Wii House of the Dead: Overkill (Sega, Headstrong Games)

CoolMaster disse:
O trailer sim, tambem despertou o meu interesse! No entanto daí a ser algo representativo do do resultado final do jogo ainda vai longe.
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Eu adicionei ao primeiro post a Press Release, diz lá que querem transmitir todo o ambiente de filmes Grindhouse para o jogo. Dá uma olhadela, parece que querem mesmo dar aquela sensação retro:p
 
theforbidden1 disse:
Isso não é problema, eles compram nos países vizinhos.
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Mais uma razão. Não passa de hipócrisia... Tal como terem o maior salão de jogos europeu lá apesar de grande parte desses não irem sair na Alemanha e serem o país Europeu que mais maltrata os videojogos em geral. Mas... o salão (e os jogos lá mostrados, sejam ou não lançados na alemanha) já lhes convém não é?
 
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IGN scoop
(...)The big difference between Overkill and previous The House of the Dead titles -- other than the fact that it utilizes the Wii remote and not a light-gun -- is its new pulp-style presentation. Seemingly inspired by the movie Grindhouse, Overkill features a '70's horror theme complete with grainy film filters, cheesy dialog, retro music and over the top gore. In addition to accurate shooting mechanics via the Wii remote's infrared tip, the game makes use of the device's built in accelerometer for new motion-based melee moves. Pistol whip or shotgun-butt a zombie and you'll be able to literally knock his jaw off or smash his skull.
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"The refreshing new visual style, bold art direction and visceral gameplay of The House Of Dead: OVERKILL truly makes it standout on the Wii," said Sean Ratcliffe, vice president of marketing for SEGA of America. "SEGA is committed to delivering unique gameplay experiences and The House of the Dead: Overkill certainly qualifies as one of our most innovative SEGA games coming to the Wii."
In the title, you'll play as famous series hero Special Agent G on his first assignment. Fresh out of the AMS academy, G finds himself teamed with hard-boiled Detective Washington. When the two go to investigate a series of disappearances in small-town Louisiana, they soon discover that "blood-soaked mutant depravity" lurks in the streets and swamps of Bayou City.
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Entrevista IGN

That's the game on from a top-level view, but never content, we contacted Headstrong Games producer Neil McEwan for the dirty details. Here's what he had to say:

IGN: We remember hearing about this game more than a year ago. How long has Overkill been in development?
Neil: Nothing's been said about this game until now and we've kept it well under wraps so it might be a different HotD title you're thinking of? But it has been in development for a couple of years now, all-in.


IGN: How big is the team? Neil: Headstrong Games (until recently we were Kuju London) is around 40 people strong at the moment.

IGN: Just to clarify, this is an all-new, ground-up House of the Dead game created exclusively for Wii, right?
Neil: Absolutely. Where it goes from here I can't say, but it's been conceived and developed exclusively for Wii. While we've of course taken the right amount of inspiration from the HotD series, and fans will notice where we have referenced the other games, we're not sharing assets or technology. As a game, story and visual experience it's entirely brand-new.

IGN: Overkill seems to have a very Grindhouse look and feel to it. How does this carry over into the game?
Neil: The Grindhouse feel comes across in a number of areas. First of all, you'll notice the look of the game as you play it. We use tricks like filters and scratches to make it look like you're watching a film that's been watched over and over and really abused. There's also specific color styles you can employ to recreate that distinctive look – for example, because of the way that celluloid degrades, blacks turn a greenish color. That's why in Overkill's outside levels at night you'll notice this green tinge in the sky, a sort of sickly light. The washed out colours further add to the effect.
Secondly, it's the gore. These films set out to shock in a way that you still wince at today but looks really over the top because we're spoiled with 'realistic' violence in real world shooters like CoD4 (which does realistic-looking deaths just perfectly). You don't expect a guy's head to explode in all directions and his neck stump to spurt blood for 30 seconds while he stumbles around, but that's exactly what we do in Overkill because that's what shock-horror films were all about -- totally over the top situations and gore in this effort to shock and gross-out people. The difference now is it's funny because you can see that's exactly what those filmmakers were trying to do, still cool because you appreciate its style.
Thirdly you have the voice acting, the direction, the way the whole thing hangs together. Everyone has watched a grindhouse-style film at some point - you know a really crappy, awful film that you absolutely loved watching! Getting that feel across is really important and it's so thrilling to have achieved that in a Wii game.

