In the high-school food chain, it always seemed like nerds or stoners would be the natural enemies to cheerleaders, not goths. Suda51 seems to think otherwise, judging by the trailer for the developer’s upcoming Warner Bros-published action game.
This guy Swan looks disturbingly like the Billy puppet from the SAW movies. Knowing the horror-centric film tastes of Suda51, that’s probably intentional. You’ll get to take down this Edgar Allen Poe-reading, Robert Smith-listening* archvillain when Lollipop Chainsaw comes out later this year.
*Those are guesses, mind you. But pretty good ones, I think.
inshuu
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:39 PMFinally, a game that embodies every negative stereotype of the video game industry. Bravo, developers, bravo.
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:57 PMI believe the word you’re looking for is parody.
Gus
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:59 PMI am super keen for this. Shadow’s of the Damned being so good made me care about it more.
And hey, I LOVE my games stupid and over the top sometimes.
Mic
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 3:00 PMGoths make sense. Steriotypically, they usually stick with black or white, aren’t very physical, emotional, cheerful or vocal and generally shun attention, while Cheerleaders wear bright colours, are very physical, emotional, cheerful, vocal and seek attention.
Ahtaps
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:31 PMThe keyword being “stereotypical”.
Goths make “sense” because they are often associated with the macabre, and images of blood, the dead and undead and being social outcasts who hate the world and just want all things to end. He’s also labelled “Geek” which just ups the image of a tormented loner waiting to take revenge on all those around him.
I’d like to point out that a lot of Goths are actually well-adjusted, outgoing, social people who just dress a bit differently and embrace a different philosophy on life and death.
Really, I would have loved to have seen the villain as either a rival cheerleader who’s fed up with being second best, or a jock shunned by the main character. Using a goth geek is kind of a tired cliche.
warcroft
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 6:04 PMOk, so just watched a bunch of trailers for this on YouTube. . . how awesome does it look?
If its just fun mindless zombie chainsawing fun IM SOLD!!!
oggob
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:20 PMThis is the correct response… obviously doesn’t take itself too seriously, just looks fun.
Alot of games are far too serious with everything moving to realism, there is still a large place for games like this.
the_shag_king
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 11:03 PMPlayed code of this game and it is awesome!!!!
Matthew K
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 2:10 AMCannot. Freakin. Wait.
Crypted
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:01 PMI’m throwing money at the screen, but nothing is happening!
Jiff
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 6:46 PMOh man that’s awesome!
Grasshopper Manufacture is the Robert Rodriguez of gaming