Words that need to be Said- Stubbs the Zombie

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I've seen Stubbs the Zombie over and over again, and always been like, "Ooh, that's that game I wanted to rent or something but was always to expensive to buy." Well, thank God a cousin of mine actually bought it.

Stubbs the Zombie is on the level of Portal, Bioshock, and Chronicles of Riddick for being a very tightly-made, excellent, fun time. Although it gets a little repetitive, by the end of the game you, a zombie, are fighting fucking tanks on a regular basis. I really really like the way that the game gets progressively harder not by increasing the health of enemy units or sending more of them at you, but by systematically raising your wanted level.

It basically is a drawn-out GTA rampage, but the enemies are hilarious. For example: When you try to posses a human soldier, he may say, "Don't infect me with your perverse ideology." When just fighting a soldier, he may call you a commi, pinko, zombie scumbag. Also, being in a room surrounded by your zombie friends eating out the brains of your enemies is entirely enjoyable for a perverse reason. The robots are also hilarious. Guidebot was a fav.

The story is simple but good. The environment is hilarious, similar to Bioshock in its art-deco, 50s diner style.

I highly recommend this game, but...like RIddick or Bioshock, the replay value is slight. I wouldn't sit down and be like, "I want to re-enjoy the shenanigans of this game." It was a good experience. Other people should play it, and we should joke about it later, but...uh...that's about all it's worth. I feel the same way about Psychonauts even though I loved playing that game. Once around was enough.

In contrast, every year I talk myself out of replaying FF7 or FF8 or Fallout 2 or Max Payne.