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March 2009
(78%)
50 Reviews
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Abstract: The House of the Dead titles are one of the few light gun shooters that have had a pretty successful run on home consoles when it comes to ports from their Arcade brothers, so it's nice to see a developer take a stab at making a console specific HotD t...
Abstract: What the eff is it about mother-effing zombies? We effing cant get enough of them as the endless effing stream of mother-effing zombie books, movies and games being churned out every effing year will attest. Hrm, I thought an entire review in Grindho...
Abstract: House of the Dead: Overkill is a pleasant surprise on many levels. Surprisingly gory, surprisingly transfixing for all its simplicity, surprisingly playable for a "Light Gun" game that doesn't actually use a Light Gun but instead the motion-sensitive W...
Abstract: The year is 1991. Special Agent G - the protagonist of The House of the Dead series- has been given his very first assignment. Teaming up with another character, Detective Isaac Washington, his mission is to investigate stories surrounding disappearanc...
Abstract: There was a time when on-rails shooters were a fairly powerful force in the world of console gaming, but after GoldenEye launched on the N64 twelve years ago, most interested parties figured that the genre had been permanently replaced by the first pe...
Abstract: With the advent of current-gen consoles, the lightgun game has fallen on hard times. Their largely hackneyed brand of scripted, on-rails shooting gallery action appears to have turned off swathes of gamers who'd rather get their kicks popping headshots...
Abstract: Imperfect but Tremendously FunWhile Overkill is generally very nicely done, there are a few defects. Some locations are so poorly lit that you can barely see your attackers. The quickest way to kill a zombie is with a bullet to the head, so it is very...
Abstract: Name: House of the Dead: OverkillGenre: On-Rails ShooterPlatform: Nintendo WiiSince its original release in 1996, the House of the Dead series has made its mark on the gaming industry with a number of arcade cabinets, a few console ports, and a hilario...
Abstract: Have you ever wondered how a dumb buddy cop B-movie would translate to a video game? Very well, as it turns out. House of the Dead: Overkill is the first game in the long-running arcade series to be built from the ground up for a home console. Develop...
