No More Heroes 3: Overview Video Games

Every new game from Goishi court (Goichi Suda) Start with excitement and curiosity. Modern blockbusters tell too serious stories, and from Courtes get ready to get something as strange, absurd and unpredictable. Series No More Heroes Always coped with this, but only its license part – about Travis Strikes Again: no more Heroes better not remember. Does the tradition of No More Heroes III continue?

Meal’n’Real

The game tells about the attack of aliens on Earth – nine aliens and their leader FU (as well as many nameless minions) plan to destroy the whole planet. They call themselves members of the galactic rating of superheroes, and Travis has to rise on this rating, eliminating opponents.

Like all games series, No More Heroes III – Independent work that does not require acquaintance with past parts. However, in this case, it is advisable to understand who is who and what the heroes of the prehistory, otherwise, many plot moments will be incomprehensible, and part of funny situations and jokes will pass by. Myself Ships Recommends and the first two license parts, and Travis Strikes Again, and he is right – without them the effect of some episodes will not be at all.

Nobody refuses from fun here.

No matter how well you understand the series, get ready for a real attraction. Brutal bloody scenes are replaced by funny rollers, the characters regularly destroy the fourth wall, the visual style changes, mini-games are launched. The main thing here is that the most unpredictability: even assume that it is waiting for you in the next episode, it is impossible. In the plot moments, the third part does not lose their predecessors – you look at the rollers with interest, and the dialogs do not seem tightened.

Empty sandbox

The impression spoils the structure, and in general to the game process No More Heroes III Claims arise. The gameplay one third is closer to the first – there is an open world for which the character moves on a motorcycle. Before each boss, the United Association of Killers requires Travis to take part in several matches – in other words, visit the specified places on the map and defeat the enemies on the arenas. After that, you need, possessing the desired amount of money, translate it and sign up for participants in the rating fight. And only then we can move to the boss.

Your face when I cleared the toilet.

Nothing if a meeting with the boss was not so short. You drive around the city, go to markers, hold down, make money – you do a bunch of just in order to see a video with the boss, to win him in a few minutes and again go back to the city. Each chapter (more precisely, the series – everything is decorated in the spirit of the series with primary and final titers in each episode) passes by one template. In addition, earned battles of money is not always enough to pay a fee, and you have to be distracted by other entertainment. Either not spend money for temporarily promoting the characteristics of food, although it is strange to use mechanics accessible to each boss.

The open world here meets the studio budget – empty locations, half a dozen of the statists and rare passing machines disappearing when colliding. First of all, it is desirable to clear all the toilets to keep progress there, – the mini-game is always the same, and even the training screen is shown every time. Then you can find a person who will offer to collect trash for the allotted time, or take part in a simple pursuit. Well, there are bonus battles in which you beat off the waves of enemies.

Battles in space, of course, more fun.

In general, it’s really a sense to do in an open world – hitting a new region, just go from one point to another, then, if necessary, you earn some more money, you find an ATM and meet with the boss. Nothing interesting between plot episodes does not occur, except perhaps the dialogues of one of the heroes with a mysterious killer. If there was a button that allows you to skip the moments in the open world, the players will surely use it eagerly.

True Katana

But the combat system is not bad, and thanks to her, the mandatory battles do not seem routine. She is very similar to what was before: it is possible to focus on the enemy, weak and strong blows, slowing down at a successful damp. When the button is squeezed, you can use additional techniques – at first it is only a kick, immobilizing opponent for a couple of seconds. Then a slowdown in time is added to this.

Not all aliens are aggressive – some selling T-shirts for performing certain conditions.

Combine abilities and interrupt attacks of opponents does not bother, especially with regard to other possibilities. Each enemy needs to be spectacularly finished, in case of stunning, you can grab the opponent and move through yourself and so on. The control of the buttons is, but with swords are more fun – they are carried out all the achievements, as well as actions like repellent the enemy, if your katanas crosses.

With the control of wagging as if you really hold in the hands of Katan.

Enemies are quite diverse, and different combinations of aliens meet on each arena, so that tactics have to be slightly changed in every battle. And in some cases Travis generally goes into a fur suit in the spirit of anime Gundam and fights with flying monsters in space. Sometimes he managed to do this and on ordinary arena – during the battle, the roulette is periodically launched, the prizes in which the bonus currency and other gifts become, including the same costume.

Another roulette is available if you killed in battle. May not fall anything, and maybe Travis immediately resurrected, starts the second approach with an increased force of attacks or get some other bonus. In case of complete failure, his next attempt will begin with a discharged rod – as before, weapons need to be charged, shaking “Joykon” or moving a stick. It’s funny that the more often you die in the same battle, the slower the arrow on the roulette is moving – so that you will definitely get a good bonus and finally passed a difficult area.

Successfully perform evasion is always nice.

There are constant improvements for Travis – at home he can spend the currency (not the one that is needed on the plot) to increase the health, attack strength and the amount of energy in Katan, and also unlock the skills like a longer roller. A supercomputer with chips for the Trevis gloves is available nearby – using materials dropping out of the defeated opponents, you can create chips with passive bonuses. Some simply improve something (for example, an attack at low health), while others make the character stronger, at the same time possessing negative effects: for example, the attack power will always be higher, but the character will start receiving 10% more damage.

In general, with fights here everything is in order – they are spectacular and fun, and RPG elements do not seem unnecessary and noticeably affect the gameplay. Especially when you fight bosses, which are traditionally wonderful – and they have interesting mechanics, and there are different phases, and entertainment in place. Although the graphics are far from an advanced, familiar visual style did not lose charm and improved noticeably since the second part. Fortunately, the optimization is good – I expected a nightmare like Deadly Premonition 2: a Blesing In Disguise, and got small drawdors, noticeable during fast driving.

Although it would be strange if the game was braked with such cities.

No more Heroes III has been able – it is almost beautiful, and the combat system performed perfectly since the sequel. It is not clear only why it was necessary to spend time on creating an open world and to force a player once at a time to pass a test series. The third part is framed in the form of the series, and the moments in which we chase from the point to the point are similar to the filler – you can not miss, but about the time spent on them. Perhaps this is some kind of metaironia from Courtes, But it could be arranged elegant.

Pros: Everything is the same insane and unpredictable story for which I want to get to the final;Excellent combat system, especially interesting with the control of wagging;RPG elements are appropriate and affect the gameplay;familiar visual style has become more beautiful;Surprise good optimization.

Minuses: Dead, empty, ugly and unnecessary open world;Monthly structure of episodes.