the House of the Dead III

[Kid Game]

Great game. The arcade versions is pretty cool with the shotgun that you get. It's kinda realistic since instead of shooting offscreen to reload you have to cock the shotgun to load it. I've never beat the arcade version. I've gotten by a few levels but it's harder since your arms tire a lot faster. Since you pretty much have to use both hands to play the game it is a little harder. The xbox version is easier since you don't use both hands. Well I don't have the gun for it. With a controller it's pretty easy.

Theres some interesting bosses and all. The game doesn't take that long to beat. Like most light gun games it can be beat in less then a half hour. The last boss is hard since his health meter takes forever to damage. The final boss also looks sort of like the final boss from the second house of the dead.

Anyways once you beat survival mode (the main HOTD3 game mode- the story mode) you unlock the house of the dead 2. When you select house of the dead 2 you get to play a short minigame. In it, you are in an elevator and you go to 3 different floors. At each a bunch of zombies appear and depending on how many you kill and how good your accuracy was, youll get a rating and an item. The better the rating the better the item. You can only use items (and only 2 at a time) in original mode. Also the items can only be used in HOTD2. HOTD2 is the same as the arcade and dreamcast equilavents. Same levels and bosses but it's still pretty neat. It probably would have been nicer to have the original house of the dead included but it isnt in the game but oh well.

So does anyone else have any opinions about this game that they would like to share?

[battlemeister]

nice game this is. Its pretty quick to beat in both single or coop mode. I think its easier with a controller and a little harder with the light gun. Anyways its fun shooting zombies with a shotgun now instead of a handgun. The coop is pretty neat too although theres nothing different in it then single player. I think the bosses are slightly harder as they take more hits to kill but other then that theres no noticeable difference.

Having house of the dead 2 (yes the full version) in the game is pretty cool too. You can play that in single or coop which is neat. You can earn a bunch of different items for use in original mode. Theres like 10 training missions which have different objectives. Anyways HOTD2 is a good addition although it would have been great if the original house of the dead game was also hidden in the game. But it isnt so too bad.

[DuelMaster]

HOTD is a great game. I love light gun shooter type games. They're my favorite kind. Let's see this game is pretty neat. Some of the bosses are pretty wacky though but the game is fun.

[DaBomb]

Unfortunately, I've never played it. I find that strange, because shooters are by favourite genre.

[Kid Game]

You haven't played the XBox or the arcade version? Oh well you should though. It's a pretty good game. You'll probably like it. You get a shotgun and you have to go around killing all of these different zombies.

[Pumster]

I've always been a huge fan of light gun games - I even have a GunCon for my PS2 for the Time Crisis series. It's a shame Sega decided to port the House of the Dead games to the X-Box since they'd definitely have higher sales on the PS2. (After all, Time Crisis fans already have GunCons, which makes buying the game an easier decision.) Moral of the story: Base your arcade machines on PS2 hardware. (Hahaha, just kidding.) ;D

[Kid Game]

lol. House of the dead 3 might have been good on the PS2. It would have been interesting to see how it would have been made. But it is on the xbox but the game is still pretty good. Single player, Co-op whatever it's still pure arcade zombie shooting action. And shooting zombies is fun. lol.