![]() ![]() ![]() The dialogue between Juliet and Nick might just be the funniest you'll hear in gaming all year, with the puns, jokes, and references hitting a grand slam one after another. James Gunn's writing fit perfectly with Suda51's gaming style, making this collaboration a match made in Heaven and drenched with demonic blood. The same cannot be said for Juliet's "Mickey" attack, which cannot be stopped once it's been started, which irked me when it came to needing them for the more tougher battles during the the levels. It was difficult not clicking the left control stick, which by doing so ignite's Nick's power-ups, but fortunately you can cancel out of it by pressing the B-button. However there was some noticeable hiccups in the area where the sensitivity of the controls kept me from using my biggest power-ups for the end. Props must be given during the final boss battle (which I cannot be spoiled here), as the look of the King of all zombies stood out as being the most wonderfully gruesome and hilarious.Ĭontrolling the game felt like a breeze for the most part. I did notice in a couple areas where there was some rendering issues, especially when there were more than twenty zombies on the screen at a time. The overall look of Lollipop Chainsaw looks like a more HD version of No More Heroes, what with its bright colors and comic-bookish attention to details. It's during the boss battles when the true fun is being had, where the sub-villains throw curse words, funkadelic space beams, and death metal slams upon Juliet's head. Another is more akin to classic arcade games (a trademark of Suda51's), with Juliet and the zombies looking 8-bitish and running through levels that look straight out of Namco's back catalogue. One level will have you slicing off heads while they're being thrown through a basketball hoop in order to score points. Lollipop Chainsaw finds its more creative approach in some of the mini-game aspects of its play-through. (You'll also get to literally mow down a bunch of zombies in one level, but I won't tell you when.) Nick will also come in handy with his own powerful maneuvers, and can also be used to solve puzzles via QTE maneuvers that are as challenging as they are fun to watch. You'll earn yourself a baseball-shooting gun later on in the game, as well as new combos that will mow down more zombies in one blow. It would've been great to see more variety in the zombie department, but for now what we are given is fine enough (seeing as many of these regular zombies will come at you in droves).įor maneuvers Juliet will have her trusty chainsaw handy to slice up the zombies, but it becomes far easier to take them down if you mix it up with her high kicks and punches. Many of the zombies you'll come across with be of average difficulty, but from time-to-time you'll face off with undead patrons that can fly, throw Molotov cocktails at you, or sometimes have explosives strapped onto them. ![]() Sometimes you'll be able to save your fellow classmates, but if you don't get to them in time they transform into a more powerful zombie than the regular ones. Each time you kill a zombie you will earn some coins for purchasing new tricks, maneuvers, upgrades, and health needs that will be needed as the game progresses. Split up into five levels, a prologue, and a final boss battle Lollipop Chainsaw will have players slash, kick, cheer, and shoot her way through the armies of the undead. It's up to Juliet and body-less Nick to save the day, kill all the zombies, and keep the peace in San Romero High. ![]() Come to find out the Starling family is no stranger to zombie attacks, as the idea of killing more of them excites the barely-legal cheerleader. The one behind the zombie apocalypse is Swan (Sean Gunn), a goth outcast who seeks to break the barrier between the human world and the Rotten World. Also there are zombies, and Nick finds himself being just a severed head hanging from Juliet's short skirt. Things turn for the worse, as she finds herself late for school. Players take control of Juliet Starling (Tara Strong, fresh off her heels as Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City), a cheerleader who is out to celebrate her eighteenth birthday by introducing the family to her boyfriend Nick (Michael Rosenbaum). This child would be known as Lollipop Chainsaw, a hilarious zombie gore fest that dared to be different in the best ways possible. The duo of Suda51 ( No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned) and James Gunn ( Tromeo & Juliet, Slither) decided to have their ideas make sweet love to one another, creating a love child that plays to the strengths of both fanbases. It took a crazed video game director and a cult filmmaker to add a sort of pizzazz we have never seen in this genre. Zombies have become the go-to thing when it comes to threats in the video game world. Video Games "Lollipop Chainsaw" Deserves A Rousing Cheer, Pom-Poms Optional ![]()
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