We are still waiting on a suitable Amiga AGA emulator with robust recording features before tackling such games.
The House of the Dead: Overkill (JP)
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Player's Review
This HotD title seems to be set before the very first game in the series chronologically-wise. Plus that it never made its way into the arcades, and remained console-exclusive as a result. A PS3 version was released afterwards, adding two extra levels to both modes, a new NPC character and a re-designed HUD.
Unlike other games in the series, this one doesn't feature branched paths the player can choose to progress into the game. However, depending on the mode chosen, a different path is shown, though the Director's Cut route for each level is much longer.
Japanese version played. For the localized versions, a different logo was used and also included the 'MadWorld' trailer accessible via the Extras menu, also that the JP release for some reason fixes the 'empty level' bug at Fetid Waters if continuing from a previous level. This video includes two playthroughs: a somewhat 'casual' run on regular Story mode first, followed by Director's Cut playthrough where I even decided to collect all 15 golden brains in each level to unlock a secret cutscene that's shown at the end of the video.
By the way, I realized I made a stupid mistake somewhere at 00:42:02 since I was so focused on preserving the zombie combo I forgot to shoot that golden brain. Though nothing gets unlocked if you do the golden brain quest outside Director's Cut mode.
05:01:47 -- As a bonus: included each of the mini-games. They can be played solo or up to 4 players.
Unlike other games in the series, this one doesn't feature branched paths the player can choose to progress into the game. However, depending on the mode chosen, a different path is shown, though the Director's Cut route for each level is much longer.
Japanese version played. For the localized versions, a different logo was used and also included the 'MadWorld' trailer accessible via the Extras menu, also that the JP release for some reason fixes the 'empty level' bug at Fetid Waters if continuing from a previous level. This video includes two playthroughs: a somewhat 'casual' run on regular Story mode first, followed by Director's Cut playthrough where I even decided to collect all 15 golden brains in each level to unlock a secret cutscene that's shown at the end of the video.
By the way, I realized I made a stupid mistake somewhere at 00:42:02 since I was so focused on preserving the zombie combo I forgot to shoot that golden brain. Though nothing gets unlocked if you do the golden brain quest outside Director's Cut mode.
05:01:47 -- As a bonus: included each of the mini-games. They can be played solo or up to 4 players.
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