Zombie Revenge

"How many times can 1 person go through the first 2 levels over and over with out getting bored?"

Graphics 8
The graphics are great,the zombies look as if they were ripped right out of House Of The Dead (which this game is loosly based on). Zombies loose arm's and quickly become swiss cheese like after shooting them several times. I like that, let's face it..I like that alot. Little details like that make this game look good. Detailed background's and nice looking levels all around. The main charector design could use work...for instance look at Linda Rotta, she is Jill(from Resident Evil) Aya Brea (from Parasite Eve) and Claire Redfield (from Resident Evil 2) rolled into one,oh wait..can't forget Regina (from Dino Crises) when I frst saw her hair and face It blew my mind at how much she looked like Aya. Other than that the visuals are excellent.

Sound/Music 7
The music isn't terrible, neither are the sound's, which seem to be directly ported from House Of The Dead. What get's me down how ever is, the terrible voice acting. Is it impossible for Sega to hire decent voice actor's and actress's?(with one exception being Shen Mue, let's hope the english dubb's are as good as the Japanese ones..) This game has just as bad voice acting as the other 2 House of The Dead games. The most irritating part how ever is that when ever Linda Rotta bites the dust she gives out an annoying "Please forgive me". That doesn't even sound like the regular voice actress who does her speaking roles.

Gameplay/Controll's 6
Ugh..1 thing couldve saved this game...1 simple thing..Lock on target's. Most of the game you will be using a gun, sure you can lock on to enemies, but I wouldve rather had some controll of this..like holding a button down while firing, because at times when you turn you will completly over shoot your enemy and end up firing at nothing. The fighting in the game is pretty bad also. And definatly need's to be kept as only a last resort, as fighting a zombie or monster up close could only lead to your quick death. One more thing is you happend to be timed during each fighting part. 10 zombies...1 gun, and the zombies can be rather strong...well this add's up to 1 thing, quick death because your 40 second timer ran out. As I said before, how many times can 1 person go through the first 2 levels over and over with out getting bored? Not many really...So prepared to get bored, this game can be pretty fun with 2 players how ever.

Replayability. 7
There are vmu mini games, a boss mode,and secret's to be opend up upon completiong, Oh ya a fighting mode also(which happens to be horrendous, and unfair if your opponent picks up a gun..)

Value/Rent or Buy? Absolutly rent, so you can try out what fun it has to offer. The only people who should buy this game, are 1)huge fans of zombie games, 2)is a huge fan of house of the dead series, or 3)happens to love the Die Hard arcade, Dynamite cop,Dynamite Dekka games(all same game with differnt names..)

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 01/10/00, Updated 01/10/00