Aug 27, 2013 Killer is Dead contains a handful of good ideas that are sadly marred by a wealth of technical flaws, tonal inconsistencies, and an offensively juvenile attitude toward sexuality. For Killer Is Dead on the Xbox 360, GameFAQs has 4 FAQs (game guides and walkthroughs), 55 cheat codes and secrets, 47 achievements, 1 review, and 21 critic reviews.
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Created by famed game auteur Goichi Suda (Killer7, No More Heroes), Killer is Dead is a stylish 3D Action game in which players take control of the womanizing contract killer Mondo Zappa as he uses his Japanese sword and cybernetic left arm to track down and behead criminals. Set in the near future, Killer is Dead is full of cyborgs, dark matter, and lunar tourism, and the main storyline finds Mondo battling cybernetic organisms called Wires and pursuing eight bizarre assassination targets, including a 500-foot-tall giant, a crab woman, and an anthropomorphic train.Mondo's katana, which he calls Gekkou, and his cybernetic arm, which is named Musselback, both grow stronger by absorbing the blood of fallen enemies, and as gamers slash, guard, and dodge they build up a combo meter that will let them pull off gruesome Final Judgment finishing moves. Final Judgment moves give players special bonuses, and they can use moon crystals to upgrade Mondo's skills, and acquire the charge cannon, freeze shooter, and drill upgrades to his cybernetic arm. In addition to the main storyline episode, gamers can take on a variety of repeatable sub-missions, or they can take on Gigolo missions, in which Mondo must seduce beautiful women to earn rewards.All launch copies of Killer Is Dead include a hardcover art book, soundtrack CD, and the 'Smooth Operator' downloadable content pack.
When compared to combat in games like DmC and Metal Gear Rising, Killer is Dead comes out feeling uninspired and underwhelming. The past few years have supplied us with more competent action games, more fully realized and stylish worlds, and much more interesting forays into marrying video games with mature sexual themes. Killer is Dead contains a handful of good ideas that are sadly marred by a wealth of technical flaws, tonal inconsistencies, and an offensively juvenile attitude toward sexuality. Killer is Dead is one of those rare games where the style is met by gameplay which really compliments the different elements. An outlandish thriller with fantastic combat and an eye for the fantastical, if anything it is only let down by a lack of ambition; ambition to push the game further, to utilise its universe and really develop the fantastical episodes of the main missions. The noire atmosphere is excellently maintained, menacing and cool, while the combat is an absolute joy. Although challenging on normal difficulty, higher difficulties are near narcissistic.