The House of the Dead 4
The House of the Dead 4 is a light gun arcade game with a horror theme and the fourth installment of the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Sega. The game takes place between the events of…
The House of the Dead 4 is a shooter developed by SEGA AM1, released 2 July 2005 on PlayStation 3 and Arcade.
What The House of the Dead 4 is
The House of the Dead 4 is a shooter game developed by SEGA AM1 and released in 2005. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Arcade. It runs on Sega Lindbergh. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 2003, veteran AMS agent James Taylor and rookie Kate Green gather intelligence at the fifth basement floor of the AMS' European headquarters. James suspects that the events of the 2000 Goldman case have not ended. A sudden earthquake rocks the room, collapsing the basement walls and trapping the agents. Several days later, while awaiting backup, James' PDA goes off; hordes of creatures appear on the security cameras. James and Kate arm themselves and escape. In a classified information room, they uncover a plot to fire nuclear missiles worldwide within 24 hours' time.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, survival and thriller. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the The House of the Dead series
The House of the Dead 4 is the sixth of 36 entries we hold in the The House of the Dead series. It arrived 8 months after Sega Superstars. The next entry was The House of the Dead 4: Special in 2006. Its critic score of 79 is 4 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is The House of the Dead: Overkill at 82.
How it was received
The House of the Dead 4 holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 67% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The House of the Dead 4 launched on 2 July 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The House of the Dead 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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