The House of the Dead: Overkill

The House of the Dead: Overkill is a first-person rail shooter gun game developed by Headstrong Games and published by Sega in 2009. It is the fifth game entry in The House of the Dead series, a prequel to the original game chronologically and the first in the series to be released solely on a home console.

Why It's Overkill

 * 1) Cool 70s setting similar to grindhouse films by Robert Rodriguez.
 * 2) Fast-paced gameplay.
 * 3) Awesome rock and roll soundtrack.
 * 4) Hilarious dialogue and moments. Especially the creative use of the F-word.
 * 5) The extended cut adds more story and it fixes the plot holes in it.
 * 6) A variety of bosses with their own strategy to defeat them.
 * 7) Interesting set pieces.
 * 8) Great graphics.
 * 9) A lot of unlockables to find.
 * 10) Lots of replay value.
 * 11) Tons of likeable characters.
 * 12) Agent G is an inexperienced yet highly trained agent. He graduated top of his class at the AMS academy and is now on his first assignment according to Wikipedia.
 * 13) Detective Isaac Washington is a witty cop.
 * 14) Papa Caesar is an intimidating villain who engineers the zombie apocalypse.
 * 15) Nicely designed in-game models.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Technical hiccups from time to time.
 * 2) The cursing can be really excessive at times to the point of cheesiness.

Reception
The game has received generally favourable reviews. Its Metacritic score is 78%.

Trivia

 * The game received a Guinness World Record for being the most profane video game in history. This record was beaten by Mafia 2 a year later.

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