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Uppers:
Buckets of blood
Entertaining dialogue
Great presentation
Four player!
Downers:
Samey enemies
A bit glitchy
Short story mode
One-time arcade habitués should be well acquainted with the twisted delights of House of the Dead – the acme of gore-splattered zombie dismemberment. Now that the arcades only play host to tumbleweed, Sega has revived the franchise on the Wii (you can buy a plastic gun to accommodate the Wiimote) and rethought it to an extent.
Each level is prefaced by a hilariously cheesy and astonishingly profane B-movie pastiche, which gives way to prolonged bouts of dispatching waves of zombies, followed by a boss. You must also shoot med-kits to restore health, green chemical symbols to launch short slo-mo phases and orange brains to unlock goodies. At the end of each level, you win cash to spend on weaponry. Not exactly cerebral stuff, but the sheer satisfaction that accrues from timing your gunshot and anticipating the direction of a zombie's lurch so that you blow its head clean off cannot be overstated.
A game you might want to lock up somewhere inaccessible to the kids.
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Developer: Headstrong Games
Publisher: Sega
Format: Nintendo Wii
Release Date: February 13 2009
Review Quotes:
Telegraph: "Playing House Of The Dead: Overkill is like starring in a feature-length horror B-movie - and a fantastic one at that. The game's designers are clearly fans of grindhouse, and Overkill is packed with the genre's cheap but endearing touches including grainy visuals, a scratchy soundtrack andf over the top violence. The plots is by turns hilarious, action-packed and downright twisted...those tempted to pre-order be warned - this title earns its BBFC 18 rating as much for its sick humour as it does for its violent content."
IGN: "The House of the Dead: Overkill contains seven levels, each set up like a short segment of a film and given a playful name that reeks of drive-in movie tradition. Each area gives players a short little intro, usually containing G and Isaac, as well as the fearsome foe Papa Ceaser, or the busty Lola Guns, who enters the story shortly after the first level wraps up. Each level brings its own little style into the mix, and original mutants to blast through as well. Score: 8.3 (out of 10 / not an average)"
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