In general, House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return is a fun little package, just as long as you don't mind dropping the still-high asking price of $30 bucks. With that being said, players aren't missing much, as the first game wasn't exactly an amazing experience, and disc space issues may have sacrificed quality on House of the Dead 2 if all three were crammed into one box. Our guess is that the original House of the Dead wasn't included because, quite frankly, it hasn't been ported to any other system in the past, and it wasn't worth the time. House of the Dead 2 is a simple move over from DC, and it looks and runs just like it did a decade ago, while House of the Dead 3 is a port from Xbox, though it looks to have a bit of a graphical hit at times, and does slow down during streaming loads. House of the Dead 2 & 3 is in all ways a quick port, and not something that SEGA spent any serious time and cash on.
So why not include the original House of the Dead in the compilation? It's quite simple really. These+are+great+games.++They're+also+old,+expensive,+unchanged+great+games.
It was never worth the extra token back then, but that's the beauty of owning these suckers. We'd suggest grabbing a friend for these two classic arcade experiences, but with the ease of the Wii remotes it's also extremely rewarding to grab one controller in each hand, and dual-wield like you always dreamed of doing in arcades. For a quick $30 players can pick up this two-game set, grab a couple Wii remotes, and blast though the 1998 House of the Dead 2, and 2002's House of the Dead III (now renamed to "3") respectively. The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return is a compilation of two direct ports, and not much else. When we first heard about Wii's ability to do IR, light gun games came to mind, and we remember praying that SEGA start releasing its classic light gun games in compilations for everyone to enjoy, whether it be an updated remake or simple port. That tradition carried on with House of the Dead 2, 3, and 4, and it didn't end in the arcades, as House of the Dead 2 released on Dreamcast, and House of the Dead III on Xbox, both purchased along with two light guns, and promptly destroyed over, and over, and over again. The original release was nothing to write home about, but we remember blowing through the game during our first time in front of the cabinet. In short, these titles arm you with weapons and ask you to blast hordes of zombies from the first-person. Between the arcade, Dreamcast, and Xbox versions of House of the Dead, we've personally put enough time into the series to justify a trip to the psych ward.
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