A real-world plague doesn’t mean that you should stop blissfully shooting zombie hordes. The House of the Dead: Remake reimagines Sega’s classic light gun game as a $24.99 Nintendo Switch game. The scripted action has never looked better thanks to the majorly enhanced visuals. However, Remake's short length and mediocre controls reveal that this house was always more at home in the arcade. Overkill Released in 1996, the original House of the Dead was an on-rails shooter. That means you didn't control where or when your character moved. The camera took you from scene to scene, while you shot the shambling undead to stay alive and rescue survivors. It was much harder than it sounds. Boss fights challenged you to aim at tiny, moving weak points, and the unforgiving arcade difficulty sucked quarters from your pocket. Repeated playthroughs revealed hidden paths that gave you more reasons to blow your change. All this remains true in The House of the Dead: Remake. The dialogue may be...
The House of the Dead: Remake gives the classic zombie-shooting game a frightfully fresh coat of paint, but its arcade roots create new problems as a home console release.
Gory, enhanced visuals; Cool, new modes and extras; Voice work has a schlocky, B-movie charm
Extremely short; Lacks a control scheme that's as accurate as a light gun