Stubbsis an entertaining but poorly-aged splatterpunk comedy that takes many cheap shots at 1950s science fiction.
To my mind, however, the real question is whyStubbsis back at all.
There wereplans for a sequel in 2008, but they were interrupted when Disney bought Wideload in 2009.
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Since then,Stubbshas had a bad run.
Its 2007 Steam port got delisted, and it was quietly pulled off of Xbox Live in 2012.
That leftStubbsout in the cold for close to a decade, out of print and hard to find.
We went from Stubbslessness to a Stubbs renaissance in under a month.
“We’ve watched the continuous support shown by fans as to how much they loved the game.
We felt the time was right to bringStubbsback.”
I might argue with that.
It’s straight-up the original 2005 version, no gimmicks.
“It is the same game that many fans know and love,” said Staloch.
That meansStubbs,like many games were in 2005,is ugly,verybrown, and surprisingly unfocused.
It’s also weirdly easy.
They’re there to be pinatas, and more importantly, fresh recruits.
IfStubbswasn’t playing its main gimmick for laughs, it’d beterrifying.
As it is, outside of a few good moments,Stubbsjust feels sort of quaint.
Zombies never fell out of fashion, after all.
