Prologue

Well, it's almost time for yet another Lenten Season, you know that time when you give a vice up or do something do improve yourself for 40+ days? Well, this year I'm looking to do something a little different.

Since I am a bit of a gamer, I'd like to use these next 50 days to talk about my Top 50 Favorite Games; 1 game for each day in Lent. Think Caddicarus' Cadvent Calendar but it's Lent/Easter.

This was a bit of a challenge because over the past 22 years I've been alive, I've played a good sum of games. So some ground rules are in order. First, only three games per franchise are allowed on here, with a few instances of rule bending here or there. Second, I have to have gotten at least more than halfway through the game to consider putting it on the list. So, with these rules in mind here's a list of Honorable Mentions

Honorable Mentions: MadWorld, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, The Last of Us, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mega Man X, Banjo-Kazooie, Nier Automata, Playstation All Stars Battle Royale, Sonic Generations, Little Big Planet 2, Knack 2, Pac Man World

Also bear in mind, none of these entries are set in stone as new games are always coming out, and I get further and further into games I either haven't played yet, or just started playing. So we'll see how long it takes for this list to become outdated…probably by the time Lent ends.

Anyway, with everything said and done, this is WildCard0531's Lent Challenge: Top 50 Favorite Games! Let's do this!

Day 1: Lollipop Chainsaw

Let's start our little marathon off with the only Suda 51 game I've played besides Travis Strikes Again, this is Lollipop Chainsaw. So what could a game with a title like that possibly be about? Well I'll tell you, and when I do you can easily tell that this is a game made by no one else but Suda 51.

In Lollipop Chainsaw, you play as cute and sexy cheerleader Juliet Starling. It's her birthday today, and it just happens that the zombie apocalypse is going on at the same time too, and it's all caused by some Marilyn Manson looking motherfucker named Swan. Now it's up to Juliet, her disembodied head of a boyfriend named Nick, and her crazy family consisting of badass Cordelia, batshit insane Rosalind, and DILF Gideon to save the day.

Lollipop Chainsaw has some very fun gameplay, allowing you to do magnificent and flashy combos with your chainsaw, turn your chainsaw into a freaking shotgun, and use your chainsaw as a motorcycle to get over some big jumps. Of course, since you're also a cheerleader, you're more than welcome to bash the zombie scum with your pom-poms and cheering routines. Give the zombies something to gawk at before they die…again! Leave it to Suda 51 to take something as simple as gardening equipment and pom-poms and making them awesome.

This game's humor is also on point. While it's not the funniest game I ever played, we're gonna cross that bridge when we come to it, it's definitely up there. Between Rosalind's insanity…

Rosalind: (Rather fast) Hey, Juliet, I came to save you! Something is wrong with this bus! URGH! It's really irritating! Is that a new purse? Wait! It's your boyfriend! He's a decapitated head! Fuck me! That's the coolest thing ever! WAH! I almost hit a bird, look out!

The interactions between Nick and Juliet's dad, Gideon…

Gideon: What are you gonna do? Throw magic stars at chupacabras with your tongue?

Juliet: Maybe, dad. Nick's tongue is very limber.

Gideon: AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!

Nick: She doesn't. She doesn't know that at all, sir! She has no idea if my tongue is limber.

Nick's reactions to everything around him, especially after he's reduced to a talking head…

Nick: How am I still talking without a FUCKING THORAX!?

And Nick and Juliet's interactions…

Juliet: I hate it when everyone turns into zombies, but it's also kind of fun 'cause I get to do stuff like jump on a firetruck!

Nick: Ha, ha! It is fun! It almost makes me forget that most of my friends are dead!

You'd be hard pressed not to find a moment that didn't make you at least smile.

One last thing I have to mention are the boss fights, The Dark Purveyors, more specifically their concepts. They are all so memorable because they're all based on some kind of genre of music.

You have Zed, a punk rocker who attacks with his microphone, giant speakers, sound waves, and profanity!

There's Vikke, a heavy metal/Viking zombie who uses brute force in his attacks like his lightning axe, generating lightning storms with his drumset, and having his head act like a pinball during his final phase.

Mariska, a hippie zombie who can clone herself and you have to fight her in what I can only describe as a really bad acid trip...with bubbles.

Josey, a funk zombie who is drenched in 70s/80s, who attacks from an Identified Fucking Object by blasting you with his keytar, dropping 8-bit bombs, or ramming into you forcing you to play Simon Says to dodge his attacks.

Lewis Legend, a rock n' roll zombie who attacks from his guitar/shotgun as he zips around on his motorcycle/elephant mech…and is also inspiration for one of my villains in the South Park Saints, Tobias Shredder.

And finally, Killabilly…essentially he's Zombie Elvis who will crush you with his hands, throw cars at you, and occasionally try and eat you.

Once again, only Suda 51 can make bosses this insane and make them work.

Like I said, this and Travis Strikes Back are the only games I've played from Suda, so I'm definitely going to try the original two No More Heroes games when I get the chance, but that's neither here nor there, let's finish this off.

Add in some character customization (some making Juliet look sexier than others) and have your main character be voiced by Tara Strong, and you have one recipe for a great hack n' slash by Suda 51. If wacky/low brow humor and zombies are your thing, give this game a go and see how off the chain it really is.