No More Heroes is unlike anything... blah blah blah. I've already said this. The great thing about this game is how quirky it is and how crazy the story line is. It is not overly dramatic or complicated, though it does not really explain much. It leaves a lot to the imagination in the way of how the main character, Travis Touchdown (who has nothing to do with football), got a light saber (or as the game calls it, a "beam katana") or exactly why he kills in the first place (though that's sort of explained, not really though). Something that ties into both the story line and the game play is the humor of it. This game is one of the funniest games I have ever played. With humor ranging from porn movie names to taking a dump (which is how you save your game), the game always pleases. The game play is amazingly simple. You have a light saber and a Wiimote. I guess you'll be swinging the Wiimote around to attack. As Lex Luthor said, "WRONG!!!!" It's a very simple button mashing game that also uses the Wiimote to perform finishing moves, as well as wrestling moves. The way the game uses the button mashing makes it never grow old. This is mainly because of the art design. The cell shaded design should be familiar to anybody who has played Killer 7. I never did. I did, however, play Crackdown (which is cell shaded) and Cell Damage (which is essentially a really silly, cell shaded version of Twisted Metal), as well as Team Fortress 2. I would say that the graphics for this game are most like Team Fortress 2. They are very cartoony, but realistic at the same time... sort of. It looks like what cell shaded games should look like. This brings me to the next category (and I call this a category): the violence. This game has the most unrealistic violence that is just wonderful. When performing finishing moves, you decapitate people, slice people vertically in half, and many more gruesome deaths. This violence, however, is just blood. When you slice somebody in half, only black shows for the inside of their bodies. Blood rockets out like a broken fire hydrant, however. Blood will fill the screen and is cartoon looking, so it won't make you feel sick, like in Manhunt (or make you happy, if you're like that), but will almost make you laugh. The exaggerated violence is part of the humor of the game. There is also a bit of a mellow drama in the deaths of the bosses you fight. They cry for forgiveness from family members who have shunned them for years, reflect upon life, etc. You almost feel a little guilty in killing them. It balances the humor perfectly, however, because there is only 10 bosses and many more humorous parts. Another good thing about this game is the way the Wiimote is used. You can use it to work out in a gym (with a guy who wants you to take your pants off), scrub graffiti, and throw somebody to the ground in a WWE fashion. One particular thing I loved about the Wiimote use was the way it used the speaker. The lady who gets you to fight (forget her name) calls you before each boss fight and her voice comes out of the Wiimote speaker. This is one of the most unique ways I've seen the Wiimote being used, as this has only been used in Wario Ware, but not for an entire phone conversation. Overall, this game offers much great game play and a hilarious story line that will satisfy until Brawl comes out. That's honestly the only reason I play video games at this point. This is a good game, though.
rating : 5 star
popularity 7 th of 780 wii titles
