Meltdown

Game Title - No More Heroes
Developer - Grasshopper Manufacture
Genre - Hack 'n' Slash Adventure Game
Rating - M
Release Date - January 22, 2008
Platforms - Nintendo Wii


Game Overview
On a system known for gimmicky bullshit and kiddy games, sometimes a fountain of blood can be really, REALLY refreshing. For all real gamers who are sickened by cheap cash-ins and half-ass games on this system, I give you, No More Heroes.

You take control as woefully misguided Travis..erm...Touchdown. Yeah. I know. Travis is an assasin, armed with a lightsabe- erm...BEAM KATANA, with a foul mouth and a tendency to leave blood in his wake. Voiced by the man behind the Prince of Persia, I found Travis to be pretty fucking stupid. He dresses like an ass, and seems to obsess over combining love & sex with violence, the best example being him professing his love to a woman after she shoved a grenade in her mouth. The character is a conflicting personality, and not in the fun way, in the oxymoron way. However, I will say he has his moments of cool.

The story is not prevalent, however it is an issue and I consider myself to be professional enough to discuss it. The story is your standard "I WANNA BE THE BEST!" underdog story, with some humorous twists. The dialogue itself is written suberbly and genuinely made me laugh. Black humor abound. The characters in particular, are colorful, funny, and well-written. Other than that there's not really much I can say that wouldn't ruin the entire experiance, which is kinda tacky. Other concerns are that the game provides little backstory, choosing to simply plop your ass into the fray, refusing to explain the origins of Travis or the association until the end, and the light shed is like a spark in the ocean.

The graphics sport a nice stylized cell shading, featuring some contrast and little detail, while emphasizing bright color, such as blood. GALLONS OF IT. The only 2 issues I have with the graphics are from time to time the shading gets slightly awkward at times and the main city looks like a horse's ass. The cars are squat and untextured, and the city as a whole is undetailed.

Which brings me to the primary concern with No More Heroes. The city sucks. Why? It's bland, uninteresting, lacks "real" 9interaction on even the most basic of levels (Whassa brother gotta do to get a car crash?) It feels like a tacked on afterthought rather than a genuine part of the game. It's cardboard cutout bullshit, when you dumb it all down. Also, despite the 8-bit styling, the map is a BITCH to navigate.


1. Audio - 7
I appreciate the Prince as Travis, but everything else is repetitive to no end. They wore a bitchin' tune into the dirt until I hated it, and made enemies screaming "MY SPLEEN" not funny.

2. Graphics - 6 1/2
The characters all look fantastic, but the shading and city drag it down.

3. Controls - 9
The game runs like a Cadillac. Smooth. Intuitive. Easy to get used to. The only problem I have were the work-outs.

4. Content - 4
Outside the fighting, it's very redundant.

5. Replayability - 2
Not much sense going back once you're done.

7. Story - 8
The story is cheesy and I love it.

8. Innovation - 9
It's definitely something new, and I'd like to see it blossom.

9. Getting Into It - 5
It's hard to get into it with that fucking city.

10. Game Length - 6
The game is pretty game short. I beat it in 1 day but that might be just me. But still compared to other games in general, this has a lot less missions.


OVERALL SCORE
6.2 out of 10


Final Comment
Fun, gory, and different, but not for everyone.

also

THAT FUCKING CITY!

I hate you, Mok.

Sorry. I put a warning up and everything, I didnt wanna have to delete your whole review o.o

What did he do wrong?

He didnt follow the format when it came to bolding and stuff. But he said he hates me because with the overall score he put "I dont care what the rating system says, I give it a 7.5"....that and he put N/A for multiplayer when there was none.

Bought it, played it, beat it, playing throught it again, loving every single second of it.

My problem with the city is the shading, especially when trying to find the lovikov balls, especially when trying to figure out if there is an ally there or just a wall because you can\t see past the HORIBBLE OMG WALL OF BLACK shading.

Regardless, I love the retro feel to most of the game and the map isn't THAT BAD. Or you just suck at min-map reading.

at least its not about Japanese Girls hired by the UN to blow up America

They have a game like that? o.O
Hahaha

its made from the people who made No More Heroes