The House of the Dead: Overkill

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:27 pm

Sweet trailer.

Where's all the buzz!?

Rail shooters are proliferating on the Wii. A couple more original games worth the cash and I'll have to plunk down the greens for a Weeeeeeee.

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:11 pm

Man, that was so cheesy it's actually good.

Pure unadulterated zombie action with pole dancing? On the Wii? Hell yeah.

As a final note of silliness, this comment made me laugh:

My only reservation is this game HAS to have more content than just an arcade shooter.

That's probably the prelude to the waves of "it only has five stages" and "you can beat it in 30 mins".

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:38 pm

Observer wrote:Man, that was so cheesy it's actually good.

Pure unadulterated zombie action with pole dancing? On the Wii? Hell yeah.

As a final note of silliness, this comment made me laugh:

My only reservation is this game HAS to have more content than just an arcade shooter.
That's probably the prelude to the waves of "it only has five stages" and "you can beat it in 30 mins".

I'm still trying to 1cc Ghost Squad dual-wielding.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:02 am

Now it's time for me to spoil the party.

I think it's impossible for it to look anymore un-inspired and generic.

ALSO! why the fuck is there bloom on all the zombie's white spots

ALSO ALSO! i think the guys who developed Battalion Wars are making this

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:17 am

The trailer was kewl tho.

Edit: hey and you never know we might get some zombie strippers.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:19 am

shinsage wrote:image

HIGH FIVE OR I'LL FUCKING EAT YOU.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:58 am

Gotta love the grindhouse-style trailer. I hope it delivers.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:48 am

That was one of the best videogame trailers I have ever seen. The game looks fun

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:52 am

One of the best videogame trailers ever, no doubt

HOD was always cheesy, so if they make this one intentionally over-the-top-cheesy it might end up being pretty good.
This and Mad World...nice combo

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:28 am

I get the feeling that none of the grindhouse styling of the trailer will be carried over to the actual game. Notice how all those parts were just live action inserts and camera effects rather than anything in the actual game footage.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:35 am

@Daigohji

Well, your "feeling" is obviously wrong. You shouldn't trust your feelings too much when it comes to games

"The grindhouse feel comes across in a number of areas. First of all, you'll notice the look of the game as you play it. We use tricks like filters and scratches to make it look like you're watching a film that's been watched over and over and really abused. There's also specific color styles you can employ to recreate that distinctive look -- for example, because of the way that celluloid degrades, blacks turn a greenish color. That's why in Overkill's outside levels at night you'll notice this green tinge in the sky, a sort of sickly light. The washed out colours further add to the effect.

Secondly, it's the gore."

From the interview with the devs.
http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/899/899925p1.html

Octopod · Post by **Octopod** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:53 pm

The trailer looks awesome. I cant wait for this game, im a big HotD fan. Hell, im a big light gun game fan in general. A port of HotD4 and Lets Go Jungle would be nice so me and my wife can play them together at home.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:22 pm

Well, I know what Wii game I'm going to next...

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:27 pm

The trailer was awesome, and my wife loves zombie stuff. I'll probably be playing this co-op next year.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:41 am

IGN gave the game an 8.3! The shooting action looks fantastic. I don't understand why this was rated M partly for sexual content, as I don't see any (I don't own the game) other then the fact that one of the characters is a stripper.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:07 am

SFKhoa wrote:
shinsage wrote:image
HIGH FIVE OR I'LL FUCKING EAT YOU.

Cannibalism Five

A_Civilian · Post by **A_Civilian** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:44 am

Tch......

They ran out of Tarot cards to name the enemies after 4, so it doesn't matter anymore.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:51 am

Its rare to see a trailer that good these days. Looks like the game could be a laugh

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:15 am

dave4shmups wrote:IGN gave the game an 8.3! The shooting action looks fantastic. I don't understand why this was rated M partly for sexual content, as I don't see any (I don't own the game) other then the fact that one of the characters is a stripper.

Because we can't let our poor, innocent Amerikun kids have the images of carnage, evisceration, blood splattering, gun play and suffering of the undead blocked by the notion of a woman who likes to show off her well-formed body to appease some of the most basic human instincts, hee-haw, dyup dyup, whoa! To think otherwise is to be nothing but a french homosexual commie bible-burner, yee-haw, pardner!

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:48 am

Hey, at least it's better than in Australia.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:37 am

Definitely buying this.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:37 pm

Looks like it's out in the UK. Surprised to see it get an '18' cert, I guess it's because of that special blend of sex and violence that always gets the BBFC twitching

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:47 pm

MX7 wrote:Looks like it's out in the UK. Surprised to see it get an '18' cert, I guess it's because of that special blend of sex and violence that always gets the BBFC twitching

Makes you wonder how the USA-based ESRB will be rating this Wii game when it finally comes out. ^_~

I do recall that Rockstar's Max Payne GBA port got an "M" rating from the ESRB back in the day. Most USA retailers refused to stock/carry it anyways.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:14 pm

looks "redneck" style and not much people on screen?!

hotd 4 would have been much better (but perhaps wii hasnt the power required to animate this stuff...)

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:48 pm

That was the first good trailer i've seen in a while. here's hoping for a great game that hopefully has zombie strippers. I'll be so disappointed if there are no zombie strippers, but not enough to go watch zombie strippers the movie

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:30 pm

I might pick this up simply because my girlfriend has a Wii and i can play it over there if i get bored. Recently i got a collection of the first 3 HotD's for windows, it's great. Really hope they port 4 at some point...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:04 pm

Specineff wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:IGN gave the game an 8.3! The shooting action looks fantastic. I don't understand why this was rated M partly for sexual content, as I don't see any (I don't own the game) other then the fact that one of the characters is a stripper.
Because we can't let our poor, innocent Amerikun kids have the images of carnage, evisceration, blood splattering, gun play and suffering of the undead blocked by the notion of a woman who likes to show off her well-formed body to appease some of the most basic human instincts, hee-haw, dyup dyup, whoa! To think otherwise is to be nothing but a french homosexual commie bible-burner, yee-haw, pardner!

lol, In all seriousness, I want to know how much sexual content there is, because, as a follower of Christ, sexual content bothers me a lot more because I'm more tempted by it. If just play a shooter, then I'm not tempted to blow anyone's head off.

So that's why I'd really like to know, and IGN's review was silent on that.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:16 pm

Specineff wrote:Gotta love the grindhouse-style trailer. I hope it delivers.

That's exactly what I was thinking. They could have prefixed this with "Grindhouse:".

I just wish it wasn't for the Wii. I can't stand the low resolution. I was so excited a year ago to finally get my hands on a Wii. I tried hard to get past the fuzzy look on my TV and in the end gave up on it. Now the thing sits and collects dust next to the 360 and PS3.

I've never been one for graphics over gameplay, but I hate fuzzy pictures.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:06 pm

I wonder how they managed to make a game in 2008 that doesn't look any better than its predecessor and doesn't run as smooth at what seems like 30fps. Even light gun games on the PS2 managed to run at a silky smooth 60fps with absolutely no sudden pauses while playing.

HotD4 port please.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:43 pm

According to the IGN review I read, the content is borderline AO and there's a character that constantly spouts out the f-word. http://wii.ign.com/articles/951/951652p1.html