The Typing of the Dead II, any froth?

_dementia · (04-22-2007, 08:18 PM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7CKlpdIh0

It's supposed to come out on PC/Mac this December in Japan.

Dragona Akehi · (04-22-2007, 08:19 PM)

I am currently frothing.

a Master Ninja · (04-22-2007, 08:23 PM)

I loved the original!

Joe Molotov · (04-22-2007, 08:24 PM)

Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:

I am currently frothing.

But is this causing your demand to increase?

Gigglepoo · (04-22-2007, 08:24 PM)

PC!? Bah! I have two Dreamcast Keyboards sitting idly by my TV, ready to be used again. Just give me this game and all will be forgiven.

neptunes · (04-22-2007, 08:25 PM)

could this work as a PSN/XBLA title?

Dragona Akehi · (04-22-2007, 08:25 PM)

Originally Posted by Joe Molotov:

But is this causing your demand to increase?

I am currently dragging the Dreamcast out for 2-player TOTD action NOW.

Verve · (04-22-2007, 08:25 PM)

lol, just looked up typing of the dead on wikipedia because I never heard of it... and I really like the idea!
Perfect non-boring typing-training... Could really imagine a purchase!

a Master Ninja · (04-22-2007, 08:26 PM)

Originally Posted by neptunes:

could this work as a PSN/XBLA title?

Both support USB keyboards, so I'd think so.

GhaleonEB · (04-22-2007, 08:26 PM)

+1 froth, as long as it comes to the US for PC.

Moses · (04-22-2007, 08:27 PM)

That video has some REALLY big words, and fast moving zombies.

SHOTEH FOCK OP · (04-22-2007, 08:27 PM)

It would be cool if they launched this on XBLA when the controller keyboard comes out!

Gigglepoo · (04-22-2007, 08:29 PM)

Originally Posted by SHOTEH FOCK OP:

It would be cool if they launched this on XBLA when the controller keyboard comes out!

You clearly haven't played the original. Trying to type extremely fast with that tiny keyboard, zombies closing in on you... Do not want!

Dragona Akehi · (04-22-2007, 08:30 PM)

Originally Posted by Gigglepoo:

You clearly haven't played the original. Trying to type extremely fast with that tiny keyboard, zombies closing in on you... Do not want!

360/PS3 both support usb keyboard right? Shouldn't be a problem.

I BOUGHT A SECOND DC KEYBOARD FOR THIS GAME.

HOW AWESOME?

SO AWESOME.

MirageDwarf · 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by SHOTEH FOCK OP:

It would be cool if they launched this on XBLA when the controller keyboard comes out!

It would be tough to type that fast on that small keyboard.

I never knew about this game. Cool concept. There should be web based version of this game. Does it exist?

Ogni-XR21 · (04-22-2007, 08:30 PM)

Love part 1, got the PC version, might just install it again right now... only downside for me is that it's setup for qwerty keyboards, and I use a qwertz keyboard.

Maybe there's a patch to fix this...

PepsimanVsJoe · (04-22-2007, 08:31 PM)

Hmm based off of HoTD III huh?

Loses some of the charm when the characters are wielding shotguns and not keyboards.
The first game is fantastic, a required purchase for DC/PC/etc owners.

SHOTEH FOCK OP · (04-22-2007, 08:32 PM)

Originally Posted by Gigglepoo:

You clearly haven't played the original. Trying to type extremely fast with that tiny keyboard, zombies closing in on you... Do not want!

Oh I loved the original to death. I can type pretty fast on a tiny keyboard, but yah, I just want this game to come out here no matter what.

Gigglepoo · (04-22-2007, 08:32 PM)

Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:

360/PS3 both support usb keyboard right? Shouldn't be a problem.

I like the all caps excitement.

I want this on my X360. I just don't think it would even be possible to use that tiny keyboard. My hand hurts just thinking about it.

(I hate two DC keyboards too...

)

olubode · (04-22-2007, 08:32 PM)

Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:

360/PS3 both support usb keyboard right? Shouldn't be a problem.

I BOUGHT A SECOND DC KEYBOARD FOR THIS GAME.

HOW AWESOME?

SO AWESOME.

PS3 has official USB keyboard support. Even though 360 has usb's, IIRC keyboards are not enabled to work.

