Forgive me for the other video I posted a month ago. After I was done recording it with my tablet, I couldn’t hear some of the voices from my video. But, I’ve found a better quality video. You can also unlock this video by beating The House of the Dead III which is available on Playstation Network.
The Making of The House of the Dead Overkill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGkwCrE90I
Headstrong Games made a video documentary about making of The House of the Dead Overkill back in 2009 explaining the theme of the game by using 70’s movies, blaxiation, grindhouse and zombie movies as a inspiration. The original team of the House of the Dead series gave them the freedom to make Overkill as B-horror theme game as well (which kinda explains the great script). One of the developers even admits that the Ice-cream scene was his favorite scene and never forgettable. Enjoy the video.
Fans of the Dead: GO Kural! by Kori-Maru (Your’s truely)
I had this idea in my head all day yesterday. So, I decided to make a quick video of Fighting Ferret’s original art.
Video by Kori
Original art by Fighting Ferret
The House of the Dead III Boss Tips: The Fool (Type 0028)
The Fool is a huge, sloth-like monster. But despite its appearance,
it can attack with surprisingly nimble movements. Its weak points
are its right hand, right foot, left hand, and left foot.
Unlike other bosses, the current weak point (one of the Fool’s
hands or feet) will be marked throughout your battle against this
boss, so you’ll be able to tell at a glance what you should be
aiming for.
But the Fool’s weak points are small, and move around quite
a bit as the boss moves. And to top it all off, unless you keep hitting
these weak points dead center, you won’t do much damage.
What you need when you go up against the Fool is accuracy and
quick marksmanship. Aim carefully at the weak point mark and never
lose your focus.
The Fool has six attack patterns.
[1]Claws at you with its right hand.
During this attack, the Fool doesn’t move all that much, so
it ought to be pretty easy to target its weak point. If it manages
to hit you at this point, you probably won’t have much luck
beating it. Just keep your cool and deal with the Fool calmly here.
[2]Claws at you with its left foot.
During this attack, the Fool’s weak point, its left foot, will
swing left and right in the area diagonally down and to the
right of the center of its body. Your field of vision will sometimes
be obstructed by the stairs, but you’ll still be able to get some
damage in even then. Just stay focused and keep shooting.
[3]Drops corpses on you.
Corpses will rain down on you from above one after another, but
if you just concentrate on firing into the center of the group
of bodies, you should make out all right. The corpses that drop
at the outer edges of your field of vision will miss you, so ignore
them and just concentrate on taking care of the ones in the center.
[4]Claws at you with its right foot.
The right foot weak point will swing from the center right to
the center left as the Fool’s hip pivots. It won’t move all that
fast, so if you keep a level head and keep shooting, that ought
to do the trick.
[5]Claws at you with its left hand.
During this attack, the Fool will climb toward you along the cage,
making big movements with both hands. Its left hand weak point
will be swinging violently, so it’ll be tough to keep your sight on it.
Just aim for either the left or the right end of the hand’s swinging
arc.
[6]Jumps at you.
During this attack, the only chance you’ll have to attack is the
tiny fraction of time when the boss is in the air and is about to
attack you. And you won’t have any time to reload during that
moment, either. On top of all that, you won’t be able to stop the
Fool’s attack unless you land all six of your shots, either. This
attack pattern is a tough one.
Reload before the Fool jumps, and place your shots carefully,
aiming a little to the left of and above the center for the first
shot, and then shifting your sight down slightly with each of
your next shots.
Kori’s tips: After the first and very last cancel attack, you can still damage the Fool and score more points.
Sega announces Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead
Sega is coming out with a new crossover game called Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead. Players must fish out and shoot undead sea creatures. The game will also feature a multiplayer mode up to 4 players. So grab your buddies and kill those fishes. Sega Bass Fishing of the Dead will be availible for Wii U and 3DS sometime this year.
The House of the Dead III Boss Tips: Death (Type 0011)
The House of the Dead III has been out since last month. I hope you all enjoy the game with your friends and are excited to play The House of the Dead 4 on April 17th. Starting today, I will post some useful tips and tricks on how to beat the bosses in The House of the Dead III directly taken from the HOD2&3 website for the new players. Let’s start out with Death (Type 0011).
Death (Type 0011)
A security guard creature that protects the abandoned EFI research facility with a club made from flesh and skulls.
Encounters: Chapter 1 and West Wing (Optional next chapter)
Death is a brutal guard that chases you relentlessly with a gigantic club. Shooting its big, brawny body won’t do you any good. Aim for its head. That’s its weak point.
