IGN has a first look at Rock of the Dead, a new Wii game from Epicenter, and it features voice work from Neil, with Felicia Day as his love interest for the game. According to their report, the game is similar to Typing of the Dead, in which zombies are killed using a QWERTY keyboard, but instead you use a Guitar controller (Guitar Hero/Rock Band controller compatible) to strum the bad guys to death.
The game doesn’t feature licensed music in the same vein as Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but it’s definitely music-focused. The team commissioned bands to create “rock” versions of classical music (Public domain, anyone?) and they sound pretty good as a backdrop to the action. According to Epicenter, the team has licensed Rob Zombie/White Zombie tracks for appropriate parts of the action. And I can’t forget to mention that the team commissioned the assistance of Neil Patrick Harris himself for the character lead in Rock of the Dead, who provides the cheesy outer-monologue and one-liners. Felicia Day’s the love interest here (Neil’s partner in crime in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long), and the game’s script was handled by the writer of The Witcher.
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