
Power	O
Meter	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
filled	O
by	O
collecting	O
Eldritch	O
Orbs	O
found	O
throughout	O
levels	O
and	O
occasionally	O
are	O
dropped	O
by	O
defeated	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Russ	O
Ceccola	O
of	O
Fangoria	O
wrote	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
appeal	O
of	O
the	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
games	O
is	O
the	O
bloody	O
violence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
graphics	O
are	O
explicit	O
and	O
gross	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
an	O
over-the-top	O
way	O
"	O
;	O
Ceccola	O
concluded	O
:	O
"	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
3	I-Application
adds	O
more	O
play	O
elements	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
map	O
,	O
time	O
limits	O
and	O
multiple	O
endings	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
all	O
boils	O
down	O
to	O
cartoon	O
violence	O
taken	O
to	O
the	O
extreme.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
editor	O
Geoffrey	O
Douglas	O
Smith	O
praised	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
stands	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
heap	O
on	O
Genesis	O
.	O
</s>