If you don’t cause enough damage to it before it closes in,
you’ll fall victim to its giant club.
You’ll be fighting Death twice, but the basic strategies are
the same both times. You have to be careful the second time
it appears, though, because it’ll be chasing you behind obstacles,
passing in and out of view. Efficient timing of your reloads is key.
Death has two attack patterns.
[1]Charges toward you and wallops you.
Death’s weak point, the head, only sways slightly as the boss runs,
so it should be pretty easy to target.
Death leaves itself open the instant it starts running this way.
If you reload before it gets started, aim upward in advance, and
shoot as fast as you can as soon as Death starts barreling
toward you, you should be able to stop this attack without
taking any damage.
The time when you can really get some good damage in is
the moment it swings its club up to slam you. You’ll be
at point-blank range then, so you’ll be able to inflict maximum
damage.
Even if Death gets too close for comfort, try to remain calm
and just keep getting in as many shots as you can until the
very last second.
[2]Chases you behind columns and then wallops you.
When Death is running behind the columns, its head barely
moves at all, so targeting it should be a piece of cake.
But figuring out when to reload isn’t quite so easy.
That’s because you’ve got to shoot when you can see
Death between the columns, or else the columns will
block your shots and you won’t be able to score any hits.
If you reload after Death goes behind a column, it’ll be a tough battle.
The key is to start reloading before Death disappears behind
a column,
and each time it appears again, get three shots in.
Kori’s bonus tip: You can rack up points when Death’s attack (yellow) gauge is down. Similar to Judgement in HOD2, where you can shoot Kural for more points.
Sad Day for the Sega Community: Sega plans to down size SOA including major laid offs
Today is a very sad day for the Sega community. Sega has plans to restructure their consumer business due to loss of money. Their focusing on digital games and create a smaller company positioned for sustained profitability. Which means some lay offs and game cancelations are involved. The statement reads as follows from Sega Sammy
“The Sega consumer business is expected to post operating loss due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.
It is essential to streamline [our] organisation in the field of home video game software, while shifting to a structure that corresponds to a change in environment, including strengthening development in the field of digital content.
We decided to narrow down sales titles to strong IPs such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Football Manager, Total War and Aliens which are expected to continue posting solid earnings. In accordance with this, we are cancelling the development of some game software titles.
The House of the Dead 4 is safe, but there still some sad news for the fans. Assistant Community Manager, Kate Bryant aka Kate Burning has been recently laid off today. For those who don’t know, she was a new recruit as a community manager after Aaron Webber was promoted as Assistant Brand Manager for Sonic Generations and Yakuza: Dead Souls. She was also in charge of promoting the rerelease of The House of the Dead III and the long awaited 4 installment. I think she did a fantasic job promoting these two games. Wish her good luck for her future and hope that awesome opportunities come her way.
Source: SegaBits, IGN, TSSZ News
Play The House of the Dead 2 with Eye Tracking
My my technology is advancing quite rapidly these days. This video describes how players can play the game with the use of eye tracking powered by Tobii T120 eye tracker. Eye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze (“where we are looking”) or the motion of an eye relative to the head. An eye tracker is a device for measuring eye positions and eye movement. Eye trackers are used in research on the visual system, in psychology, in cognitive linguistics and in product design. Basically, you can just move the cross air with your eye and click a zombie to obilivion.
Fans of the Dead: Two Dangerous Strippers
Who is this “Mystery Man”?
Who is this “Mystery Man” who appears in the endings of The House of the Dead III and 4. Is he the mastermind behind the events of the entire series? Some say he’s AMS Agent Harry Harris, who was injured by Strength in The House of the Dead 2. As you see how the way the Mystery Man walks, he limps on one leg. However, he shows signs of old age. So the rumor of him being the shady AMS Agent maybe false. Others say that he could be Papa Caesàr as he shows sign of age and was shot in the leg by one of the protagonist. Though, he was killed by the prison warden, Clement Darling towards the end of Overkill.
So who could he be? Why did he say human’s have no need of hope and the vital he picked up, what is its “true” purpose? Perhaps, we will find out in the next installment of The House of the Dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUf2aphajuU
To obtain this ending in the House of the Dead III, you must fight these bosses in the following order after Chapter 1:Sun, Death, and Fool. Your ranks must consist of more S’s and a full partner rescue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVqNCS2q9Aw
To obtain this ending in the House of the Dead 4, your ranks at the end must consist of A’s and S’s. Your accuracy must be 70% (Perfect) and final rank overall must be Special or Top Agent.