House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return

By member: jayger - Jul 2, 2008

Where's the original?

Strengths: Faithful reproduction of the arcade version.

Weakness: Rail shooters get a bit tedious.

If you simply want to have point and shoot fun on your Wii, this is the game to get. The aiming accuracy is spot on with the Wiimote and even more fun with the Wii Zapper or Nyko's Perfect Shot gun. Since Sega released 2 & 3 for the Wii, I think they should have included the original too (although the extra content is fun, albeit sparse). If you enjoyed these titles in the arcades, you're gonna...

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House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii)

Strengths: Arcade shooter action, great use of the Wii Zapper, great co-op gameplay, good graphics

Weakness: Flawed continue system, laughable plot

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return is a port of the two arcade games of the same names to the Wii. The Wii seems like a perfect console for this game, with the Wiimote for point-and-click gunplay. The game is best enjoyed with the Wii Zapper or the Nyko Perfect Shot, as it's a lightgun game with a simple, laughable plot, to kill zombies. The Zapper or Perfect Shot give the lightgun experience, which...

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Stupid but gratifying shooting gallery fun---now on...

Strengths: Nostalgic, faithful port, right down to the hysterically bad yet entertaining voice acting

Weakness: Need to buy a Wii gun controller to really live the experience

As games go, the HOTD series never had any cerebral value---it was always just about fast-paced zombie slaughter, with green innards spraying everywhere. None of that concept is lost in this Wii port. The game is far more (unintentially...maybe?) comical than scary. But it remains a terrific way to waste a half hour now and then. Bring a bib.

Tons of Fun...with a tad of Frustration

Strengths: Save you tons of quarters, bring back memories of the original, nice co-op gameplay

Weakness: Still the same cheesy old graphic, continue system left a lot to wonder

This game is a lot of fun, especially with a friend. I am looking forward to more future porting from sega, especially titles such as Virtual Cop, etc. This game is much more fun with a gun, such as that of the perfect shot. The continue system is quite frustrating...you pretty much have to die a good 4 or 5 times to get your max continue to load up. On top of that, you get the lovely task of...

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hoTd 2&3

Strengths: -Faithful reproduction of the arcade titles

Weakness: -Continue system could have used an arcade-type option

Being a huge fan of the House of the Dead franchise, and having just picked up a few Wii gun accessories, this was a must buy. I am not disappointed. This is a straight port with no issues from the arcade versions. I would not have complained if they included the first game, but I can live without it. Graphics are just good enough for the Wii's capabilities and the gameplay goes hand in hand with...

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Fun arcade shooters

Strengths: Good compilation, good price, from when Sega was making fun arcade games, perfect port

Weakness: It is an arcade game, has a limited continue system, graphics not upgraded, may get sore arm/hand (take breaks!)

The Wii has been getting a lot of Sega arcade ports, but this one is one of the best. The House of the Dead series is one of Sega's classic arcade lines-- part survival horror game, part cheesy B-movie, this game has a charm that has won a lot of fans over. In the arcades, the game is a light gun game. For the home translations in the past, gamers have had to buy light gun add-on controllers, but...

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House of the Dead on Wii!?

Strengths: Simple, fun, to the point. Port of the arcade game.

Weakness: Port of the arcade game. Wii zapper is suggested.

If you liked the original arcade games then this is a recommended buy. It is surprisingly fun and has an awesome co-op mode. A few cons of this game to me were the fact that you get a limited amount of credits; although this appears to go up the more you play, and is more fun with a Wii zapper so that is at least another 20 dollars spent. Also the graphics aren't all that great and look just like...

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Simple fun game

Strengths: kill kill kill kill that's all you want sometimes

Weakness: 2 & 3 are almost the same

It's a fun game. I wanted a game where I could simply kill without spending too much time thinking about a storyline. It's much more fun if you use a gun, like the perfect shot gun. The "different" types of play seemed like the same thing to me, so some more variation of gameplay may add more excitement.

The House of the Dead 2 & 3 (Wii)

Strengths: Fun and appears to be idential like the arcade!

Weakness: You can't restart from where you died. :( You may get sore shoulder blade muscle from pulling the trigger (if using the Wii Zapper or similar gun attachment)

If you like the arcade version, you'll like the Wii version. All the scenes on the Wii appear to be identical to the arcade version; don't miss spending a ton of $ to get to the end of the game.