IGN: Are you using cheesy B-movie-like footage in-between gameplay sequences? Neil: We're using some really quick-fire cutscenes throughout and between the levels –- and these will be very much in the style of B-movie segments and very grindhouse trailer-inspired. They are shot using the game engine and it's important for the players to see the characters they are playing as because they're such an important part of the whole experience. But we're making sure they don't interrupt the flow of the game.

IGN: So the game will feature a film grain filter then?
Neil: You could say that. There's a number of filters and effects we're apply to the gameplay to give it the feel I've mentioned above.

IGN: Tell us about the game's 3D engine. What kind of graphic effects are you able to achieve on Wii?
Neil: Well, we have a team that's very familiar with the hardware and is capable of getting everything out that it has to offer. It's nice being specialists in the field but with that comes a responsibility to live up to it. With the art direction in gaining this exploitation movie look, there's thousands of touches from lighting to texturing to prop design to voice actors that go in to make it look and feel like you're in a grindhouse or pulp movie. That's only possible with the kind of talented team we have here and their experience of getting absolutely everything out of the hardware.

IGN: Overkill is a shooter -- one of those genres that requires a smooth framerate. Are you gunning for 60 frames?
Neil: It'll be smooth. It's one of the best looking games on Wii and I can say that with confidence. We can't confirm an FPS yet, might be worth sacrificing frames for more zombies and blood. Also, for the particular grindhouse style that we're going for, we're may alter frame rate speeds to achieve certain effects. So can't confirm FPS at this time.

IGN: Tell us about the control schemes. Exactly how do you play. How are you taking advantage of the Wii remote? Neil: Well, of course it's light-gun style, but as the Wii works slightly differently, you're aided by a reticule on-screen (or not if you prefer). In terms of shooting with it, the Wii remote is really nice because it has vibration feedback and that cool little speaker built in. For magazine slapping and shotgun pumping sound effects, it adds a great touch in addition to gunshots. As you would imagine we're using the motion sensing feature to introduce some nice gesture commands -- not just reloading, but smacking zombies round the chops too. When zombies get up close, we want the player to have to do things that are pretty stomach-churning to get them off you, stuff that'll make you go 'ewwwww.'


Is Overkill Zapper compatible?
Neil: Yes it is.

IGN: What about the nunchuk. Can it be used for anything?
Neil: No, we wanted it to be accessible, but mainly we wanted to free up peoples hands for more guns. I can talk about that specifically in the future.

IGN: Shooters on Wii have proven slightly flawed in the past because the Wii remote doesn't work like a light-gun. Are you calibrating the remote prior to gameplay? How so? (Only House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return has done it well so far.)
Neil: There will be calibration. We're looking at what other titles have done to see what has worked well and where we can improve it. Accuracy is critical when you're making a game based on high-scores and split-second shooting so it's getting a lot of attention.

IGN: This is a game about killing zombies. Exactly how violent is it?
Neil: It's certainly not realistic -- it's very over the top and excessive in a very unrealistic way, but that's just the style we are going for. Because you shoot off arms and legs and pop heads off as part of the standard gameplay, it'll be rated for a mature audience, as it certainly should be. The bosses do some pretty disgusting and, let's just say, controversial things that will also ramp up the violence level somewhat. Zombie dismemberment is a central part of the shooting fun and we are the next step in a line of games and films that have reveled in that. Personally, I'm a fan of shotgunning a zombie's legs off and watching them face-plant into the ground with a smack. It doesn't get you max points but after the third one in a row you'll be laughing your head off.

IGN: How interactive are the environments?
Neil: The whole over the top style transfers to the environments as well. You blast your way through the levels laying waste to absolutely everything so the environment has to reflect that. There's also key trigger moments in the environment where hitting the right thing at the right time might help or hinder you. It might be something as obvious as a gas tank or something a bit more subtle that you might completely miss the first time. Whatever it is will likely set the entire level on fire or produce some slightly random yet very explosive side effect. You wouldn't imagine a simple fairground ride would explode with quite so much force, but that's the magic of grindhouse.

IGN: We know there's a two-player cooperative mode. Does the difficulty change for two players? Neil: That's something that really comes out in play testing and balancing. Clearly, it's still got to be a challenge and it is really how these games should be played. Wish I could tell you the kind of gameplay options that we'll be including to shake things up and put a new spin on the mechanic but we're confirming and working those out now so more news soon.

IGN: What kinds of weapons are at your disposal?
Neil: It's point and shoot -- there's no way we'd want to make it any more complicated than that in terms of handling the guns. We have a selection of shotguns, pistols, machineguns and rifles alongside some more 'explosive' options. You'll be able to upgrade these between levels to kit your character out with the best hand cannon for the job but it's not going to be some super-complicated facet to the game. There's no point in having 30 weapons if you can't tell the difference between them and some just aren't fun. There's good tactical sense in co-op though in having each player go for different weapons. For example, you can have a magnum-style six shooter for headshotting troublesome Pukers and your buddy could have a shotgun for sweeping clear hordes that get too close.

