The House of the Dead: Overkill [Wii]

[Adam Stone]

I love this game

The more I play the more i seem to enjoy it... A friend came round and gave his a blast yesterday and he went out and bought it the following day! I really hope it doesn't take them too long to release a sequel, we need more "mother f***er"s from the charming Washington.

Oh, and i just noticed the soundtrack link was removed, sorry about that.

[Womble9]

I finally managed to get my homebrew any region changer working and gave this a quick bash at lunchtime. Even though it was just a quick bash I've fallen for this straight away. I love the sense of humour and the music (well songs) are well funny! I can't wait to finish tonight and get stuck into it properly .

Anyone know if the soundtack's been released?

[Adam Stone]

Not officially mate... but if you do a little searching its possible to download

:-)

My dad popped round and played this earlier today, ha, he loved it.

[charlesr]

How does the aiming in this compare to the impeccable Ghost Squad?

There's a review on amazon that claims it's hopeless. Are they just being tard?

It can't be as bad as Target: Terror, but I've not seen any complaints in this thread, so I presume it's spot on.

[Womble9]

How does the aiming in this compare to the impeccable Ghost Squad?

There's a review on amazon that claims it's hopeless. Are they just being tard?

I've not played Ghost Squad but during my brief play using just the Wiimote (Nyko Perfect shot on it's way to me ). I found it ok (and I'm sure my acuracy ill improve too). I did however find it a little odd that on the gun calibration screen it doesn't show your guns crosshair ?!?

[Adam Stone]

It works perfectly fine Charles. It can seem a little out when you are calibrating, however once you start the main game your see how accurate it is. I've been playing without the cursor and have no troubles...

In fact, there's a mini game you can play that shows just how perfectly precise the aiming is... The goal is to shot small, round moving targets that start by moving left to right quite slowly, yet gradually they build up; moving all over the place. There's even bomb-like targets to avoid, it gets very busy and, yet, even without the cursor i've been able to hit the targets without trouble (well, most of them! I still need more practise to get a perfect score.. but that's my lack of skill, not the aiming) :-)

Just to add to this... The three mini games are surprisingly fun, and its a nice bonus being able to play with three others during these modes. Shame there aren't more...

[charlesr]

Adam, did you get my PM? Turn on the PM pop up warning in your usercp. (I presuming you aren't just ignoring me )

I've added this to my basket in Amazon (have a gift voucher). Thanks for the opinions all.

[ItsThere]

charlesr - the aiming can be a bit crap to start off with - it took me about 20 minutes to calibrate my gun properly and you have to sit in exactly the right position but it was fine in the end.

One thing I will say though is that I find this more difficult to play without the reticule than Ghost Squad - Adam must jsut have teh skillz.

[rmoxon]

Got this this morning but am still waiting for the hand cannon to arive.

Should I wait and just play killzone 2 instead? or should I try it without it for now?

Is it any good without the gun?

[Womble9]

Got this this morning but am still waiting for the hand cannon to arive.

Should I wait and just play killzone 2 instead? or should I try it without it for now?

Is it any good without the gun?

I'd get stuck into it if I were you . I did when mine turned up yesterdy and loved it with the wiimote. I'm sat at work now though with a Nyko Perfect Shot that turned up this morning so I'm thinking the game can only get better, whoop!!

[rmoxon]

Ahh.. Cheers, i'll get too it then...

[rmoxon]

Ok, just played the first level (twice actualy, as it froze up near the end of it the first time for some reason) and this is bloody awesome even without a gun.

If its this funny all the way through it will also be up there with Conkers bad fur day and Sam and Max as one of the funniest games ive ever played too.

[SuperBeatBoy]

I've had it freeze on me a couple of times. I haven't played it in ages, i really need to play it some more. Cracking game though.

[Womble9]

Ok, just played the first level (twice actualy, as it froze up near the end of it the first time for some reason) and this is bloody awesome even without a gun.

If its this funny all the way through it will also be up there with Conkers bad fur day and Sam and Max as one of the funniest games ive ever played too.

Hmmm mine froze the first time I loaded it up too?? I guess when I consider how much fun I'm having with it I though I can just about find it in myself to forgive it !!

[rmoxon]

Hmmm mine froze the first time I loaded it up too?? I guess when I consider how much fun I'm having with it I though I can just about find it in myself to forgive it !!

The game didnt technicaly freeze on me actualy. What happened was on the bit in the first level just before you go into the elevator there are two zombies to shoot through a door way and i shot one and the other just walked behind a wall!

It was obviously just stood there waiting for me to hit it but i couldnt becuase it was out of sight so the game was just stuck waiting for me to kill it when I couldnt.

I'm loving this game alot, part of me wonders if I even need the gun at all, the game seems designed to play with the remote.