Cashed in some amazon credit and picked up House of the Dead: Overkill and a Nyko Power Shot on the cheap the other day. It's rare that I can find a game to play with R, but the thought of a handgun with unlimited ammo flew with flying colors. So beers in hand, we sat out last night to see what this B-movie knock-off was all about.
Let me preface my quick review by stating that I didn't have high expectations for this game from the start. In fact, I was looking for something with potentially shallow depth, good for a one-time romp, and then perhaps pass it along to the ages. Found it here. The story, which intentionally tries to be ridiculous, is only made more annoying by the fact that I can't figure out how to skip the cut scenes, which revolve around an African-American spewing the f-word as if it was going out of style. Nice.
As for the game, it's mostly fun, but my major complaints are this: slowdown when more than three enemies are on screen, and the gun cursors are both white (with colored tracers when moving). The latter of which wasn't as much of a problem for me but it got R pretty lost feeling at times.
Also ran into a technical glitch during the first boss. Had him at about 3/4 destroyed when one shot into him locked up everything. My wiimote was stuck buzzing, with a high-pitched stuck sound coming through the stereo. Really annoying bug, wonder how many other people have seen it?
Made it through 3 stages last night, hopefully the game picks up a bit. The carny stage was pretty sweet now that I think about it. One thing's for sure, the game definitely needs to be played 2-player, because otherwise it'd feel way too much like a chore to complete.
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