The HD upgrade for Sega and Headstrong's excellent rail shooter is a killer app for me.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/26424
I can't say I'm surprised that Sega and Headstrong Games are bringing The House of the Dead: Overkill to PlayStation 3, complete with new levels, HD graphics, and Move support. I can say that, for better or worse, I must own a Move controller, possibly two, by the time this game comes out in October.
And I hate Sega and Headstrong for that, but for good reasons. I love The House of the Dead: Overkill. It might be my favorite game on Wii. It's one of the best rail shooters I've ever played. It also has a stupidly awesome and gross Grindhouse-style story and excellent music, complete with even better remixes. To top it all off, they say the "F" word. A lot.
I'll use this announcement as a soapbox to tell all Wii owners (over the right age, of course) to play this game. It's really good. If you have a Move, maybe you should hold out for that version. Regardless, just play it. I know I'll likely be picking it up come October. I also know I'll make a point of playing it at E3 next week.
Now that this is happening, can we have a direct sequel? Please? Cafe launch title? C'mon!
Made it clearer that I don't want to play House of the Dead with a 3 year old but, I am looking for suggestions still.
Where did you see the Gamestop Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Move Software?Made it clearer that I don't want to play House of the Dead with a 3 year old but, I am looking for suggestions still.
How about the Move launch title "The Shoot"? The game generally reviewed decently and I thought the demo was entertaining enough. Plus, I think Gamestop still has a sale going on where it's Buy 1 Get 1 Free on certain Move software, so maybe you can find something you can salvage from that pile of crap (Heroes on the Move looks like the best title of the bunch, and that's just sad) you can pick up alongside it.
Where did you see the Gamestop Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Move Software?Made it clearer that I don't want to play House of the Dead with a 3 year old but, I am looking for suggestions still.
How about the Move launch title "The Shoot"? The game generally reviewed decently and I thought the demo was entertaining enough. Plus, I think Gamestop still has a sale going on where it's Buy 1 Get 1 Free on certain Move software, so maybe you can find something you can salvage from that pile of crap (Heroes on the Move looks like the best title of the bunch, and that's just sad) you can pick up alongside it.
Darn.Where did you see the Gamestop Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Move Software?Made it clearer that I don't want to play House of the Dead with a 3 year old but, I am looking for suggestions still.
How about the Move launch title "The Shoot"? The game generally reviewed decently and I thought the demo was entertaining enough. Plus, I think Gamestop still has a sale going on where it's Buy 1 Get 1 Free on certain Move software, so maybe you can find something you can salvage from that pile of crap (Heroes on the Move looks like the best title of the bunch, and that's just sad) you can pick up alongside it.
It was in their weekly add for the first 2 weeks of May, which I get in my email. Looking at this week's ad, though, I don't see the deal anymore so it may be over now.
Darn.Where did you see the Gamestop Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Move Software?Made it clearer that I don't want to play House of the Dead with a 3 year old but, I am looking for suggestions still.
How about the Move launch title "The Shoot"? The game generally reviewed decently and I thought the demo was entertaining enough. Plus, I think Gamestop still has a sale going on where it's Buy 1 Get 1 Free on certain Move software, so maybe you can find something you can salvage from that pile of crap (Heroes on the Move looks like the best title of the bunch, and that's just sad) you can pick up alongside it.
It was in their weekly add for the first 2 weeks of May, which I get in my email. Looking at this week's ad, though, I don't see the deal anymore so it may be over now.
I'm guessing their isn't a way to turn off the swearing...
I'm really not a fan and I don't want my Son hearing it when he's suppose to be sleeping.
I'm guessing their isn't a way to turn off the swearing...
I'm really not a fan and I don't want my Son hearing it when he's suppose to be sleeping.
Actually all the swearing is part of the story. I don't want to say anymore than that.
Also the HD version of this game should up the swear count with 2 more chapters, since I hear (MafiaII?) stole the record for most swears in a game.
So the Zombies are ran by the power of Swearing?I'm guessing their isn't a way to turn off the swearing...
I'm really not a fan and I don't want my Son hearing it when he's suppose to be sleeping.
Actually all the swearing is part of the story. I don't want to say anymore than that.
Also the HD version of this game should up the swear count with 2 more chapters, since I hear (MafiaII?) stole the record for most swears in a game.
No the Zombies are part of the action, the swearing is a part of the character part of the story. You'll know what I'm talking about as soon as you finish the game and not a moment sooner.So the Zombies are ran by the power of Swearing?I'm guessing their isn't a way to turn off the swearing...
I'm really not a fan and I don't want my Son hearing it when he's suppose to be sleeping.
Actually all the swearing is part of the story. I don't want to say anymore than that.
Also the HD version of this game should up the swear count with 2 more chapters, since I hear (MafiaII?) stole the record for most swears in a game.
