The game moves you around either as Agent James Taylor or Gary Stewart (Player 1 or Player 2), and your job is to shoot zombies in the brain. Like the brainless zombies, The House of the Dead 2, doesn’t provide puzzles, or intellectual challenges, and that is fine because the game delivers exactly what it set out to deliver. Without giving any spoilers, the conclusion to the game itself is not new, or groundbreaking by any means, but the journey is satisfying enough to make up for it. It is your, and your partner’s job to investigate this outbreak and its origins.
Mysterious sightings and events start occurring in the city of Venice, upon further investigation you discover that a zombie outbreak is what is actually happening. Story-wise the game doesn’t stray too far away from other popular zombie outbreaks portrayed in modern media. This success not only propelled the game to popularity but the 1998 game found its way to Dreamcast, Windows, and even a remastered version for the Nintendo Wii, years after its original release. It was featured in lists that placed it in the Top 100 games of all time, and that success was felt all across the world, from Japan to the United States, the game was a hit. An arcade classic, The House of The Dead 2, was deemed one of the most successful arcade games of its generation.
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