LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP, a remake of the 2012 action-adventure hack-and-slash game from developer Grasshopper Manufacture, game designer Goichi Suda (Suda 51), and filmmaker James Gunn that is claimed to be a definitive version of the cult classic, featuring 4K graphics, latest chainsaws, 30 costumes, and even a “RePOP mode” that ushers in latest pop-art-inspired damage effects, is now available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PCs via Steam, developer Dragami Games has announced. Gunn, who currently leads Warner Bros. Discovery’s superhero efforts as co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios, had a hand in developing Lollipop Chainsaw’s story and characters, including protagonist Juliet Starling, a zombie hunter who decapitates her boyfriend after he turns right into a zombie but keeps him alive with a magical ritual.
A note on resolution and frame rate:
- “The PS5, Xbox S/X and Steam versions support 4K resolution and 60 FPS.”
- “The Switch versions support full HD resolution and 30 FPS.”
Key features include:
- Quality of Life Improvements
- “The resolution of the sport has been increased to full HD, and cargo times have been greatly shortened.”
- “The chainsaw motion has been sped up with the introduction of the Chained Hits Hunting system, through which chaining multiple hits in succession increases the player’s attack speed.”
- “The input timings for Combo Actions have been adjusted, to raised fit players’ expectations.”
- “Chainsaw Blaster motion has been improved with the addition of auto-lock and auto-fire modes that will be toggled, and an increased maximum ammo count of 99.”
- “The player can now immediately use Combo Actions firstly of the sport.”
- Additional Gameplay Content
- “Separate from Original Mode, RePOP adds ‘RePOP mode’, which uses a novel and colourful pop art-inspired art style for damage effects.”
- “Unique latest chainsaws with distinctly different features have been added.”
- “There are 30 costumes, greater than the unique game’s costume count. Combined with the addition of 4 latest hair colours and 4 latest chainsaws, this adds as much as 750 different possible mixtures.”
- “JULIET’S ROOM has been expanded with more features.”
- “A Time Attack mode with rating feature has been added.”
A launch trailer:
A word from Dragami’s Yoshimi Yasuda:
We now have finally been in a position to release LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP uncensored.
I’m proud that now we have been in a position to revive LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW, a cult game that had been lying dormant resulting from copyright issues, as a contemporary motion game.
The core content of RePOP is an original mode that… pic.twitter.com/h2Zq5DNtTi— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) September 12, 2024
Story synopsis:
The story starts in San Romero High School, the biggest highschool within the district, somewhere on the west coast of the US of A. Protagonist Juliet Starling, is an exemplary student of San Romero who passionately loves cheerleading. Unbeknownst to most, nevertheless, her family, the Starlings, has been a lineage of zombie hunters, guiding the undead to beyond since precedent days…
The incident unfolds on Juliet’s birthday. She heads to high school to fulfill her boyfriend, but as she pedals her bicycle into the varsity grounds, she is greeted by the sight of her former schoolmates, who’ve all been became zombies!
