When I 発言しました I was going to review No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2, I meant it. When I discussed the 前 game, I did mention that I may または may not review it. I 発言しました that because, wow, I have to pay double the price of the original game for NMH2. But, in the end, I did it anyway. Because I’m a sad person. But, regardless, here it is. This is a game no one expected would be made. No もっと見る ヒーローズ seemed like such a niche game that was fun, but nothing to warrant a sequel. But, low and behold, here it is: No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2: Desperate Struggle.
~Story~
Now, あなた all know that I 愛 the first No もっと見る ヒーローズ game. It managed to jump all the way up to my 上, ページのトップへ ten お気に入り games ever in just the span of a 月 of playing it. So, now that I got to enjoy the classic Wii game, how does the sequel fair? Well let’s find out. The story of this game is a little different than before. Three years after the 前 game, Santa Destroy has become a major tourist attraction with almost every business being run によって the company, ピザ Bat. Travis left Santa Destroy, having taken his rank as the number one assassin and left, earning him fame and glory unlike ever before. Now, already, that seems a little strange. In the first game, Travis was a nerd who everyone mocked and made fun of. Now, he’s a celebrity and every girl wants his Beam Katana. But, whatever. Anyway, after Travis kills Skelter Helter and becomes the 51st assassin, his best friend, Bishop, the guy who works at Beef Head Video from the first game, is killed によって the Rank 1 assassin, Jasper Batt Jr. Now on a road to vengeance, Travis cuts down every enemy in his path in order to get revenge. The story is a lot もっと見る serious… Sometimes. Instead of just being about some loser trying to get laid, it’s a tale of how revenge is never satisfying. And I have to say, I 愛 revenge stories like that. But how does the gameplay hold up?
~Gameplay~
Well, if あなた loved the gameplay of No もっと見る Heroes, than you’re going to 愛 it here too. Not much I can say, other than that the camera is a little better. The camera was kind of close to Travis in the 前 game, but now, it is fixed immensely. Another thing that is fixed are the Darkside Modes. ブルーベリー Cheese Brownie is much better in Desperate Struggle. In the first game, Travis blocked most of your view, and it was hard to aim the crosshair. In Desperate Struggle, あなた just aim and swing, and the energy balls do the rest. イチゴ on the ショートケーキ, ショート ケーキ allows all enemies to freeze as Travis slices them to pieces. And クランベリー チョコレート Sundae turns Travis into a goddamn tiger, with all of the enemies cowering in fear as they try to run. The tiger form gives Travis a faster speed, invincibility, and kills enemies in one hit. When up against a group of enemies, this makes it a lot もっと見る fun. One Dark Side Mode that was added into the game, Gooseberry Sugar Donut, allows Travis to wipe out all of the enemies in the area in one attack. It’s basically an area clearing 移動する like in classic beat ‘em ups. And unlike the first game, I didn’t run into the issue of the Modes coming before all of the enemies were dead, so it didn’t feel as unsatisfying as the 前 game. Another great addition are the Beam Katanas. While the original game has some good Beam Katanas, we all really just wanted the Tsubaki MK III. In this game, あなた have もっと見る variety with your Beam Katanas and are もっと見る willing to try them all out. There’s the classic Blood Berry, which, let’s be honest, we’ll be forgotten once あなた get better ones. D.O.S, the best sword in the original game which looks like an actual Katana. Peony, a sword that is super heavy, but is very strong and gets larger the もっと見る hits Travis gets in. And then there’s my favorite, Rose Nasty, duel Beam Katanas which, aren’t just on the cover of Desperate Struggle, but is also a really good weapon to combo with. Man, they really went all out for the gameplay. I’m sure the overworld is even better than before…
