Hack N Slash Goodness

Hello again fellow gamers!

Yes, yes, it’s been a long time coming, but alas, I have another blog.  However, this one isn’t about one of my promised games or subjects, but rather another game I recently got via Goozex; No More Heroes for the Nintendo Wii

No More Heroes is essentially the type of Hack and Slash I miss from the glory days of video games lore.  The beauty of this one is, however, that it is a lot more interactive than the button mashing hackers of long ago, like Streets of Rage (or something to that effect).

The gameplay is rather simplistic for this game, which makes it a good time indeed.  I found myself getting way into it, especially during the finishing slice moves.  (Granted, I live in the basement of a triplex, so no one can ever catch glimpses of me pretending I’m a goddamn samurai, ha!) These move are especially fun and gruesome, and easy enough to pull off.  The payoff is the classic rules of animae; everyone has 14 gallons of blood and it’s all under pressure.

There is also the ability to stun your opponent with a good old roundhouse to the mellon or knees (comes in handy)However, the grapple/ wrestling moves in the game seem a bit unnecessary, but still fun to execute from time to time.  This game also calls for one of the best accessories for the wii mote ever; the lightsabre!!  There is some interesting ones out there, but this one by far was my favorite!

Another beauty with hack and slashers is that, generally speaking from my experience, the story of the game isn’t as important as the ability to really fuck some stuff up.  This game, however, has a rather interesting story line, if not directly ripped from Afro Samurai (kinda… its like saying Reservoir Dogs was ripped off of City of Fire ).  Your quest seems to become the world’s #1 ranked assassin, a pretty noble goal if you ask me.

I also enjoy the fact that this game is bloody as sin.  It’s good to see there is a few good games for the Wii that cater to us blood lust people.  Believe me, I got a kick out of fatalities in the older Mortal Kombats.  Not that I’m a serial killer mind you.  Just because I’m from Wisconsin, doesn’t mean I’m going to adorn my lampshades with your thigh bones, and ass skin.  I just enjoy the violence as a release, for what I day dream about doing to various people I hate in my life.

This dude sucks alot, seriously

Anyways, sorry about the little tangent up there.

My only complaint about the game is the little side missions in the game.  Yeah, yeah, I get the whole wax off, wax on Daniel-san bullshit, but I just want to get down to the nitty gritty killing, maming, murdering, and all that other good stuff and not collecting coconuts or stuff like that.

So yeah, I love this game, and highly recomend it.  I know Evan is a fan of it as well.

I’ve committed to finally beating Bully for the Xbox 360 before I buy Mad World.  Let’s see if I actually keep to that goal.

Anyways, thanks for reading everyone.  As always check out the podcast at www.fancypantsgangsters.com

Keep Gaming!!!