No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle details
Just to warn you guys, there are a bunch of spoilers after the break…
– Game starts off about 3 years after the first No More Heroes
– Travis no longer has position of being a top killer, not in the public eye much (except for some surviving assassins)
– Younger brother from one of Travis’ kills appears, looking for revenge (turns out to be the last ranked assassin)
– Sylvia appears when the fight ends, evaluates Travis’ performance
– Travis doesn’t seem to be interested in coming back to fight, but Sylvia tries to convince him to come back
– While the two are speaking, the brother’s corpse says something horrible will soon happen
– Bishop gets attacked by a gang at his video store
– Next level has Travis going after Charlie MacDonald (football-themed boss)
– Travis can randomly turn into a tiger based on slot machine combination
– Play Shinobu for about two levels
– Shinobu is faster, can jump, can use projectile attack
– Controls similar to the first NMH with some new moves (running slash while dodging)
– Can choose to improve Travis’ attributes, complete minigames in Santa Destroy
– Go to different locations in Santa Destroy through world map, warp to the areas directly
– Use Travis’ apartment for home base of sorts like the first NMH
– Can play games in his apartment: Manage Jeane’s (the cat) weight, happiness and play minigames on Travis’ TV
– Visuals look slightly better than the first game
– Camera has improved
– Framerate steady for the most part
– Voice cast from the first game is back, similar type of music
