Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game is an XBLA and PSN title which was released last month. The story is based on the Scott Pilgrim vs The World movie and graphic novel series, which sees the main character (Scott) fall in love with Ramona, and have to battle her evil exes to win her heart. Fairly standard stuff really, I battle evil exes all of the time.
This game is amazingly retro. Not just in it's 8-bit presentation and awesome chiptune soundtrack, but the gameplay itself is rather retro too. Side-scrolling beat em' ups went the way of the NES and Master System, and this game would be right at home on those two classic consoles.
The gameplay is fun, but it's the presentation and attention to detail which makes this game so great. The detail in the pixels is amazing (the graphics were produced from famous pixel artist Paul Robertson), and the chiptune soundtrack is fun, and fits the game perfectly (game soundtrack was produced by chiptune heroes ANAMANAGUCHI). This game soundtrack is even available for purchase on iTunes (I have the soundtrack on my iPhone). Scott Pilgrim gets better when you're playing with friends (especially as the difficulty is BRUTAL when going solo), but unfortunately there is no online co-op. I guess the developers wanted a true retro experience? No online co-op would be the only negative, to an otherwise perfect game.
Here is a trailer, which shows off the retro goodness...
I am in Lesbian with this game. Jump on your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 and try out the demo.
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