Topic: The House of the Dead: Overkill

[DAaaMan64]

LOL at "This is like something out of a videogame" :p

[Caliban]

I hope they don't change that box art for the north-american market.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The NA box is the same.

[Adrock]

Sega needs to keep doing things like this. They're choosing talented studios (i.e. Bioware handling Sonic and now HoD:O).

I'm looking forward to Overkill, if only because it's a game made specifically for the Wii.

[Luigi Dude]

Sega needs to keep doing things like this. They're choosing talented studios (i.e. Bioware handling Sonic and now HoD:O).

Well Sega and Treasure still have a good relationship.  Since Treasures suppose to have 2 games in development for the Wii, it's possible one of them is with Sega.  Plus since it's been rumored that ones a sequel of some kind, that would open the doors up to a lot of things if Sega's the publisher.

[Bill Aurion]

Well Sega and Treasure still have a good relationship.  Since Treasures suppose to have 2 games in development for the Wii, it's possible one of them is with Sega.  Plus since it's been rumored that ones a sequel of some kind, that would open the doors up to a lot of things if Sega's the publisher.

Never!  The sequel will be Sin & Punishment 2!

[Flames_of_chaos]

Well Sega and Treasure still have a good relationship.  Since Treasures suppose to have 2 games in development for the Wii, it's possible one of them is with Sega.  Plus since it's been rumored that ones a sequel of some kind, that would open the doors up to a lot of things if Sega's the publisher.

Never!  The sequel will be Sin & Punishment 2!

Treasure also has a decent relationship with Konami, maybe they are making the SNES style gradius on Wiiware.

[IceCold]

I'm liking the film noir B-horror-movie vibe.

[KDR_11k]

I don't see a USK logo...

I'd hope for something better from Treasure than a S&P or Gradius sequel. The company has a massive amount of creativity and I'd rather see them put that to full use.

[Luigi Dude]

I'd hope for something better from Treasure than a S&P or Gradius sequel. The company has a massive amount of creativity and I'd rather see them put that to full use.

Well it's been rumored for awhile now that Treasure is working on a sequel of some kind.  And since Treasure has said they have 2 project in development for the Wii, it's just natural to assume that one of those projects is the rumored sequel.

Of course the rumor was only one sequel, so that leaves the other Wii game to be something new.  So we should get to see Treasure being creative with a new game sometime in the future as well.

[NWR_insanolord]

The Wii controls seem so perfect for Sin & Punishment, it'd be a shame if they didn't take advantage of that.

[Mario]

Nope.

Yeah I don't like the attitude of "here's your hardcore game", as if that's it. While they run away to other territories. "This should keep that annoying Wii userbase happy" is the vibe I get.

Also thread rename.

I honestly thought that was a "tongue in cheek"  comment not to be taken seriously. Like its been mentioned, the trailer was done in a b-movie, grindhouse style, and those trailers used to have comments like "action and horror so hardcore it will blow you away!!!" to describe the B-movie charm.

If fans are offended by it they are lucky as they must live in a great world in which there's nothing greater to be offended at...

OK
1) I've never heard of a grindhouse
2) That made no sense

[Morari]

I've never heard of a grindhouse

Unfortunately, neither have most of the people that use the term either... not until that lame homage film came out, at least.

[decoyman]

LOL at "This is like something out of a videogame" :p

LAWL "In colour."

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The House of the Dead: Overkill
Leipzig GC 2008 teaser trailer.  Weaksauce USA version. * 480p

[Morari]

I wonder if this will be the official end of the story... After HotD4, Sega was left with only a few tarot cards to based boss battles off of--about the amount fond in one game. Is this going to use the last few names, recycle past names, or abandon the scheme altogether?

[Adrock]

I wonder if this will be the official end of the story...

I'll believe it when I see it. How many companies have willinging (as in not because of poor sales) ended a series? Even planned trilogies have been saddled with side stories and spin-offs, such as Halo and Jak and Daxter. Hideo Kojima has already admitted the continuation of Metal Gear despite completing the story arc started in the original MGS. Supposedly Earthbound is over, but again, I'll believe it when I see it.

[Smash_Brother]

Remember that episode of the X-files?

Holy ****, I DO...

And HOTD2/3 on Wii just passed 575,000 sales. It's no wonder this one is a Wii-exclusive.

1) I've never heard of a grindhouse

HOLY MOTHER OF FAIL! Really?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462322/

There's 2 movies to it and they're both worth seeing. Seriously, track them down.

[NWR_pap64]

S_B: I think he was also talking about a Grindhouse theater.

A Grindhouse is a movie theater dedicated to showing really violent, over the top and intense B-movies, or "exploitation" films as they were called. It was their specialty and they made for an unique evening at the theater.

The movie "Grindhouse" (which is actually two movies in one) pays homage to those theaters by featuring two full length movies with very cheesy and violent concepts.

To give you an idea of what to expect, the first movie, called "Planet Terror", features a scantily clad heroine...with a machine gun for a leg.

This is why people are saying Overkill is looking a lot like both the movie "Grindhouse" and a Grindhouse film; because its gratuitously violent, bloody and very cheesy, and its well aware of that.

I haven't seen "Grindhouse", but I appreciate a lot the effort.

The house of the dead games were always cheesy, badly acted pieces of gaming, founded on classic B-movie beliefs. Yet, Sega took is very seriously, and tried to present the story akin to Resident Evil.

Overkill looks to change all of that and even if the story is serious to an extend the game will have loads of fun with it, and it guarantees the player will have a roaring good time.

Kudos to Sega and the developers for going down that route.

[vudu]

I wonder if this will be the official end of the story... After HotD4, Sega was left with only a few tarot cards to based boss battles off of--about the amount fond in one game. Is this going to use the last few names, recycle past names, or abandon the scheme altogether?

I remember reading that this is a prequel to the original HotD.  Don't ask me for a source because I'm lazy.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Agent G is fresh out of the Secret Agent Academy in this game.

[Adrock]

It'd sure be nice of Sega if they packed in House of the Dead 4 as a bonus in this game.

[Flames_of_chaos]

New screens with an awesome subtle grainy effect

More screens with the new HUD

[ShyGuy]

Graphics look pretty good. I'm suprised house of the dead 1 and 4 haven't made there way onto the system.

[BeautifulShy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMAHm5kZ-pM
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/284132.html

They are the same video but I thought I would give you a choice of quality.