It's like a blend of Killer 7's weird stuff and God Hand's characters, with some Dynasty Warrior-eqsue button mashing combat mechanics and a little bit of GTA mixed in. And it's really, really violent.
Travis Touchdown is one strange dude. He wields a lightsaber. It's even got those damned Star Wars sound effects to go with the swings. He's got all the badass moves (chopping people in half, auto-decapitations, wrestling grapples and throws, etc) and the right lines. But he lives in this crappy little room in the No More Heroes Motel. His room is filled with anime posters and figurines (the man has a freakin' six-foot Gundam in his living room), and other memorabilia. One of the running gags is him recieving voice messages from the video store concering his rentals; he has "How To Please a Woman in Bed Vol. 3" on backorder. Whenever he talks to the representative from the United Assassin's Association (who looks like a grown-up version of Viewtiful Joe's Sylvia), he usually flirts with her or spends way too much time looking at her breasts. He's one horny (but still sadistic) killer.
The goal of the game is to kill the top ten assassins in the town of Santa Destroy. The thing is, there's an entrance fee that needs to be paid to secure a venue and get everything prepared. So before he fights, Travis has to take side jobs (killing businessmen, murdering the local baseball team, mowing lawns, etc) in order to get enough money to pay off the UAA. It's kinda like San Andreas as well; you can buy new clothes, get upgrades for the sword, get physical training from a perveted old man, and rent videos to learn new moves.
The combat is very, very button-mashy. You can either attack entire groups of enemies, or you can lock onto single targets (think 3D Zeldas) and attack or dodge accordingly. You can alternate between high and low stances, then just mash the A button to rack up combos. You can also use physical attacks (punches, kicks, and grabs) and break through an enemy's guard. Once you attack someone enough times, they'll start getting dizzy, which leaved them wide open to a finishing move (which requires you to make a slicing motion with the WiiMote) or a throw. It's repetitive, but the occasionally diehard AI can make fights interesting.
As for the bosses...they're pretty messed up. I'm not even halfway up the ranks, but I've already fought an old man covered in tattoos, a singer/gunslinger (think Angel Eyes from the Good, The Bad, and the Ugly), a high school student trying to avenge her father (samuari style), and a man cosplaying as a comic supervillain.
Oh, and Travis can occasionally go into overdrive mode. Sometimes he'll just run faster, other times he can kill people in one hit, and sometimes the a giant targeting reticule will appear onscreen and let you fire off energy projectiles. Regardless of what happens, Travis will spout off some insanely random one-liner, like: "BLUEBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE!" or "STRAWBERRY CHEESE!"
Weird, weird ****.
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daff - January 26, 2008 (11:38 PM) I picked it up on Wednesday and it is pretty fun so far. I like the save screen. |
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nash - January 26, 2008 (11:57 PM) I didn't know anything about this game before this post... wow. |
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NeutronSX - January 27, 2008 (02:47 PM) was a god hand any good i thought of buying once |
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jiggs - January 27, 2008 (09:38 PM) "You set me up, bitch!" |
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