
To ease the pain, Magic Pockets kindly threw in playable versions of Varla Guns and Candi Stryper. I agree this was kind of a slimy move on SEGA’s part, but microtransactions are the standard in many mobile games of today. Sure to dismay many gamers who bought the game, the third level, Naked Terror, is locked behind a pay wall, and only paying $1.99, will you be able to venture onward. Yes, you read that right, there are only two levels in the game, but within each level, there are four sub-levels with a level boss at the end. After purchasing the game, you’ll be able to choose between Agent G and Isaac Washington and play through two levels: Papa’s Palace of Pain and Ballistic Trauma.

Think of it as a director’s cut of a movie, with you only viewing the additional footage. A few days ago, however, that kind of changed when the Magic Pockets developed The House of the Dead: Overkill – The Lost Reels was released on iOS and Android for $4.99.Īs the name suggests, The Lost Reels isn’t meant to be a true sequel to Overkill as much as it is an extension of the game.

First, by the mere fact a developer was able to make a great “lightgun” game for the system, and second, the game’s over-the-top “Grindhouse” atmosphere worked surprisingly well, even with the ridiculous overuse of the “F-bomb.”įast forward to today, and there hasn’t been a truly new entry in the series apart from HOTD: Overkill – Extended Edition on the PlayStation Network. When SEGA released The House of the Dead: Overkill on Nintendo’s Wii in late 2009, I was really blown away.
