You can hold the left trigger to block, but if you hit it at exactly the right time, you’ll knock the opponent back and have the opportunity for a free combo.Īs I tore through my zombified foes, I noticed that each kill would result in a blue stylized squid popping up onscreen next to a +1 or +2. Oh, and of course, Silva kept friendly damage, for the sole reason that "it’s more fun." The game also has a block and counter system. With these simple tools, each band member becomes a whirlwind of destruction, able to do dashing attacks, launchers, seemingly infinite air combos, and even my beloved izuna drops. In traditional action game fashion, light attacks are mapped to X, heavy to Y, grabs to B, and jumping to Y. Based off of the combat system in The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, combat in Charlie Murder is a bit more complex and technical than your average beat-em-up. While the demo I played didn’t have the most engaging story, its narrative gaps were all forgotten as soon as I came to grips with the combat. …and brought back to life by some friendly EMTs with chest paddles only to see Gore Quaffer walking (and in one case) floating by.
After a few seconds of combat, the band was lifted into the air by a radiant pillar of light… The demo opened with the band members in hell fighting off demons. These four are the game’s playable characters, since, as Ska’s "Lead Dishwasher" James Silva says, "it just felt natural to have a four player beat ’em up star a four-piece punk band." The titular band is made up of the green-haired Charlie Murder, the band’s lead vocalist and namesake, the tall, mohawked Lester Deth (guitar and backup vocals), Tommy Homicide (the stocky bassist), and the inhumanly-large, hockey-mask-wearing drummer, the Rexecutioner. Unfortunately for Charlie Murder, Gore Quaffer’s bassist controls legions of the undead. The game focuses around the punk band Charlie Murder, and their quest to rescue their lead singer’s girlfriend Skelekitten from their rival death metal band, Gore Quaffer.
#CHARLIE MURDER SHIRT FULL#
However, Microsoft took interest in the title while Ska Studios (currently two people) was developing The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile (which, as you may recall, I liked quite a bit, and it has since been expanded into a full XBLA title). The game was initially designed as a $1 Xbox Live Indie Games title and meant to be a tribute to arcade brawlers such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and The Punisher.
Charlie Murder is a simple game at heart.
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