No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review

[Jarrod]

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review by Jarrod

Wii Review: Revenge is a dish best served crazy.

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[Jahanzeb]

awesome debut review great to have you on board
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[Jeremy]

Imma gonna get this, but do you miss a lot if you haven't played the first game? I missed it on purpose, to boycott the driving around in the open world.
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[admeister]

Yeah, you do miss quite a lot. Not only does the story continue on fairly strongly, but there's recurring characters who won't make a lot of sense if you haven't played the first game. The open world really wasn't that bad, it was more than worth putting up with considering how good the rest of the game was (and still is).
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[David No.1]

Nice review! I loved every minute of this game. There's no part in the game which isn't fun, besides one sidejob.... but is that the developer making a point? The game has so many underlying messeges that we'll probably never figure out what exactly mr suda51 was trying to get across to the player.

My personal highlight of the game: Mimmy, she's so crazy.
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[bigjimmystyle]

I also havent played the first one. I think I might give it a crack though, is it possible to find the non-gimped version in PAL?
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[SumAznGuy]

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Nope. And the PAL version is actually the real version(Same as Japanese). They decided to add blood to US version because Ubisoft thought it would make it more appealing to play. True facts

Anyway, completely agree with your review . Even to the score. Although in my opinion the 1st game does a better story. This revenge story doesn't have as much charm compared to some of the WTF of the 1st game. That and i feel some of the ending cutscenes to some of these ranking fights feel a bit rushed/short and don't have the same feel to the ones in the 1st.

Lastly, anyone wanna sell me one of those Bonus T-shirts GAME are giving out?
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[Jarrod]

[admeister]

I completely agree, there's no way that the Japanese version is the "real" one, there's just too much evidence in the game that points to blood being a part of it. I think it looks much better uncensored, so it's a real shame that only the censored version is available to us PAL folks. Well, even if you're unable to play the U.S version, at least the game is still good - it just loses some of its impact.
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[Gizmocreative]

there is no way that the pal version is the 'real' version. watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwL_kaLSKTE

now tell me pal is real.
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[LeonJ]

I don't think the first game would has been as *great* censored. Thankfully I can play the sequel without having to import and look at dodgy ways for playing it on my up-to-date firmware Wii.
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[el_supraman]

BUY THE FIRST ONE AND BUY THIS. Sales were not the best for the first its amazing that they made a second. It is the best non nintendo game on wii and is one of my favourite games well ever. I just pray they keep making these, but I just started the second shall see how this ends as an indication I guess.

ps - BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!
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[SumAznGuy]

fair enough. I meant real as in original version.

Probably should've worded it better
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[Nic_231]

Sigh
Always wanted to get into these games (loved Killer 7) but couldn't bring myself to play the censored version.
Usually I am not such a prude about gore making a game etc. but when you have a developer who considers games an artistic vision, I find it impossible to play the games they produce in anything but their full form.
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[Jarrod]

Give this one a go then Nic, as its uncensored.
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[Darkmessiah24]

Been playing it for sometime now and it is awesome!

[Tetsuwan]

Let's be honest... Killer 7 wasn't that good and was so stylistic people wanted to like it so it would make them feel better about their gaming as art arguments.

His DS game was self absorbed pap and the original NMH was a stupid stylised ultraviolent waggle fest. "Oh wow, i can save while pooing. How clever!"

I also feel his name Suda51 adds to his whole appeal and if he was called Satoshi people wouldn't nearly be as interested. His name compliments the artistic want we gamers want in our media form.

Perhaps I'm being overly cynical and i should applaud his uniqueness, but to me it's just an emperors clothes situation.

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[el_supraman]

tetsuwan your entitled to your opinion, but to call it a wagglefest? you hit with A and the only waggle is the finishing hit which is more of a slash lol. Only waggle is charging the sword and you must admit that its pretty amusing
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[Bev]

Nice review, pretty much sums up how I feel about the game. Although was I the only one who felt like this game takes itself a little too seriously when compared the the first NMH?
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[Jeremy]

^Seconded on both accounts. As much as I'd like to go on a rant about how I don't think games are art, I don't want to derail the topic

I've ordered both NMH games on the cheap from the UK last week. It's been a while since reading a review has pushed me into buying a game (laugh)
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