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The House of the Dead: OVERKILL
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The latest entry House of the Dead series, now with a grindhouse twist. "It's not just good, it's f**king DE-LICIOUS!"
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"Snappy support for the PlayStation Move makes it easier to appreciate the loving grindhouse aesthetics stitched over this otherwise familiar light-gun shooter."
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EXTRA! Gory Gun Game Gives Grief!

House of the Dead: Overkill attempts to continue the tradition of SEGA's gory gun games. Typically, players take on the role of a plainclothes agent in an attempt to stop the mega-lo-maniac intentions… Read more

Utter garbage next to the other games of this type on the Wii

"Guided" shooters found a little niche on the Wii. Start with a well-known series like Resident Evil or Dead Space, take movement and camera control out of the player's hands, and take advantage of Wi… Read more

Suffer Like G Did?

If anything proves that B-movies and video games work well together it would have to be House of the Dead Overkill. Taking place several years before the original House of the Dead, players take on th… Read more

Hmm.

" House of the Dead: OVERKILL is currently the Guinness World Record holder for the most profane video game of all time, with the word "fuck" uttered over 189 times throughout the game." Says it all r… Read more

Pisspoor calibration makes this unplayable

Light gun games as supposed to be light gun games. This is as far from a light gun game as you can come. This game is impossible to play with the OFFICIAL handgun cannon accessory due to calibration b… Read more

House of the Dead Overkill: A Reviewby KingreX32

House of the Dead Overkill was developed by Headstrong Games, and published by Sega. It was released February 10 2009, and is a new game in the House of the Dead series. House of the Dead Overkill is… Read more

There is a button that reads "More Mutants."

While scientists theorize as to why the dinosaur went extinct, nobody will ask any questions as to why the light-gun shooter is on the endangered species list of genres. Nor will PETA or the WWF have… Read more

House of the Dead; Overkill

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are two of cinema's most interesting filmmakers. For one, they have made cult classics over and over again in their relatively short careers, and yet still they… Read more

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

probably the funniest game ive played sense...... well, a long time. the voice acting is great, and the zombies are nice and bloody. lots of unlockables makes me want to replay more and more. it feels… Read more

They met as adversaries...

The Nintendo Wii is blessed with yet another original on-rails light-gun shooter (without the Light-gun) in the newest outing of the House of the Dead series titled House of the Dead: OVERKILL. SEGA l… Read more

Grindhouse Goodness

If there's one genre in particular that's experienced a bit of a renaissance since the introduction of the Wii, it's the on-rails light gun shooter. Games like Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles a… Read more

An exercise in commitment

House of the Dead: OVERKILL (yes the caps are part of the title) is a light gun game drowned in the, almost topical, style of exploitation flicks and b-movies (think the Rodriguez/Tarantino joint Grin… Read more

B-Movie Greatness

Five years ago, I would have told you that the last thing the world needs are more light-gun shooters. I mean, what arcade didn’t have at least two House of the Dead or Time Crisis machines, with thei… Read more

just pure awesomeness!!

The House of the Dead: Overkill, is a completely over the top, b-movie style, first person shooter with some of the best humor in any game. The story follows special agent G and detective Isaac Washin… Read more

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