Basically it is a one or two person first person shooter. My cousin and I call it the "house of the alive" and sometimes "house of the crappy". Basically you go through a level shooting zombies and other ugly creatures and then at the end of the level you fight some big ugly boss. It is difficult let me tell you. My cousin and I still haven't beat it. He is thinking of eventually buying a "cheat pack" for it so we can beat it. Anyway, the graphics are arcade style, so not too great. And the Voice acting is - blah, it is awfully awful. For instance they sound so monotone, especially the "we've got to save G' and "He's over there" lines. Anyway, sometimes you can save innocent people and if you save enough you might just get an extra life. I haven't played this game in a while- we only played it for a relatively short time- it was around Easter. We Just gave up on it, I suppose. Update: My cousin and I (mostly him) just beat this game before Christmas. Actually part 3 is a lot better than part 2: better voice, better graphics, better guns (shotguns rather than pistols which we got in part 2). In retrospect, this game is better than when I first reviewed it.
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