But really, the bigger issue has nothing to do with business decisions, rather, as I said, is just further fuel for the fire of those who can't see why a good game would ever be on the Wii.
@Neal & broodwars
Let's not forget that if it was financially sound for every (3rd party) game to be on all platforms, then they would be. In fact, by that logic, every third party game without an exclusivity deal would be on the Wii. Just compress some textures, scale down the resolution, strip out the fancy lighting effects, decrease the draw-distance. Bang. Zero effort Wii port!
... I hope the absurdity of this example is not lost on anyone.
I'm sure Sega's not expecting this to sell gangbusters. I would hope they have a reasonable expectation for it.
Then again, this is Sega...
The day I see Conduit HD for the PS3 or 360 is the day I dedicate my life to destroying Sega for good.
Effort (no gimps!) + Mainstream (no spin-offs, no side stories) + Wii = sales
The one thing I will grant you is that a dude-bro shooter needs to be on PS3/60 for optimal sales because dude-bro gamers are allergic to standard def and motion controls.
2. I'm willing to bet you're a bit surprised we haven't seen Mario Kart PS360! Building off of that, shhhh...
Effort (no gimps!) + Mainstream (no spin-offs, no side stories) + Wii = sales
And I suppose that explains why MadWorld; Zack & Wiki; Silent Hill: Shattered Memories; and both Conduits didn't set the sales charts on fire, then? Sure, only 2 of those games were ever any good, but I've seen mediocre games sell well on the HD platforms so that's no excuse.
Effort (no gimps!) + Mainstream (no spin-offs, no side stories) + Wii = sales
And I suppose that explains why MadWorld; Zack & Wiki; Silent Hill: Shattered Memories; and both Conduits didn't set the sales charts on fire, then? Sure, only 2 of those games were ever any good, but I've seen mediocre games sell well on the HD platforms so that's no excuse.
None of those except maybe Conduit are mainstream. I don't necessarily disagree with what you're arguing, and I will certainly agree that the third-party situation is a lot more complicated than some people here want to believe, but you picked bad examples to refute his point.
I don't want to get too embroiled with this, but let's lay out the facts:
- Overkill is a finished game that people seemed to enjoy.
- Move is a system similar to the Wii.
- The cost in porting Overkill to the Move is probably less than making a new game.
That's why Sega is doing this. Is it the greatest business decision ever made? No, but it's not a dumb one.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories? Great game? Maybe. But see how it has a colon and a subtitle instead of a numeric digit? The defense rests.
As for GoldenEye, if 1.17 million units sold in the US and EU alone isn't a "success" in your mind? Then, you are simply beyond convincing!
@ broodwars
Yea, only Squeenix numbers their mainstream games. *cough*SF4, RE5, MW3, ME2, Portal2, Bioshock2, Conduit2, Fallout3, Killzone3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...
As for comparing Nintendo's apples to these oranges, if I need to spell things out even more, you can call it whatever you like, but let's just boil the concept down to "flagship" titles. NSMBWii was a flagship title, SMG2 was a flagship title. Zelda's flagship titles are fairly obvious. If you can't figure things out beyond that, I can't help you.
RE: Your proclomation that the Wii's audience is just a bunch of casual gamers who have "moved on" - yea, I'm sure that's why Epic Yarn topped 1 million, why DKCR topped 4 million.
I believe you're misreading what I said. Nintendo's software lineup on the Wii is phenomenal, and is in and of itself completely worth buying the console for. My point was that you can't point to Nintendo's first-party lineup as proof that good third-party games will sell well.
And given the tech of the time, I'm pretty sure Nintendo could have built a machine like I described and sold it for a modest profit for $299. If Nintendo could go back and do it over knowing what they know today, I'm sure they'd do that..
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And given the tech of the time, I'm pretty sure Nintendo could have built a machine like I described and sold it for a modest profit for $299. If Nintendo could go back and do it over knowing what they know today, I'm sure they'd do that..I don't think they even had to go that far, though. From what I can tell, even when the Wii launched there was quite a markup on it. So Nintendo could have added in things like more RAM and more internal storage without raising the manufacturing costs very much, and still make a nice profit at the $250 price point. At the very least, WiiWare wouldn't face the issues it currently has, though from what I can tell the system has a puny amount of RAM for what its other components are capable of. I agree with their philosophy of affordable gaming but they cheaped out more than they had to with the Wii hardware, and I will always be critical of it when the topic comes up. But at the end of the day, it still has the games I want to play.
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I kind of echo this. I might not agree with you, but I enjoy arguing with you/seeing other people arguing with you.
But at the end of the day, it still has the games I want to play.
But at the end of the day, it still has the games I want to play.
Huzzah!
