168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Lollipop Chainsaw Repop, the upcoming remaster of Suda51’s character action classic, will now launch a few days earlier than planned. It’s releasing digitally for all platforms on September 12, with the 🙈. Great news for the most part, and it will be incredible to play this game without having to dish out silly amounts of money for a rare copy. But will the experience even be the same?
Judging from recent news coming from developer Dragami Games and producer Yoshimi Yasuda, I’m not so sure. It’s already been confirmed that Repop will be launching without a lot of the licensed music that made many of its levels so iconic, including songs from artists like Dragonforce, Skrillex, The Human League, and Five Finger Death Punch. Recent titles like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hi-Fi Rush have proven that putting aside licensed tunꩲes for original music is far from a dealbreaker, but with Lollipop Chainsaw, it’s a fundamental part of its identity.
Damn, cut licensed outfits and music, weird "remastered" visuals, awful cover art and who knows what other changes. All for the low low price of $45. Wh𝔉il𓆏e SoTD gets a very polished release for about half the price.
— Searcher (@arhu_mk)
So is its risqué approach to nudity and female empowerment in the form of protagonist Juliet Starling, who spends the game dancing around in a cheerleader outfit chopping dead people apart with a chainsaw, all while her jock boyfriend’s disembodied head hangs about her waist. It’s utterly ridiculous, and despite some stilted controls and a ver🐎y short length, is damn good fun. But fans seem worried, expressing concern on social media about a weird new piece of key art, removed special outfits, and visuals which don’t seem to improve that much on the original game, and in some areas, look a lot worse.
Repop began life as a fully-fledged remake when it was first announced a few years ago, but due to either a lack of resources or Dragami Games changing its tune during development, it was then adjusted to a more conservative remaster. But Lollipop Chainsaw is a quirky period piece with a specific viꦜbe, look, and sound that you can’t recreate in its entirety without harsh sacrifices, and that begs whether it was worth even trying to bring it back in the first place.
Certain gamers are also worried about potential censorship, especially given the current climate of the medium, but Yagami has since come forward and promised ‘uncensored’ versions of Juliet&rsquo💮;s outfits, either as🐓 part of the base game or a future update. It’s probably lip-service to prevent the sort of discourse that affected games like Stellar Blade, but Lollipop Chainsaw, much like Bayonetta, aimed to present the power of female sexualisation rather than serving the male gaze first and foremost. Juliet is a badass, albeit somewhat obnoxious, heroine we respect.
Repop is set to retail for $45, which is a🤡 little more than players expected. But it is unclear yet whether this price is for tꦑhe physical or digital versions.
I just hope Lollipop Chainsaw’s legacy isn’t tarnished by a remaster that fails to do the game jꦡustice, or refines it in the wrong ways while nipping and tucking the original experience to please modern sensibilities that simply make no sense. The lack of activity on social media, and the sharp shift in its release strategy makes me worry that Dragami just wants to get this project out of the door and forget about it, when a cult classic like this deserves so much better.
There’s an adꦍded fear of Grasshopper Manufacture not being involved too, especially when Suda51 has recently confirmed that a cheaper and more faithful remaster for Shadows of the Damned is set to rel✤ease this October. Without the man behind it giving his blessing, you start to worry.
does a pretty good🧸 job of breaking down what has been added, taken away, or jazzed up in the remaster, and is presented competently enough that I still have hope Repop can stick to the landing. But its unorthodox marketing, stark departure from the original, and an all-around weird vibe has me concerned it won’t be making the comeback such a game deserves.
