Since you’re locked to a zombie’s sentence when you begin typing it, the developers have slotted in a feature that when the player hits backspace, it resets the typing, allowing the player to begin typing a word or letter that is related to the most dangerous enemy on screen. When it’s yellow, it means it’s fairly safe, but when it transforms red and begins to flash, then it means you best get your fingers into overdrive to prevent losing any health from being hit. This means players have to make sure to decipher what will hit them first, a zombie or the incoming item, which is representing by the text box being highlighted in a specific colour. The game makes sure that players keep their eyes on the action, because some zombies will throw items at the screen, which need deflecting by typing one or two letters. It would be easy to write it off as being dumb, if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s just so much fun, and of course it also benefits the users by teaching them to type quickly. It’s a stupid idea for a game, but in all honesty, it works, and it works well. Surviving in this game means typing out such lines as “ You’re no oil painting,” “ Embrace your anger,” “ Skin-tight leotard,” or even video game jokes like “ All your base are belong to us.” The amount of times I chuckled at words that came on screen and made no sense was easily over double digits. Instead, players must type out words or sentences to kill the undead. What’s different about The Typing of the Dead version of Overkill is that guns are no longer the weapon of choice. Yes, that’s Overkill in a nutshell and it’s all here on the PC.
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It’s the same setting and story for this PC release, which means it comes with the nine chapters from the PS3 version, the B-movie grind-house production, a ridiculous story you that takes some fantastic turns (climbing back into your own mother? What?!), and, of course, the Guinness World Record for having the most profanity in a video game. It’s not quite as fun as having a Wii remote or PlayStation Move in your hand and pretending it’s a gun, but it’s entertaining nonetheless. I don’t want to speak much about the original game, as that works fine on the PC with a mouse. If you’ve never played The House of the Dead: Overkill, then go read our original review for the Wii version, because what’s nice about The Typing of the Dead: Overkill is that it comes with the original title as well, meaning you can use your mouse as a light gun and shoot zombies in the face. With the subtitle of Overkill, fans should instantly know that this version of The Typing of the Dead is based on the PS3 port of The House of the Dead: Overkill, which was originally a Wii game, but was ported to PS3 and given two additional stages. Being a huge admirer of the original, I simply just had to check out this new release. The year is now 2013, and a completely unexpected follow up to The Typing of the Dead, named The Typing of the Dead: Overkill, sneakily shuffled onto the Steam release list like a zombie silently walking towards its oblivious prey. When my gaming life was on the line, I replied to the challenge and adapted until I got great at typing fast. It was either learn to touch type or deal with the threat of a Dreamcast rendered zombie from The House of the Dead 2 coming to take a chomp out of my younger self. The game single-handedly taught me to touch type. I have fond memories of the original The Typing of the Dead.
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