Again in 2012, the world was a really totally different place. There was no pandemic, there was no power disaster, and the price of dwelling was about as benign because it ever will get. What else was taking place in 2012? Effectively, Suda51 and James Gunn, someday movie director, had been collaborating on a sport. The identify of that sport? Lollipop chainsaw, and it solely obtained a bit bit weirder from there on out. So include me to a world of zombies, chainsaws and lollipops as we glance again…
Now, Suda51 has lengthy been recognized for his “distinctive” tackle video video games, with some odd titles below his belt like Shadows of the Damned and Killer is Lifeless. Whereas Lollipop Chainsaw was a bit totally different when it comes to motion, it was bang in keeping with his fashion for the opposite titles.
The story of the sport is an efficient living proof as a robust component in his video games is the visible fashion of the graphics and for Lollipop Chainsaw an illustrator by the identify of “NekoshowguN” (sure, with two capital N’s) was recruited, and her designs for Juliet and the zombies had been definitely memorable. It was her work on designing Juliet’s precise chainsaw that stands out, as for a chunk of zombie slicing {hardware} it’s definitely very female and fairly. Simply what you need, proper?
The music was additionally fascinating, because the totally different worlds all had very totally different musical types, based mostly on the fashion of music the boss was purported to embody. With Juliet’s squeals and revving chainsaw, it was definitely by no means a boring play.
In any case, Juliet Starling is an eighteen 12 months previous cheerleader, in truth as Lollipop Chainsaw opens it’s truly her 18th birthday, and she or he has organized for her household to fulfill her boyfriend, Nick, for the primary time. And wouldn’t you already know it, however a zombie outbreak simply so occurs to happen proper as Juliet arrives in school. Fortunately, it seems that Juliet has been coaching all her life for this second and so she busts out her chainsaw (not my first alternative for preventing zombies, I’ve to say, I’d choose one thing with a bit extra vary) and slices and dices her approach to meet Nick.
Sadly, Nick is bitten by a zombie, and so Juliet slices off his head. Are you able to see the Suda51 affect but? Fortuitously, Juliet has a number of tips up her sleeves (effectively, she doesn’t have sleeves, however you get the place I’m coming from) and manages to maintain Nick’s head alive in a jar, which she attaches to her belt so she will take him on an journey. It seems that the zombie assault has been organised by a Goth often called Swan and he has summoned 5 Darkish Purveyors, clever zombies which might be purported to embody the spirits of sure sorts of music, from Punk to traditional Rock n Roll. As Juliet works her method via all 5 of the bosses, and their surrounding hordes, she will get nearer to a closing showdown with Swan. I’m not going to say any extra concerning the story, as the sport continues to be price a play at the moment, though solely when you’ve got an Xbox 360 or PS3 kicking about, because it was by no means included within the Backwards Compatibility program, sadly.
The motion on provide right here is that of a 3rd particular person hack and slash sport, as you could have guessed from the title. The chainsaw is your default weapon, and whereas Nick can be utilised in fight, principally by plonking his jar on prime of a headless zombie, you’ll spend most of your time slicing and dicing. Nick can be of use by accumulating “Nick Tickets”, which permit him to utilise varied strikes comparable to making teams of zombies groggy, or bombarding them from a distance. Fortunately, as she goes via the sport, Juliet’s chainsaw may even obtain updates, permitting her to cost it and fly off ramps, or remodeling right into a Blaster to permit her to shoot enemies and obstacles from afar.
Killing zombies rewards her with cash and medals that may be spent on the “Chop2Shop.zom” retailer, permitting her to extend her stats, or purchase new combos and so forth. Ensuring you might be robust sufficient to face the ravening hordes is all the time an excellent plan. Juliet heals by utilizing Lollipops, as anticipated, and whereas the quantity of therapeutic lollipops you’ll be able to carry varies in response to the issue you might be enjoying on there by no means appeared to be sufficient for me. The slicing motion did begin to change into a bit stale, if I’m brutally sincere by the tip, however all in all, there was definitely sufficient to get your tooth and chainsaw into.
So, chopping up zombies, making an attempt to get the star meter crammed as much as energy Juliet and making an attempt to realize “sparkle searching” standing as a way to get higher medals; there was definitely loads to consider so far as fight goes. And but the sense of humour shone via: as you had been preventing zombies the digital camera can be swinging round wildly, making an attempt to point out the very best view of the motion. There was an achievement tied to getting a glance up Juliet’s skirt, imagine it or not. Referred to as “I swear, it did it by mistake!”, it’s nonetheless one of many stranger achievements I’ve ever gotten. Not that I frolicked making an attempt to search for her skirt, you perceive.
These then are my reminiscences of enjoying Lollipop Chainsaw method again within the mists of time. However what about you guys on the market? Did you play it again within the day? Do you continue to personal an Xbox 360 gathering mud below the telly that you may play this title on? Tell us within the feedback however your finest wager can be to seize a replica off of Amazon. The Xbox Retailer web page is simply in place for fancy visuals.
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