Travis gains money through kills in the levels and gets a good chunk of change after taking down each assassin, but any difference has to be made up through part-time jobs and smaller assassin missions. In order to attempt the next level, a large sum of money must be paid to the UAA organization to set up the ranked fight. Outside of levels, No More Heroes is a poorly designed open-world with shops, missions, and a few collectibles to find.
What is not fun is the monotonous nonsense in between levels. Seeing the new assassin, learning a little bit about them, and then taking them down is fun. This structure is predictable but the characters and scenarios are shaken up to keep things interesting. The main levels of No More Heroes follow a basic structure: run through a level taking out goons, save at a restroom, gain a new wrestling move, and fight the next ranked assassin in a boss fight. This, coupled with enemies constantly interrupting moves and not being able to charge-up one’s saber hardly at all, makes for a terribly frustrating segment. The issue is the camera is fixated on the side of the bus and there is room to move in a 3D space, rather than locking the action to a 2D plane. One segment places Travis on a moving bus as enemies spawn in a tight space. The combat can also get pretty unfair as enemies stun-lock poor Travis in certain areas. As soon as I would get a new power, the energy would dissipate and leave me confused. This system feels a bit too random for my liking and it took a long time to even figure out what benefit I had activated. Occasionally, a slot machine will change up Travis’ powers temporarily, giving him instant kills or much faster attacks to name a few of the weird bonuses. Being a fan of wrestling, Travis can also suplex foes which does a lot of extra damage to bosses, and these moves become stronger upon reaching each boss fight. Most of the game’s fights can be overcome through hammering away at buttons and the same death scream for almost every enemy definitely gets old quickly but for the most part, the combat can be really fun. Players use a mix of low and high sword attacks, physical strikes, dodges, and blocks to maim countless soldiers and thugs to carve a path of blood to the next assassin boss. Aside from his standard beam saber, Travis can unlock a few more swords that do change up the rhythm of the combat just enough that it was fun to try other weapons.
Gameplay in No More Heroes is rather simple but there are enough animations to keep things interesting.
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Provided one can get over Travis’ character, No More Heroes is an entertaining ride full of absurd action and quirky characters. It’s clear that No More Heroes was made by people who loved this idea and were having a ton of fun with the references and fourth-wall-breaking jokes. Smaller details stand out and add to the characters without the need for additional scenes or dialogue. Characters are framed in the shot like they’re in a samurai film. Color takes over scenes when the game loads. There’s so much style oozing out of almost every frame of this game. In fact, where No More Heroes shines brightest is in the game’s art direction and character design. At least his design is appealing and the animations bring a ton of force to the fast-paced action. Yet, despite this, I wanted to see this sloppy hero succeed. Of course, I don’t expect Travis to lose what makes him Travis, I just don’t like the guy. He feels more determined at least by the start of the second game. The way he talks to women can get pretty gross and by the time the credits rolled, I felt that his character could’ve used more positive development. Travis is sleazy, easily manipulated by sexy girls, and motivated by money and material goods. Unfortunately, Travis as a character in the events of the first No More Heroes game is not a character I enjoy playing as. Gameplay can be described as a third-person hack-and-slash mixed with part-time job mini-games framed by the small open-world of Santa Destroy, California. In order to kill these killers, Travis enlists in the organization and climbs the ranks both to understand what happened and to sleep with the beautiful, but likely untrustworthy Sylvia Christel. No More Heroes is the story of Travis Touchdown, a douchey young man who wields a beam saber that he snagged in an online auction to meticulously take down an organization of assassins in order to understand his traumatic past and make enough cash to fuel his anime and wrestling interests.
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