IGN: How many enemies are you able to show on-screen at any given time?
Neil: I can't put a specific number on that at the moment because work is still going into level design and a lot will be influenced by game balancing and pacing. I would say again that we have an incredibly accomplished team at Headstrong who really know this hardware, so we'll be pushing it for all it's worth. We did take a look at some screens of a certain other zombie game that is being ported to Wii, and the general consensus was that we thought we could certainly do better. (lol)

IGN: Aside from the general Arcade mode, will there be Original or Custom modes in the vein of the other games?
Neil: There will be additional game modes, certainly. I'm afraid I can't reveal or confirm anything about them right now.

IGN: We know G survives until House of the Dead 2. What the hell happens to Agent Washington?
Neil: [Laughs] Detective Washington is his own man, you'll find out where his destiny takes him. Perhaps we'll follow him and help tell that story. If he makes it out of Bayou City, of course...

IGN: Any WiiConnect24 support? Online leader boards? Score uploads?
Neil: I can't comment on Overkill using any of those features yet -- I'm sorry.

IGN: This game is looking great. Any final words for Wii fans looking forward to it?
Neil: There's a lot of Wii fans worried about the decline of decent hardcore games on the system. No, guys -- we're not making a 30 hour-plus RPG here, but we are making something you are going to have a complete blast playing. We are making it with a nod to one of the greatest arcade series of all time and we hope you'll just purely enjoy teaming up with buddies and posting those high scores on the forums with the rest of us.
It'll beat the shit out of grooming a horse.
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Esta para sair o HOD que é melhor que Dead Rising, mesmo sendo um jogo a gozar é melhor e tem melhores Scores.

E é diferente, varia, não é sempre a mesma porra no inicio ao fim nos jogos todos que saíram.
 
I_Eat_All disse:
Merecida no entanto.
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É para ficar a bem com os frequentadores de forums e blogs, logo criar simpatia com os mesmos. Eles só estão a puxar a brasa à sardinha deles.

De qualquer maneira este é o melhor jogo que a SEGA podia ter anunciado para a Wii, The House of The Dead é o meu franchise SEGA favorito.
Estou muito contente com a SEGA, depois de NiGHTS vai voltar a dar-nos outro grande exclusivo :)
 
theforbidden1 disse:
É para ficar a bem com os frequentadores de forums e blogs, logo criar simpatia com os mesmos. Eles só estão a puxar a brasa à sardinha deles.
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Certo, mas se não tivessem legitimidade para o fazer não o fariam (a não ser que fosse malta tipo o itagaki). Facto é que o jogo está de facto fraquinho para o que podia ser, e claro que os outros aproveitam.

Na GC nunca vi nenhuma third party a dizer que achava que podia fazer melhor que o RE4 ou rogue squadron 3 por exemplo, seria demasiado bold e não havia abebias para isso. Aqui? se as há.
theforbidden1 disse:
De qualquer maneira este é o melhor jogo que a SEGA podia ter anunciado para a Wii, The House of The Dead é o meu franchise SEGA favorito.
Estou muito contente com a SEGA, depois de NiGHTS vai voltar a dar-nos outro grande exclusivo :)
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Melhor não digo... Mas é feito de raiz e escolheram uma boa equipa... Acho que é sem duvida um tratamento digno... logo uma inclusão bem vinda ao catálogo. (e uma promessa cumprida por parte da sega, já que disseram que se o HotD 2+3 vendesse iriam fazer mais)

Não estou nada desiludido e se alguma coisa, estou interessado... Especialmente pela onda grindhouse, e admitidamente se fosse um House of the Dead 4 não estaria lá muito interessado, pelo estilo inerente já descrito, esta onda captiva-me mais.

btw, trailer uncut: (gaja a lamber o wiimote)

-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUD2sLE5rM


Foto da equipa:

headstrongoverkillteampym5.jpg

:-D
 
Sempre decidiram ir pela base do House of the Dead, vamos lá ver se sai alguma coisa de jeito daqui e que ao menos se apliquem. Modo cooperativo, esperemos que haja um modo online. O filtros que vão adicionar aos gráficos é uma bela maneira de 'individualizar' o título e esperemos que não afecte a performance a nível de pontaria. Espero que este jogo seja ao menos um pouco maior que os restantes..
 
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