@broodwarsThank you. Good description. Yea, sounds a bit lame. My experience with the original game was that a lot of the vulgarity/offensiveness was unwelcome but that the tongue-in-cheek humor and gameplay made up for it. It sounds like they rested a bit on the former and skimped on the later this time?
And yea, as much as no one "should" care about plot holes in a game like this, it is a turn off for me (I care way too much about plot, I'll admit it). So if this is some mysterious new 2nd character and if Varla is having these otherwise unscripted adventures it is a bit of a shame.
Ultimately, I really enjoyed that a game like Overkill was given a healthy dose of effort. But some of the areas in which they pooled their efforts ("how gross can we get with ____!?") were disappointing to me. Thus, I still prefer HotD 1-4 over HotD:O.
Very jealous PS3 is getting HotD4. I would buy it as a retail Wii disc! Throw HotD1 on there as a special feature for all I care! =P
@NealI don't mind the subject... I mean, it's a stretch but I can see the relation if not the appeal. My only issue is that it reads like a PS3 ad. Like Zach is super psyched these games can finally break free of their oppressive SD shackles.
Each of these games, the Chronicles duo especially, will benefit immensely from an HD upscale. Frankly, I can’t wait to get my hands on them. And hey, more people need to play Overkill, no matter what the console. That game is freaking amazing, and the two new levels feature Varla Guns… again, in HD. It’s like they can read my mind. So I’m pretty thrilled about this, and you should be, too.
Immensely? Really? The Chronicles games looked really nice. Do the extra pixels put RE5's chapters in the game? Didn't think so.
Did he need to remind us again that the new HotD is in HD? We get it... woe is the person who must play in SD!
And the last bit, "you should be [thrilled] too"? Why should the readers of a Nintendo site be "thrilled" that companies have no problem passing around/adding content to our exclusives but we never get the favor returned?
I know, I know, the pitiful Wii chugs when it tries to load up Space Invaders so it can never run a proper Dead Space, right? Well when you look at a game like MHTri that was designed for the PS3 but released on Wii, you get a glimpse of what the hardware is capable of when developers jump in with both feet.
So, yea, games coming TO our consoles? Thrilling.
Reminders of the trade imbalance? Not real thrilling, no.
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