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Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse PC
  • Publisher: Aspyr
  • Release Date: Nov 21, 2005
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Metascore
72 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

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  • Summary: Guaranteed to turn some heads, this third-person action game is an original IP by Bungie Studio veterans that uses an updated Halo engine to deliver a stirring tale of one man's hunger for love, justice...and brains. In this game, players take on the role of the rebel himself ? Stubbs, a wisecracking Zombie who takes on an ultra-modern city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. The game?s tongue-in-cheek humor, innovative combat and strong storyline keep Stubbs the Zombie?s gameplay as bizarre and unpredictable as its namesake. On his quest, Stubbs lurches his way through numerous large and visually captivating indoor/outdoor environments in and around the gleaming city of Punchbowl, PA, a city built during the Eisenhower administration to show off the ultra-futuristic technology of the 21st century. Stubbs? brain-eating adventure brings him through bustling shopping districts and verdant farmlands to battle mad scientists, rural militiamen and the world's deadliest barbershop quartet. His enemies have shotguns, tanks, and all manner of futuristic weaponry. All Stubbs has is his own rotting corpse, a distinct lack of pain or conscience, and the ability to turn foes into zombie allies. What begins as one zombie?s search for revenge quickly escalates into an all-out war between the living and the dead - but this time it's the zombie fighting for truth, justice and the redemption of true love. Yes, it's a love story too. [Aspyr Media]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Play Magazine
    85
    There's a lot to be said about plowing through town with a zombie horde, biting brains. [Dec 2005, p.59]
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  2. ActionTrip
    73
    Although Stubbs the Zombie stands as a pleasing deviation from today's genre standards, it still doesn't have enough to engulf players in the long run.
  3. Thunderbolt
    70
    Stubbs might be left craving a few more brains and he might have wished that he could have done a little bit more than just feast and fart, but I think that by the time Punchbowl and love have been conquered, Stubbs is reasonably satisfied with the second chance he was given for life and love.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 4 out of 26
  1. JamesF
    10
    Great game to get a laugh and play to waste a little time here and there.
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  2. Decont89
    6
    This game is fun, but unfortunatly it gets very repetitive. For the first few minutes of the game it is quite entertaining to personally invade someone's brain cavity, but eventualy it gets quite aggravating. Good for a few laughs only.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. WillS
    2
    Purchased this while on sale for $5. It's not even worth that. Some parts of the game will have you literally trying to melee a man flying around on a jetpack. The levels are about as bad as you can get. With a area with say twenty rooms only having about 3-5 unique rooms that are repeated over and over. Each area will have maybe the same amount of unique enemies, most of them being extremely easy to kill or incredibly hard. There's really no story line at all, and what little there is just killing a handful of "important" characters. The game is very dated and although it's based on the Halo engine, it actually manages to look older. There's a lot of missing features such as changing keybinds in-game, and no real save feature beyond latest checkpoint. Really though I just want my time back.… Expand
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