![]() ![]() Through G and further investigation, it is discovered that Curien's work was funded by Caleb Goldman, the president of DBR. The two main heroes of Taylor and Stewart, who find G not long after arriving in Venice. When G goes missing, the AMS sends in a set of four agents to locate G and stop whomever is behind the resurrection of Curien's work. The Story: Two years after the events of the first game, Agent G has tracked remnants of Curien's operation to Venice. The House of the Dead 2 Released in arcades: 1998 Released on console: 1999 (Dreamcast) Heroes: James Taylor, Gary Stewart, Amy Crystal, Harry Harris Villains: Goldman, The Magician The two agents manage to bring down the Magician, but the being threatens to return. However, the Magician turns on Curien and kills him, believing it no longer requires the oversight of flesh. Curien reveals the Magician (in some tarot interpretations, the Magician is the bridge between the earthly and the divine) to the pair of agents. (In tarot, the Hanged Man represents sacrifice of the worldly for the acceptance of the divine while the Hermit is isolation for the sake of knowing the self.) Eventually, G and Rogan fight their way to Curien's inner sanctum. On-site, Rogan and G push through the grounds and a series of rooms and corridors, fighting off such incredible beasts as the crab-like Hermit and the Hanged Man gargoyle. Rogan's involvement in the case is personal, as his fiancée has gone missing as a result of Curien's meddling. Curien's depravity must be stopped, so an organization called AMS sends in two of its top agents: Rogan and G. Apparently, the mad doctor has achieved some measure of success, because he has resurrected/created an army of undead monsters that prey on the living. Now, Curien works in his personal lab trying to breach the divide between the worlds of the living and the dead. Curien was once considered one of the world's greatest geneticists, but his bizarre experiments with the reanimation of dead flesh have tarnished his name. The majority of the game unfolds in a creepy mansion owned by the mysterious Dr. Curien, The Magician The Story: The original House of the Dead takes its title quite literally. ![]() The House of the Dead Released in arcades: 1996 Released on console: 1998 (Saturn) Heroes: Thomas Rogan, Agent G Villains: Dr. So, to get yourself ready for Overkill, slated to launch in 2009, brush up on the House of the Dead mythos with this tour of each game in the series thus far. (Although, there might have been a race between the first RE and HotD to see who could come up with the worst dialog and voicework.) But there are a few standards in the House of the Dead world, such as the naming of monster bosses after tarot cards and the appearance of characters like Agent G, Goldman, and Dr. ![]() The RE mythos is certainly more complete than the House of the Dead plot. YES NO SEGA made sure that each of the House of the Dead games existed inside a singular universe, not unlike Capcom's Resident Evil series. Whereas almost every respectable arcade in 1996, and there were not that many, had a House of the Dead machine, stumbling on to House of the Dead 4 in 2005 was about as likely as finding a kangaroo in Kansas. The evolution of the series tracks alongside the waning arcade scene and the rise of consoles that simply started matching - and even out-pacing - arcade cabinets. House+of+the+Dead:+Overkill Overkill is the fifth installment in the House series and the first of the batch to not debut in the arcades since the creation of the franchise in 1996. Yikes - while totally playable, it's a disaster of warped polygons and muddy textures.) (I popped it in yesterday to take a peek. And not only did I played more than my share of the arcade original, I even managed to almost convince myself that the Saturn conversion was a worthy port. House of the Dead 2 was actually the game that convinced me to import a Dreamcast. Personally, I'm happy to see House of the Dead getting refreshed, as it has been a longtime pleasure. Considering that the House of the Dead 2 & 3 package did solid business on the Wii for SEGA earlier this year, SEGA obviously means to mine this catalog franchise for all it's worth. Debuted in a fun grindhouse aesthetic, Overkill looks like a pointed re-launch of the series, which has always leaned closer to cheeseball than pure horror. Sub-titled Overkill, this upcoming zombie blaster takes players back to the beginning of the saga, picking up on an early assignment of Agent G, one of the two heroes from the arcade original. This week, SEGA revealed the latest entry in its long-running House of the Dead shooter series. ![]()
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