No More Heroes - IGN hands-on impressions

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Basically:

The good - Combat is great. The wiimote controls are some of the best out there and are very rewarding. The stylistic graphics make up for the technically inferior graphics

The bad - The free roaming overworld is boring and is only good for going from mission to mission. There are technical issues like a bad draw distance.

IGN states that they have put well over 5 hours into the game and are about a quarter through it, so expect a 20+ hour game.

I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.JiveT

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

[QUOTE="JiveT"]I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.sexy_chimp

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

No I don't hate Killer 7. It just had a lot of annoying aspects to it like talking to the red suited dude and him having to say Master, we are in a tight spot, blah blah, before he says anything useful and that's when you are just asking for basic information in the save rooms. Then whenyour character gets killed you have to go pick up the bag and start back over from whatever room the computer decides to start you at. It's easy to get turned around and lostbecause you can't just run around like you would in a normal game.

Itsoundslike the overworld map will bethe most annoyingpart of this game.But they didn't say anything about how the save system works which was another annoying thing about Killer 7. Oh yeah and the annoying load times that were worse than any other Gamecube game.

Sorry sexychimp but I can do what I want!

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[QUOTE="JiveT"]I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.JiveT

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

No I don't hate Killer 7. It just had a lot of annoying aspects to it like talking to the red suited dude and him having to say Master, we are in a tight spot, blah blah, before he says anything useful and that's when you are just asking for basic information in the save rooms. Then whenyour character gets killed you have to go pick up the bag and start back over from whatever room the computer decides to start you at. It's easy to get turned around and lostbecause you can't just run around like you would in a normal game.

Itsoundslike the overworld map will bethe most annoyingpart of this game.But they didn't say anything about how the save system works which was another annoying thing about Killer 7. Oh yeah and the annoying load times that were worse than any other Gamecube game.

Sorry sexychimp but I can do what I want!

In No More Heroes you save by going to the bathroom so I don't think that will be a problem ;) (Unless you don't want to see Travis pull down his pants and take a dump because it shows that)

Then whenyour character gets killed you have to go pick up the bag and start back over from whatever room the computer decides to start you at.JiveT

You'll return to the last of Harman's Rooms that you visited - it's not random, as far as I'm aware.
Also, that system is aruably better than most other games, which force you to reload a save game and lose all of your progress when you die.

[QUOTE="JiveT"]I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.sexy_chimp

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

killer 7 is a horrible game

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[QUOTE="JiveT"]I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.JiveT

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

No I don't hate Killer 7. It just had a lot of annoying aspects to it like talking to the red suited dude and him having to say Master, we are in a tight spot, blah blah, before he says anything useful and that's when you are just asking for basic information in the save rooms. Then whenyour character gets killed you have to go pick up the bag and start back over from whatever room the computer decides to start you at. It's easy to get turned around and lostbecause you can't just run around like you would in a normal game.

Itsoundslike the overworld map will bethe most annoyingpart of this game.But they didn't say anything about how the save system works which was another annoying thing about Killer 7. Oh yeah and the annoying load times that were worse than any other Gamecube game.

Sorry sexychimp but I can do what I want!

The sandbox overworld is just basic, its not annoying. Its just an intuitive way of getting from one place to the next.

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[QUOTE="JiveT"]I wonder if it's half as annoying as Killer 7. The game seemed to go out of its way to make everything a hassle.NaiKoN9293

Yeah yeah you hate Killer 7 you don't have to go into every No More Heroes topic and start talking about it.

killer 7 is a horrible game

Fine but that's off topic!!!

[QUOTE="JiveT"]Then whenyour character gets killed you have to go pick up the bag and start back over from whatever room the computer decides to start you at.Planeforger

You'll return to the last of Harman's Rooms that you visited - it's not random, as far as I'm aware.
Also, that system is aruably better than most other games, which force you to reload a save game and lose all of your progress when you die.

I was just playing the game (I never beat it and people have been talking about it lately so I went back and found out it had been two years since I touched it) and that seems like it is the case most of the time but not all of the time. I had to go all the way back to the first Harman room on one level even though I know I had been to another one. Maybe you have to do something in the room with the TV or save for it to register as a visit.

I rather have a free raoming world even if not so great than some dumb menu with the missions in it.m_machine024

Driving the motorcycle looks fun but I guess not apparantly.

Wow this game has some really aweful dialogue. I just watched the 'Rivals' video and almost stabbed myself by how cheesy some of the lines are. Oh well, the games looks fun so it doesn't really matter.kiruyama

It's supposed to be cheesy! That's what makes it awesome.

Though, it is good to hear that the gameplay plays well and is satisfying.