In the 前 game, the overworld was either hit または miss with some people. Some found it a little fun to go around and do odd jobs, getting a break from the killing, while others saw it as time wasting and boring. Sure, having to take a job, drive to the job, and drive back to retake the job if あなた fail could be annoying, but I never had too much issues with it. The overworld of Desperate Struggle, however… Oh my god. It’s just an undetailed and blank map. Gone is the overworld to explore, gone are the chances to find any concept art, and gone is the Schpeltiger. Well, it’s there two times in the game, one being a very boring drive done a road and the other being used for a really bad beginning to an awesome boss fight. あなた can still go to some of the places, however. Naomi’s ショップ is still around, but only offers two Beam Katanas, and no upgrades. It almost makes it seem kind of pointless if あなた grind for money at the beginning of the game. Area 51, while still being there, just titled Airport 51 now, has a bit もっと見る unique and デザイン coordinated clothing. あなた can make Travis look like a cool guy, a huge nerd, または some Jet Set Radio knock-off. I like this. The T-shirts are kinda lame, though. That’s just me opinion. And Ryan’s Gym… Oh lord, I had some trouble with this on the first go. あなた can’t mess up once. If あなた do, あなた just wasted your cash and あなた have to pay to train again. Granted, it does become merciful and あなた can take a few もっと見る hits before being considered a failure, but あなた won’t know until the end, and quitting is an automatic failure. And the jobs あなた do around town are still there, only now, they are all in an 8-Bit style of gaming. There’s fixing pipes, making steaks, and collecting garbage in space. I always did the old trick of getting to level four of the garbage clean-up, picked up all the trash except one, killed myself, and then picked it up for an extra hundred grand. It’s cheating, but… I don’t care. Now, these odd jobs, while some are fun… are pretty pointless. Well, not pointless, but あなた can ignore them if あなた want. Rank fights don’t cost money anymore, so あなた can just from boss to boss, kicking 尻, お尻 and taking names. It gets to a point where あなた can breeze through New Game Plus in a 日 with all of the upgrades and powerful weapons あなた have. But, there are some things あなた can do. If あなた go back into your apartment at one point in the game, あなた can earn some assassination jobs and kill the very guys who took out Bishop. Oh, and speaking of your Apartment, they actually did better on this one. あなた can now walk around Travis’ apartment instead of 移動する around it. Jeane is intractable and can teach あなた a new 移動する if あなた help her exercise, あなた can read Weekly Backdrops and learn new wrestling moves, and あなた can watch the intro to Bizarre ゼリー 5 on Travis’ TV… Why あなた would, I don’t know.
Once again, if anything in No もっと見る ヒーローズ stands out, it’s the bosses. And boy, do they stand out in this game. Now, No もっと見る ヒーローズ 1, while crazy, was grounded in some reality. Some. Not a ton, but some. Now, in Desperate Struggle, just straight up fuck reality. The bosses in this game consist of football players in giant robots, evil ghost children, moe アニメ girls, and The Fury from Metal Gear Solid 3. And in this game, あなた get to play as, not just Travis, but also Shinobu and Henry from the first game. Henry is as fun to play through as あなた would expect. Fast combos, moving around real quick, and that wonderful Irishness. Henry is so good. But あなた only get him for one boss fight. Shinobu, however, あなた get for two levels and two bosses. And it is Awful! She can’t jump well at all. In most games, あなた have control of your character in the air. With Shinobu, あなた have no control. Worse, she always stops her combos to taunt her enemies, which has gotten me hit numerous times when I was doing super well. This is a fucking mess! Anyway, sadly, with the enhanced gameplay, the levels in this game can range from pretty long, to two minutes, to just straight up boss fight with no level before it. It honestly makes the game seem rushed in a sense. Oh, and all of the enemies are the same. In No もっと見る Heroes, あなた had a good variety of enemies, デザイン wise. There were security guards, baseball players, soldiers, … gimps… Anyway, in No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2, あなた are only fighting hitmen from the ピザ Bat Company. No designs are changed, and they all look the same. Not to say that fighting them isn’t fun, but あなた can only hear, “Getting your jollies” and “Chickenshit” so many times. Now, back to the bosses, I feel that they were much improved from the 前 game… some of the time. The bosses in the original ranged from that one amazing boss to a majority of pretty fun ones to very dull ones. In this game, they can really make a shitty boss. In fact, there’s a lot of bosses in this game I don’t like. But when there’s a good boss in this game, my god, are they amazing. There’s no okay bosses in this game… Well, maybe Cloe Walsh, but that’s just the one. They are much もっと見る fun and によって the 秒 half of the game, have some of the best characters for people あなた only meet for a few seconds. I just 愛 it so much.If あなた want to hear what are the best and worst bosses, go read my 上, ページのトップへ 5 Best and Worst No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2 Bosses (Shameless self promotion). But then there is the one boss.
