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Geek Culture / Lollipop Chainsaw - I Can't Believe This Game

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nonZero
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 20:51
Right, so here's the youtube video trailer to a game called "Lollipop Chainsaw".

WARNING: This video contains strong violence and some bad language. Viewer discretion is advised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDezXSDJEuk&feature=plcp
(You need to login to youtube to view this)

It looks like the creators were just having a whole lotta b-grade horror movie fun making this thing! I was cracked up watching this trailer and some of the related movies. First time in a while that I've laughed that hard at something on youtube.

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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 21:04
I knew that voice, that's Tara Strong...

...

This game is bought!
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 21:49
That girl is hot.







....oh, and the game? Well... it looks good.
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 21:54
The game looks good! I like this advert...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=OGSQiC-zRLg&feature=endscreen

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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 21:55
Don't let the trailer fool you, folks. Its a boring, repetitive hack and slash game with incredibly clumsy controls.

You better get it once its down to 10 or 5 Dollars.



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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 21:58
Well my PS3 is broke, and I don't have an XBox so I can't get it anyway.

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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 22:34
Haha looks interesting. I love the grindhouse style trailer

- Demo!
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 22:48
Quote: "Well my PS3 is broke"


Broken, not broke

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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 22:59
Looks rubbish to me! Sorry!

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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 23:23 Edited at: 1st Jul 2012 01:11
Well I have to disagree with Wolf as I have been enjoying it immensely. I'm not finding it boring or repetitive and I have found the controls fine. In fact none of the reviews I've read have said anything negative about the controls.

I'm also finding the game incredibly funny.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 00:07
Even Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation enjoys the games.
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 00:24
Quote: "I knew that voice, that's Tara Strong...

...

This game is bought!"


This really, and the game does look quite intriguing - reminds me a lot of old-school gaming - which I agree.


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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 00:38
I just think it's nice to get a good laugh from a game. Everything I've been watching and playing and working on and listening to has been dark, sombre and sort of "greenish-grey" so seeing those vids was really "colourful". I mean how often do you see something like this!? Pitty it's not on PC...yet - I'm sure there'll be a port.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 02:48
Quote: "I knew that voice, that's Tara Strong..."


I think that's pretty much the only thing we Bronies know about that game, eh? It was the first thing I thought too. And only thing i know about the game. I might have a look at it later.
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Quote: "I think that's pretty much the only thing we Bronies know about that game, eh"


nah, been following it for quite a while I believe someone from Mindless Self Indulgence <band> is voice acting too


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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 03:38 Edited at: 1st Jul 2012 03:41
Who cares about some voice actress of kids shows, when this game has Akira Yamaoka on board? The director of Super: Shut up, Crime! was involved as well.

Definitely going to grab this for the 360 at some point; I managed to enjoy Dynasty Warriors: Gundam for well over 100 hours which is among the most repetive and mindless games I know of, so I'll probably enjoy this game as well.

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Quote: "Who cares about some voice actress of kids shows,"


because she is shoey brilliant?!


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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 06:51
Look up Tara Strong's IMDB, Doomster.

She has a glimmering career...
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 09:08
So this game is actually good?

I saw a tv commercial where she was saying tired old one-liners like "that's gotta hurt" and I just groaned.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 09:28
IGN rated it mediocre. (5 out of 10)
And after playing the game I'd have to agree with them.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 10:54
Destructoid rated it 9 out of 10.
And after playing the game I'd have to agree with them.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 11:14
it's gotten very mixed reviews - and to be fair, I dont give a shoe about reviews - thjeyre a good read, but I usually don't trust them, they usually don't agree with me


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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 11:25 Edited at: 1st Jul 2012 11:26
That's a very lovely opinion, Thraxas.
A lot of people, like me, thought the game was rubbish.

Anyway here is the mix'd review then (takes the most popular reviews on the web, puts them together to create a critical verdict.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKbS2K6z8k
(just click on Lollipop Chainsaw annotation)

Destructoid seem to be the only people who find it to be above average.

When the general 9.5/10 area is populated by games such as Skyrim, Mass Effect series, and 10 being Uncharted and Zelda, a 9.0/10 for a game about an annoying highschool cheerleader with a chainsaw, packed with clunky animations and boring gameplay, seems a little far fetched.

In my opinion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKbS2K6z8k

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 14:02
Quote: "That's a very lovely opinion, Thraxas."


Oh sorry... I was mimicking your post, whereby I post a review score by someone else and then, without giving any reasons as to why, say I agree with said review. Ok for you to do, but not for me?

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There's just a few other people who like Destructoid find the game above average and rate it 9/10 or equivalent. But that doesn't mean that my opinion to like the game is correct, it's just my opinion.

TBH I don't care about any of their opinions or the opinions of those who don't like the game. I like the game, and to me, that's the only opinion that matters. Review scores should be abolished and not used by people to validate their own experience or feeling about a game. Far too many times people throw around review scores as proof that their opinion about a game is correct because x, y or z also have said opinion about a game.

