If you see anything glowing slightly, hit ‘tab’ to collect a power-up or a collectible souvenir, such as comic book pages, fake movie posters, or concept art Single letters appear as hurled weapons: Type them fast, or take damage. Pop-culture shout-outs abound in the phrases, as do odd combinations such as “useless trombonist” and “clumsy busker.” You don’t need to worry about capitalization, spaces, or punctuation. Your point of view moves through the game world automatically, and all you have to do is type every word that floats into view in order to kill the onrushing zombie hordes.
The viewpoint shifts between multiple characters, all classic 70s grindhouse archetypes. Each chapter arrives with a movie trailer voiceover that perfectly captures the spirit of the cheap, sleazy, crime dramas from the golden age of bad movies. The storyline is presented cinematically (though rendered in the game’s engine), with ‘film scratches’, a psychedelic ‘intermission’ screen when data is being loaded.
The language is “hard-R,” and there are strippers, violence, sexual innuendo, and all the other things lovingly documented in Sleazoid Express. Typing of The Dead: Overkill, based on zombie game House of the Dead: Overkill, is rated M-17+, and it deserves it.
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