We love the House of the Dead: Overkill trailer

by Justin McElroy { Aug 19th 2008 at 8:00AM }

No surprise to you, we watch a lot, a lot of trailers. Do you know how much better our lives would be if video game trailers were less "You're some guy who's got to do a thing. Buy it!" and a lot more like this new trailer for House of the Dead: Overkill, a funky homage to 70s B-grade action flicks? Well, we don't know either, but we bet it's a lot.

Now, the real question of course is will the game itself have this much style and panache? Jeez, greedy, they already gave you a cool trailer, what else do you want?

[Thanks, WiNG]

Gallery: House of the Dead: Overkill

Tags: house-of-the-dead, house-of-the-dead-overkill, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

emirabal @ Aug 19th 2008 8:08AM

Being that i am a House of the Dead fan (Not that big of a fan but none the less) This trailer is EFFING AWESOME, i have always love these shooter type games, i gotta say this ad is EFFING AWESOME as well, but im still not buying a WIIIIIIIIIII

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Aug 19th 2008 8:18AM

They gave me something to believe innnnnn...

Ahem, yes.. well....
*runs away*

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 19th 2008 9:49AM

I don't know if it's worse that you started singing that, or that I actually knew what it was.

Goddamn 80's...uhhhh...

Wiinterfang @ Aug 19th 2008 7:25PM

Dammit it's all the fault of Rock of Love.

FOXHOUND @ Aug 19th 2008 8:18AM

It's looking a lot more promising than that previous HOTD game on the Wii I bought... didn't even come with part 4.

Curien @ Aug 19th 2008 3:55PM

they came out with The house of the dead 4 only at arcades. i played it at Dave and Busters, the graphics are amazing, i want SEGA to make a house of the dead for the PS3. that would be sick.

Nigeria @ Aug 19th 2008 8:24AM

I hope this game comes with HOTD1 or/and 4 as an unlockable. I never got around to beating either at the arcades. And isn't there a HOTD EX coming out, possibly for the Wii? That looked hot and this looks equally awesome.

I'm so glad the Wii has breathed a bit of life into the light gun genre. All that's needed now is a Virtua Cop compilation and a new Confidential Mission.

FOXHOUND @ Aug 19th 2008 8:47AM

I'd actually like SEGA to take a step further and re-release old Sega Saturn favorites like FIGHTERS MEGAMIX, the VIRTUA COP series, and possibly even a remastered(or newly created)DAYTONA USA.

And then I woke up. :(

Nigeria @ Aug 19th 2008 9:19AM

It's as if Sega doesn't listen to blog comments.

tifosiotaku @ Aug 19th 2008 11:23AM

To the guys here suggesting a Virtua Cop compilation and a new Daytona USA: I love you guys. :-)

andrew @ Aug 19th 2008 8:29AM

That was amazing.

Italian spiderman.

sjenky @ Aug 19th 2008 8:30AM

Wow, that's just great ! :-D

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Aug 19th 2008 8:37AM

Looks good.

Shaq-Fu @ Aug 19th 2008 8:42AM

Headstrong(Kuju)+House of the Dead= AWESOME

Now, Geometry Wars Galaxies 2 and Battalion Wars 3 plz kthxbye

tim @ Aug 19th 2008 8:45AM

$20 says whoever edited that trailer recently watched Grindhouse.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. The trailer is awesome.

knowthyself @ Aug 19th 2008 8:46AM

Love this trailer. Love the hell out of it.

Obie @ Aug 19th 2008 8:48AM

Sweet trailer, now lets hope for a sweet game.

samfish @ Aug 19th 2008 8:52AM

I was expecting to be rather disappointed, as I had my heart set on a new Space Channel 5, but this looks rather incredibly awesome.

McWeen @ Aug 19th 2008 8:54AM

Fantastic trailer. I hope the game is decent or we will all suffer like G did.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 19th 2008 9:53AM

GO KUARL!

The_Punisher @ Aug 19th 2008 10:33AM

LMAO, insider joke

+1

The_Punisher @ Aug 19th 2008 10:33AM

LMAO, insider joke

+1

playwhutyalike @ Aug 19th 2008 8:54AM

That trailer was overkill. Still cool as hell, though.

Haggard @ Aug 19th 2008 10:50AM

I see what you did there.

Teh Lup @ Aug 19th 2008 9:01AM

yaye! Another Wii game worth owning... that isn't made by Nintendo!

Teh Lup @ Aug 19th 2008 9:02AM

Argh

Andrew Yoon @ Aug 19th 2008 9:13AM

"They've come for brains. You give them ... bullets."

Classic!

Nter @ Aug 19th 2008 11:12AM

LMAO! My favorite part. +1

Mr.ESC @ Aug 19th 2008 12:11PM

F*CK YEAH!

I have been a fan of the series for a long time I think I could have bought a Dreamcast with a HotD port with all the money I spended in the game back when I visited the arcades.Friggin sweet.

Wiinterfang @ Aug 19th 2008 7:30PM

I can't help being a Sega fan, and this game isn't help him.

Who Am I kidding I love being a Sega fan.

Levi @ Aug 19th 2008 9:19AM

As a fan of Grindhouse movies, I approve of this trailer. I hope the style carries through the entire game.

Jonah Falcon @ Aug 19th 2008 9:46AM

The gameplay looks suspect as Ye Olde Wiimote Waver is present on the gameplay clips, but the trailer is cool, and that makes it authentic - most trailers for 1970’s action-horror films were better than the movies themselves.