But if you do find the game rubbish then say why. I don't really think the game has clunky animations and anyone who watches a video of the game can see that is simply not true. Boring gameplay, it's no different than any other game which does the same thing over and over again. Personally, leapfrogging over a zombie and then turning round decapitating said zombie does not boring gameplay make. How is it different than God of War's gameplay? Mass of enemies, choose button press combo which does the most damage, rinse and repeat. (I also enjoyed God of War immensely). Annoying high school cheerleader - at least it's not another bald, gruff, steroided up, generic soldier/everyman/plumber protagonist.

People complain that there is not enough innovation in games but move away from the generic protagonist and... bam... that's a mark against your game. I thought the fact that Nick was genuinely funny, imo, made up for Juliet being completely OTT.

I like the game. You don't, but don't claim your opinion is correct, or use the fact that others share your opinion as proof that your opinion is correct. If everyone liked the same thing, the word would be a very boring place.

Let's agree to disagree and be BFFs

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Yes, I agree with you. Everyone does have their own opinions.
I do like the idea, the originality of the idea. It's different.

I suppose the gameplay style just doesn't appeal to me as much as it does for you. I didn't like God of War gameplay either. But I enjoyed it's story.

Oh well, to each his own.



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Quote: "I suppose the gameplay style just doesn't appeal to me as much as it does for you. I didn't like God of War gameplay either. But I enjoyed it's story."


in other words, it's the genre you don't like?


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Not for PC, not interested!

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 19:59
I like how Rampage cites IGN as a decent reviewer base.

They rate it on how plush the hotel rooms are during the testing holiday they get...
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Quote: "in other words, it's the genre you don't like?"

Hack'n'slash? Not as much as other games. But that's ALL this game is to me.
At least God of War had some nice puzzles etc.
Take Bastion for example, I loved Bastion regardless of how repetitive the gameplay was because it offered more than just that.
To me, Lollipop Chainsaw was just chainsaw Zombie, Chainsaw next Zombie, kick it's head, blow up another Zombie, Helicopter crashes.
Until the game ends.

Quote: "I like how Rampage cites IGN as a decent reviewer base. "

Hmm. I'm not really citing them as a good reviewer in general. Especially not for massive titles.
I cited them as a decent reviewer for this game, they covered a lot of the aspects that didn't appeal (most of these were gameplay and technical hiccups), and the aspects that did.

It really doesn't matter in the slightest about the company. A lot of their reviews are silly. But a lot are quite good.

Just like any reviewer base.

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Posted: 2nd Jul 2012 03:46 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2012 03:53
Quote: "To me, Lollipop Chainsaw was just chainsaw Zombie, Chainsaw next Zombie, kick it's head, blow up another Zombie, Helicopter crashes. "

Replace Zombies with Russians and the Chainsaw with any modern gun, and you got yourself some "fresh" Call of Duty!

...and now, reflecting upon CoffeeGrunt's posting - said games are constantly praised by IGN, while Lollipop Chainsaw, which is just as repetive and mindless, but at least adds humour and a more interesting setting / story, ended up with such a poor rating...

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Anyone else getting this warning in Chrome when viewing this thread?



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Yes I got it to...
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That's Doomster's website. Strange

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Posted: 2nd Jul 2012 10:02
Yup. Same here, I always get scared when I see that
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2012 10:48
I don't use Chrome, I use Firefox (running in a sandbox). Firefox is fairly secure, fast enough (when you're on a 384k line, speed is meaningless, everything is slow, lol) for me and, most importantly, it feels familiar (I hated the change from the old Firefox to the new look).

But yeah, not a fan of Chrome. I guess this is why.

Quote: "Replace Zombies with Russians and the Chainsaw with any modern gun, and you got yourself some "fresh" Call of Duty!"

lol! +1

Now substitute:
Russians with Mythological Creatures
and modern gun with two blades
and Call with God and
Duty with War
and you've got yourself another witty comeback

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@NonZero
I use Firefox too! I use firefox 16(firefox nightly)

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Quote: "Anyone else getting this warning in Chrome when viewing this thread? "

Indeed, it's complaining about the webspace that hosted my avatar. Removed it and uploaded a new avatar to my main webspace now.

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@TZK:
Yay, a Firefox buddy! I use 10 (I haven't updated in a while). Busy having a look at nightly now since I'm due for an update.

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i use firefox too, currently 13th version

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Quote: "Its a boring, repetitive hack and slash game with incredibly clumsy controls."

How is hack and slash boring? ... Didn't that work for GTA? (Everyone I've talked to that likes the game, only likes it because they can roam around and cause havoc.) You could make comparisons to classic games like Pac-Man, and Super Mario Bros. "But it's repetitive!" Still fun. Not saying that you shouldn't dislike it or anything, just giving my opinion on the matter. Besides, everything is repetitive. "Ooh! Press a button, watch lights change color!" times a million.