SHOTEH FOCK OP · (04-22-2007, 08:33 PM)

Originally Posted by olubode:

PS3 has official USB keyboard support. Even though 360 has usb's, IIRC keyboards are not enabled to work.

What, everyone uses keyboards on the Xbox 360. Or am I not understanding your post completely?

Gigglepoo · (04-22-2007, 08:35 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogni-XR21:

Love part 1, got the PC version, might just install it again right now... only downside for me is that it's setup for qwerty keyboards, and I use a qwertz keyboard.

Maybe there's a patch to fix this...

That would be a hell of a patch. The game has real words, though they sound like gimmerish in the context they fall in. Someone would have to come up with different words for every enemy to take advantage of your "special" needs.

I've never used a Kezboard, it is really that much harder to type certain words? It's not like QWERTY is all that logical anyway.

olubode, no game on X360 uses the keyboard for gameplay now, but that could be implemented quite easily.

Linkzg · (04-22-2007, 08:36 PM)

I will buy this, Typing of the Dead helped me speed up my typing

this actually makes me want Mario Teaches Typing on VC

Jumpman Jr. · (04-22-2007, 08:36 PM)

As a two Dreamcast keyboards owner myself, I am totally frothing at TOTD II.

I will also froth for Pinball of the Dead II, as well.

olubode · (04-22-2007, 08:38 PM)

Originally Posted by SHOTEH FOCK OP:

What, everyone uses keyboards on the Xbox 360. Or am I not understanding your post completely?

Oh? I might be thinking about keyboard AND mouse support. Sorry

_dementia · (04-22-2007, 08:39 PM)

Originally Posted by Jumpman Jr.:

I will also froth for Pinball of the Dead II, as well.

This is a no-brainer for DS.

Dragona Akehi · (04-22-2007, 08:42 PM)

Originally Posted by olubode:

PS3 has official USB keyboard support. Even though 360 has usb's, IIRC keyboards are not enabled to work.

Really? Lame-o. If that's the case it can be on Wii as well. :P

PepsimanVsJoe · 08:52 PM

Um the 360 supports keyboards for gameplay. I grabbed some cheapo $20 usb keyboard from Wal-mart and it works just fine on FFXI. It wasn't exactly perfect but I'm blaming it on the cheapo keyboard and possibly something crazy about the framerate and keyboard inputs that causes me to type the same letter twice for no reaason.

It also makes general 360 stuff(sending messages, inputting fields) so much easier.

Mouse + keyboard is still a dream though.

Originally Posted by Nuclear Muffin:

Woohoo, I loved the original (is this based on HOTD 3?, I've never played it so I wouldn't know!)

Dahym though, looks ****ing hard in that video though! My feeble fingers can't keep up with that!

#1: Yep. HOTD 3 uses a shotgun as opposed to the handgun from HOTD 1/2(or an SMG from HOTD4 for that matter). Thus enemies tend to be grouped together so you can take out multiple zombies in a single shot. This aspects seems to be carried over well in TOTD2 as words are strung together over multiple zombies to have the same effect.

#2: Words like "Kayensoaguassokoyiori" go right over my head, I imagine I'd get slaughtered trying to play the JPN version of this.

Nuclear Muffin · (04-22-2007, 08:47 PM)

Woohoo, I loved the original (is this based on HOTD 3?, I've never played it so I wouldn't know!)

Dahym though, looks ****ing hard in that video though! My feeble fingers can't keep up with that!

NinjaPlease · (04-22-2007, 08:50 PM)

If this comes to the US, it has to have some Uwe Boll jokes in there, amirite?

Ogni-XR21 · (04-22-2007, 08:51 PM)

Originally Posted by Gigglepoo:

That would be a hell of a patch. The game has real words, though they sound like gimmerish in the context they fall in. Someone would have to come up with different words for every enemy to take advantage of your "special" needs.

I've never used a Kezboard, it is really that much harder to type certain words? It's not like QWERTY is all that logical anyway.

olubode, no game on X360 uses the keyboard for gameplay now, but that could be implemented quite easily.

Well here in germany we use a setup for keyboard that has the "z" and the "y" switched (plus the letters ä/ö/ü/ß, but these don't matter, but the keyboard is just setup a bit different for other symbols like :/'/#/=/...). This makes it a bit hard to play since the game is not customized to these kinds of keyboards and is in fact using the qwertz setup - this means you have to type "z" to write "y". But as you might know you have to type blind and FAST, which can be quite confusing.
Now this patch would not have to change the words at all, but change the keyboard setup for the game, so it resembles the german qwertz keyboard.

