There are some games that cannot be as good as you imagine them. Simple 2000 title Tairyou Jigoku ("The Overwhelming Hell") for the PS2 is precisely one of the those games. The plot is Alice in Wonderland gone bad. It's a "panic action" game and centers around a schoolgirl named Erika, her missing cell phone, giant bugs and a rabbit in a top hat. See, the rabbit in a top hat stole her cell phone (of course!) and as the girl goes searching for it, she's attacked by cockroaches, centipedes, crickets, spiders and snakes. When the creepy-crawlies start to attack, Erika shakes them off or smacks 'em with poles and sticks. Though, don't know which is worst for most schoolgirls: Giant insects or not having a cell phone.

Game drops next February in Japan. Brian Ashcraft

Overwhelming Preview [EG via namako team]