![]() Though pompom bashing and chainsawing your way through thousands of limbs is the main combat focus, the more enjoyable and unique aspects of the game save Lollipop Chainsaw from becoming a complete mess. And in a game where killing zombies is the primary objective, this isn't exactly a good thing. Boss fights also do little to help the situation, as each one seems to be easier than the last, straight down to the final boss. Even when sizable chunks of regularly available upgrades, which are admittedly pretty fun at first, become available, it fails to become anything better than an average hack and slash. Chainsaw attacks are clumsily slow, which makes killing zombies especially boring. While it all sounds great on paper, in action it succumbs to mediocrity. ![]() Making use of both the chainsaw and pompoms is the key to victory, as her cheerleading attacks help to stun the zombies, enabling a one-hit-decapitation 95% of the time. Juliet also makes use of her cheerleading skills, providing a much faster, yet less deadly approach in repelling the undead via her pompoms, bursting with sparkles, glitter, and stars along the way. Hacking and slashing is a clunky affair, driven mostly by three or four button combos. ![]() Obviously with LC, the primary zombie killing tool is the chainsaw, yet I've never played a game where wielding the chainsaw against the horde was so unsatisfying. Where Lollipop Chainsaw possesses the same comedic style that the developer has become known for, it falls short of the quality gameplay that usually accompanies their games. Gunn and Suda collaborated for a pretty fantastic script, it's just too bad that's where the fun-train stops. ![]() While the frame work may sound a bit dull and cliched, it's all hysterically relayed with some of the campiest dialogue to grace a "Suda51 joint." From vulgar one liners like "what the dick?!" and "I'm gonna fist your ass with my head," to many genuinely funny interactions between Juliet and her ever-increasingly strange zombie hunting family, to the surprisingly awesome decapitated head that is Nick, Lollipop Chainsaw hits its stride and blends the best that B-Zombie-Movies have to offer. but not really) Swan has called upon the horrors of Rotten World (read: hell) to condemn the world of the living due to his obligatory ostracization. After some quick tutorial carnage of the local zombie population, Juliet soon discovers that her classmate and resident emo-goth (yes I know they're different. Juliet's boyfriend Nick is soon bitten, and through Juliet's ingenious quick thinking she saves his life by decapitating and creating a disembodied head out of him. A zombie outbreak has befallen Juliet's high school, San Romero (reference!). With the script written by James Gunn (of the revamped Dawn of the Dead fame) and clearly influenced by the ridiculousness that is Goichi Suda, a hysterical, if cliched tale awaits you. With what feels like the bastardized child of Joss Whedon and Quentin Tarantino, Lollipop Chainsaw throws you headlong into the tripped out zombie hunting family of the Starlings, with cheerleader Juliet celebrating her 18th birthday and taking center stage. What we're left with is the shell of what could have been another unique gem from the guys behind No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned. But even if all the flare for another successful jam from Suda51's crew primes itself for some good ol' fashioned gaming fun, the beat can still be missed, apparently. Yep - all the pieces are here indicating that Grasshopper Manufacture and the sadistically zany mastermind that is the creative director Goichi "Suda51" Suda have released a new game. Disembodied head that acts as both special weapon and said chainsaw-wielding cheerleader's boyfriend. Outrageous, over-the-top, B-Movie quality styled dialogue. Scantily clad, chainsaw-wielding, freshly legal cheerleader. By VGChartz Staff, posted on 19 June 2012 / 5,730 Views ![]()
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