yeah it was the 90’s, stuff had to have blood in it randomly i guess - especially if it was like an edgy home computer take on something since home consoles wouldn’t do it that much. this felt of a piece with a lot of those kinds of shareware/win 3.x games i remember playing at the time.
this game i posted in the Grotesque videogames thread really embodies that more than anything i can think of
i attempted to play this as a kid but it’s one of those games tied to CPU speed and it moved much too fast. i immediately recognise that level layout though
I remember someone here saying something along the lines that every indie dev given enough time will eventually make something where you control multiple characters at the same time.
I now believe this to be one of the truest things ever said here.