I don't know where to cheer or to cry.
One of the things that made House of the Dead so charming was its cheesy japanese style. Overkill here looks much more... american-made, and as such, it's playing more on cheesy american-style horror.
On one hand, I absolutely love the trailer and I absolutely love that awesome, awesome box art, but on the other, I'm kind of sad to see the japanese cheese go. The borderline-engrish translation spoken by actors who, despite knowing english, clearly do not speak english as their native tongue. The brightly colored zombies with turquoise faces, orange hair, red plaid shirts, and an axe in each arm. The blatantly over the top motion capture.
Certainly, Overkill can have some of those things. But... I don't know. The bits of gameplay footage in this didn't really remind me of House of the Dead. I like the game's style, I just don't know if it's House of the Dead's style, is all. It's like those images of Japanese-styled Ratchet with the big bushy eyebrows, you know? Japan just has a certain style of wacky stuff, and Overkill looks like a different type of wacky.
I'll remain cautious about this until reviews come in, but I do want to know more, and I will keep an eye on it, definitely.
