[1001] Overkill: killed

And so another of the 1001 bites the dust – this time in the House of the Dead.

1001 No.79: ‘House of the Dead: Overkill’ (2009)

Unlike most House of the Dead games, which took place on ferries to France in the 90s, Overkill is quite unique – almost a reboot of the series, but a prequel at the same time.

Starring Agent G (before he suffered in HotD2 of 1998), along with a ridiculously offensive cop straight out of blaxploitation movie named Issac Washington, it’s basically a piss-take of itself – a parody of the whole series, making fun of the sillyness of House of the Dead in a grindhouse style. The bad acting, the stupid cutscenes, the ridiculous plotlines – it’s all there.

Strippers, guns, and zombies – and surprisingly good fun. We played it on the Wii with some funny shaped bits of plastic, but since then it’s on PS3, and more recently even ported to iOS and Android. Grab it, shoot some zombies, and step back in time to when games where slightly less polished…