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The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Genre: Shooter
Release: March 11, 2008
Platform: Wii
Reviewer: Eric
 Leave it to Sega on bringing these two games on the Nintendo Wii. Both games
are old now and it defiantly shows on The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. Sure
you get two games for only $30, but is that worth it? Can these classic games
bringing new life to the Wii?
There is nothing much to say about these two games. Both games were released
already from the Dreamcast to the original Xbox. The only major different here
is you only have to pay one low price for two games and there is a decent gun
(see Link’s Crossbow Training
review) out for the Wii. Still for $30 you would expect a
little more than what Sega is offering.
Both of these games are direct ports from the originals. If you own either of
these games already then you might want to pass this title up. Sega didn’t do
anything to change the experience of these games. Just point and click. The game
is a lot funnier than my description, but this is uncalled for when a company
like Sega is releasing nothing special. Would it have killed them to update the
graphics a little?
One of the things Sega did get right was using the Wii’s gun to its fullest
potential. When you calibrate your gun every shot seems to be dead on. If you
are having problems during the game you can just pause it and calibrate your gun
again. In reality you are just using the Wii Mote so I guess we have to give
Sega credit for using Nintendo’s controller the best. Maybe Sega and Nintendo
should sit down and have some coffee sometime, maybe they can help Nintendo fix
the problems the Wii Mote has every so often.
 If you don’t have the gun for the Wii yet then don’t worry, you can still pick
up this game. All the gun does is create a solid item you can hold. I found the
game to be more enjoyable with two Wii Motes in my hands. When I was playing the
game like this I sort of felt like Rambo (see
Rambo review) for a little bit. Once I
lost all of my continues, which happened pretty fast, I was singing another
song.
House of the Dead 3 does have an extreme mode for hardcore gamers. This really
isn’t going to break the wall down because the games already have original and
arcade mode. Playing House of the Dead 3 in a harder mode won’t change the fact
that this game was thrown out there for a few quick bucks. Read in-between the
lines, Sega is only doing this to collect some money since they lost so much
with the last Sonic game.
The package would have been a lot better if Sega put the original House of the
Dead on here. With all of the three games on here Sega could then bring out the
fourth game in the series during Halloween. I’ve played House of the Dead 4 at
the arcades and I wish it was on a console already. The graphics might not be as
good if the fourth game was on the Wii, but that is fine with me since the
controls are that good.
Final Verdict
For only $30 this sounds like a steal. I would rather play the original games to
tell the truth, but that isn’t possible any more since I no longer have House of
the Dead 3. If you own the Wii gun like me then picking this up might not be
such a bad idea. However if you were expecting a lot of new content here you
will be disappointed. Nice try Sega, next time add in a little more and we’ll
call for that first date.
Rating
6.25 out of 10
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return Trailer
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