Lollipop Chainsaw is a hack and slash title with old-school sensibilities, something that once again works for and against the game. If you weren't impressed by the obscene content in his previous titles, chances are there's little in Lollipop Chainsaw to change your mind. The game is sometimes guilty of trying too hard to be crass and vulgar, a problem that crops up in many a Suda 51 release. However, the constant swearing, sex jokes and general lack of maturity does begin to grate after a while. Nick plays the sidekick role wonderfully, making up for the lack of laughs provided by Johnson from Shadows of the Damned. Though silly, the story is undeniably entertaining, complimented by an amusing cast of characters. Trust me, save those medals and check the mop-up page to save yourself some time.Accompanied by the decapitated head of her boyfriend Nick, it's your job to defeat the zombie Rock and Roll Lords, who were unleashed by a goth loner with a crush on Juliet. If you save up enough zombie medals to completely level up Juliet, then you can go to a checkpoint near the first kiosk in Stage 5 (Cathedral) and use the checkpoint reloading technique I outline on the Mop-Up page to save time grinding medals. Recovery time and increasing homing range are completely unnecessary. SAVE your zombie medals! You only need 1 or two good combos to finish the game, and you really only need to increase your health and power. Nailing one of these along with 2 or more nearby zombies in one swing using your sparkle-hunter mode will net a HUGE medal bonus, as well as a nice score boost.Ĩ. Instead of shopping kiosks, there will be zombie chickens in Ranking mode. In Ranking mode, always try to save the sparkle-hunter mode for the chickens or the power zombies with purple life bars. When you have a large group of zombies, attacking the weaker girl zombie when a guitar-wielding zombie is nearby is just asking to get whacked in the back. Most people say to use the Holy Chainsaw combo, but I can tell you I never even purchased it until finishing everything else and mopping up the grind achievements, and I still finished this game EASILY.Ħ. It kills weaker enemies on Normal outright quite often, helping in Ranking mode. This is a great combo as it chops the legs off stronger zombies, weakening them, and a second use on the legless ones will often get you 3+ kills at once, netting you the sparkle-hunter zombie medal bonus. Its combo string is A, X, X, X if I recall, maybe one less X. For me this was one of the cheaper ones you can purchase (Maelstrom Spin). Use the 'bread and butter' combo of your choice. It's usually best to save it for when you get the huge groups of zombies you need to kill, when zombies are swarming around a classmate you're trying to save, or when you're fighting the purple life bar 'power zombies' (especially those damned shopping cart ladies, ugh).ĥ. Just because your power meter fills up doesn't mean you need to hit Rt and go nuts right away.

You can worry about points and zombie medals when going for the 'beat dad's score' achievements in Ranking mode.Ĥ. While this won't net you as many points as a combo, or extra zombie medals from killing 3+ zombies at once in sparkle-hunter mode or using a combo, it will make Hard mode more manageable. Tapping jump (B) then light attack/pompom (X) while hitting the Left thumbstick in the direction of a nearby zombie will cause you to do a jumpkick toward the zombie, knocking them into the nearest obstacle/wall and dazing them.

This is ESPECIALLY true of any of the projectile zombies (firemen, cops).ģ. If you're standing still when there are 10+ zombies around you, they'll surround you pretty quickly and have an annoying habit of getting a few shots on you even if you jump out of the swarm. As long as you're jumping all over the place, the zombies have a difficult time getting you pinned. If a video is more your speed though, a video walkthrough of ALL lollipop wrappers is found at the top of the story mode page.Ģ. I have included a text-based list of all lollipops at the beginning of each stage in the story walkthrough.

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