Quick Look: The House of the Dead: OVERKILL

FIRST. Oh no, I must have gone a long way down. I wouldn't ever have thought of writing this, ever. Imagine me doing a facepalm and feeling ashamed of myself.

Best..Intro..Ever. Because it has nothing to do with anything.

I could see this game being pretty awesome, if you're a light gun game fan.

But... does anyone know any light gun game fans?  I sure as hell don't.

- Scott

i can't believe an intro movie from a Wii game got me more arroused than any other game iv'e ever played. sad.

"RRRR AHHHHHHH HAAAAAA"
"That's m'growl"

Pretty harsh, guys. Im not a lightgun fan myself, but this is about as good as the genre gets.

The best part of that whole game was when he asked what the G stands for and he said NO.

'remember when everyone thought that the wii remote was going to be something that could simulate real light gun technology... and it's not'. Looks like umbrella chronicles which was incredibly mediocre.

Hmm, pretty boring quick look tbh

Game looks fun though

i can't believe that this game has completely ripped off Planet Terror.

eh...like intro

You know, it's actually really funny to pretend that Jeff and Ryan are actually in the game. You know, how they'd react in a Zombie apocalypse. I gotta play Left 4 Dead with these guys.

So that intro movie was hot...what was that other nonsense?  A game thing of some type, maybe?

LOL! "The HOUSE .. OF THE DEAD" lol "OVERKILL"
and I found it so hilarious, after the XXX Warning, the first line was "What's Up Motha-Fuka!"
and you guys were like "WOA" lol
I dont think you could THROW in any more Stereotype with a black character here... mothafuka!

cutscenes are cool.

Much better than the anti-wii Jeff gives it credit for as he sighs his way through this video.

Win! Great quick look!

Never got into Light Gun games on console however it could be fun with a buddy and while not being sober, if you aren't looking for something more than a point and shoot it could be fun, all it really is is a simple Wii title with a mature rating due to the language and gore.

You can actually calibrate to game to play it without cursor and aim the screen like a gun Jeff. Same for the HotD 2and3, Ghost Squad had that option also as does another game i cant recall the name of.

Wow. That looked so lame.

Is it just me or is the sound quality pretty...well, I couldn't hear anything. Let's put it like that.

woot Jeff wins

Loving these videos! you guys are better than TV

Shoot to maim.

I've got to say, I love the presentation. I wonder if it's as boring to play as it looks though?

they tried way too hard with that

I don't know, It looks pretty good, I put a ton of quarters playing Time Crisis so maybe I could get into this.

Looked pretty good. Don't like that the cursers are displayed though. If that could be disabled and use the wii zapper thing, then it might be better.

Lazy Zombies... can't even chew their own food.

On the Slater Color screen, I can understand every character except the third to last.  Little help?

"going to please your eyes' [blank] person's

SLATER COLOR"

Raaaaaaaaa dats my growl!

I think the "muther fucka's" are a little too contrived.

And it seems to be a GiantBomb staple to play a game and not know what they are doing.

My problem with it, is the zombie animation whilst being shot, it's all too cartoony for its own good, if you want zombie light-gun games done right, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles is probably your best shot.

This game is actually really good fun. It's not the best game in the world. It doesn't reinvent the genre. But it's well thought out and FUN.

no boss fights? awwwww

I like the random under-the-desk moment. Even when you're being attacked by zombies its no excuse not to stop being flashy.

they should make arcade cabinets of this...

I love lightgun games, but its not a lightgun game without a lightgun, wii just can't do it.

I dig it. This quick look actually might get me to buy the game.

wow. this game is actually quite boring after the first level.
it sucks that you actually dont take different routes via a split screen, but then again, that wouldnt be a good idea either. The curse of the Wii, i guess.

I like the presentation though.

Well, I didn't think it looked boring. I think Jeff and Ryan made it look boring just because there's not a lot to talk about with a lightgun game. If anything, they did a diservice to the game, but they're only appealing to their audience.

Only two minutes in and this is officially the greatest game ever made.

Ok...no that wasn't how you do a light gun game.  There are so many things wrong with it I'm can't list them all...but here are a few that stand out:
-Tries to hard to be bad, like Grindhouse but it isn't clever
-The environments are terrible, too small not interesting enough
-Very unoriginal enemy patterns, they just come straight at you never doing anything unexpected

I hate the whole "Grindhouse" look to this game. I'd much rather have it in another haunted house or something.

Are you just trying to find reasons not to like the game Hatking? What's the point? 

there is a no-cursor mode in this game, i think

it hurt watching that i just wanted to stop but i didnt..

Looks kinda like the Time Crisis Arcade games.

But it seems like yet again another disappointing Wii title.

Too bad.

I imagine they put this game into production when everyone thought that GRINDHOUSE would be the biggest movie of all time.

Little did they know...

if only this wasn't light gun... sigh.

Wow... i like the fact that they completely ripped of the beginning of planet terror ;O if i had a wii i would get this