House of the Dead III
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House of the Dead III is an arcade game produced by Sega in 2003 and developed by WOW Entertainment as well as a title for the Xbox. A PC version was released in February 2005. It is a first-person shooter and the second sequel to the House of the Dead series of arcade games. It continues the story of the first two games and introduces some new gameplay concepts. In the game, the player may control Lisa Rogan, daughter of Thomas Rogan, the "player one" of the first game.
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Storyline
The game takes place in the year 2019, twenty years after House of the Dead II. Civilization has long since collapsed and Lisa Rogan's father has disappeared while investigating a suspicious office complex. Lisa and Agent G travel there with automatic shotguns in hand to find him and figure out what is going on.
Gameplay
House of the Dead III departs from the original games in two ways: weaponry and story branching. The former is immediately apparent upon playing the Xbox version. The new shotgun as a weapon no longer requires the traditional "shoot off the screen" reload, but rather reloads automatically. Reloading still takes time, but happens without prompt as soon as the gun needs it. The arcade version differs here, because there is the presence of a light gun shotgun on the machines, allowing for similair speedy reloading.
A branching storyline existed in the previous games, but was handled differently. In HODIII, the player is given options for navigating through the game before some levels, ultimately going through the same areas with different results dependent on order.
External Links
- Gamespot Review (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/houseofthedead3/)