Stuff we liked in 2008: Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ

We were so enamored with Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ, we wrote almost 20 posts about the campy, fairy tale-themed shoot’em-up this year! The only other games that received anything close to that amount of coverage were Mega Man 9 and Wonder Pets.

Three details that are fab:

1. Red’s Spanish accent (the game’s publisher and developer are based in Barcelona).
2. Near constant stream of enemies, obstacles, and mini-bosses to (sexy) dodge and blast.
3. Creative and challenging boss fights — one stage has you drifting down a canal in Venice, following and fighting a giant zombie Pinocchio.

Three details that are butt:

1. Beating Zombie BBQ under the “Normal” difficulty mode unlocks none of the extra modes.
2. With all the menus and animated sequences, it takes way too long to jump back into a saved game.
3. For such a wacky game, there’s not a single laugh to be found in the script.

The number at the end of the review:

• Zombies Ate My Review Score

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