~Ending~
SPOILERS AHEAD
Okay, so before we talk about the final boss, we must discuss the second-to-final boss, Alice Twilight (Or Moonlight, since they messed up the translation here in the west). She adds tons of character in just the short time she is here, discussing how she knows she is going to die and prepares herself for her own death and prepares Travis for what he is going to expect, and then begins probably the best fight in the entire series. Yes, even もっと見る than Henry. After Travis cuts her down, he goes over the edge. He tells Sylvia that assassins are not for the UAA to use and that he wants to be a hero によって his own standards, promising to put an end to the UAA. After this revelation of Travis’ character, he and Sylvia fuck… Just like that. Hey, at least it’s funny. After that, we get one of the best scores in the game, where Travis runs up the ピザ Bat headquarters to fight Jasper Batt Jr., while the classic No もっと見る ヒーローズ theme plays. I didn’t talk about the music, but man, does it get あなた hyped up in this game. Easily better than the first game. So, after Travis gets to Jasper Batt Jr, this dork with ピンク glasses and a ライム green suit with a ピザ tattoo on his head, the fight begins. And my god, this is one of the worst bosses I’ve ever fought. He starts out easy, but then goes into his 秒 form, where he knocks あなた around and can kill あなた instantly if he knocks あなた out a window, and then his final phase just has the camera shit the ベッド によって getting sucked inside of his torso. After Travis kills him in comedic fashion, he falls to the ground below. And あなた may notice that the game is play the theme that plays when Travis advances in rank. Yeah, that little 8-bit tune is playing, only now slower as he falls. However, he is saved によって Sylvia, who then tosses him out at his motel and drives off. And then, we go back to the nurse at the Heaven Smiles House. First, yes, that is a Killer7 reference, and two, this woman is the one telling the story of No もっと見る Heroes. We find out that the woman is Sylvia and that the listener is Travis, and that they plan to head back to Santa Destroy, with the game ending with Sylvia calling Travis her No もっと見る Hero… I wish a girl would call me her No もっと見る Hero… I need a drink.
~Legacy~
So, for those who played the game, they were torn on weather this was an improvement to the original game または a disappointing sequel. Regardless, the game managed to gain a fair share of 愛 as the first game and even got a collectors edition called the Hopper’s Edition… In 日本 only. The Hopper’s Edition includes a DVD of what happened before the game started, an art book for the game, the game’s soundtrack, and an erotic manga, which there isn’t even any nudity in. This barely qualifies as a hentai!
~Verdict~
Gotta be honest with everyone, I was pretty disappointed in No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2: Desperate Struggle. Gone is the overworld, amazing gameplay that only goes into a few short levels または none at all, poor use of Shinobu and Henry, あなた jump from rank 49 to 25 in one boss fight, than ahead twelve もっと見る ranks again, than Henry kills three off screen, making the 51 assassins marketing bullshit, and a terrible final boss. But that’s not to say the game is bad. I’d still say that it is a great game that あなた should play. But if あなた have never played a No もっと見る ヒーローズ game, start with the first one, then come to this one. Believe me, you’ll be doing yourself a favor. Aside from those few issues, however, No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2: Desperate Struggle, with amazing gameplay, good writing, fun bosses, and one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard in a video game, I think that it gets the タイトル of Excavation Worthy!
~Story~
Now, あなた all know that I 愛 the first No もっと見る ヒーローズ game. It managed to jump all the way up to my 上, ページのトップへ ten お気に入り games ever in just the span of a 月 of playing it. So, now that I got to enjoy the classic Wii game, how does the sequel fair? Well let’s find out. The story of this game is a little different than before. Three years after the 前 game, Santa Destroy has become a major tourist attraction with almost every business being run によって the company, ピザ Bat. Travis left Santa Destroy, having taken his rank as the number one assassin and left, earning him fame and glory unlike ever before. Now, already, that seems a little strange. In the first game, Travis was a nerd who everyone mocked and made fun of. Now, he’s a celebrity and every girl wants his Beam Katana. But, whatever. Anyway, after Travis kills Skelter Helter and becomes the 51st assassin, his best friend, Bishop, the guy who works at Beef Head Video from the first game, is killed によって the Rank 1 assassin, Jasper Batt Jr. Now on a road to vengeance, Travis cuts down every enemy in his path in order to get revenge. The story is a lot もっと見る serious… Sometimes. Instead of just being about some loser trying to get laid, it’s a tale of how revenge is never satisfying. And I have to say, I 愛 revenge stories like that. But how does the gameplay hold up?