Back then I was kind of used to typing z for y, since I was playing the US version of PSO on DC for quite some time. But nowadays I'm just not used to typing like this any more.

Draft · (04-22-2007, 08:52 PM)

automatically amazing. GOTY. Day one purchase. Other games can cry.

Typing of the Dead was the BEST bargain bin gaming purchase I ever made. THE BEST.

msdstc · (04-22-2007, 08:56 PM)

Cannot wait for this, I'm being dead serious the first one was so intense, and it trained me at the same time... who needs a DS when you got typing of the dead to train your brain

. Anyways I guess I should get ready for carpel tunnel.

Kiriku · (04-22-2007, 08:56 PM)

Originally Posted by olubode:

Oh? I might be thinking about keyboard AND mouse support. Sorry

Just as Gigglepoo mentioned earlier in this thread, there's no keyboard support in 360 games (I don't know if that's true for a game like FFXI as well though, must be a pain if that's the case).
But you can plug in a USB keyboard to type messages to your friends.

GCQuinton · (04-22-2007, 09:06 PM)

I never played any of the original, but it'd be pretty cool if this wound up over here. Wreck shit with typing

Nuclear Muffin · (04-22-2007, 09:06 PM)

Originally Posted by Ogni-XR21:

Well here in germany we use a setup for keyboard that has the "z" and the "y" switched (plus the letters ä/ö/ü/ß, but these don't matter, but the keyboard is just setup a bit different for other symbols like :/'/#/=/...). This makes it a bit hard to play since the game is not customized to these kinds of keyboards and is in fact using the qwertz setup - this means you have to type "z" to write "y". But as you might know you have to type blind and FAST, which can be quite confusing.
Now this patch would not have to change the words at all, but change the keyboard setup for the game, so it resembles the german qwertz keyboard.

Back then I was kind of used to typing z for y, since I was playing the US version of PSO on DC for quite some time. But nowadays I'm just not used to typing like this any more.

If you were desperate to play, you could always switch the letter buttons around

Wario64 · (04-22-2007, 09:10 PM)

Put this on X360 with XBL co-op please.

Ogni-XR21 · (04-22-2007, 09:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Nuclear Muffin:

If you were desperate to play, you could always switch the letter buttons around

I actually used to do that

, but it doesn't help much when you're typing blind.

Piscopink · (04-22-2007, 09:53 PM)

100% awesome!

I hope it comes up with amazing phrases like it did with the DC. Nothing will ever beat, "Rental Underwear".

Alpha_eX · (04-22-2007, 09:56 PM)

TOTD was ace, had the pc and dc versions, looking forward to this.

Shame they didn't swap guns with keyboards this time round.

John Dunbar · (04-22-2007, 09:59 PM)

I might be missing something here, but didn't you just type in words in the original?

Dragona Akehi · (04-22-2007, 10:02 PM)

Originally Posted by John Dunbar:

I might be missing something here, but didn't you just type in words in the original?

Yeeesss. AND IT WAS AWESOME.

Zeitgeister · (04-22-2007, 10:04 PM)

Awesome, it's been a while since TotD 1.

haowan · 10:15 PM

froth total

froth confirmed

Uh, whatever. I'm frothing!

edit: oh man :( they are not carrying keyboards anymore :(

iapetus · (04-22-2007, 10:12 PM)

Much frothage here as well.

GhaleonEB · (04-22-2007, 10:27 PM)

Originally Posted by John Dunbar:

I might be missing something here, but didn't you just type in words in the original?

I the gun versions you just point and shoot. Boooring!

Martial Loh · (04-22-2007, 10:36 PM)

must. own. now.

i was always quite confident that my typing speed n skillz were pretty good, till i played the first game. muchos frothos.

DieH@rd · (04-22-2007, 10:37 PM)

AT LAST!!! Awesome news!

VultureDude · (04-22-2007, 10:49 PM)

anyone notice that the main characters don't have keyboards strapped to them as in the orginal?

:(

edit: ppl already noticed in their edits...

Daigoro · (04-23-2007, 12:54 AM)

multi DC keyboard owners UNITE!