No More Heroes

No More Heroes

No More Heroes is a game published by Ubisoft Entertainment and is rated Mature with blood and gore, crude humour, intense violense, sexual themes and strong language. In the game, you play as Travis Touchdown who jus knocked off the world’s eleventh best without breaking a sweat. It starts off right after Travis was assigned to take on the drifter known as Helter Skelter, after which Travis takes the latter’s place as the new 11th ranked assassin. The adventure begins after the mysterious beauty, Sylvia Christel appears and the situation turns out to be more complicated than first thought.

Features

In No More Heroes, hack and smash your way through Santa Destroy, California and unleash a lethal combination of sword slashes and wrestling moves. The graphics are of a modern, highly stylized 3D world which allows you to roam a Sand Box Universe in full 3D. You can choose to roam the city on foot or slide around corners on your speed bike. You control your plasma-beam katana actions with two Wii Remote sensitive attack stances and an arsenal of close combat wrestling moves. Other features include interactive special attacks and finishing moves which are completed by matching your Wii Remote’s movements to the cues on the screen. The way in which you finish off your opponent determines how much money you’ll earn for your efforts. Besides that, you can also complete side missions and mini-games such as Pizza Delivery, Graffiti Blaster and Speed Bike Racing for extra cash The character’s wardrobe and new weapons can also be customized, as well as new attacks to be learnt. The characters in this game include travis Touchdown, Sylvia Christel who single-handedly arranges all ranking battles, Holy Summers, United Assassin’s Association (UAA)’s 6th ranked assassin, Shinobu, UAA’s 8th ranked assassin, Doctor Naomi who developed the Tsubaki series of beam katanas that Travis uses, Thunder Ryu who is Travis’ master in sword techniques and hand-to-hand combat, Destroy Man, UAA’s 7th ranked assassin, Dr. Peace, Uaa’s 9th ranked assassin as well as a corrupt detective, Randall Lovikov, a drunken old man who is Travis’ indirect master and Bad Girl whose targets find a nice contrast between her distinct Lolita fashion and bloodstained baseball bat.

Review Summary

No More Heroes is the story of Travis Touchdown who lives in Santa Destroy, California. Due to some unexpected circumstances, Travis is confronted by the head hunter of an assassins’ organisation. Travis must defeat ten other bloodthirsty killers to become the best. With the Wii Remote spectacular wrestling moves become easy. No More Heroes is mainly a love and hate story with plenty of action and intrigue. It also features plenty of rewards, making the combats exciting. Many reviewers find themselves enthralled by the joyous, stylized action and awesome performance. They find the motion controls to be awesome and they like the concept of the story with its weird characters, drama and humor. You are armed with a weapon of your choice which you can upgrade. After a fight, you can unlock two new missions. Some reviewers find that the missions are almost identical. However the difference lies in the ways you fight with the enemy in each mission. There are plenty of small details and gameplay detours to keep you going. The visuals are amazing with highlights in its clean textures and animations. The combats are stylish and the dialogue is just too good. No More Heroes is dark, engaging and entertaining. Most gamers find that the fantastic combat is an enough reason to play again and again.