Vehicle segments liven up Charlie Murder as well, serving as faster-paced, simplified versions of regular combat.Īesthetically, punk rock and heavy metal ooze from the game. Players takes the respective instrument their characters perform with and use the face buttons to play the song going on in the scene’s background. The game’s flashbacks, which explain how the band got itself into such a predicament, double as rhythm segments. During my hands-on time with the game, I controlled Charlie Murder himself, who used his rocking vocals to ward off and damage enemies.Īs they say, variety is the spice of life, and it’s something that Ska Studios takes to heart with this title. Each band member has his or her own special attacks and abilities based on standings within the group. Most can be used for basic attacks, some can be thrown, and others can be wielded in a dual fashion. Weapons vary from the traditional list of guns and swords to the not-so-traditional bevy of brooms and hooks to the downright gruesome re-purposed limbs. Bodies (and the requisite parts) explode throughout every level. Fortunately, if any fellow rocker succumbs from sustained wounds, they can be brought back from the brink via a defibrillator (a la Castle Crashers).Ĭombat in Charlie Murder is brutal. That’s right, though the game is a co-op title friendly fire is very much in effect and can ruin not just a buddy’s combos, but their in-game lives as well. Once informed of the situation befalling the band, players are let loose to wreak havoc upon all things friend and foe.
Doing so will take the band on adventures through hell (literally), zombie infestations, mosh pits, and more.
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Ska Studios taps that potential by meshing the two musical varieties with arguably the best genre possible: an arcade-style action beat-’em-up.Ĭharlie Murder stars a revolutionary punk rock band that is on a quest to free front man Charlie Murder’s girlfriend, Skelekitten, from their popular rival metal band.
It’s strange, then, to think that not many have tried to harness that culture in a video game. When one thinks of punk rock and metal, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the mayhem and violence associated with the two subgenres.
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