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Quote: "How is hack and slash boring? ... Didn't that work for GTA? (Everyone I've talked to that likes the game, only likes it because they can roam around and cause havoc.) You could make comparisons to classic games like Pac-Man, and Super Mario Bros. "But it's repetitive!" Still fun. Not saying that you shouldn't dislike it or anything, just giving my opinion on the matter. Besides, everything is repetitive. "Ooh! Press a button, watch lights change color!" times a million."

I'm not sure if GTA is the best example. It's an incredibly versatile game with a massive play area to explore.
True, to the person who doesn't actually own the game, the first thing they will do is go in there and cause total havoc, but even then, the gameplay isn't really hack'n'slash, it's much more than that.
While lollipop chainsaw is linear, all you ever do is really kill zombies with combo's etc. GTA is a playground, you go around, rob cars, get away for it, become the top dog of the city.
There is much, much more than just attacking people repetitively, which is fun for a time, but even then it gets boring eventually and you'll start actually playing the game.

Isn't fitting GTA into the "hack'n'slash linear-progression-like" genre like stating that something like Skyrim (or any other Elder Scrolls games/mmo/RPG's for that matter) is merely a hack'n'slash?
It simply isn't, it offers so much more.

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Quote: "True, to the person who doesn't actually own the game, the first thing they will do is go in there and cause total havoc,"


thats... what I do, even though I own the game - I find it REALLY frustrating that i need to advance in the game to get anything... I just want to run to the gunshop - buy my gear and shoot people..


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I watched a play through of Lollipop Chainsaw's first couple of stages, and I must say that the only draw to this game is the main character's looks, which is no real reason to be playing a game anyhow. Gameplay does indeed look truly repetative. Not just duck for cover, shoot, pop out of cover, advance, watch cool unique cutscene or cinematic event that drives a story, unlock a new awesome weapon and item, complete a new objective, all while running around in a lively, more open world, no. I mean, mash 'X' 1,000,000 times and nothing in the game really changes. That's all you do. The animations and combat system look "shoe" for lack of a better word. Very stiff and clunky.

Also, now that I think about it, WTFFFFF... she's in high school and the main draw of the game is sex-appeal? Is this Japan or something? What's going on with that?

*disclaimer*
I have not played this game. This is all observation, but ultimately, this game would put me to sleep and I'd probably not play it ever again.

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I must defenitly wonder why you guys are comparing this game, which is not even technically a hack n slash - DIABLO is a hack n slash, anyway, why are u comparing Lolipop chainsaw with GTA?


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Quote: "anyway, why are u comparing Lolipop chainsaw with GTA?"

Lapse in judgement. I haven't played the game in a while and it was the first example that came to my head, despite not really fitting.

Quote: "Also, now that I think about it, WTFFFFF... she's in high school and the main draw of the game is sex-appeal?"

She stated she's 18. (Newly turned because it's her birthday.) Tbh though, I don't really care who (or what gender) the main character is. The game just looks fun to me.

Quote: "Isn't fitting GTA into the "hack'n'slash linear-progression-like" genre like stating that something like Skyrim (or any other Elder Scrolls games/mmo/RPG's for that matter) is merely a hack'n'slash?"

Skyrim never did look appealing to me. But I'm not into games like that anyway.

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I suppose the best way to describe this game's appeal would be that it's genre is more of an "arcade game" / action. Also, am I the only one who thinks the graphics for the game are horrible for a modern PS3/XB360 title?

I don't own the game, I'm just saying it looks fun.

Oh, I'll also admit it looks repetitive but that's what makes it look fun (that, and the ridiculousness of it).

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Quote: ""arcade game" / action"


Nailed it - And I think it's quite refreshing..


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I'm surprised at how no one have gotten any deeper into how disgustingly sexist and objectifying this game is. This game is degrading women to 110%. That's one of the reasons I'm not gonna touch this even with a stick. This game is like going 20 years back in time.

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Well your avatar has a guy with Y fronts on, looks like he is flashing a girl, that's sexist too.

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You are taking the picture out of context, I take it you haven't read the original comic (There's a swastika on his underwear but it would be inappropriate to have it on the forums so I censored it).

Also, how does that justify the sexist nature of the game? You are TOTALLY avoiding my point.

Read this please, then comment again (if you want to): www.doctornerdlove.com/2011/11/nerds-and-male-privilege/

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Batman shows off his pecks, that's sexy for women. That's all a man has to show at the top. Some Batman costumes had nipples. What else can a man show off? Women don't show their lower half, and neither do men, but Superman had his pants on the outside. Overall, men do not have a lot to show off. If they did, they would be far worse than women at showing off their top halves. Rambo etc have their tops completely off.

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