Good fun, but get Ghost Squad.

User Rating: 7.5 | The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return WII
By bobbetybob | Review Date:
Well I was bored, the holidays just started, Wii doesn't have anything I'm interested in until August. I'd played SSBB to death, GH3 to, whatever more than death is. I needed something new. "Hey why not some arcade action!" Good idea, I bought the Zapper (which is the best bit of plastic shaped like a gun ever) and had to decide, which to rent and which to buy. HoTD or Ghost Squad. So I went with the latter. And I'm glad I did.

Don't get me wrong, this games fun, and blowing bits of zombie apart is great fun. But each time I play 2 then 3, I feel a missed opportunity. Shooting one shot at a time in HoTD2 is great fun, but the game is REALLY hard. Blowing zombies with the shotgun in HoTD3 isn't as fun but the game is made easier because of that. I wish SEGA had just combined the pair, made a proper Wii HoTD with a gun, but a less punishing difficulty.

So here goes,

THE GOOD = )

-FUNTASTIC. Yes blowing away zombies with accuracy is amazingly fun. I just wish they had incorporated some kind of freeshoot mode where you play the game with no lives or anything, just blast zombies.

-Decent value, watching those credits get knocked off just makes you think "Wow, I'd have spent like twice the amount the game cost if I'd played this for 5 hours in the arcade!" Plus 2 games in one means if you're bored of one you can play the other.

-Original Mode, trust me without this unless you remember the patterns of every zombie in the game, and save every single hostage, you 'aint gonna be completing this in arcade mode. That's why original mode is fun, the more you play it the better stuff you find, the better stuff you find the more chance you have of completing the game.

THE BAD = (

-As stated above original mode is great, so why is it not unlocked in HoTD3 from the start?! And whilst HoTD3 is easier than 2 it's still really hard to complete.

-It's a port. As I stated it feels like a missed opportunity, they should've made a Wii specific version, with HoTD3's graphics and sound, but letting you choose your weapon at the start, make the game easier but stretch it out and add more zombies to shoot.

-Graphics and sound. HoTD3 isn't a problem, but 2 is terriblle, I can live with the graphics though but the voice acting is REALLY REALLY bad. You have to play it to know what I mean.

-Hard as nails. You aren't going to be completing arcade mode in a hurry trust me.

So basically, the game is great fun, it is also quite cheap now so while I would suggest getting Ghost Squad instead, do try this out if you like Lightgun games and zombies, it's good fun just seems like a missed opportunity.

Check out my Ghost Squad review coming soon/on here now if you are from the future....hello future people. What's the future like?

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