KILLER IS DEAD
MARVELOUS USA (XBOX 360, PS3)
The phrase “armed and dangerous” takes on new meaning in this surreal and ultraviolent brawler from the twisted Japanese studio behind Lollipop Chainsaw and No More Heroes. You play an “executioner” named Mondo, a gun-for-hire whose left arm has been lopped off and replaced with a bulging bionic pile driver that bashes through walls and transforms into a cannon for long-range attacks. Wielding a katana in your right hand, you slice, smash, and blast your way through hordes of similarly biomechanically augmented foes running amok in a stylized cyberpunk world. A special “gigolo mode” requires that you seduce the women Mondo meets throughout the story, meaning you’ll score points as a lover as well as a fighter.