What makes a good videogame death? Dramatic timing? Screenshot-worthy spectacle? Or maybe just getting devoured by a monster because having to type 'AMPLE MINGE' to attack it induced a helpless giggling fit. While not a laugh-a-minute experience, Blood Typers has been a very pleasant and frequently funny surprise—a co-op fusion of Typing Of The Dead's madcap keyboard tutoring and the (still PS2-bound) multiplayer survival horror joys of Resident Evil Outbreak. Not bad for less than $10.
Despite being controlled purely through typing (with the shift keys to pan your camera left and right), this is a full-blooded survival horror game. A lack of puzzles aside, everything you'd expect in a Resident Evil or equivalent is present and correct. Inventory management, safe rooms, weapons with limited ammo, keys, complex navigation and an assortment of monsters attempting to eat your brains, with maps reshuffled roguelike style, giving each of the four scenarios (with at least one more coming in updates) decent replay value.
