Lastly there’s Survival Horror, which is seeing how long you can last and how many zombies you can beat up before they eventually eat your brain. There’s Dodge Ball where the objective is to knock out other characters by hitting them with a ball enough times. There’s a Battle Royale mode that’s self explanatory what can be found there. In addition to the main story there are a few bonus modes included in Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game – Complete Edition that provide gameplay variety but none of them are major selling points. The story campaign is fun enough and entertaining on single player, but as is the general rule with this type of game, it’s better enjoyed with friends. Some of the expensive upgrades can make a big difference in difficulty and without upgrades many of the later enemies are huge damage sponges. There’s some light RPG elements similar to games like River City Ransomwhere the player can buy items and food to increase characters along with being able to learn more fighting moves as the characters level up. Random items, such as garbage cans and katana swords, can be picked up for temporary weapons and even knocked down enemies can be picked up and thrown as projectiles which fits the overall ridiculous tone of the Scott Pilgrim universe and game. Other characters can be unlocked over the course of the game to work as summon assists. The player can select to play as different characters which have unique moves and fighting style, but essentially play the same as each other. The gameplay in Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game – Complete Edition is typical fare for beat ’em up games that were popular in the ’80s and ’90s. The NEStaglia is taken a step further in the game in the subspace level where Scott and company can earn extra money and there’s intentional visual distortions in the form of random letters and blocks which should look all too familiar to anyone who grew up playing the NES. Nods to classic video games are common in the Scott Pilgrim universe with rival bands having names like The Clash at Demonhead. The world map that Scott uses to navigate between levels and replay them is blatantly patterned after Super Mario Bros. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game – Complete Edition follows the graphic novel and film’s style of incorporating video game imagery. This is an unusual courtship ritual but does provide some context for a decent beat ’em up game. To further complicate the courtship, Scott simply cannot just start dating Ramona, first having to defeat each of her seven exes in battle.
Scott has a dream about Ramona Flowers, an Amazon delivery girl who he later meets which causes him to lose all interest in Knives and eventually break up with her. The World: The Game – Complete Edition.įor those unfamiliar with the plot, Scott Pilgrim is the 22-year-old bassist in the band Sex Bob-Omb who is dating 17-year-old high school student Knives Chau much to the chagrin of his bandmates and friends (note: Age of consent in Canada is 16, which is where this game takes place). That is until now as a remastered version appears on current-gen consoles in the twilight of their lives with both DLC packs called Scott Pilgrim vs. As 2014 drew to a close, the game was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, never to be seen again. The first DLC pack introduced Knives Chau as a playable character and added the Dodge Ball and Battle Royale modes a few months after the initial release, and then the second DLC pack that added Wallace Wells as a character and online multiplayer was released about two and half years later in early 2013. The World: The Game was based on the graphic novels and released in 2010 to coincide with the film starring Michael Cera of Arrested Development fame. Scott Pilgrim hasn’t had the most conventional timeline when it comes to video games.