No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
The fact that they released an old game in this state is absolutely ridiculous and inexcusable.
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Partial controller support for a game that doesn’t support kb+m despite the fact that it could work (you need workarounds in order to play with Dualshock 4 for gods sake).
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Constant crashing during load screens. You know that lovely feeling of doing side stuff for hours only to have the game crash on you and removing all your progress because autosave isn’t a thing? Outstanding.
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No options whatsoever. Wow look, you can toggle fullscreen on or off, so advanced.
– Real player with 17.9 hrs in game
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SPOILERS AHEAD! PLAY THE GAME FIRST THEN READ MY REVIEW!
Aaaaand that’s the next game all done! What an experience this game was. Let’s begin with the review:
Soooo…once again, I’m glad I gave these games a chance and I’m glad that I bought both of these instead of just one, definitely got a more fuller experience with them. So, where do I stand on this game?
Story/Narrative
While I don’t think this game is narratively better than the first game, The assassins in this game don’t feel like real people at times and more or less just feel like ‘oh, just another bad guy for Travis to fight to get to the top, I guess.’ It’s kind of jarring going from a game that had characters with some levels of depth to them and you could almost feel their struggles up until they died to a sequel where only a few of the assassins actually feel like they’re properly fleshed, and one of those few is just a character from the first game brought back from the dead that Travis himself doesn’t even get to face, with that character being ‘New Destroyman’, instead Shinobu fights him (or rather them since there’s two now and it’s kind of an annoying fight, ngl.) The story is….worse than the first game and while it has it’s good moments in it as well like Henry fighting an anime mecha girl, Shinobu making her moves on Travis which is uhhh…kind of funny and kind of weird at the same time considering the fans who probably DID ship them got slapped in the face and those who didn’t were probably just thinking ‘Yeah, that seems about right’, and Travis and Sylvia having more banter (which was some of my favorite moments in the first game and this one since we got to see the two interact more here and form a sort of…screwed up bond), overall, the story is just…okay, not as good as the first game’s but not god-awful either…Jasper is a really crappy character, though, ngl, he’s comic-book as heck and he really only just made Travis get out of retirement because of him killing Greg/Bishop…who barely mattered before in the games asides from him fetching your bike on NMH1 and running the shop in both games. It’s just kind of sad we didn’t get a better story considering how amazingly improved everything else was.
– Real player with 17.9 hrs in game
No More Heroes
Welcome to the Garden of Madness, Sudabros…
tldr; the game is great, but the port is not
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The non-technical part of this port is still good, even after 14 years, the game has it’s charm. The heart and soul of the game is still here (except “Heavenly Star” is absent, but you can mod it back in), but the technical side of this port - OH THE TECHNICAL SIDE..
As you could see, most of the reviews here talk about the lack of controller support (KB+M is not an option;
! and why would you even want to play it on KB+M? ) - the game only supports XBOX360 controller, BUT DS4Windows works just fine for me.
– Real player with 25.6 hrs in game
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Yes. But not yet.
the game works really well, but there’s some bugs that need fixing.
Here’s some stuff nobody else is saying:
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A bunch of achievements are broken, specifically those that have progression tracking. The counting doesn’t work properly. Those who have the achievement “Dial M for Massacre” are using SAM… for shame guys.
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There’s some particular segments in the game where you need to hit a target at the right time but the timing is extremely finicky if not completely broken. Luckily they are all optional, but some are tied to a certain achievement. It’s not impossible per se, but I sure avoided them like the plague.
– Real player with 20.2 hrs in game
Fatal Paws
Is your cat a murderhobo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5cDk-cDNiI
If you want to be spoiled, go ahead and watch my video. Fatal Paws puts you into the role of a jaded teacher who picks up a stray cat from another planet. Dive into Pokemon style cat-vs-human fights in-between an overly dramatic plot that makes about as much sense as a bad horror movie. As a tribute to Fickle Sickle’s cat, it’s touching. As a game to buy, I can’t recommend it. But if you decide to, there is a cat video waiting for you at the end.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
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OMG this game is so fun and so cute. If you are a cat lover you will enjoy this game.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Bright Paw
“Bright Paw” is a relaxing, very easy puzzle adventure with an adorable cat protagonist, cute stylized graphics, and an interesting story that unfortunately doesn’t really find closure.
You play as Theo, a cat whose owner has just been murdered. While trying to find the killer, you discover an entire secret facility full of robots, lasers, and other traps. The story is narrated via whimsical voice-overs, as well as texts that describe collectibles which you keep finding. The narrator also comments on your actions, similar to the narrators of “Bastion” or “The Stanley Parable”.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
An adorable little 2.5d to top-down puzzler game that has you going through different levels and has limited environmental interaction, but going from a simple home invasion to, well, you have to find out, is like an early draft for something from the X-Files or a Cat rendition of an episode of LOST.
Game-play involves choosing a limited amount of cards that specify what action you want to perform at that time to traverse obstacles and explore the ever-widening story that makes me think of the show “Lost”, where it throws out a avalanche of ideas and design, but only explains a handful. /You thought it was a simple plane crash, didn’t you?/
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
Adventures of Human Being
You are hurt and running away from armed men who are hell bent on ending you. You escape just in time to a completely new place. Tired and helpless, you wander around. Until you meet a feline stranger who takes care of you as you heal.
You Only Know One Thing, Kill the King.
Developing friendship, you find out that the king resides in City 4. Solving a roster of interesting puzzles, with new mechanics introduced in every new city, ride on this adventure.
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A simple cohesive story keeping the puzzles tied up together.
Each city tells its own tales, introducing new characters with interesting backstories.
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Minimal choice structures with crucial consequences.
It is a game with essentially a linear story structure. But on few occasions, a companion character asks you to make a choice, which will later prove to be important.
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Roster of engaging puzzles using the mechanics in new and unexpected ways.
Each city introduces a new puzzle mechanic. And every puzzle builds itself on top of the previous ones, increasing the challenge and also keeping it fresh.
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1-bit Pixel Art.
Which means, to use a set of only two colours throughout the game, including the UI, menus and the cutscenes.
Gazmatera 2 America’s Least Wanted
From the creator of Gazmatera: Return Of The Generals!
Greetings, folks!
Remember the “generals” from 1988 in the first game?
But now is only years 1984-1986.
Find out the long story, about how the famous “generals” met and appeared in the new third-person shooter from Victor “LVL90DRU1D” Gazmanoff and his Kalifas!
Take control of four survivors, Jeff, Kayla, Helga and Emina!
Rush through 15 breathtaking levels and find out how the fate of the heroes formed!
-15 big and cool designed levels, i can say it twice
-cutscenes with facial animation
-full voice acting, thanks to Gulbuddin Ivanov & Co. from Diaksor
-all levels are made in different genres
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4 playable characters (6, but sssshhhh)
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soundtrack from famous bands, like:
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Krastavi Kucheta
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God Is War
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Karl Gegel
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Malisny Absurd
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Les Bebras
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and more