House of the dead 2&3 review

Hi there. I have another review for you. This is a review for house of the dead 2 and 3. In case you do not know, house of the dead is a shooting game where you kill zombies. It is rated m for mature, and is pretty scary, so Ana and Sera, and anybody who doesn't like seeing heads lobbed off of decaying bodies, don't worry. I don't have any pics for you to scream at.

This is a direct port from the arcade version, meaning they kept everything from the graphics, to the sound in. I would try to tell you what the story is, but any attempt would be futile. It goes something like this. Inthe 2nd game, you are James and Gary, and there are zombies overriding the city... I think. You see G who gives you his files, and meet Amy and Harry who tell you to save some people... I guess. They tell you about Goldman who is a mean person and did all this, and... Oh whatever. All I want do do is pew pew so let's just skip it. In the 3rd one, Lisa is trying to find her father... The end. I honestly don't know, because I haven't beaten it yet. (I also haven't beaten the second one, but I know enough about the crap-tastic story go judge it.)

I must say, the graphics, and voice acting are about as good as my love life. (Get it? Since the second thing is obviously bad? Hehe? Ohhh...) but I have one comment for it. This was made for the fans, so of course they didn't change the graphics. As for the voice acting, nobody, I mean NOBODY can act as bad as that by accident. They had to have been good actors, pretending to be bad for the sake of comedy. Fortunately, they cut the joke at HOTD 3, which had much better voice acting. But those don't matter. What does matter is the gameplay.

HOTD is a on rails ( which means you can't move around) shooter, which means you just point at the screen and... PEW PEW PEW!!! HOTD changes it up a bit by adding fast reflexes, and pinpoint accuracy, which is what I like! The game is much more fun with a gun shell, which adds the arcade feel to it. I must say, you will need to practise hard if you want to beat these two games, as the difficulty factor is high, but for the wrong reasons. Mostly because you get too few lives and Continues, 3 and 5 to be exact. You can get upgrades to add more lifes, credits, bullets, etc. But you need to work to get hem, so there is some replay value. In the 2 nd game, there are boss modes, and training modes, which help you practise your most hated bosses, and enhance your pew pew skills. Where is game really shines is the multiplayer. With a friend, you can pew pew against the hoards of undead, so in theory, you could really make this a mild party game.

Average score 8.5/10 for the fans, since it is easier to them, and
6-8 for newer people, as you will get frustrated.

Pros
great replay value. (different paths, and endings,)
Fun with friends
Simple controls
Fan favorite
Good challenge.
Awesome voice acting!
It's really violent

Cons
Some times too challenging
Graphics haven't aged too well
Awful voice acting!
Need more credits (even if you can earn them...)
It's really violent.
Stupid story

In short, I would reccomend this to fans of the series, and to hard core people who want a challenge, but don't mind graphics.



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