Fun, but overall, its just not worth it....
House of The Dead 3 plays like any other Arcade shooter, shoot whats on the screen, then the screen moves to let you shoot more stuff!!! However i just didnt find it as fun as some other Arcade Shooters (like Time Crisis). Maybe it was the lack of weapons and the "wide variety" (sarcasm) of enemies. Yep, the enemies are basiclly all the same, 1-like 5 hit kills and they usually just come at you with no stardegy at all. There is also i think 5 levels with only one boss in each, there arent any mini bosses or parts where you have to just shoot shoot shoot at one thing (with a good ai). But to make this game decent, you need a light gun. You can play with a normal controller but it just takes the fun straight out of it. Thats it for graphics i think...
The graphics are pretty good, standerd Xbox graphics and pretty clear. Nothing wrong with them, but nothing to wow over.
The music is alright as are the sound effects, although the damage effects do get a tad annoying.
The game is really short, you could get through this easily in under a half an hour, although i am still have troubles with the last boss. But there is a bonus feature that allows you to play house of the Dead 2 and i think House of the Dead One. House of the Dead Is decent for the time you play it for, but when you finish it you might as well just return it and buy it again when you feel like playing it again, because once you get boed of this game, it it boooooooring!