~Gameplay~
Well, if あなた loved the gameplay of No もっと見る Heroes, than you’re going to 愛 it here too. Not much I can say, other than that the camera is a little better. The camera was kind of close to Travis in the 前 game, but now, it is fixed immensely. Another thing that is fixed are the Darkside Modes. ブルーベリー Cheese Brownie is much better in Desperate Struggle. In the first game, Travis blocked most of your view, and it was hard to aim the crosshair. In Desperate Struggle, あなた just aim and swing, and the energy balls do the rest. イチゴ on the ショートケーキ, ショート ケーキ allows all enemies to freeze as Travis slices them to pieces. And クランベリー チョコレート Sundae turns Travis into a goddamn tiger, with all of the enemies cowering in fear as they try to run. The tiger form gives Travis a faster speed, invincibility, and kills enemies in one hit. When up against a group of enemies, this makes it a lot もっと見る fun. One Dark Side Mode that was added into the game, Gooseberry Sugar Donut, allows Travis to wipe out all of the enemies in the area in one attack. It’s basically an area clearing 移動する like in classic beat ‘em ups. And unlike the first game, I didn’t run into the issue of the Modes coming before all of the enemies were dead, so it didn’t feel as unsatisfying as the 前 game. Another great addition are the Beam Katanas. While the original game has some good Beam Katanas, we all really just wanted the Tsubaki MK III. In this game, あなた have もっと見る variety with your Beam Katanas and are もっと見る willing to try them all out. There’s the classic Blood Berry, which, let’s be honest, we’ll be forgotten once あなた get better ones. D.O.S, the best sword in the original game which looks like an actual Katana. Peony, a sword that is super heavy, but is very strong and gets larger the もっと見る hits Travis gets in. And then there’s my favorite, Rose Nasty, duel Beam Katanas which, aren’t just on the cover of Desperate Struggle, but is also a really good weapon to combo with. Man, they really went all out for the gameplay. I’m sure the overworld is even better than before…
In the 前 game, the overworld was either hit または miss with some people. Some found it a little fun to go around and do odd jobs, getting a break from the killing, while others saw it as time wasting and boring. Sure, having to take a job, drive to the job, and drive back to retake the job if あなた fail could be annoying, but I never had too much issues with it. The overworld of Desperate Struggle, however… Oh my god. It’s just an undetailed and blank map. Gone is the overworld to explore, gone are the chances to find any concept art, and gone is the Schpeltiger. Well, it’s there two times in the game, one being a very boring drive done a road and the other being used for a really bad beginning to an awesome boss fight. あなた can still go to some of the places, however. Naomi’s ショップ is still around, but only offers two Beam Katanas, and no upgrades. It almost makes it seem kind of pointless if あなた grind for money at the beginning of the game. Area 51, while still being there, just titled Airport 51 now, has a bit もっと見る unique and デザイン coordinated clothing. あなた can make Travis look like a cool guy, a huge nerd, または some Jet Set Radio knock-off. I like this. The T-shirts are kinda lame, though. That’s just me opinion. And Ryan’s Gym… Oh lord, I had some trouble with this on the first go. あなた can’t mess up once. If あなた do, あなた just wasted your cash and あなた have to pay to train again. Granted, it does become merciful and あなた can take a few もっと見る hits before being considered a failure, but あなた won’t know until the end, and quitting is an automatic failure. And the jobs あなた do around town are still there, only now, they are all in an 8-Bit style of gaming. There’s fixing pipes, making steaks, and collecting garbage in space. I always did the old trick of getting to level four of the garbage clean-up, picked up all the trash except one, killed myself, and then picked it up for an extra hundred grand. It’s cheating, but… I don’t care. Now, these odd jobs, while some are fun… are pretty pointless. Well, not pointless, but あなた can ignore them if あなた want. Rank fights don’t cost money anymore, so あなた can just from boss to boss, kicking 尻, お尻 and taking names. It gets to a point where あなた can breeze through New Game Plus in a 日 with all of the upgrades and powerful weapons あなた have. But, there are some things あなた can do. If あなた go back into your apartment at one point in the game, あなた can earn some assassination jobs and kill the very guys who took out Bishop. Oh, and speaking of your Apartment, they actually did better on this one. あなた can now walk around Travis’ apartment instead of 移動する around it. Jeane is intractable and can teach あなた a new 移動する if あなた help her exercise, あなた can read Weekly Backdrops and learn new wrestling moves, and あなた can watch the intro to Bizarre ゼリー 5 on Travis’ TV… Why あなた would, I don’t know.
