They and Varla then manage to catch up with Caesar at a train station, but as they argue over what to do with him, Caesar escapes on a train as G and Isaac give chase. As the three get into an argument, Varla abandons G and Isaac, who then go through a mutant-infested carnival to investigate, where they fight a conjoined mutant named Nigel and Sebastian. G and Isaac manage to escape the explosion, and hitch a ride on Varla's motorbike. As they pick up, Caesar taunts both G and Isaac before rigging the hospital to explode. After dispatching the mutants and battling a mutant woman called the Screamer, they find a ringing phone hidden inside the Screamer. G and Isaac eventually track Caesar to an abandoned hospital. Upon defeating Jasper, G and Isaac meet Varla Guns, a stripper and Jasper's sister who swears vengeance on Caesar. The pair first storm a mansion owned by Caesar out in the woods upon reaching the basement, they find Caesar gone, having fled the mansion, and tetraplegic scientist Jasper Guns horrifically mutated from injecting himself with an unknown substance. Due to the mutant outbreak, G is forced to team up with police detective Isaac Washington who is out to avenge his father's murder, which Caesar masterminded.
Typing of the dead overkill series#
In 1991, AMS Special Agent G is given his first assignment and sent to a small town in Louisiana to investigate a series of disappearances and hunt down crime boss Papa Caesar. Following this, the bunker for the experiments is shut down and abandoned. military begins testing a superhuman formula called Formula X, which turns test subjects into violent mutants. Upon completing the story mode, Director's Cut is unlocked providing the same game as story mode but with tougher enemies, extended levels and a limited amount of continues.ĭuring the Cold War, the U.S. New guns and gun upgrades can be bought with cash earned from the player's end of level score, between levels at the Gun Shop.
Along with score bonuses, other pick ups scattered throughout levels include health packs, grenades, the "Slow Mo-Fo" pick up that puts everything into slow motion temporarily and the "Evil Eye" feature in which shooting a certain environmental point destroys any lurking mutants nearby. At the end of each level, players are awarded a grade that depends on their final score among other factors such as not dying, and accuracy of shots. If one or both players die, points from their overall scores can be spent to continue playing.
Players can also build up a combo meter by killing mutants to receive a score, with further points gained by performing head shots, shooting bonus pickup, saving civilians and attaining multiple kills without missing a shot. The story mode can be played solo or with another human player, with one weapon or dual-wielding controls, once the option is unlocked. The player can point the reticle near the edge of the screen to move the camera angle slightly in that direction, allowing a further field of view known as "Danger Cam". Like previous games in the House of the Dead series, Overkill is a rail shooter, with the character moving along a predetermined path, and the shooting element under player control by pointing the Wii Remote at the screen, moving the aiming reticle.