Its sickeningly sweet rendition of violence is such saccharine eye candy that, if the sexualised portrayal of a barely-legal high school student didn't make you want to take a shower, the cacophony of colour will make you want to brush your teeth. Probably because the blood doesn't look authentic, but rather like hyper-real neon blood, wherein amputated limbs glow like Christmas lights. Juliet animates beautifully, and vivisecting the undead in showers of blood, rainbows, pixels, stars and coins is extremely gratifying.Ĭuriously, for all the blood in the game, it doesn't feel gory. Really, really good - it's as exciting as your first kiss as a teen. The combat in Lollipop Chainsaw feels good. Whether she decided to bring her chainsaw and the decapitated head of a guy named Nick (which Grasshopper's not talking about yet) with her to school before she found out about the zombie invasion is anyone's guess, but anyway - all that stand between her and getting converted to the undead are her chainsaw and high school spirit. The demo begins with Juliet arriving at San Romero High on her 18th birthday, only to realise the school has been overrun by zombies. Lollipop Chainsaw is a lot like the John Hughes movies it's riffing on, with judgmental first impressions of this scantily clad blonde dissipating like the social cliques of The Breakfast Club. Happily, any concerns that a Western influence has turned Suda's vision into a generic cash-in are quelled as soon as the action starts. Both cheerleaders and zombies feel overly familiar Grasshopper's always excelled at showing us things we've never seen before, and white trash stereotypes thrown together with zombies is a mix that's close to being worn out. The story of 18-year-old zombie hunter and cheerleader Juliet Starling massacring hordes of the undead in a sunny suburban high school seems uncharacteristically tame by studio head Suda 51's esoteric standards. Lollipop Chainsaw is no exception, though this time there's something a little different about it. Still, the game seems to have stuck around in the public consciousness.Grasshopper Manufacture's games have always had abstract, manic personalities. It garnered mixed reviews at launch and failed to generate big enough sales to warrant a sequel. It was a typically unusual entry from creator Suda51, with a script worked on by James Gunn. Lollipop Chainsaw stars an American cheerleader in a skimpy outfit who chops up zombies while aided by her former boyfriend Nick - now a disembodied head. Please look forward to the game's 2023 release." "Our goal is to make it easier for games who want to play Lollipop Chainsaw to do so. "As such, we purchased the Lollipop Chainsaw intellectual property from Kadokawa Games, and decided to develop a remake. "We, the original development staff on Lollipop Chainsaw, think of the game as very precious to us, and did not want to leave it in limbo, where players who want to play it cannot," Yasuda continued. (The game is one of few titles notably absent from Microsoft's Xbox backwards compatibility programme - perhaps due to those music licensing issues.) "Unfortunately, various factors resulted in things making it so that fans can no longer easily play Lollipop Chainsaw, and it has been some time since players have not been able to access the game on current consoles," Yasuda wrote, announcing the project today (thanks, Automaton Media). The remake is being developed by a combination of veteran Lollipop Chainsaw staff and newcomers, and will feature "more realistic" visuals.ĭue to licensing issues, the game will largely feature a new soundtrack, Dragami Games said. Release platforms are yet to be announced, though the original game arrived for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 back in 2012.Īs teased last month, this return is being overseen by Yoshimi Yasuda, the original game's executive producer, as part of his new company Dragami Games.Ī trailer for the original Lollipop Chainsaw. A remake of Suda51's cult zombie game Lollipop Chainsaw has been confirmed for release next year.
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