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Offline MaleficentOgre

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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2009, 07:50:24 PM »
Is this game still essentially an arcade game? I can't see spending more than $20 on that.

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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2009, 07:53:51 PM »
Duh.

Better than spending the hundreds of dollars I spent at arcades as a kiddie.

This is an arcade I can take home.

And it's an arcade I can expand thanks to the $100+ i've spent on Wii guns already.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2009, 08:28:43 PM »
Is this game still essentially an arcade game? I can't see spending more than $20 on that.

The Metal Slug Anthology is technically a collection of arcade games, and based on the amount of times I died playing through it with my brother, it paid for itself in ONE NIGHT.

I love it when arcade games come to consoles. I absolutely love it. I get to own and keep the game, and I get infinite lives.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2009, 08:38:20 PM »
2-players are confirmed and indicated in screen shots; there are two known story protagonists at this point.

I haven't heard any mentions of 4-player party modes or similar.  It would be a nice thing, since Ghost Squad also included party modes.

Thats so lame. 4 player is SO much better.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2009, 09:11:48 PM »
I'd really like 4-player, but I'm glad that 2-player is in. I only have one sibling after all.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2009, 09:14:11 PM »
I personally don't care if it is as short as an arcade game as long as it has replayability and is a well designed experience.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2009, 09:22:40 PM »
The thing is I have a lot of light gun games. I think I have everything released on PS2 and xbox and a few of the wii ones. I'm saturated in light gun games. I play them all the time. House of the Dead: Overkill is just another one. It needs to go above and beyond for me to pay $50 for it.

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« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2009, 09:25:40 PM »
The thing is I have a lot of light gun games. I think I have everything released on PS2 and xbox and a few of the wii ones. I'm saturated in light gun games. I play them all the time. House of the Dead: Overkill is just another one. It needs to go above and beyond for me to pay $50 for it.

That makes sense.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2009, 09:56:48 PM »
The thing is I have a lot of light gun games. I think I have everything released on PS2 and xbox and a few of the wii ones. I'm saturated in light gun games. I play them all the time. House of the Dead: Overkill is just another one. It needs to go above and beyond for me to pay $50 for it.

Well geez, should've said that sooner then.  I've got most of the Dreamcast shooters, but they're generations old and don't work on recent TVs and I only have one PPK style light gun by Hais.  But that's ok, they're history, good history at that, and Ghost Squad Wii + 3rd party zappers demolishes the practical worth of the last 10 years of light gun gaming.

That said, I'm looking forward to a dedicated Wiigun game.
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2009, 08:04:08 AM »
I don't have an HDTV. I don't even have a big tv. That's part of the reason I've held off. that and money. I have HoD on wii. I haven't been convinced that this will be twenty dollars more game.

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« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2009, 12:43:56 PM »
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Re: House of the Dead: Overkill Goes Gold
« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2009, 01:53:09 PM »
Funny enough, as short as arcade experiences can be they are the most replayable in my book. I've completed HOTD2 in the past, but I always come back to it. Same with some 2D brawlers, arcade 2D fighters and other arcade classics. These games WERE designed for endless replayability despite their short game length. So I don't mind if Overkill is short.
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