House of the Dead: Overkill

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 15:04

Right, this is excellent. I posted in in Bits & Bobs, but that's not enough.

http://overkillpostercreator.com/

That site there lets you create posters for the new House of the Dead game. It's a lot more fun than that sounds.

Examples -

http://twitpic.com/1f0uj
http://twitpic.com/1f0yr
http://twitpic.com/1f17c
http://twitpic.com/1f1es
http://twitpic.com/1f1ke
http://twitpic.com/1f1pd

If the actual game's this good, it's going to be a must buy.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The Rev's excellence is too great for mere links. To the image-embed-o-tron!

The site generates these at wall-paper size resolutions, by the way, up to 1680x1050.

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 15:18

Special beex one.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:19

Oh hey, I did one in B&B...
Where is it...
Aha!

Attachment:

HOTDOverkill_16_46_33_8069.jpg

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:21

Hmm. Twitpic doesn't seem to like me linking directly to images. So here's a link to the special BeeX poster -

http://twitpic.com/1f1zk

And a couple of others -

http://twitpic.com/1f2y5
http://twitpic.com/1f34y

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 13:10

So, what's the game, then? Some kind of Wii lightgun thingy?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 13:19

The Rev Owen wrote:

http://twitpic.com/1f1zk

Whoo!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

I've been informed (via Jake from 8bitjoystick on Twitter here) that this has a two-guns-one-player mode. This moves the game up in my estimation from "hmmm, maybe" to "FUCK YEAH".

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 22:09

myp wrote:

So, what's the game, then? Some kind of Wii lightgun thingy?

It is, aye.

It's quite fun. More House of the Dead, really, which isn't a bad thing. Not very long, though, and the unskippable cutscenes annoy me. Also, the acting is terrible and they swear for the sake of swearing. But that isn't what the game's about. The shooting is quite fun.

markh · **Joined:** 13th Oct, 2008 **Posts:** 903

Odd, i could skip the cutscenes after the first time of viewing (which was enough), annoyingly it was A button and not on the trigger.
I found this game most ace, especially with the 'handcannon'

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 23:14

markh wrote:

Odd, i could skip the cutscenes after the first time of viewing (which was enough), annoyingly it was A button and not on the trigger.
I found this game most ace, especially with the 'handcannon'

I couldn't stomach them the first time around. I haven't tried another play-through yet, but a game shouldn't make cutscenes unskippable even if it is your first play.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

Violence, endless gunplay and violence in...

50,000 DEAD: A Cop With An Attitude

I suppose he's a bit like Max Payne.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

MrD wrote:

Violence, endless gunplay and violence in...

50,000 DEAD: A Cop With An Attitude

I suppose he's a bit like Max Payne.

He looks more like David Beckham in an uncomfortable suit. And blind.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

MYSTERIOUS

by M. Night Mr. D

Quote:

He looks more like David Beckham in an uncomfortable suit. And blind.

A blind agent who wears sunglasses and shoots everyone without hesitation?

That'll never catch on.

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

From the makers of 50,000 Dead: A Cop With An Attitude and MYSTERIOUS comes a heart-rending medical drama...

Papa's Ball Trauma

It made sense at the time.

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After the box-office failure of MYSTERIOUS and Papa's Ball Trauma, the studio decided to go back to basics...

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:34

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

I've been informed (via Jake from 8bitjoystick on Twitter here) that this has a two-guns-one-player mode. This moves the game up in my estimation from "hmmm, maybe" to "FUCK YEAH".

I hope you spend the extra pound in acades and do this on all lightgun shooters.
Hang on though, what's the difference between this mode and a normal two-player lightgun game?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Mr D, I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to subscribe to your film studio's news letter.

Grim... wrote:

Hang on though, what's the difference between this mode and a normal two-player lightgun game?

No idea. Combined health and a bit easier, maybe? Played two-players-as-one is pretty frantic most of the time because you have twice as many targets to track.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:52

I used to do this a lot on house of the dead 2 on the Dreamcast and I was surprisingly good at it!

I remember watching Gamesmaster or something where Marshall Mathers played Virtua Cop 2 two player on his own and tried not to get hit.. actually, no.. I remember now.. he played 2 arcade machines one player and tried not to get hit. Does that make sense?

Anyway.. he failed.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:07

TheVision wrote:

I remember watching Gamesmaster or something where Marshall Mathers played Virtua Cop 2 two player on his own and tried not to get hit.. actually, no.. I remember now.. he played 2 arcade machines one player and tried not to get hit. Does that make sense?

Anyway.. he failed.

I think you mean Martin Mathers, not Eminem

He got a fair way though.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 16:11

That's who I meant! He was the games playing millionaire on Sky ones Gamesworld too.

He did get quite far in a task which I wouldn't be able to do so hats off to him!! :hat:

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 19:57

Oh my. This game is awesome. Been playing co-op with my wife and it's just... awesome.

AWESOME.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

its also £14.99 from choices http://www.choicesuk.com/Product.aspx//!866643 as I just got an email from them. dunno if this is old news

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2009 12:24

Are any of the plastic 'guns' for the Wii good?

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