Jolt writes:
''The grindhouse cinema 'style' was initially not so much a style as side-effect of low budgets, poor quality film and bad editing, yet that's exactly what cult director Quentin Tarantino set out to emulate in last year's Death Proof – a film so deliberately bad that it was actually quite good. It's this apparent paradox that slightly lesser-known UK developer Headstrong Games is seeking to master in the first new House of the Dead adventure since the rather poorly received number 3.
It's not just the look of the game that will be caught in a time-warp: the adventure takes place in a small Louisiana town called Bayou, on Special Agent G's first field assignment outside of the academy. He's paired up with 'hard-boiled bad ass detective' Washington (that whole thing may be his actual rank) on an investigation that soon unfolds into what promises to be the bloodiest bath of dismemberment and rotting remains for the series yet.
The House of the Dead Overkill may hardly be the family-friendly Wii game we usually think of, but it least it dishes out horrifying gore with a good sense of humour. And, unlike House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, Overkill is built for the Wii from the ground up. What this means, according to Headstrong, is better aiming precision (with the option of a reticule) and a much more appropriate level of detail – if one recent interview is to be believed, the implication is that it will out-zombie Dead Rising by a fair amount.''
This week Sonya(@SonyaWinz) joins Tiny(@Tiny415) Mike (@AssaultSuit) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) talk about: Bungie, Destiny 2, Crash Insane Trilogy, Peter Dinklage, Underdog, Temple of Doom, The Last Jedi, Garbage Pail Kids, We’re Coming Out of Our Shells, Star Trek Discovery, Keystone Comic Con, Great Wall, Fate of the Furious, ReedPop, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Robocop, Terminator Salvation, Terminator Genisys, MAGfest, Dundee, Ant-Man and Wasp, Finding Forester, Tomb Raider, Pacific Rim 2, Walmart, Scalebound, Microsoft, Valve, EA, Crackdown 3, God of War, Days Gone, Nintendo Labo, Warframe, Happy Dungeons, Monster Hunter World, Slay The Spire, Darkest Dungeon, Dead By Daylight, Fortnite, Quake Champions, SSX, Metal Gear Solid 2, Planet Coaster, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Toadled, Fahrenheit, Iconoclasts, Space Dave, Mad World, ExciteBots, Resident Evil 4 Wii, House of The Dead Overkill, Dandara, Pinstripe, Shu, Indigo Prophecy, Donkey Kong Music, Illumination, Odama, Return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vernon Fenwick more.
Jerry from BagoGames says, "Let's honor the passing of the horror-film inspiration George Romero with these five horror video games that remind me of his genius."
Adam from GamersFTW writes "Are zombie games meant to be fun, frightening or something else entirely? Zombie media these days is like rubbish after a particularly rough party; it’s everywhere and somebody really should clean it up. So in that spirit let’s better define the different types of games we have in this pile and what mood they’re best played in."
Never really thought about discretising zombie games in this way, but have played and enjoyed most of these for various reasons.
House of the Dead Overkill is a laugh. "Critics say it's mother-f***ing good!" Classic.
I definitely reccomend looking at Killing Floor 2. To me, it is the next big thing in survival horror. While it's not exactly "zombies" the horror factor mixed with co-op and customization makes it feel like a standalone CoD zombies title. I just feel as it is only on PC at the moment it doesn't get enough publicity.
I was gonna say "where's DayZ" but then I remembered I haven't really noticed the zombies' presence in DayZ for the last 3 years
