Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

by Navarre

Product Features

• Use your body as a weapon - Exploding gut grenades, toxic zombie spew, severed hands that can crawl through tight spots & possess the living and unholy flatulance are available to you
• Possess unsuspecting humans and use them as weapons
• Zombie strength lets you smash down walls and maul anyone who gets in your way
• Convert Stubbs' enemies into allies, by eating their brains and making them zombies
• Explore & take over Punchbowl, an immersive and futuristic city built with the Halo engine

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BC1UZ6
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 17, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,595 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Stubbs The Zombie lets you become a man whose luck was so bad, dying was the best thing that ever happened to him. In 1933, Edward Stubblefield was a traveling salesman, trying to survive the Great Depression, when he was murdered & buried in a field in Pennsylvania. Fast forward to 1959, when billionaire playboy Andrew Monday builds his own ultramodern city - Punchbowl, where you can "drink your fill of the future". Unfortunately, he built it on the grave of "Stubbs", bringing him back as a angry zombie. Stubbs was a loser all his life, and being a zombie gives him power he never had before. He decides to keep eating brains until the city is his -- unless Andrew Monday can stop him.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a MUST have for every zombie fan, October 19, 2005

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ribcage (Lantana, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Video Game)

Really. If you're a zombie fan, you have to get this. Basically, the game involves you going around, biting people's brains out(with a beautiful and over the top bloodspray every single time.)
That sounds like it could get old, but it doesn't. Not when you have a horde of zombies following you. Not when the characters are always screaming hilarious things as you maim them or devour their brains. Not when you can throw gut grenades, life-stunning flatulance(which makes it a piece of cake to get those oh-so-satisfying brain bites), roll your head at people and explode it, or rip your hand off to possess people.

It's all great. Think you may wind up with some trouble in the next room? Well, instead of killing a guy in this one with a brain bite, rip off your hand, possess him, and use his gun to go blast away the enemies in the next room. Need to take a break? Push your zombie horde out in front of you and let them do most of the work for a while. Getting overwhelemd? Pull out some innards and let 'em rip, sending the cops flying.

And there's vehicles to cause carnage in. Awesome, grueseom carnage. And, as a nice little touch, your zombies will jump in next to you if there's room for them in the vehicle.

Great humor, GREAT gore, and great gameplay. The story is a little lacking, but you'll hardly notice that as you're going for another brain bite.

If you're not a zombie fan, I don't see any way you'll be hooked to this game, though. But that should be obvious regarding a game where you play a zombie....

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game, but worth $50?, November 10, 2005

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Michigoon "tech geek" (Mid-MI) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Video Game)

Yes, Stubbs' creator company Wideload was founded by Alex Seropian and a few other gaming gurus who once worked for Bungie. So should it surprise to you that this is a good game? Probably not. But are its innovation and dark comedy truly remarkable? That may depend on the price tag...

In Stubbs, you play as a hapless travelling salesman who (for reasons unknown) woke up from an early grave with a desperate urge to munch on brains. Delicious brains.

The monotony of munching on brains (is that even possible?) is broken up by the layers of strategy involved. Walking up behind someone will almost always result in an opportunity for an insta-kill brain gobble. If you don't want to do the fighting yourself, build your army- anyone Stubbs kills turns into a Zombie themselves. Every situation can be played differently.

The game has a high cheese/camp factor instantly shown off by its sountrack- including retro hits like "My boyfriend's back" and "Lollipop", done through excellent covers by current bands. There's also a bevvy of in-game treats ranging from a dance-off minigame to drivable war-machine tractors. Bizarre, hilarious, and fun.

So who wouldn't want Stubbs? If you're on a tight budget, and you want to squeeze every possible moment of gameplay out of your purchase, this might not be the game for you. The story is a little short, and Wideload's founders' quest to maintain few employees and drive down development costs make this game feel like a budget title at times. A great budget title, but budget nonetheless. If that doesn't sound appealing, consider looking for this title as a used game or a rental (or, wait until the price drops). Get it, play the heck out of it for a few days and laugh yourself silly at all the gags- you'll love every moment.

In summary:
-Great game, great humor, and great gore. It's everything you'd expect from a zombie game and more!
-...unless you wanted dozens and dozens of hours of gameplay.

Stubbs is a great title as it stands, but I can't help feeling it would have been better released as a $20 title- the only reason I didn't rate it 5 stars.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars loads of laughs, December 7, 2005

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deftoned (wichita falls, tx usa) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Video Game)

i laughed non-stop playing this game. all-in-all a great game. pretty good graphics. controls are very simple, a child could figure it out (though it is rated M and they shouldn't be playing it). the lethal flatulence was my favorite, but i used gut grenades more. this in an original game and a breath of fresh air. although a tad short, worth the play.

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