{"id":1523,"date":"2025-08-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:05:14","slug":"mini-review-the-house-of-the-dead-2-remake-switch-erratic-controls-chomp-at-another-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/mini-review-the-house-of-the-dead-2-remake-switch-erratic-controls-chomp-at-another-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Review: The House Of The Dead 2: Remake (Switch) &#8211; Erratic Controls Chomp At Another Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dead aim.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever messed around with a game\u2019s settings menu as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/house_of_the_dead_2_remake\">The House of the Dead 2: Remake<\/a>. And, unfortunately, try as I might, I could never get the game to feel &#8216;good&#8217;. Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/house_of_the_dead_remake\">its predecessor<\/a> on the Switch, Forever Entertainment\u2019s latest arcade revamp is limited to just two control schemes: analogue stick and gyro. Neither is an ideal way to play.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s start with the positives. This is a remarkably faithful remake of the 1998 original, maintaining everything that makes the experience so memorable \u2014 including wacky boss battles and god-awful voice acting \u2014 while providing an extensive overhaul of the visuals. It\u2019s a blast watching zombies\u2019 limbs and guts go flying with each successful shot, and the way the enemy design has been revamped feels both fresh and respectful at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/the-house-of-the-dead-2-remake\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead aim. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever messed around with a game\u2019s settings menu as much as The House of the Dead 2: Remake. And, unfortunately, try as I might, I could never get the game to feel &#8216;good&#8217;. Much like its predecessor on the Switch, Forever Entertainment\u2019s latest arcade revamp is limited to just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carrerstep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}