The Typing of the Dead: Overkill is a downright riot. I loved the hilarious, cheesy B-movie dialogue and the nonsensical story. And the gameplay itself was various, different, and entertaining.

The story isn’t written that seriously and the dialogue fits perfectly with intentional cheesy lines and some just plain hilarious writing. I played through the game a total of 4 times (for achievements) and I found myself watching the cutscenes -almost- every time because they just entertained me that much. The voice acting was pretty good overall; even when it faltered, it still fit the overall ambiance of the game anyway.

The typing mode is the selling point of the game. It definitely provided me with a novel experience; I don’t think I have played a game with a mechanic like there is in this before. The original Typing of the Dead came out in 1999, but I had never played anything like it until now. I enjoyed it a lot. Playing on hard, with DLC and/or workshop content can make it a lot of fun with various hilarious things to type out as fast as you can without making a mistake.

The classic mode was also enjoyable to me. It is an on-rails shooter, staying true to the original, light-gun arcade style. It definitely brought on some nostalgia playing it.

Staying true to the hilarious, light-hearted nature of the game it is not difficult at all. You have unlimited continues, so even if you mess up you just keep going (and don’t even have to drop in another quarter). There is no backtracking required too.

The graphics were not the best, but it’s mostly intentional: there is supposed to be an old-school, drive-in, grindhouse feel to the game. However one thing that isn't intentional and occurs on a lot of user’s systems is that random parts of the models (an arm, both arms, the head, all of the above) of the mutant-zombies will pop in and out… and this did occur in my game too. It didn’t really bother me that much in the typing mode because I was focused on the sentences, but in the classic mode it was a little disappointing shooting at invisible, un-rendered mutant-zombie heads. There may even be ways to fix it depending on your system, but you will have to look into that yourself.

If you are a gamer who is looking for a taste of something different and novel, or a taste of something from ghosts of arcades past, this game has an offering of both. With the available workshop content the typing mode has limitless possibilities. Mix all that with some hilarious scenes, and homage to cheesy, horror B-movies and you get a just simply entertaining experience.

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There's something genius about killing Zombie strippers by rapidly typing phrases like "MONEY ON THE COUNTER" and "NIPPLE TASSLES".

Wonderful exploitation storyline, straight out of the brain-farts of Tarantino, and I'm pretty certain my typing speed's increased thanks to it. Arguable educational tool?

Yes.

Have you ever wanted to kill zombies by typing sexual tyrannosaur or kill them with shakespears literature? ♥♥♥♥ YEA?! THEN THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU!

10/10 would type chesse to kill a zombie again

Type as fast to stay alive. This is a typing game that will really push you to your limits. It can be funny at times what this game throws at you on what to type. Its a great challenge for slow typers and fast typers. It should teach you real fast not to look down at your fingers when you type. I have a blank keyboard and totally love playing this game. It pushes my typing to the next level.

This is when all the right type meets video games. Your keyboard is your weapon.

The typing of the dead is about typing fast, and firing off as many shots as you can as quickly as you can with each letter you type. This game could only appeal to those gamer's who for whatever reason, like typing as quick as they can or like practicing their typing skills.

The story mode does it's best to go as ludicrous as possible. Two of our main characters are lunatic gunmen who love their dialogue. It's entertaining, while some may find it tacky or simply corny. One of the first things I noticed in this game mode is that zombies were missing half their body at times (check screen shots). The word that you needed to type would be there, but only the zombies head or maybe arms were present. There are different modes in the game such as mini-games, multiplayer, and even an overkill mode. Without these different modes, I'm sure the game would get old... very fast. What bugs me to an extreme extent is the game ignores commas and spaces. I tried the easiest to the hardest difficulty and in no way does that matter for punctuation, spaces, or dashes. I would say for a typing game, you can't simply ignore punctuation if you are going to include it in the game.

Even with some zombies missing their torso, I still like the game as it gives me a reason to practice my typing. Some gamer's may find it quickly boring, some may actually like the arcade set style Sega used in this.

One complaint though, I can't change video settings... only brightness. Also, the loading times at certain screens are brutal.

Overall rating : 6.9-7/10




A "mutant" missing their torso + extra added gimmick in game play

Overkill game mode in lieu of the classic typing game mode

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One of the mini-game modes