Topic: Ah, crap...

[Battler Ushiromiya]

I gotta tell you, House of the Dead 4 is the devil's game. I blew five bucks on it and got a blister. In under a half hour. I swear, that game eats quarters like no tomorrow...

[LBPHeretic]

That's interesting to know, I suppose. For future reference, you may want to name the subject of your topic something more related to the subject matter.

I think doing that might attract more responses than "Ah, crap..." did. But that's just a suggestion. :

[thernz]

Rail shooters are the ultimate arcade games when it comes to profit.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

The House of the Dead games are the worst. I've never spent more than a buck on a Time Crisis game, and I can beat Ghost Squad on one quarter. Yet HotD 4, which is by far the easiest one yet, chewed through 5 bucks in under a half hour.

[shelverton.]

I've never played House of the Dead but I love rail shooters. And I love zombies. There are zombies in it right? I have Time Crisis 4 on the PS3 (with that anormous godawful light gun that came with it) and it's kinda fun. But I want creepy environments. And zombies. And dead people.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

Yeah, HoD is a railshooter with Zombies. It's also ridiculously hard. Especially 2, where it took an entire clip to put down a zombie and reloading was still "Shoot off-screen".

Basically, in the first two, you got a pistol. In one, it was fine because there were so few zombies hanging around, and a headshot was a sure kill. However, in two, there were far more, and headshots often only clipped off an ear or a nose. And Zombies barely flinched, too.

Then came three, with the shotgun. Best reload system so far, where you pump the shotgun to reload. It also packed enough power to drop most enemies in one shot again. However, in Boss fights, if you didn't drop the secondary damage meter far enough before the boss got to you, it would not only not take damage, but the secondary meter would FILL ALL THE WAY BACK UP! 3 practically required having someone to play with.

Then 4 gives you the TMP. The clip holds a lot more rounds, and you can now throw grenades. Which is nice, because in this one, there are A LOT MORE ZOMBIES. There's areas where you'll blow all three of your grenades, and STILL go through a few dozen clips. The damage meter problem is mostly fixed with the bosses- It's never stuck on one attack which is impossible for someone to do damage without a player 2, and most of the time the secodary meter doesn't reset after you get hit. However, the bosses also come alot faster, often hitting you before you can get off enough damage to make them flinch. However, it has the weakest ending of the lot: James blows up, the girl walks away, and Goldman tells you that people are still alive up north. And then you get text saying "Continued in House of the Dead 3". Wait, WTF? That's worse than a text ending! Come on!

[A n t r a x x]

Typing of the dead

:3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typing_of_the_Dead

[Battler Ushiromiya]

O_o Can I get a WTF? Really, man, that's wierd...