Just like the 2006 arcade version, enemies now get in close and grab the player.

HotD 4 changes up the control scheme from previous entries.

Keep riding those rails until the end of the level, face a boss, and move on. Once a room is clear you're whisked away to the next hall of horrors. If you've played a PS3 version of a HotD game (or any on-rails shooter, for that matter), you know the drill: Kill waves of enemies with your controller of choice, either the regular Dual Shock (Gross), the PS Move (Bingo!), or the PS Sharp Shooter (Overcompensate, much?). As in most HotD games, the story is just an obstacle that gets in the way of shooting baddies. HotD 4 follows Kate Green and James Taylor as they attempt to escape a zombie apocalypse or prevent a nuclear attack, or something. The first player can earn trophies the second player is along for the ride. Drop-in/drop-out local play is supported. Let's get this out of the way now: the co-op works in the same fashion as in HotD 3. Just shoot everything that moves and you'll do a good job.

You need to know only one thing, and that's the same damn thing you needed to know in the first HotD and every single game that followed: 'Zombies! Shoot'em!' To be fair, sometimes the zombies are giant monsters, and in one game they were actually called mutants, but you get the idea. HotD 4 takes place between the events of HotD 2 and HotD 3, even though part 3 was released before part 4. HotD 4 has finally made its way to home consoles, thanks to the PSN and the PlayStation Move. It was originally released in arcades back in 2006, and really, who (in this country) has been to an arcade since 1998? No - Dave and Buster's doesn't count. Only one entry in the series has eluded me: The House of the Dead 4. From the blocky polygonal arcade beginnings of the first House of the Dead, to the foul-mouthed shenanigans of The House of the Dead - Overkill: Extended Cut. Ah, The House of the Dead series, how I love it.

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