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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
SICK, TWISTED AND A TOTAL BLAST!, 14 Feb 2009
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm hooked on this game - not in a small way but seriously, seriously hooked. I've spent the best part of today playing it and have only come away from it to spend some time with my wife - darn this Valentines day malarkey! - and write this quick point by point list of the good and bad of this outrageously gruesome little gem, and hopefully that'll help you decide if HOTD:O is worth your time, money, not to mention yout skills with a hand cannon!
THE GOOD:
- Addictive beyond compare - if you're a high score junky then you'll be in seventh heaven, if you're a gore hound: likewise, and if you're into collecting and unlocking virtual trinkets then you'll be right at home too. For a light gun game there is a heck of a lot to do.
- Satisfyingly chunky head shots (and all other shots too), hugely visceral - it'll have the teenager in you screaming to get out and have a go! A very, very bloody business it is!
- At time the humor is actually spot on and it gave me a little giggle once or twice.
- The Grindhouse movie feel is spot on and not just an aping of Tarantino's homage - although there is a bit of that too, which is okay.
- The controls are spot on and can be calibrated to suite!
- The hand cannon available for the game is one of the best peripherals I've used for the system thus far.
- The graphics are above and beyond what we wii owners are used to and I'm quite proud to have this game sit side by side with my 360 games.
- A good change of pace from the usual wii-centric kiddy games choc full of gimmicks and mini games, and probably the most fun I've had with my Wii since Mario Galaxy.
- Some of the themes make you wince more than once or twice, this could be a good or bad thing depending on the player but you wouldn't be playing a game called house of the dead: overkill if you weren't ready for some sickness, right?
- Varla Guns - sweet.
- The Soundtrack is pure funky genius - great old sleazy grindhouse style tunes that have now become synonymous with Tarantino movies. Also there's a few pumping tunes for boss fights and more frantic sections but all roll up into a tasty musical picnic for the earholes.
- Some sick, if slightly easy, bosses - the screamer is quite terrifying.
- Brilliant little touches and attention to detail.
THE BAD:
- The swearing, although I understand it's part of the whole grindhouse experience and the characters traits, first wears a little thin then gets a bit embarrassing - after one play through I'm sure you'll be slamming past the cut-scenes to dodge the silly excess as I did.
- There can be a slight loading time split second pause that makes you, on the odd occasion, miss your shot and loose your flow, but this doesn't happen enough for it to become a problem - also it can sometimes work in your favor in lining up a shot so it sort of levels out.
- Some of the taboos that get knocked about may offend some people - I enjoyed them for their cheekiness but some may just be left aghast.
- The unlockable weapons are massively overpowered - but you'll find that they're useful for getting those golden brains, but as far as high scores go i tend to use the traditional ams magnum for proper skills.
CONCLUSION
I Love this game and don't see how anyone couldn't, sure it's puerile but it's got all the fun of the fair, and more! Guns, blood, wicked soundtrack, Varla Guns and some good laughs - Enjoy!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked Game !!!, 14 Feb 2009
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Been playing this allday with the wife. Very addictive, have only stopped to recharge the controllers !!! Much better than House of the dead 2 and 3. The zombie characters are quality....You'll encounter clowns,doctors etc. And I also came across some ghoul who was a spitting image of Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses !!! All in all though, A great game. Just don't play it in front of the young uns.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sega ups beats itself at its own game, 16 Feb 2009
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
It's taken a while, but the Wii is finally starting to pull some punches, with SEGA leading the way in this superb adaption of the classic House of the Dead series from arcades fame.
Both as spectacle and as a complete game, Overkill is one of the finest titles on the Wii to date. In sticking firmly to its light-gun heritage, Overkill is does not however limit itself to the genes of its publisher's other shooters - the fun but very very short Ghost Squad and House of the Dead compilations.
What players get instead is long, gory and satisfying single player campaign, a hammy but entertaining plot and - crucially for an online shooter - a heck of a lot of replayability.
By now many people will have heard about Overkill's grimy grind-house-esque graphical style. It's very striking and is supported by not only some very nice lighting and level-design (use your hd tv mind), but an eclectic and I'm sure, award-winning, soundtrack of beats, funk and elctro-rock. Production wise then, its spot on.
Of course gameplay is what keeps the player engaged and Overkill delivers. It may not boast the FPS style environment deformation of its main competitor, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, but it trumps this title in almost every other way. Cross-hair calibration is spot on, the weapon selection is small but balanced, and most importantly, the Zombies (sorry, 'mutants') make brilliant targets. Bringing down a wave of enemies with shots to the knees, and then finishing off stragglers with ehadshots adds a thick tactical element, and with decent real-time limb blasting makes, the shooting part is exhilirating fom start to finish.
Boasting an impressive 3-5 hour campaign (at least for a lightgun game) the longevity of the title is boosted significantly by a longer director's cut version on available on completion, co-op, highscores, weapon upgrading and a gloriously villent dual-wield option.
If there's one major problem that will put people off, its the dialogue. It frequently oversteps bad taste, and not at all in the ironic way it was intended, so you may well find yourself skipping cringe-worthy cutscenes on replays. On top of this, the bosses too are a little disspointing, and lacking perhaps the intensity of the rock-hard encouters of RE:UC.
Overall though, this is a must have title for all wii-owners, whether they like shooters or not. Its great to see SEGA support the console in such a strong way, and in buying this, hopefully amazon customers will not only be getting a no-holds barred package, but they can encourage other games publishers produce more top-notch titles for wii.
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