What's The Point Of Lollipop Chainsaw Without James Gunn Or Suda51?

thegamer.com:

I’ve written more about Lollipop Chainsaw than is probably useful or wise recently. It’s always been a game that I’ve had fond memories of, but it wasn’t until the tantalising prospect of a Lollipop Chainsaw comeback was teased, and then confirmed, that I realised just how much I loved it. It’s basically ‘what if Kim Petras was a game’, which is extremely my jam, so I shouldn’t be surprised. And yet I am. After writing about both my excitement for Juliet Starling’s return and my fears that the remake might not live up to my memory of the game, I thought I was done writing about it at least until we got the first trailer. But now news has broken that neither James Gunn nor Suda51 are involved in the game, so I’m back in the saddle once more.

In a way, it’s not surprising that Gunn is not involved in the game. While he had a lot more love for the game (and for gaming in general) than a lot of Hollywood people who are brought in to consult on video games, his stock has risen hugely since Lollipop Chainsaw’s launch. He’s currently wrapping up Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, as well as overseeing Peacemaker, and presumably has other movies (superhero or not) in various stages of development. Suda51 is more surprising. Gaming is his day job, and he’s always been a very passionate, involved creator. It’s disappointing that not only is he not involved in the remake, he claims he first heard of it alongside the rest of us when the news broke.

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Suda51 might not have hit all of his games out of the park, but he did love them all, and it’s unacceptable that he had no knowledge of this. We love to claim that video games are art but when original creators are