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While not revolutionary in any way, No More Heroes pushes everything to the extreme and succeeds.

Gaming should always be an experience. Whether it's about the level of fun, excitement, relaxation or success that a game can bring to players, the entire experience makes just another game into something special. That's just what No More Heroes is. Taken from the mind of Suda 51, No More Heroes is a standard third-person adventure fighting game with an intrepid retro feel, simple mechanics and all of those things that make a game great.

Meet Travis Touchdown, our lightsaber wielding anti-hero assassin.

In fact, NMH has just about everything anyone could ask for in a game of its class. Segments of nearly impossible boss fights, a reminiscent scent of 8-bit animation and sound that will beckon any gamer, comical missions, melodramatic characters and a sizeable world to experience it all in.

From the start, it's apparent that this is no ordinary game. The cell-shaded environments look amazing, with only slight details like cars and occasional buildings looking boxy orpixelated . Wielding an energy blade of sorts to defeat the first of eleven bosses as the first mission is enough to keep anyone at the edge of their seat.

After the brief skirmish, Travis Touchdown, our anime-loving badass Americanized protagonist is met by the girl who's heart he's almost trying to win over. Almost, as in blatantly asking for not child-friendly material after being given the opportunity to be the number 1 assassin in the world. And thus our mission begins.

Santa Destroy really is huge, and you'll need that extra large motorcycle to get around and look cool.

But being an assassin isn't all the movies make it to be. Travis starts with just a few penny's to his name, and has to take on odd jobs like collecting coconuts and mowing lawns to earn the cash to compete against his rival assassins and take his rightful place. Albeit, the more one progresses through the game the more serious and lethal the missions become, but watching the spiky-haired assassin hobble along holding coconuts with his hands and neck is priceless.

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