
As you fight you will eventually level up where you get to raise your attack, speed, defense, and anar-chi (magic) stats. It also features a level up system, unlike a majority of games in this genre, but it’s not to say it was the first. Each character class gives you a different experience as you play through the side scroller. On top of the physical weapons you can pick up, you also have magical attacks, such as a Black Canary like scream at your disposal based on the characters that you pick.Ĭharlie Murder allows you to pick from five different classes at the start of the game including: Berserker, Tank, Mesmer, Mage, and Shaman. In some ways the variety of random weapons reminds me of another zombie-related franchise such as Dead Rising. Some of the weapons bring of a level of comedy to what is an otherwise non-comedic game. In Charlie Murder, you can pick up and use the heads of enemies you previously dismembered, the aforementioned loaf of bread, hand guns machine guns, medieval axes, witches’ brooms and so much more. There are of course the staples of a beat-em-up like pipes and knifes that you can pick up and use to fight, but this game doesn’t stop there. When it comes to the weapons in Charlie Murder, there is no lack of choices or randomness. Is this latest Xbox 360 release worth the time to play or is it dead on arrival? Keep reading to find out as we go through the best and worst qualities of Charlie Murder. There aren’t too many games where you can use a large loaf of bread to beat down enemies, but Charlie Murder gives you this opportunity and more.
The game features side scrolling beat-em-up gameplay that seems to take lots of elements from other games in the genre, while still having plenty of its own to make it a unique experience. Now they bring another zombie centric game to the Xbox Live Arcade.

Charlie Murder is the latest release from Ska Studios, creators of a wide variety of zombie-related games like I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!1.
