House Of The Dead (PC)

HOUSE OF THE DEAD. This game was released in 1998 by sega it was a fairly straight conversion of the same hit arcade game from 1996. Its a one or two player on the rails shooter, you dont actually control the characture just the gun. The game begins with a cutscene, your looking at a desk and a telephone goes off, its your girlfriend, she screams "help! everyones getting killed." So instead of doing the sensible thing, ie phoning the police/ army/ A-Team, you decide to get down there in your car with you tiny handgun! Clever bloke! ------- OPTIONS ------- Before you start the game you might want to play around with ...  Read the complete review

Got a fiver to spare?, then give it to me then, oh you want to spend it on yourself!, well have I got a reccomendation for you! Go into any hostelry of Computer Gaming worth its name in salt and you should be able to pick up a copy of the Sega produced arcade game House of the Dead ready and waiting for you to blast away some evil mutants all from the comforts of your very own home. For those of you that don't know the premise of this game then let me attempt to explain - what you have is a first-person shooter without any of the complications, so you don't have to worry about positioning yourself in the perfect position to shoot without getting shot, ...  Read the complete review

In the story line its December and theres some fishy business going on in the labs of the DBR Corporation which all revolves around the evil Dr Curien, you play the special agent sent to investigate whats happening and upon arrival you see one of the lab technicians being attacked by a mutant, as you run in with your trusty pistol and save the lab-guy it becomes obvious that the House/Lab is over-run with these beings and its up to you to kill them all before being killed by them yourself, sounds confusing? well it isn't! There are a total of 3 game-modes on the PC version, Original Mode, PC Mode and Boss Mode - in PC Mode this is where ...  Read the complete review

The house of the dead uses a number of interesting, but well documented techniques, such as indistinct whirling camera shots to create a real fear in the player. The game also sports a story-line with emotional hooks to try to involve the player at every point of the game. The game comprises of the usual zombie-blasting chaos followed by the end of level boss, which makes for good structured gameplay. In addition the inclusion of a dynamic and strictly non-linear storyline adds that vital addiction factor that all games need for you to keep coming back again and again. However, the game is fundamentally undermined by the outdated graphics and poorly rendered textures ...  Read the complete review