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Lollipop Chainsaw |OT| Nothing makes you forget about a bad E3 like a lollipop!
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Joe Molotov
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It was written by James Gunn, of Dawn of the Dead/Slither/Scooby-Doo fame.
so how do u play?!?!
I try using melee, I gotta hit a single zombie like 12+ times before they dizzy.
I try using jump + melee, but it never aims right and again only hits one dood at a time.
I try using the yellow chainsaw button over but as I attack a small group a larger group comes and eats me.
so I try to use a combo, melee, melee, melee, jump, chainsaw, but again it sux coz I wish the jump button were switched with the down-saw button so I can play this game like Bayonetta taught me how to...
no for reals Im really struggling...
James Gunn. Suda wasn't actually that involved in Lollipop Chainsaw. Its kinda like NMH2 and Shadows of The Damned.
brandonh83
Banned
ironic that you posted that picture, considering the name of one of the achievements.
unless, of course, that's the joke.
Yes, yes it was.
riceandbeans
Member
How do you pick up the phone? I swear I pressed every button on the controller and nothing happens. The game doesn't even tell what button to press. What the fuck...
What do you have to do to get the best ending too? If it's save the students, then I'm screwed already.
So far it's kinda fun, but the lack of combos in the beginning is hurting.
What do you have to do to get the best ending too? If it's save the students, then I'm screwed already.
So far it's kinda fun, but the lack of combos in the beginning is hurting.
To 'pick up' the phone go to Juilet's stash in the main menu. The phone calls are under a tab there. There's no real button to answer them, the just collect on the menu and you listen to them from there.
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Deleted member 30609
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Just bought this today. Looking forward to starting soon.
Around how long did it end up taking you?
brandonh83
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Garcia Hotspur
Neo Member
DON'T BE RACIST AGAINST COWS NICK!
Square Triangle
Member
New releases are always best sellers in their release week. It's the staying power for the next couple weeks that matter.
Might be that or the fact there isn't much competition right now on the summer. At least IMO there is not much competition until August which is where all the heavy hitters are gonna start coming. The only thing that would have been competition was Anarchy Reigns and no one knows what is gonna happen to that one so far so it might be easy for the game to achieve good sales.
Ok, just had to make sure because that would have been an awesome coincidence.
Yeah, it woulda.Two days of off and on. Maybe around 5-6 hours? It's super short.
But I'm digging all of the unlockables.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
So is (stage 2, 3 if you count the prologue, spoiler)
one of those things like the big boner section in Shadows of the Damned where people complain about it being too difficult / impossible and then I beat it first time quite easily?
zombie baseball
kunonabi
Member
Hopefully it does well. Most fun I've had with a game since the Anarchy Reigns Demo.
Yep. Reminds me of everybody's trouble with Other M's "Pixel hunts". It still boggles my mind that people had trouble with those.
brandonh83
Banned
That was easy as hell. There was nothing to it. Was playing on normal. The Big Boner sections were more annoying to me by far.
ALRIGHT. Awesome! Finished the game once, on my way to unlock all these costumes! "Pink Rider" is ridiculously expensive- not that my Juliet would rock that anyway...
I immediately started a new playthrough and it feels so damn good with the combo unlocks from before. I think it's much easier to get some of the Sparkle medals on the earlier levels, and there definitely are a ton of items to unlock. Loving every second of it! Now if I could only get that Rockabilly get up!
I must also add that I love the bosses. Each of them has so much style, and the fights are really fun/different/psychotic. Nothing felt difficult on Normal for me, and I'm not very skilled with these action type games.
I immediately started a new playthrough and it feels so damn good with the combo unlocks from before. I think it's much easier to get some of the Sparkle medals on the earlier levels, and there definitely are a ton of items to unlock. Loving every second of it! Now if I could only get that Rockabilly get up!
I must also add that I love the bosses. Each of them has so much style, and the fights are really fun/different/psychotic. Nothing felt difficult on Normal for me, and I'm not very skilled with these action type games.
thetrin
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Got to Stage 4 last night. I have to say I'm not really enjoying the game. There's a lot that bothers me about the controls and the gameplay, and the constant sports mini games are the bane of my existence.
I guess I was expecting something else with the game. The aesthetics are fantastic, and I really love the dialogue, but the gameplay is just not doing it for me. I think I'm just pampered by Kamiya games.
I'll probably finish it, but I'll probably end up selling the game when I'm done to pick up Gravity Rush.
I found the Big Boner sections less annoying than the sports stuff in this. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird.
I guess I was expecting something else with the game. The aesthetics are fantastic, and I really love the dialogue, but the gameplay is just not doing it for me. I think I'm just pampered by Kamiya games.
I'll probably finish it, but I'll probably end up selling the game when I'm done to pick up Gravity Rush.
I found the Big Boner sections less annoying than the sports stuff in this. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird.
