House of the Dead: Overkill

"...hardly pushing the boundaries graphically."

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What? Have you seen this game? It has one of the most unique graphic styles I've seen in a long time. I don't know what game you were playing because this game has great graphics.

""...hardly pushing the boundaries graphically.""

.. yet again a reviewer who knows nothing about what he's talking about... yay!

OK, in response to this cutting criticism from two anonymous posters who can't even quote properly.

I'm sorry that I said something less than positive abotu the games console you sleep with every night.

Don't confuse stylish art direction and a lot of blood with good graphics. The game looks good, but it does so without being technically excellent. Some of the character models are rough, some of the textures are bland and the frame rate drops noticably in places.

It is only right for a reviewer to acknowledge this, but given that the reviewer has said many many times in print and on the web, that graphics are far from the be all and end all of gaming, it's hardly a damning criticism. The art direction of HotD:O is stylish and witty. There is bucketloads of gore and blood. It's a fun game.

If you want to imagine that Overkill has cutting edge graphics, be my guest. Just don't look at Killzone 2, or since you are bound to cry "That's not a Wii game", The Conduit and you will be able to keep fooling yourself.

Sleep with the console? Oh I see?
Perhaps you shouldn't write responses before checking them for typo's?

Firstly, art direction should be confused with "good graphics" as that is a component of what makes them 'good'. Secondly you said the game "looks good" - so how can it not have "good graphics"?.

The game supports a grain filter and has motion blurring (not mentioned) and does feature good graphics for the Wii. No it's not Killzone 2, but only somebody who was really trying to make a point would try and compare the best looking game on the PS3 with one on the Wii. Very badly written article.

hah lol. graphics is the techincal realisation an artistic style so it entirely possible for a game to have s**t graphics but still look good. liek viewiful joe. I thought the style was great but the graphcis were roughroughrough. its a bit like building an gothic cathedral out of cinder block ... looks great from afar because the architect did an astounding great job, but doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

hah lol x2. silent hill on PS1 had film grain. and I'm pretty certain there were some ps1 games that had motion blur. silent hill had great graphics for the hardware at the time, but today it looks s**t. So the guy said the graphics aint good but the "Look" is. what exactly is your beef?

For typo's what?


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