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Lucid Dreams84
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TA Score for this game: 1,359
Posted on 17 June 12 at 00:55, Edited on 24 March 13 at 20:48 |
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Release Date: June 12th, 2012
Platforms: 360, PS3
Publisher/Developer: Warner Brothers Interactive / Grasshopper Manufacture
Genre: Hack And Slash
ESRB/PEGI Rating: M
Online: No
There comes a time in every gaming man’s life when a game almost seems like it was made for him. Back in February when I first heard of Lollipop Chainsaw I didn’t know what to expect until I saw a short clip of Juliet running around with a chainsaw decapitating zombies. It was love at first sight, and now that I have the game it lived up to its expectations.
Juliet Starling is your average teenage girl…and by average I mean she looks like she is twenty five. She is a cheerleader for San Romero High, has an awesome boyfriend she can depend on, and lives with your typical family that you can depend on. Did I happen to mention that her family is also a team of zombie hunters? Yes, Juliet, her three sisters, and their dad, love to kill zombies. An evil presence is engulfing the world right now and it’s up to Juliet, Nick, and her family to find out what’s going on.
The whole storyline and dialogue within screams B movie horror material. I will tell you right now if you aren’t into those types of films, like Evil Dead, you might not like it because it’s very over the top. The dialogue had a few remarks that even I found to be a bit disturbing, such as the woman saying she needs to change her tampon. Lots of sexual references as well, and I was shocked to find out that this is a Japanese game *rolls eyes*
Juliet loves to swing her chainsaw around killing her former classmates and friends in a bloody mess. You can buy combos or upgrades throughout to increase your power. Nick can also help you out even as a severed head by shaking him to get coins, throwing him at the enemy or plopping him on a zombie body to help you continue on. Also, her chainsaw can be modified to fire bullets. The gameplay may be its only real weak point however. I was expecting a lot more combos and every time you get the sparkling hunter combo you go into slow motion. This can be fine the first few times, but it started to get a little annoying and dull. I did however enjoy the many mini games you find in each level. This was a nice way to draw you out of the repetitive play and make it fun again. Each level is something different between playing baseball, being inside of a video game or running over enemies with a combine.
The enemies are mostly just zombies. You have a few different diversities of them that can do special things like breathe fire or throw undead chickens at you. The bosses on each level weren’t repetitive, which was a good thing from many of the games I’ve played recently, and all had their own unique style of trying to kill you whether it was from their vocals, synthtar or giant elephant robots…again this is a Japanese game.
The overall look and sound of this was awesome. The graphics were very nice in gameplay and each of the cut scenes with not a lot of loading time. The music was also fun and fitting with classics like Lollipop, Mickey and a few metal choices like Arch Enemy and Five Finger Death Punch.
THE VERDICT
GAMEPLAY: 8/10
DESIGN: 810
SOUND: 8/10
REPLAYABILITY: 8/10
OVERALL: 8/10
Closing Thoughts:
This is getting a thumbs up from me, but I will say it is not for everyone. If you think watching a hot cheerleader running around with a chainsaw, cutting through hordes of undead zombies with a B rated taste of humor, this is for you my friend. I’ve seen reviews knocking this game because they acted like this was supposed to be something serious. It’s stupid fun and they did it right, so check it out and enjoy!
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