Jasper Avenue
Member
Really enjoying the fact that the boss fights are actually boss fights. Really fun stuff.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
Member
Finished stage 2. Second boss was a little bit easier than the first. The
section wasn't too bad. Is there a harder version later on? Anyway, still really loving this game.
zombie baseball
Typographenia
Member
I died for the first time on that section because I didn't realize
I had an ammo counter. Since the bullets kept respawning in front of me so quickly, I assumed it was a one-shot weapon. Yeah... It wasn't until he was half dead that I realized I was an idiot.
cj_iwakura
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I think the OP needs 'NOT A SUDA 51 GAME' in big bold font.
bobbychalkers
Member
"Quit making fun of Stephen Hawking!"
Funniest game I've played since Saints Row 3....coincidentally, its the only other game I know of that has a character speaking in autotune.
Funniest game I've played since Saints Row 3....coincidentally, its the only other game I know of that has a character speaking in autotune.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I recall having trouble with one Other M pixel hunt, and by 'trouble' I mean I had no idea what I was doing and it took longer than it should have. Otherwise there was no problem. Big Boner was easy, just this.
Maybe zombie baseball is much harder on 'hard'. On normal I can't really see how you could screw it up unless you cant aim for shit. Almost all the zombies die in one hit and ammo is plentiful.
Anyway, stage finished. Boss was very underwhelming.
As a metal fan I was hoping they'd nail the music and mood of the fight, but it was kinda sucka. The dialogue wasn't as punchy as Zed's, and the battle was strangely quiet. Shadows of the Damned was more metal than this :/
As a whole I'm enjoying Lollipop Chainsaw, but it's no Shadows of the Damned. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the combat system. People say you shouldn't compare it to games like Bayonetta, but fact of the matter is Lollipop Chainsaw plays like an almost pure brawler. Combat is the foundation for the game, and unlike No More Heroes the focus is on combos and dodging versus fast, visceral play.
Not being able to break out of combos unless dodging really hurts the feel of combos for me. It's pretty dumb design.
I think people need to make an effort to ween themselves off the phrase "Suda51 game" and replace it with "Grasshopper game".
cj_iwakura
Member
Yeah I'm really enjoying them so far. I'm finding that I really dig the characters in this game as well. Nick is awesome
Would "games that have the taint of having Suda 51 anywhere near them" please people better then? *heh* Because, I don't care what role he has on the project, I'll still say that his curse seeped into it.
Crash Station
Member
Ahahaha, the dialogue in this game is amazing. Just beat the first boss
and it was so damn fun.
I know Suda's involvement isn't that big, but everything about this just makes me think the guy watched Grindhouse and then decided to make a zombie game. Everything about it is so amazingly over the top and I love it (outside of the atrocious load times on the PS3 version).
Edit: lol, and now I see the discussion above me.
(Zed)
I know Suda's involvement isn't that big, but everything about this just makes me think the guy watched Grindhouse and then decided to make a zombie game. Everything about it is so amazingly over the top and I love it (outside of the atrocious load times on the PS3 version).
Edit: lol, and now I see the discussion above me.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Sigh, Shidoshi, almost everyone in this thread loves the game, we really don't need to start this, do we? If you don't like it, there's really no point in you being here.
As someone who's a fan of Rule of Rose and Deadly Premonition, surely you can look pass Suda's faults and appreciate his zaniness.
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Deleted member 30609
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I chose continue->no after the birthday cake and now it's put me back half an hour or more?
No thanks, game. No thanks. Back on the shelf you go for a while.
No thanks, game. No thanks. Back on the shelf you go for a while.
Criminal Upper
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Deleted member 30609
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It doesn't hard save checkpoints. If I chose yes I'd be fine. This is complete bullshit. I'm literally back at the start of the level.
UpperCaseN
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Wow, post game combat, aka once you have all the combos, is an entirely different game. I am embarassed by my first few stages' scores now that I am an unstoppable combo machine. X, X, X, X, Y, Y all day for massive sparkle medals
And same kicking animation of Garcia Hotspur.
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Deleted member 30609
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so, am I just mistaken?
when you spit down to play a level you have to play all the way to the end, or you lose your progress in the level?
when you spit down to play a level you have to play all the way to the end, or you lose your progress in the level?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I like this game but...
I still suck!!!
am I really the only one?!?! is everyone except for me amazing at this game?!?!
I've gotten better through playing. By some miracle I got A's on Stage 5 and 6 my first time through, but my first time through the School I got a C+. Going back I got a B+. Still need that A rank.
That's a bit weird. I know if you pause and THEN quit it starts you at the next chekpoint if you go to the title screen and choose start game again.
well the good news is from the looks of the score, damage and health items do not punish you??
and all my deaths were from QTEs coz I never learned what the xbox buttons are
(I learned the psx buttons back in the days from playing Parappa lol)
so I basically needa learn how to get more medals??
How do you make zombies drop more medals?
and any tips for Sparkling?!?! the camera makes it really hard to group dizzy enemies together... let alone dizzy them to begin with
and all my deaths were from QTEs coz I never learned what the xbox buttons are
(I learned the psx buttons back in the days from playing Parappa lol)
so I basically needa learn how to get more medals??
How do you make zombies drop more medals?
and any tips for Sparkling?!?! the camera makes it really hard to group dizzy enemies together... let alone dizzy them to begin with