8.5 out of 10

The House of the Dead: Overkill

 

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  • User Score (121)
    8.1 8.1 from 121 reviewers
  • Expert Score (99)
    7.9 7.9 from 99 reviewers
  • Value for money (13)
    7.5 7.5 from 13 reviewers
  • Sound quality (9)
    9.3 9.3 from 9 reviewers
  • Gameplay (41)
    8.8 8.8 from 41 reviewers
  • Graphics (46)
    8.3 8.3 from 46 reviewers
  • Sound (34)
    9.1 9.1 from 34 reviewers
  • Storyline (5)
    8.0 8.0 from 5 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (12)
    8.6 8.6 from 12 reviewers
  • Control (3)
    9.5 9.5 from 3 reviewers
  • Addiction (2)
    8.0 8.0 from 2 reviewers
  • Lifespan (10)
    6.6 6.6 from 10 reviewers
  • Playability (2)
    8.8 8.8 from 2 reviewers
  • Replay value (2)
    9.1 9.1 from 2 reviewers
  • Singleplayer (2)
    7.7 7.7 from 2 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. GameSpot

    8.0/10
    13 February 2009

    Ultimately, The House of the Dead: Overkill is a breath of fresh air in a well-trod genre. It's incredibly fun and entertaining despite its shortcomings. With a hilarious cast of heroes and villains, brilliant writing and voice acting, and some of the best visuals available on the system, Overkill is one game that no hardcore Wii and a penchant for over-the-top amounts of gore and swearing should miss. Read more

    • Fantastically cheesy grindhouse atmosphere, Some of the best-looking graphics on the Wii, Plenty of unlockables to keep you going, Features a song titled "Suffer Like ...
    • Frequently stuttering frame rate, Bizarre clipping and pop-up graphical issues.

  2. Australian Gamer

    Australian Gamer
    26 May 2009

    If you're looking for a fun little shooter for some drunken friends on a Saturday night you can do much worse than House of the Dead: Overkill. Possibly enough to scrape the dust off your Wii. Its sense of style and fun is right there in front of you and the humour is well written and enjoyable. Overall, Overkill is a lot of fun, but the fun will soon be Over. Pros Awesome cutscenes. Very funny. At last a grown up title for the wii! Excellent writing and dialogue. Read more

    • Awesome cutscenes. Very funny. At last a grown up title for the wii! Excellent writing and dialogue. Really fun as a multiplayer game with a bunch of mates.
    • Actual game is a bit lacklustre, it's just a rail shooter. Camera changes to deliberately stop multipliers. No replay or long term value.

  3. Empire

    6.0/10
    16 March 2009

    Although the Wii's motion-sensitive controls have breathed new life into console gaming, players seduced by the eye candy of the Xbox 360 and PS3 will never turned on by Nintendo's rough and ready visuals. However, in accepting the Wii's limitations and using its cruder graphics to craft a unique mood, the latest House Of The Dead blaster stands head and shoulders above its hallowed forebears. Read more

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The House of the Dead: OVERKILL charges you with mowing down waves of infected, blood-thirsty zombies in a last-ditch effort to survive Bayou City and uncover the horrific truth behind the origins of The House of the Dead. Survival horror as it’s never been seen before! A pulp-style take on the classic SEGA light-gun shoot ‘em up franchise. Back when the famous Agent G was still fresh out of the academy, he teamed up with hard-boiled bad-ass Agent Washington to invest…

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