Oh, Wii, how you've widened the avenue for a reemergence of arcade-style shooters with your not-quite-a-lightgun infrared pointer. Sure, Link's Crossbow Training with the gimmicky Zapper attachment. And yes, special on-rails modes in first-person shooters like Medal of Honors Heroes 2. But most of all, the reappearance of the classics -- the games first housed in a cabinet and not a console, from Ghost Squad to House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. They may not control identically now that you're shooting enemies with a Wii remote, but they remain as fun as ever. The wait for a ground-up new installment in one of SEGA's acclaimed franchises has seemed to go on forever, but House of the Dead: Overkill is finally here and now that IGN has spent ample time with the brief, but convincing demo, it won't hit retail shelves soon enough.
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
