House of the Dead is an inherently campy series, so this game goes full on and embraces the camp to its utmost extent. Out with guns, in with keyboards, with the in game models adjusted accordingly. The projectiles that zombies throw at you are also now comical weapons like plastic hammers and frying pans rather than blades, there is no semblance of seriousness here. It knows that it's a version of house of the dead where you kill enemies by typing words on a keyboard, and it plays that to its strength.

You'd think that something like this would be really gimmicky, but it's actually kinda crazy how well the core feelings of HoTD translate over to ToTD. Speed and accuracy are still an absolute must for survival, just now instead of quickly aiming and firing gunshots, it's all about accurate and fast typing. There's still a solid sense of thrill to it, though I did notice from playing this back-to-back with the regular game that they adjusted a lot of zombie placements to have more things to type. The difficulty is also rather inconsistent, as it's really all up to the luck of whether or not the game will spit out an easy-to-type phrase on enemies that will give you enough time to type the whole thing out. Couple that with the lack of any real ability to switch targets once you commit to typing, and sometimes a stray projectile can cost you a life that you otherwise would have been able to save. It's goofier House of the Dead with some minor pacing differences.

I remember back when I got this game I thought that this was all I could ever need in the series, that nothing else in the house of the dead series could ever be as good as this so I shouldn't even bother. Ironically, I think by now after playing both games a solid amount of time, I've grown to actually prefer killing zombies with a gun over a keyboard. So while this game is still a genius idea with solid execution, don't be like me and have this be all you play in the series for several years.

Are we developing shitposting skills or killing time shredding zombies? The Typing of the Dead series has you gatting zombies and typing out an essay at the same time; every big brain word scratches off another of the mutant undead. Typing Dead chads transcened common knowledge, their IQ expands to triple digits every time "Salad" is typed out in rythymic sequence. It's the definitive typing-learning experience, bundled with carnage and bad voice acting, there is no other combiation of media that will offer you or others the ideal learning enviroment. Throw in mod support and official DLCs, and you have endless ways to save the world by demolishing every word and walker in your path.

The House of the Dead series is probably one of my most favorite series of all time. I also love typing games. I've only ever been able to emulate this game, which has occurred intermittently over the last five years or so, but every time I come back to it I have a blast. All of the original charm of House of the Dead 2, plus even more unrestrained wackiness and humor. Not only is it enjoyable for the silliness, but genuinely challenging and very difficult at times, keeping me pretty glued. I love how easy it is these days to use my normal keyboard to play it in an emulator, and I can see myself coming back to this as long as I live.

Top notch voice acting, ten out of ten.

This game is really fuckin' fun though, it's a lot more stricter on the errors unlike TToTD: Overkill, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable. The dated graphics make up for a lot of its charm too. Common 90s-2000s Sega W game.

Try beating this game on the hardest difficulty using only one credit, that shit is hard as balls, and gets dependent on the RNG you get to type words. It took me like fuckin' ten tries to do that.

Insanely fun, but without enough effort to compensate for the difference in difficulty between typing and shooting (I finished in one try with credits to spare, while I'm not sure I'll ever see the ending of the original game). Mostly, it makes me think of how much I like House of the Dead 2, and notice what's missing here -- the risk/reward of saving civilians, the always legible enemy design allowing immediate enough understanding of their weak spots to allow careful aiming, and how much I miss these things while playing this. The third boss, who asks questions and requires you to type the correct answer from three choices, is a highlight, and an example of the type of gameplay modification this could've used more of.