Holy fuck is this game good. I can't believe I waited so long to finally pick it up and play it.

If you want a better understanding of Overkill, well, here you go:

(oh-ver-kil)
n.
1. Destructive nuclear capacity exceeding the amount needed to destroy an enemy.
2. Excessive killing.
3. An excess of what is necessary or appropriate for a particular end

Anyway, in this motherfucking game you shoot zombies. Oh wait, it's key to never use the Z word. I'll call them un-dead from now on. Anyway, you shoot those bastards light-gun style. A headshot makes them explode. Arms makes them 50% dead. Legs slows them down, but doesn't kill them. Stomach's good depending on how much of a fatass the un-dead is. Nuts is ineffective.


You play as Agent G. If you're wondering what that motherfucking G stands for, well ... it's top secret. Sorry. You're joined by Isaac Washington. Mess with him, and he'll rip your motherfucking balls off. You'll also come across Varla Guns, a gun-totting hottie who's out for revenge because of her dead brother or some shit. But, wait, Varla Guns? What the fuck kind of name is that?

You've got a variety of levels, each is made to look and feel like a shitty horror movie. With a poster, and a retarded narrator to boot. For instance, Ballistic Trauma, is a level/movie where you shoot un-dead doctors and patients in a hospital. You're gonna be amputating some motherfucking heads. I guess that makes you a doctor?


You start off with your regular pistol, but you've got plenty of weapons to unlock. Everything from a machine gun, a shotgun, you know, classic stuff. You've got infinite bullets for all of them. You can go with two weapons into a level and switch between them. Shoot with B, reload by waggle. Very intuitive.

At the end of every movie you've got a crazy ass son of a bitch boss to fight. The strategy to defeating them is always figuring out their weak spot (which is shown to you before and during the fight) and shooting the shit out of them.



Overkill's pretty short, but it's great for multiple play-throughs. I personally don't regret buying it. If you generally don't enjoy these types of games, then it's a rent. But everyone should experience this bitch. You're playing alone, it's very likely you'll have fun. You're playing with a friend, it's 100% guaranteed.

You might say, the graphics are bad. Well, fuck you.

EDIT: Oh, I should also note, if you want, instead of playing with a friend, you can go dual-wielding style, bitches.

I wanted this review to kind of give the feel you're gonna get while playing the game

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Pandareus said:

Made me smile, I admit. So did the scene before the boss with the editing mistakes (glasses off/on/off again). It's cute stuff, but I think at my age (read: when you're as jaded as I am) maybe I'm past finding this stuff laugh-out-loud funny.

I didn't find it lol funny either. I guess more than the humor itself I appreciated how the game didn't take itself seriously at all. Kind of like No More Heroes. It's not the swearing that's funny, it's stuff like "This doesn't look good." (classic video game phrase) "Good? GOOD?! There ain't nothing good about this whole fuckin situation.

Posted by

GelatinousEncore

on: 09/03/10, 19:48

Edited:

09/03/10, 19:55

I beat the game, liked the ending, though the final boss was kind of a pushover.

The Director's Cut is surprisingly hard! I needed all three continues to finish the first level. The fact that the weapon upgrades don't carry over doesn't help, but it also looks like you get way more money than in the regular game.

Also, yeah, not a fan of the bugs that screw you over.

I can't say I feel like playing more light gun games, though, even with my broken hand preventing me from playing some games. One is enough, I'm not craving for more.

Posted by

Pandareus

on: 09/08/10, 18:02

Edited:

09/08/10, 18:05

Been meaning to pick this one up at some point, I'm sure it's really cheap now.

Posted by

deathly_hallows

on: 09/08/10, 18:19

Pandareus said:

I can't say I feel like playing more light gun games, though, even with my broken hand preventing me from playing some games. One is enough, I'm not craving for more.

This is how I feel as well about the genre. When I got HotD Overkill, I sold off Umbrella Chronicles because I knew I only needed one in my collection (Link's Xbow Training doesn't count). And it's mind-boggling how devs pushed light-gun shooters so hard, while nobody really wanted any more.

Posted by

anon_mastermind

on: 09/08/10, 19:43

Been playing this with a friend--it's pretty funny. Mindless fun. Definitely worth a Halloween Rent if you've got someone to do co-op with.

Posted by

Secret_Tunnel

on: 10/12/14, 00:28

This game was okay but we ran into glitches a few times that prevented the game from continuing in a level and it needed to be restarted. I don't think we actually beat the game because it stalled on what appeared to be the final boss (or maybe a form of it) and we didn't feel like redoing the level.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 10/12/14, 02:02

I found the game to have great mechanics, and at the time I was very pleased that one of my favorite light gun franchises was getting a new installment with a lot of effort behind it. However, as time has gone on, I've gotten more and more turned off by the cussin' and "mature" content. The original string of HotDs was funny because the B-movie stuff was like, accidental, kind of.

So, still very glad to have the game and the limited VHS tape promotional stuff (I think I was one of several who won it via a GoNintendo art contest). But, ultimately, if any more HotDs were ever made, I'd prefer they go back to the toned-down, funny-by-accident style of 1-4.

Still great fun though.

I also get a kick out of impressive bumps for a 4-year-old thread. =)

Posted by

Chocobo_Rider

on: 10/12/14, 04:54