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Lollipop Chainsaw |OT| Nothing makes you forget about a bad E3 like a lollipop!
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Muchi Muchi Pink
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There is also a Deadman Wonderland outfit (Shiro) and "Kore wa Zombie desu-ka?" outfit (Haruna).
SUPARSTARX
Member
I didn't even know Nick was voiced by Michael Rosenbaum haha
Crash Station
Member
Played it at E3. Was fun as hell. Can't wait for my copy to arrive.
And the Haruna costume is great and fitting since she's the only one among the cameos that actually use a chainsaw.
And the Haruna costume is great and fitting since she's the only one among the cameos that actually use a chainsaw.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Don't forget about the Gamestop pre-order character, Ash from Evil Dead.
Still calling the soundtrack godly. It really has a late 80s/early 90s feel to it, which is exactly the tone the game seems to be going for. Loving the comic-book presentation, though as others have said the animations still look a bit rough. That won't bother me personally but it is noticeable from what I've seen. Akira did some wonderful in this game that's very different from his usual:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY6hiJcFJ1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qy-Er1-Ons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2yOncFWuw
Crash Station
Member
Ah, true.
dragonlife
Member
Akira Yamaoka should pester Suda/WB to put this on PC/Steam.
Dark Ninja
Member
I am seriously on the border of buying this day 1. To support grasshopper and because this looks really fun....but i know that price drop is weeks away
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
This is a decision everyone has to go through, but my train of thought in this situation is, "Do I have the funds to buy this right now, and do I want to support this company and show I want more of this in the future?"
For me personally, I bought Shadows of the Damned day 1 and have no regrets about it. I want to see more of these type of games on the market, and I have a lot of respect for the studio which seems to live by the philosophy, "Fuck money, we're making video games."
Dark Ninja
Member
Yah im getting it damn you lol. Grasshopper makes niche games but somehow im always in that niche. I hope an artbook gets released for this one day
MidnightScott
Banned
If you would've thought about it you could've gotten it for $44.99 from Amazon...
Me buying a PS3 game new and almost full price is rare.
Dark Ninja
Member
Getting the Gamestop version for the Evil Dead outfit, plus that other outfit isn't so bad.
EDIT: Im buying a game for full price from Gamestop...now i feel dirty
TomcatTheLion
Member
Just got my shipping confirmation from Amazon! 
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
needs the same subtitle as the SOTD thread
wasn't it something like "holy shit this is out? yes!"
wasn't it something like "holy shit this is out? yes!"
This is what I'm stuck debating on. Right now, waiting for a price-drop is winning; I feel like I've supported my fair share of niche games, so me sitting out and being responsible with my money (...for once) is something I don't feel so bad about.
But I do really want to play this game...
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
About people who are talking about awkwardness, it really isn't that awkward at all. Surprisingly, I am finding most of the people I know who are interested in this game are females. One of my friends who work at Gamestop even is keeping the bloody pompoms for herself and has the game pre-ordered. My girlfriend understands why these games interest me, I'm a big dork who loves over-the-top games like this. This is the sort of deal that it isn't really awkward unless you make it awkward, though even my female friends interested in the game acknowledge sex appeal will probably help it sell.
Or a major possibility is that I just hang out with weird people, but I'm happy so whatever.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Femmeworth
Banned
The game looks trashy. Not to say that Suda51's other productions haven't been on the trashy side, but this seems to be the trashiest of them all.
FeedMeAStrayCat
Member
I've been sitting on the fence for a while, but this thread pushed me over the edge. +1 preorder on Amazon (had roughly $30 in credit as well).
Fuck that fence really hurt
Fuck that fence really hurt
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Define trashy as I could see you mean a few different things. If you mean like slutty, then yes. How I view it was their last game, Shadows of the Damned, was mostly filled with dick jokes and lots of 'man' humor, while this is the opposite and is more focused on women sexual jokes. But then even with that, from what I've seen this game is far less cluttered with that than Shadows of the Damned was.
But if you mean trashy as in rough around the edges, I'm inclined to agree and disagree. On one hand, the animations are rough, but from what I've played and what I'm hearing across the board is that the game is actually pretty solid in terms of gameplay, though I've heard the combat at first may seem simple or you feel 'light', but I've also heard the further in the game you go you really start to realize how much deeper it is.
I can't say as I haven't played yet, but I do keep informed about my purchases and others impressions to keep in mind with my game values.
I've never understood anyone who decides to use the UE engine and still not do a PC version. Them not pushing for a Shadow of the Damned port, fuck.
Femmeworth
Banned
I mean trashy in the sense of having a girl protagonist in a sexy outfit. I consider such pandering to be worse than dick jokes. I want to give this games the benefit of the doubt, though. Thinking about it, Hell Michigan is probably the trashiest thing he will ever do.
Crash Station
Member
Every Suda game like this has used pandering as a backdrop for social commentary. It isn't meant to give you a boner so much as it's meant to make you analyze stuff. Your looking at it from a very close minded stance.
Femmeworth
Banned
I know that, but there is a fine line. Once you cross it, you become what you are commenting on.
Don't pull that. I really enjoyed No More Heroes and Killer7. Suda51 isn't even directing this, which worries me.
I can't believe I never noticed that you can see the outline of Juliet's butt hole...
Crash Station
Member
I disagree. There is no line. Just look at Aristocrats jokes. Whether what you want to say is effective or not is up for debate, but that doesn't change the intent or several different interpretations.
Neither of those had hyper-sexualized female characters as a playable character, something you seem to have a much bigger problem with than you should.
Femmeworth
Banned
A joke is a joke. We are talking about a probably multi-million dollar product here.
Intent doesn't matter.
