Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ Review
Posted on January 25, 2009, 4:42 PM
Written By: Matt Wilson
Great name, and overall great game too. EnjoyUp's Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ for the Nintendo DS takes everything from the past that you like in shmups and consolidates it into one far-out adventure. You'll be fighting a nice variety of enemies throughout the levels as well as some cleverly crafted bosses. You'll even experience a nice drop in frame-rate when there are multiple enemies on-screen...
The game makes good use of the dual-screen since the levels will be scrolling down passed your character, who is locked on a grid at the bottom of the screen. The different weapons that you collect are displayed on your screen and can be selected at any time. You can find the different weapons by shooting crates. If you wanted you could control the entire game with the stylus, but I found moving my character with the directional pad was much more comfortable. However, you will find certain scenarios that you'll need to move your character fast, thus, touching the individual zones at the bottom of the screen is the most efficient way. Double tapping the screen will launch a big bomb, however, this can become frustrating since it's fairly easy to accidentally double tap, losing one of your very valuable and limited bombs.
Hordes of undead will be bombarding your cute little character. The game can get quite difficult at certain parts in the game, most notably during the boss fight of the three little pigs. I only wish that they had included checkpoints within the levels, seeing as if you died at any point in the level, you would have to start from the beginning. Each level of the game introduces new types of zombies to kill, all who had unique ways of trying to kill you. Additionally, new obstacles to dodge such as laser and/or suicidal birds are added in each level.
Overall, the game delivers a rewarding experience. The ending of the game is kind of abrupt and open-ended. EnjoyUp's definitely wants you too play the harder difficulty to understand the entirety of the story. I've started it on the Hard difficulty and it definitely is a greater challenge to traverse a single level. Seeing how you can find Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ for only $20.00 in stores, even less for a used copy, there's no reason why this shouldn't become an impulse buy next time your at your local game retailer.
The game makes good use of the dual-screen since the levels will be scrolling down passed your character, who is locked on a grid at the bottom of the screen. The different weapons that you collect are displayed on your screen and can be selected at any time. You can find the different weapons by shooting crates. If you wanted you could control the entire game with the stylus, but I found moving my character with the directional pad was much more comfortable. However, you will find certain scenarios that you'll need to move your character fast, thus, touching the individual zones at the bottom of the screen is the most efficient way. Double tapping the screen will launch a big bomb, however, this can become frustrating since it's fairly easy to accidentally double tap, losing one of your very valuable and limited bombs.
Hordes of undead will be bombarding your cute little character. The game can get quite difficult at certain parts in the game, most notably during the boss fight of the three little pigs. I only wish that they had included checkpoints within the levels, seeing as if you died at any point in the level, you would have to start from the beginning. Each level of the game introduces new types of zombies to kill, all who had unique ways of trying to kill you. Additionally, new obstacles to dodge such as laser and/or suicidal birds are added in each level.
Overall, the game delivers a rewarding experience. The ending of the game is kind of abrupt and open-ended. EnjoyUp's definitely wants you too play the harder difficulty to understand the entirety of the story. I've started it on the Hard difficulty and it definitely is a greater challenge to traverse a single level. Seeing how you can find Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ for only $20.00 in stores, even less for a used copy, there's no reason why this shouldn't become an impulse buy next time your at your local game retailer.
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