VGEsoterica
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Recently I've been replaying all of Sega's HotD franchise and capturing them, and it really made me 1) remember how big of an impact these games had on me as a kid and 2) made me think how I'd rank them. I played 1 at Great Escape (a theme park in NY) as a kid and fell in love with it, and I got 2 on Dreamcast in 99 when I was 15, so they've played a huge part in my life.
I'd rank them as follows. 2/1/4/Overkill/3. 2 has it all...awesome gameplay, graphics, and music. 1 is a close second as it started the franchise and I remember it fondly, but the Saturn port is sooo bad it's hard to love it as much as the arcade version. 4 is a super fun experience (especially on PS3 with the Move controller) and has some awesome graphics but the flow isn't my favorite. Overkill was super fun (my wife and I played the crap out of it) but tonally it doesnt really FEEL like a HotD game.
3 I never liked. Even on Xbox with a light gun. It was so dark and brown colored and just didn't really have the "fun" or "joy of the rest of the series. But I hear people say it was their favorite so maybe I am just totally wrong lol
I'd be curious to hear what others think? Especially with the remakes of 1 and 2 coming soon. Fingers crossed they are in VR and the rumors are true. Killing zombies in VR would be pretty damn epic
I'd rank them as follows. 2/1/4/Overkill/3. 2 has it all...awesome gameplay, graphics, and music. 1 is a close second as it started the franchise and I remember it fondly, but the Saturn port is sooo bad it's hard to love it as much as the arcade version. 4 is a super fun experience (especially on PS3 with the Move controller) and has some awesome graphics but the flow isn't my favorite. Overkill was super fun (my wife and I played the crap out of it) but tonally it doesnt really FEEL like a HotD game.
3 I never liked. Even on Xbox with a light gun. It was so dark and brown colored and just didn't really have the "fun" or "joy of the rest of the series. But I hear people say it was their favorite so maybe I am just totally wrong lol
I'd be curious to hear what others think? Especially with the remakes of 1 and 2 coming soon. Fingers crossed they are in VR and the rumors are true. Killing zombies in VR would be pretty damn epic