Dark Ninja
Member
As far as clothes go the character is actually more covered up than most female characters in games....unless you change the outfit
Crash Station
Member
This was a multi-million dollar product.
Edit: Oh wait, got the box office gross mixed up with the budget. No idea how much it cost.
TwiztidElf
Gold Member
My most anticipated game of 2012. Can't wait to get it.
Looks like just pure dumb fun, Saints Row3 style.
Looks like just pure dumb fun, Saints Row3 style.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I find I'm more innocent minded than many, but I don't really see Julia as an over-sexualized female. Is she sexualized? Yes, but I think to the same extent Garcia was. Obviously each person is welcome to feel how they feel, but I think part of what makes me say this is partly because her outfit (at least the default) doesn't really show much more than many other characters in other games out there. Is it skimpy? Yes, but it doesn't show cleavage and at the most it shows is pantyshots, and there are far more games even with less 'devious' natures that show far more than this game does.
In my eyes it's about the same as Garcia, who went shirtless and wore skin-tight lever running around and shooting enemies with Johnson who transforms into a big boner and repeated references to male sexual performance and the likes. But then there was a lot more to Garcia under that which actually made him a very likable character. Like Julia he was a bit dumb, but lovable out of his kind of child-like demeanor behind the badass and sometimes questioning the things around him, or even treating a lot of what was going on like a game at times. From calling traps from demons, 'cute,' to getting glee out of reading the storybooks (which he had difficulty doing, which added to his 'dumb charm' as I'm calling it).
Julia isn't exactly the same but similar. She also is a bit dumb (well, maybe more appropriately air-headed) but she also is committed to fighting for something and behind the sexualization there seems to be a very enjoyable character I am guessing I am going to end up loving.
We all feel with reason, but I don't really see how this game is being particularly sexist in context. It's more so not the fact that it isn't being a bit sexual towards women, but that it does the same to men. Equal opportunists you could say, but this game actually seems less driven by sexual jokes than Shadows of the Damned was, which is fine by me as a lot of my favorite jokes in Shadows of the Damned were not the sexual ones.
In my eyes it's about the same as Garcia, who went shirtless and wore skin-tight lever running around and shooting enemies with Johnson who transforms into a big boner and repeated references to male sexual performance and the likes. But then there was a lot more to Garcia under that which actually made him a very likable character. Like Julia he was a bit dumb, but lovable out of his kind of child-like demeanor behind the badass and sometimes questioning the things around him, or even treating a lot of what was going on like a game at times. From calling traps from demons, 'cute,' to getting glee out of reading the storybooks (which he had difficulty doing, which added to his 'dumb charm' as I'm calling it).
Julia isn't exactly the same but similar. She also is a bit dumb (well, maybe more appropriately air-headed) but she also is committed to fighting for something and behind the sexualization there seems to be a very enjoyable character I am guessing I am going to end up loving.
We all feel with reason, but I don't really see how this game is being particularly sexist in context. It's more so not the fact that it isn't being a bit sexual towards women, but that it does the same to men. Equal opportunists you could say, but this game actually seems less driven by sexual jokes than Shadows of the Damned was, which is fine by me as a lot of my favorite jokes in Shadows of the Damned were not the sexual ones.
Femmeworth
Banned
devastatorprime
Member
Fantastic OP. Can't wait to get this. Unlockable concept art? FUCK yes. Will the preorder outfits become available for sale at a later date?
The official twitter account replied to me this morning, saying they are preorder bonuses only - I did ask if they would be made more widely available. It is very non-committal, but take that for what you... Curse the ones behind the decision, if we in the UK have no opportunity to get the Evil Dead costume (outside of paying inflated prices over eBay... >.<)
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Finally it's here. In Suda 51 we trust, just know that I'm going to absolutely love this.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
It's distributed by Warner Interactive. History suggests they'll try and nickel and dime customers later with costume DLC. It would be unusual for them not to.
Dark Ninja
Member
The Gamestop pre-order outfits are clearly better. The Amazon one is nice but you only get one outfit.
GrandHarrier
Member
So when is this going to price drop bomba? I'm interested but not enough to pay full price. I ask because Shadows took forever to price drop.
I assume SoTD had a limited print run which is what took it so long to drop but this might have some sort of decent print since it's been advertised a good bit by WB. The game is £30 everywhere in the UK, where as most new games are £40, is it $60 everywhere in the US?
GrandHarrier
Member
Seems full price everywhere I've looked.
The perfect Dark
Banned
hmm how do I earn more silver medals? Only by activating the special powers? unlocking costumes will take forever!
unlocking costumes will take forever! That was my line of thinking as well... but then again, I always thought the Brutal Legend and Ghostbuters dlc would similarly see release. Alas.
Mylene
Member
finished the game in a day, felt pretty short was playing it on and off while taking breaks to do some work, eat, watch tv etc... i say the 4 hr playtime is about right, really wish it was longer and the stages had more freedom. game is pretty easy on normal mode, if there is any difficulty, it lies in some sloppy mechanics of the mini games or boss fights. that being said, i still found the game entertaining and will probably do a second run in nightmare mode to unlock costumes. just not sure if it's worth the full price, i would pickup dragon's dogma first if you haven't already.
was playing it on and off while taking breaks to do some work, eat, watch tv etc... i say the 4 hr playtime is about right, really wish it was longer and the stages had more freedom. game is pretty easy on normal mode, if there is any difficulty, it lies in some sloppy mechanics of the mini games or boss fights. that being said, i still found the game entertaining and will probably do a second run in nightmare mode to unlock costumes. just not sure if it's worth the full price, i would pickup dragon's dogma first if you haven't already.