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No More Heroes

Name: No More Heroes
Brand: Ubisoft
Rating: 6.92 (5786 reviews)

Released 1/24/08

Genre

: Action Adventure

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Content Descriptors

Blood and Gore
Crude Humor
Intense Violence
Sexual Themes
Strong Language

Interactive Elements

No Interactive Elements

6.9

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Based on 64 critics

There may not be any heroes, but there are plenty of villains in this cutting-edge action saga made exclusively for Nintendo Wii. Travis Touchdown is an average anime fan making his home the fictional California town of Santa Destroy. Travis suddenly finds his life on the line when a strange twist of fate thrusts him into the ranks of an organization of assassins. In order to survive, he'll have to defeat a lineup of ten ruthless killers and make his way to the top of the organization. Instinctive controls make it easy to instantly perform stunning attacks in a world with striking graphics and an engaging storyline.

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Style Over Substance, but Not Enough of Either

Suda51 has become a cult favorite for his off-kilter and devil may care style when directing games, both of which are fully interact in No More Heroes. However, equally present are his tendency toward shallow, repetitive gameplay, poor optimization, lackluster game feel, and padded, fillery structure. No More Heroes absolutely relies on its aesthetic to carry an altogether mediocre play experience, but in my opinion the style of the game isn't delivered on strongly enough to make up for structural issues such as the entirely underdeveloped open world, tedious mandatory minigames, and largely monotonous combat.

NilkadNaquada (member since 2018)

reviewed on 9/7/18

1 agree

You Otaku!

Do you like anime culture? Do you like killins'? Do you like digital female assets? Then you'll love No More Heroes. This latest offering from the creator of Killer 7 is a rather unique, rather amusing game that never really goes anywhere. I spent half the game trying to figure out a solid motivation for the protagonist, Travis Touchdown, to be going about killing hundreds of talentless underlings and their often interesting masters. The motivation I came up for his actions? A woman and a lust to be the best. Travis from his style to his wit and stubborn coolness are everything any real life otaku wishes they were. Basically the game boils down to going from mission to mission and clawing your way up the ranks of the UAA (An assassin's guild.) by killing whoever holds the rank above you. The missions and boss battles are always interesting and fun and they are what will keep you playing this game, that and nothing else. Between missions you have to do extremely boring side missions and odd jobs to pay the entry fee for the next ranked fight. These jobs range from killing to rounding up cats to collecting coconuts. Other than that, you can work out at a gym owned by a hilariously odd ex-wrestler (The gamefly censor system won't let me say why), buy videos and visit a scientist who makes new beam katanas and apparently hates you. There is also a collect fest in the form of delivering "Lovikov Balls" to a drunk Russian of the same name. The combat is very repetitive (Slash, slash wave the Wiimote in an indicated direction, watch clouds of blood and limbs fly everywhere, repeat.) and I found that I almost exclusively used my beam katana; almost never did I utilize the arsenal of wrestling moves at Travis' disposal. That said, the combat is giggle inducing, over-the-top and fun. The unique personality, style and music of this title will either make you love it or hate it. Because combat alone does not a game make. So, if you're open to a bit of quirk, pick it

Reinhart (member since 2008)

reviewed on 4/4/08

26 agree

punks not dead

well...actually it is. and mtv killed it. but its spirit lives on thru this bum named travis touchdown. third party games on the wii come in two forms: either games that try to use the wiimote in "innovative" ways and fail miserably with terrible controls or a collection of mini games. thankfully, this game is neither. no more heroes is, without question, the best third party game on wii. it focuses more on actually playing than trying to get the wii remote to do weird and pointless things. other than a few mini games the only remote usage is saved for wrestling moves and finishers. it really keeps the game fun without feeling like a gimmick. combat is very fun and smooth, since thats what you'll spend most of your time doing. theres just something fun about pulling off a finisher and decapitating 10+ enemies with one mighty swing. enemies split in half and blood sprays all over the place, anime style. even tho you're basically using a lightsaber (or a beam katana as they call it) that you bought off the internet. theres still upgrades and different types of swords, including one with five blades, awesomeness. youre not in this for fame, money, honor or any of those other motives heroes use, no, travis is just doing this to get some booty. the point of the game is to get enough money thru (very) odd jobs and assassination gigs to fight the next assassin above you and take his place. these guys are all very unique in their insanity, the boss battles are the highlight of the game. everything in this game has its own twisted style. the story line is excellent. the combats great. the graphics are amazing with a combination of modern and retro, travis himself still plays N64. there was one gripe, some of the levels are a little boring. letz shake's (yeah, thats really his name) level is one straight line. there aren't even any turns. and its long. anyone who's looking for a great non-nintendo game definatley needs to pick this one up.

kottonmouf (member since 2006)

reviewed on 1/29/08

23 agree

Best game for Wii.

