The plot is pretty nonsensical and jumps from scene to scene by sometimes literally just by having Stubbs being exploded from one location to the other, but it’s all wrapped up in a dark sense of humour that usually works. There’s an ongoing mystery behind who Stubbs really is, but I found it incredibly hard to care all that much and I think the game is aware of that. Stubbs rises from his grave, steals a hotdog and then decides to take it a little further by turning everyone around him into zombies.
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse has you in control of the titular character as he resurrects as a zombie in the middle of a retro-futuristic city called Punchbowl. They’re also all available on Spotify which is pretty cool. They’re mostly used in one scene, but they feel like a part of the game’s DNA. You’ve got covers of songs like “Earth Angel” and “Lollipop” that genuinely sound great.
Besides having some catchy little songs for driving vehicles or using your hand to possess people, some of the licenced tracks are a ton of fun. One element of Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse that really impressed me was the music. It’s not a big deal, and this is still a decent port overall, but I would have liked to see a little bit more done here.
It looks fine running on the Switch in both docked and handheld, but considering this is a 15-year-old-game I was a little surprised to see the framerate locked at 30 frames-per-second. Besides being updated to be in HD, there are absolutely no bells and whistles added here, and certainly no changes to the gameplay mechanics. I’m sure my reaction to Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse coming back was similar to many others: huh? That’s not to say that I hadn’t heard of the game before now, as I can vaguely remember playing it many years ago, but more speaking to how weird it is to see a straight port of an old Xbox cult classic about a cigarette-smoking zombie put onto the Nintendo Switch.
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