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House of the Dead III in cell Shading?!? It seems impossible, but let’s take a step back in time … It was 2003 and House of the Dead III, the famous Sega shooter, raged in the arcades, like previous episodes of the series.
Sega decided to port it to a home console, and since it was based on the Sega Chihiro hardware, they decided on the Xbox. So, SEGA announced the development of a port for Xbox was under way and showed some screens to the public. The early screens had a special feature, using the technique of Cell Shading which made the game look like a color cartoon, with characters drawn with a black marker.
However, the idea was soon abandoned. The causes of abandonment are still unknown, but it is thought that the idea of a graphic “cartoon” in a game as violent as HOTD III would not satisfy the fans, who would definitely prefer “normal” graphics.
Thanks to UK Boogie for the english translation!
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8 Responses to House Of The Dead 3 [Cell Shading Proto]
Bill
December 4th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Translation would be nice. Tried to use a translation site but it was a bit garbled. :-/
monokoma
December 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
we are working on the various translations.. HotD3 soon i hope :)
Jack
August 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Apparently not hard enough
dude
February 19th, 2010 at 2:17 am
While i am happy with the buggy Overkill i bought and can’t help but feel this game would increase my happiness as well.
treeckoman
July 3rd, 2010 at 8:47 pm
actually, a cel-shaded house of the dead would be awesome!
UK Boogie
December 29th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
House of the Dead III in cell Shading?!? It seems impossible, but let’s take a step back in time … It was 2003 and House of the Dead III, the famous Sega shooter, raged in the arcades, like previous episodes of the series.
Sega decided to port it to a home console, and since it was based on the Sega Chihiro hardware, they decided on the Xbox. So, SEGA announced the development of a port for Xbox was under way and showed some screens to the public. The early screens had a special feature, using the technique of Cell Shading which made the game look like a color cartoon, with characters drawn with a black marker.
However, the idea was soon abandoned. The causes of abandonment are still unknown, but it is thought that the idea of a graphic “cartoon” in a game as violent as HOTD III would not satisfy the fans, who would definitely prefer “normal” graphics.
monokoma
December 29th, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Thanks for the translation Uk Boogie! I have updated the page :)
vicente
August 20th, 2012 at 2:38 am
HOTD 3 was announced in 2003, it was actually in january 24 2001 according to gamespot, and it was meant to be a dreamcast title.
But the first screenshots were from the xbox in october 25 2001.