This is simply one of the best Wii games out currently. Other than Medal of Honor Heroes 2, no other game has quit sparked my interest until No More Heroes. Soon as you start the game there is just DEATH DEATH DEATH. Slicing through people, doing wrestling moves. It's sweet to DDT someone and then stab them with a beam katana. I also enjoyed petting Jeane in the game. The game is really messed up, which is what makes it so awesome. For one mission, you kill someone, and for the next mission you collect coconuts. AWESOME. THIS GAME GETS A 10/10 for gameplay, graphics, sweet story, weird stuff, and DEATH!

pkessler (member since 2007)

reviewed on 1/25/08

86 agree

Great but not for me

I understand why everyone is so impressed with this game. This game is original and clever in almost every aspect. The game play is interesting and intuitive the music is acceptable and the premise is totally unique. The directors stamp is all over this game evident in its many quirky little tid-bits. This being said I sent this game back after playing it for twenty minutes. The game just wasn't fun for me. I think most will enjoy this game but some(like me) will not really buy into the hype and quirky game play. Most of the game felt very repetitive to me and I just didn't care about getting past the first boss. I felt like I was just button mashing and not really immersed in a good video game experience

lancelot (member since 2007)

reviewed on 2/21/08

44 agree

No More Doubts Remain...

Well this game started off pretty well reflecting on the trailer anyone following had scene and putting you into the action first off. Not only that but it also managed to put the Wii-mote into a usefull stance instead of constantly burdening the player. The sandbox style of the game really shines around the city of Sante Destroy while progressing in the story almost seemlessly. The only real challenge is earning the money to pay your fight fees which is easilly accomplished by just doing a few part time jobs and assasinations.As far as the overall feel of the game it was outstanding the constant jokes and prods and overall atmosphere just made it ring of success. Personally only one game even feels moderately similar that being Killer7 the director/story writer Suda51's cult hit. As far as looks go its pretty decent although not exactly up to par with "next-gen" expectations it does stylistically present itself and wont hurt your eyes. The story is great and will leave you asking for more.The soundtrack is pretty repetive but isn't really highly noticable as your too busy slicing through cronnies. Now the combat is where it's at the seemless controls and ease of use just makes this game a hit not to mention the way your throws and everything ties toghter. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed this game and would recommend it to anyone looking for the Wii's first Mature but good title.

Mistor (member since 2006)

reviewed on 1/25/08

23 agree

An Excellent Game

Finally, a great 3rd party title for the Wii. No More Heroes has all of the right elements of a good dame from game play to storyline. This is one game that you can not afford to miss.

zgamer92 (member since 2007)

reviewed on 1/24/08

17 agree

not good.

the graphics aren't "stylized" they're ugly. the characters and environments look super low poly, the high contrast cell shaded black effect is just ugly. the gameplay is redundant. tap A three times and swing your arm 400 times and you win. mini-games like swinging your wiimote like a bat at flaming baseballs does little to break up the monotony. the camera is AWFUL. the story is shallow and dialogue is hoorendous. The whole plot is established in a 5 minute cut scene at the start with absolutely no background information. after which you run about calling people "old man" like 600 times and saying "will you do me" to the female characters. Yes, literally. the bike is the most god awful poorly programmed means of transport ever created. in order to do a drift turn you have to swing your arm in the OPPOSITE direction!?!! in summary, ugly game, shallow story, shallow gameplay,

rimbaud (member since 2006)

reviewed on 2/20/08

28 agree

this is what the wii was made for!

when you first play it you'll think "its just some cartoony-bad game with lots of blood and cutting in half and bad humor!" but dig deeper... and at about rank 8 you'll start to realize that this is the wii version of Grand Theft auto! I mean. missions to kill. a cool bike to ride. buying weapons. going around town rolling over people. sounds like a grand theft auto to me! now this game goes even as deep as going from taking a dump to save. all the way to going to a trainer who wants to have s e x with you! (yes... a male...) now if taking a dump to save and doing errands for money till you get te money for a mission doesnt sound good for you. how bout changing your cloth? mabye a new sword? no. then you'll surly enjoy playing with your cat and renting videos at "beef head" either way you wil truly have many fun hours with this game

DemonBoy13 (member since 2007)

reviewed on 2/21/08

6 agree

Awful

I've played my share of bloody games. Gears of War, God of War, Grand Theft Auto.... However, there's a point where it's just gore for the sake of gore. This game broke past that point in the first few moments, sending limbs flying with seriously overdone explosions of blood spraying through the air in all directions. Not only that, but everything about the game is just plain ugly. The characters are ugly. Their clothes, hair, faces.... They look like they all were hit by a semi as a child even before you add in the low polygon count that would put the GameCube to shame and the Killer 7-esque shading effects. Not to mention the voice acting is atrocious (and poorly synced). Travis is downright boring to listen too and Sylvia has one of the worst fake accents I have ever heard. Not that the writing is worth it to begin with. But even with all that set aside, the game is just bad. It mostly consists of identifying the boss's painfully repetitive move pattern, waiting for your opening, then attacking a bunch. Before you can get to the boss, though, you first have to spend time hacking through the legions of identical clone lackeys, all of whom die pretty easily to the standard "lock on, hit A a bunch, then waggle the stick in the direction of the arrow for an over-stylized and insipid kill animation". But you can't even kill baddies without doing odd jobs to get money first.... Yeah, you have to pay them to pay you to kill someone. Confusing much? Not to mention the odd jobs are such stimulating tasks as "mow the lawn!" and "collect the coconuts!". For a brief, beautiful moment, the game was almost fun. The intro was kinda cool (almost), the first few baddies were kinda fun to kill, and the first boss fight was... meh, but forgivable. Then came the pointless GTA style open world, an uninspiring introductory cutscene, and some coconut gathering. At that point I had lost interest, and it was impossible to get it back.

TtamSteed (member since 2006)

reviewed on 5/14/08

18 agree