Lollipop Chainsaw (new Suda game!)

[noiseredux]

my wife got me Lollipop Chainsaw as an anniversary present.

[Erik_Twice]

my wife got me Lollipop Chainsaw as an anniversary present.

You got a cool wife. Not the first time I tell you that, mate

[Gamerforlife]

my wife got me Lollipop Chainsaw as an anniversary present.

Wow, that's pretty awesome. She's into beat 'em up games too right? You two will probably have a lot of fun with this one. I just got the platinum recently, and still want to play more. I think I'm going to rent the 360 version and see how fast I can nab all the achievements.

Some of you guys on this forum really have found the perfect women.

[dreamcast4ever83]

my wife got me Lollipop Chainsaw as an anniversary present.

Wow, that's pretty awesome. She's into beat 'em up games too right? You two will probably have a lot of fun with this one. I just got the platinum recently, and still want to play more. I think I'm going to rent the 360 version and see how fast I can nab all the achievements.

Some of you guys on this forum really have found the perfect women.

Ya I love my wife and to top it off she loves playing video games and not just recent one's classic shumps like giga wing gunbird and she adores the dreamcast Perfect for me really

[Gamerforlife]

This is an interesting article about the game's sexuality and portrayal of women. A lot of people seemed turned off by this game because they think it's sexually exploitative and degrading to women. It also explores the creative influence James Gunn had on the story and how he added on to what Suda created

http://www.destructoid.com/lollipop-cha ... 1523.phtml

As for my own thoughts, I never thought Juliette was sexually exploited as much as many people who haven't played the game seem to think. In fact, she typically expresses a certain naivety and innocence about sexuality throughout the game that is in stark contrast to the comparatively slutty Bayonetta, a character who blatantly loves to exploit and show off her own sexuality every chance she gets. The fun thing with Juliette is that she often does sexually provocative things without realizing she's doing it, which I found funny and charming. She's actually very much against people who are, as she puts it, "perverts." There's also one line she delivers late in the game that makes it quite clear that she is in no way, shape, or form the slutty character a lot of people are assuming she is, but rather, a committed one man girl. In fact, the sexual treatment of Juliette is tame compared to Shadows of the Damned's Paula, who runs around in skimpy, evening ware all the time, while being repeatedly, mysogynistically tortured throughout the game.

Not to mention Juliette's relatively normal appearance is something I liked, compared to the walking flotation devices in Itagaki's games.

The only thing I didn't like with Juliette's portrayal was the opening, bedroom cutscene, which actually does play up to a lot of the negative stuff said about her sexual portrayal in the game. That scene actually runs contrast to how she is portrayed in the rest of the game and seems out of character. Juliette is mostly portrayed as a strong, powerful character who takes charge of her own destiny, while Nick (the male in this story) comes off as a kind of a whiny, weak willed, bitchy feminine character. I like the role reversal there. I also love that there is a greater percentage of women in the game's cast, most of which seem pretty badass in their own, individual ways

Lollipop Chainsaw is mostly silly and fun, and not nearly as exploitative as a lot of people assume. The only time it maybe gets a little offensive is in the first boss battle, which I am not a huge fan of. The first boss basically throws out every nasty, offensive, derogatory female remark one can think of at Juliette throughout the fight and he keeps repeating these words so often throughout the battle that is gets kind of annoying. It's not done in a funny or clever manner either

[Gamerforlife]

The irony with this game is, that rather than being about female degradation and exploitation, by the end of the game I actually got a rather strong feeling of female empowerment from the story and its characters. Though that empowerment is not always portrayed in a good way and the game shows the downsides of women having too much control. Course that's giving the game's story more depth than Suda probably intended. I really think this game benefited a lot from its localization and handling by James Gunn. Oh well, enough rambling from me. I think I'll leave the thread alone for a while to see what others say about the game when they finally play it.

[dreamcast4ever83]

The irony with this game is, that rather than being about female degradation and exploitation, by the end of the game I actually got a rather strong feeling of female empowerment from the story and its characters. Though that empowerment is not always portrayed in a good way and the game shows the downsides of women having too much control. Course that's giving the game's story more depth than Suda probably intended. I really think this game benefited a lot from its localization and handling by James Gunn. Oh well, enough rambling from me. I think I'll leave the thread alone for a while to see what others say about the game when they finally play it.

Im just not sure on this title. I wanna play it and i'll get around to this once the price drops but I don't feel an huge urge and excitement

[noiseredux]

got so angered by Strikers 1999 last night that I decided to unwind with some Lollipop Chainsaw. I'm still not super far into the game (just beat that first boss -- the "punk rocker") but I'm enjoying the game more and more. While my initial impression of the combat was 'a deeper Oneechanbara,' the script has really started to get pretty awesome. Like the mini-game with the basketball team. That was hilarious. I don't know, but I might have to agree that this game is better than Shadows of the Damned. Though certainly a big part of that is that it speaks to a certain niche group -- those of us who grew up on Troma films and USA Up All Night (James Gunn would be one of us, so of course it makes sense that he'd write such a script).

[Pulsar_t]

Wow this topic is longer than the actual game

[Gamerforlife]

got so angered by Strikers 1999 last night that I decided to unwind with some Lollipop Chainsaw. I'm still not super far into the game (just beat that first boss -- the "punk rocker") but I'm enjoying the game more and more. While my initial impression of the combat was 'a deeper Oneechanbara,' the script has really started to get pretty awesome. Like the mini-game with the basketball team. That was hilarious. I don't know, but I might have to agree that this game is better than Shadows of the Damned. Though certainly a big part of that is that it speaks to a certain niche group -- those of us who grew up on Troma films and USA Up All Night (James Gunn would be one of us, so of course it makes sense that he'd write such a script).

If you thought zombie basketball was cool, there's an even cooler part that comes up a bit later