Once again, if anything in No もっと見る ヒーローズ stands out, it’s the bosses. And boy, do they stand out in this game. Now, No もっと見る ヒーローズ 1, while crazy, was grounded in some reality. Some. Not a ton, but some. Now, in Desperate Struggle, just straight up fuck reality. The bosses in this game consist of football players in giant robots, evil ghost children, moe アニメ girls, and The Fury from Metal Gear Solid 3. And in this game, あなた get to play as, not just Travis, but also Shinobu and Henry from the first game. Henry is as fun to play through as あなた would expect. Fast combos, moving around real quick, and that wonderful Irishness. Henry is so good. But あなた only get him for one boss fight. Shinobu, however, あなた get for two levels and two bosses. And it is Awful! She can’t jump well at all. In most games, あなた have control of your character in the air. With Shinobu, あなた have no control. Worse, she always stops her combos to taunt her enemies, which has gotten me hit numerous times when I was doing super well. This is a fucking mess! Anyway, sadly, with the enhanced gameplay, the levels in this game can range from pretty long, to two minutes, to just straight up boss fight with no level before it. It honestly makes the game seem rushed in a sense. Oh, and all of the enemies are the same. In No もっと見る Heroes, あなた had a good variety of enemies, デザイン wise. There were security guards, baseball players, soldiers, … gimps… Anyway, in No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2, あなた are only fighting hitmen from the ピザ Bat Company. No designs are changed, and they all look the same. Not to say that fighting them isn’t fun, but あなた can only hear, “Getting your jollies” and “Chickenshit” so many times. Now, back to the bosses, I feel that they were much improved from the 前 game… some of the time. The bosses in the original ranged from that one amazing boss to a majority of pretty fun ones to very dull ones. In this game, they can really make a shitty boss. In fact, there’s a lot of bosses in this game I don’t like. But when there’s a good boss in this game, my god, are they amazing. There’s no okay bosses in this game… Well, maybe Cloe Walsh, but that’s just the one. They are much もっと見る fun and によって the 秒 half of the game, have some of the best characters for people あなた only meet for a few seconds. I just 愛 it so much.If あなた want to hear what are the best and worst bosses, go read my 上, ページのトップへ 5 Best and Worst No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2 Bosses (Shameless self promotion). But then there is the one boss.
~Ending~
SPOILERS AHEAD
Okay, so before we talk about the final boss, we must discuss the second-to-final boss, Alice Twilight (Or Moonlight, since they messed up the translation here in the west). She adds tons of character in just the short time she is here, discussing how she knows she is going to die and prepares herself for her own death and prepares Travis for what he is going to expect, and then begins probably the best fight in the entire series. Yes, even もっと見る than Henry. After Travis cuts her down, he goes over the edge. He tells Sylvia that assassins are not for the UAA to use and that he wants to be a hero によって his own standards, promising to put an end to the UAA. After this revelation of Travis’ character, he and Sylvia fuck… Just like that. Hey, at least it’s funny. After that, we get one of the best scores in the game, where Travis runs up the ピザ Bat headquarters to fight Jasper Batt Jr., while the classic No もっと見る ヒーローズ theme plays. I didn’t talk about the music, but man, does it get あなた hyped up in this game. Easily better than the first game. So, after Travis gets to Jasper Batt Jr, this dork with ピンク glasses and a ライム green suit with a ピザ tattoo on his head, the fight begins. And my god, this is one of the worst bosses I’ve ever fought. He starts out easy, but then goes into his 秒 form, where he knocks あなた around and can kill あなた instantly if he knocks あなた out a window, and then his final phase just has the camera shit the ベッド によって getting sucked inside of his torso. After Travis kills him in comedic fashion, he falls to the ground below. And あなた may notice that the game is play the theme that plays when Travis advances in rank. Yeah, that little 8-bit tune is playing, only now slower as he falls. However, he is saved によって Sylvia, who then tosses him out at his motel and drives off. And then, we go back to the nurse at the Heaven Smiles House. First, yes, that is a Killer7 reference, and two, this woman is the one telling the story of No もっと見る Heroes. We find out that the woman is Sylvia and that the listener is Travis, and that they plan to head back to Santa Destroy, with the game ending with Sylvia calling Travis her No もっと見る Hero… I wish a girl would call me her No もっと見る Hero… I need a drink.
~Legacy~
So, for those who played the game, they were torn on weather this was an improvement to the original game または a disappointing sequel. Regardless, the game managed to gain a fair share of 愛 as the first game and even got a collectors edition called the Hopper’s Edition… In 日本 only. The Hopper’s Edition includes a DVD of what happened before the game started, an art book for the game, the game’s soundtrack, and an erotic manga, which there isn’t even any nudity in. This barely qualifies as a hentai!
~Verdict~
Gotta be honest with everyone, I was pretty disappointed in No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2: Desperate Struggle. Gone is the overworld, amazing gameplay that only goes into a few short levels または none at all, poor use of Shinobu and Henry, あなた jump from rank 49 to 25 in one boss fight, than ahead twelve もっと見る ranks again, than Henry kills three off screen, making the 51 assassins marketing bullshit, and a terrible final boss. But that’s not to say the game is bad. I’d still say that it is a great game that あなた should play. But if あなた have never played a No もっと見る ヒーローズ game, start with the first one, then come to this one. Believe me, you’ll be doing yourself a favor. Aside from those few issues, however, No もっと見る ヒーローズ 2: Desperate Struggle, with amazing gameplay, good writing, fun bosses, and one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard in a video game, I think that it gets the タイトル of Excavation Worthy!
