The House Of The Dead: Overkill (Wii)

The House of the Dead: Overkill...now...where to start? Everything about this game is based on the grindhouse style of film, so I believe that this must be fully explained prior to anything else. The grindhouse style of film is a strange one, very low film quality and over the top subject matter, be it explicit sexual innuendoes, gratuitous swearing and unreal amounts of blood and gore. Very much b-movie material, those who have seen Rodriguez and Tarantino's double feature film Grindhouse will know what to expect. The 18 rating is well and truly earned here, noticeably the large amount of swearing in game, mostly from one of the main characters, Detective Washington. ...  Read the complete review

House of the Dead Overkill takes a radical swerve from the original Sega House Of The Dead arcade series, with a wii-only prequel following hardcore Agent G and ladies-man Detective Issaac Washington as they battle through a city infested by a mutant-zombie outbreak, and a succession of hideously deformed boss battles. You'll know House of The Dead for it's strange Japanese-translated wooden dialogue ("How could anyone DO this?" *straight face"), surreal green-mohawked zombie creatures, and fast-paced rails shooting-action, a game series that's had me spend too much time and money in arcades, getting RSI from shaking heavyweight plastic ...  Read the complete review

The Wii has previously been graced with two from this shooting series, a two in one game featuring the second and third House Of The Dead games. As fans of this series should already know, House Of The Dead features cheesy [and often quite terrible] voice acting, along with a thin story, but plenty of fun shooting. Although the first two of these points may make the series sound rather flawed, it has been seen generally as a trademark that is expected every game the series produces. Luckily, The House Of The Dead: Overkill capitalises on these ideas. Cashing in on the recent popularity of the "Grindhouse" style films [possibly helped along ...  Read the complete review

[Please Note] I tested both the Nintendo Wii Zapper and House of the Dead Official Magnum with the game. I found the Magnum to be far more satisfying to use and also easier to play with. The House of the Dead overkill is an all new Wii game from Sega. Rather than being an arcade port, this is an all new version for the Wii, built from the ground up. Unlike all previous console versions, this game is not an arcade conversion but a standalone game from the original House of the Dead team AM1. This game is a breath of fresh air for Wii owners who finally have something to play that isn't the standard 'shovelware' that Nintendo seem so intent on cramming down our ...  Read the complete review

Zombies, zombies, zombies! If you're like me - you like zombies! If this is the case, then you will do anything you can to get your hands on a great zombie game. What more can you say? You will do just about anything to be able to blast and chop your way through a million of them. The zombie bug that bites you is worse than the zombie bite itself! To be fair, in the eyes of the fans, this game was hyped up so much leading up to its release it was basically lining itself up for a massive fall. A lot of fans who loved the previous House of the Dead games were in two minds (or should that be - 'two brains') about the release of 'Overkill'. All credit to the ...  Read the complete review