Also, really thinking about picking up House of the Dead Overkill. Never played it yet.

Is it worth it? How long is the game? How many playable characters are there?

I kind of want it.

ASK_Story said:

Also, really thinking about picking up House of the Dead Overkill. Never played it yet.

Is it worth it? How long is the game? How many playable characters are there?

I kind of want it.

It is definately worth it. I don't know how many unlocakables, but it's the most fun I've ever had with a "light gun" game (at least since Hogan's Alley). It's also hilarious in places.

It's a take on the grindhouse aesthetic.  It has a lot of swearing, not sure if that is a concern for you (I know it was for someone around here).  It's about 6 hours if you play co-op, probably add an hour and a half if played by yourself.  Because it's a "light-gun" game you really don't want much longer than that.

aspro said:

It is definately worth it. I don't know how many unlocakables, but it's the most fun I've ever had with a "light gun" game (at least since Hogan's Alley). It's also hilarious in places.

It's a take on the grindhouse aesthetic.  It has a lot of swearing, not sure if that is a concern for you (I know it was for someone around here).  It's about 6 hours if you play co-op, probably add an hour and a half if played by yourself.  Because it's a "light-gun" game you really don't want much longer than that.

Thanks for the info.

I can get by with the swearing. I mean, I won't be able to play 97% of all the games today if I couldn't!

I think I'll snag it if I can find it.

Just finished my 1,113th game today. In case anyone was keeping track!

Here's my current standing on Beaten Games on The Backloggery.

How, pray tell, does one Complete more games than they Beat, Mr. Prismatico? Something seems amiss!  

If the last game was challenging, I'd go with Enslaved or Deadly Premonition. I know the later is a nice easy form of interactive story-telling, and I've heard the same about the first.  Please do play DP before Alan Wake, DP does what Alan Wake tries to do (so I've read) and fails.

RE4 Wii would be a nice bit of comfort food.

Vanquish would be a nice quickie.

phantom_leo said:

Here's my current standing on Beaten Games on The Backloggery.

How, pray tell, does one Complete more games than they Beat, Mr. Prismatico? Something seems amiss!  

Well, it's a radio button selection on backloggery, so you can't pick both options.

Agnates said:

I would say get House of the Dead 2 & 3 (maybe Ghost Squad too). 2 might be too ugly these days but it's worth playing through in my opinion. Sure, they don't have the purposefully bad script/dialogue and over the top swearing but it's still a dodgy horror movie type deal....

I respectfully disagree. I was a bit let-down with the compilation compared to the source material.  I felt that the change from the original light guns to the wii-mote was not as seamless as I thought it would be, whereas Overkill was made specifically for the Wii.  Certainly a good purchase if you have not had a chance to play them on the DC or XB.

Made up my mind!

Watch for the change in the Backloggery Tag!

Coming soon!

Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom it is!

Nothing quite like a colorful, lighthearted adventure game after just finishing up a colorful, lighthearted adventure game!

aspro said:

I respectfully disagree. I was a bit let-down with the compilation compared to the source material.  I felt that the change from the original light guns to the wii-mote was not as seamless as I thought it would be, whereas Overkill was made specifically for the Wii.  Certainly a good purchase if you have not had a chance to play them on the DC or XB.

I'll disagree since using a lightgun shell and turning off the crosshair it's practically the same experience. Minus potentially fancier arcade guns. 2's guns were plain Virtua Cop style I think, but 3 used a freaking pump action shotgun. Still, you only see the model when reloading, and with both games in the bundle you use a variety of weapons so a nondescript shell is fine. Overkill is supposedly and in theory best played with a shell as well and has plenty weapon types viewable during reload anyway. It lets you turn off the crosshair too, but in my experience the calibration is much better in 2 & 3. To get it close to that in Overkill you have to experiment aiming further toward the corners than it tells you to until you hit the right spot, otherwise it will be off. The frame rate and hitches made me revert to enabling the crosshair anyway, and hold the remote with two hands in my hip or gut like a shotgun instead of use the shell (if I had the zapper perhaps I would have used that instead), something I never wanted to do in 2 & 3 or Ghost Squad where my only issue was how front heavy the Overkill shell is.