Over-the-top, blood-soaked, immature hack-and-slash with clever dialogue and more bizzareness than you are prepared for.
The basic gameplay is simple. Enter an area, fight a mob of nameless, faceless goons and dismantle the badass boss, which provides the game's only real challenge and also moves your character, Travis Touchdown, further up a list of the world's top assassins.
Travis is an interesting mix of things gamers traditionally like (women, video games, being a badass) and a psychotic killing machine. His obsession with being the best and a seemingly untouchable seductress is what catapults the story forward in bouts of often laugh-out-loud humorous dialogue. Other than the many great and widely varied boss fights and a few brilliant side-missions, these conversational cut scenes provide some of the best moments to be had in the game.
The music is arcadey, in both style and form. Fast-paced kick-and-snare beats with a mild amount of synth play along with fight sequences and hush whilst you are en route to the next brawl. The voice acting is intentionally overdone and adds in no small way to the fact that you are in a world far, far away from reality. In this regard, it is excellent.
Controlling Travis is comfortable and the camera only gets in the way of the action once in a blue moon. The motion sensing mechanics are gleefully basic which means you will never break a sweat to achieve a specific maneuver. Happily, the variety and sheer entertainment value in performing these moves will keep you doing them time and again without a hint of monotony.
This game is not for everybody. If you don't fancy outrageous, carelessly evil stories and buckets of deliciously fake bloodspray then skip this one. If you have a need for the zany and don't mind something outlandishly gorey with a great, humorous story then this is the one for you.