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The House of the Dead III is a Survival horror arcade game produced by Sega in 2003 and developed by WOW Entertainment. It was ported to the Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It is a first person light gun game and the second sequel to the House of the Dead series of arcade games. It continues the story of the first two games and introduces some new gameplay concepts. In the game, the player controls either Lisa Rogan, daughter of Thomas Rogan, the "player one" of the first game, or G.

Gameplay

House of the Dead III departs from the original games in two ways: weaponry and story branching. The former is immediately apparent upon playing the Xbox version. The new shotgun as a weapon no longer requires the traditional "shoot off the screen" reload, but rather reloads automatically. Reloading still takes time, but happens without prompt as soon as the gun needs it. The arcade version differs here, because there is the presence of a light gun shotgun on the machines, allowing for similar speedy reloading.

A branching storyline existed in the previous games, but was handled differently. In HODIII, the player is given options for navigating through the game before some levels, ultimately going through the same areas with different results dependent on order.

Another important difference is the absence of civilians. Unlike the first two House of the Dead games, in which players acted as an armed Search and Rescue party for the various people in peril, House of the Dead III contains no extra personnel beyond those central two the story.

Story and Characters

The game is set in the year 2019, nineteen years after House of the Dead 2
. Civilization has long since collapsed and Thomas Rogan has disappeared while investigating a suspicious research facility. Lisa, Thomas' daughter, and G travel there with automatic shotguns in hand to find him and figure out what is happening.

Thomas Rogan

A key witness to the 1998 Curien Mansion Case, Thomas Rogan had apparently left the AMS as of 2019. For the last sixteen years, Rogan was investigating the cause of the collapse of the world. After receiving disturbing reports that the EFI research facility was behind the world collapse, Rogan headed for the facility with a team of elite commandos in tow. Ultimately, Rogan was rescued by his daughter.

Dan Taylor

An elite commando who was part of the team assembled by Thomas Rogan to investigate a research facility located in a desolate wasteland. The facility had been linked to the global collapse and to Dr. Curien in some way. By the beginning of the game, Dan was Rogan's only surviving commando, the others having fallen to the rampaging zombie hordes.

Like his comrade, Thomas Rogan, G has also left the AMS. He helped Lisa in the search for her father.

Lisa Rogan

The daughter of former AMS Thomas Rogan and former DBR scientist Sophie Richards. Living in the shadow of her well-known father, Lisa was often the subject of comparisons between her father and herself. She barely had any memories with her father, who often placed greater priority with his work. Nineteen years old by 2019, Lisa commenced a search for her father with G two weeks after contact with her father was lost. After fighting past a host of undead within the EFI research facility located in a wasteland, Lisa managed to rescue her father and destroy the final legacy of the infamous Dr. Curien.

Dr. Roy Curien

Formerly a celebrated scientist, Dr. Roy Curien has become notorious for his role as creator of the undead. What most people did not know was Dr. Curien's ulterior motives. Several years before the Curien Mansion Case, Daniel, the son of Dr. Curien, suffered a seemingly terminal disease that left him comatose. Dr. Curien himself decided to find the cure to his son's illness, leading to his research into the nature of life and death. In his efforts to save his son, Dr. Curien lost his own soul, leaving him disillusioned and insane. Although Dr. Curien died at the conclusion of the Curien Mansion Case, the results of his research have continued to wreak havoc on the world for years.

Daniel Curien

The son of Dr. Roy Curien, Daniel suffered a seemingly terminal disease that left him comatose for years. By 2019, he seems to have been cured of his illness. He also helps Lisa destroy the monster that was once his father, as a sign that he is ready to face the future no matter what happens.

In one of the endings of this game, a mysterious man picks up a canister from the floor of the chamber where the final battle took place. According to the memories of Dr. Curien, the canister supposedly contains the genes necessary for the animation of undead. The mystery man says, "It would seem that he failed to understand its true purpose." Although his back is towards the game screen, those who look carefully will notice that he is limping on his right leg and may be wearing a business suit.

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