The Most Insane Game Franchise Ever

giant Max lethal assassins alien invasions pro wrestling Jumanji Style video games talking cats and haunted schools it might sound like I've just described the entire video game Spectrum or if I told you that this was all from one franchise a franchise so bizarre it Rivals the best of them no more Heroes it's a universe created by Legendary game director goichi suda or as he's Otherwise Known suda51 he and The Talented team at grasshopper manufacturing are cult classic maestros From Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw to kill her is dead and killer seven suit is known for making humorous psychedelic games that mess with the player every turn you never know what you'll get and no more Heroes is no exception it's his best known IP and a game that centers on Extremes in every regard from the writing to the violence a fever dream from start till finish that you'll likely have heard of but perhaps never actually played that said there's no better game to make a long ass video about spoilers of course for well every game in the franchise starting with the first No More Heroes is the story of Travis Touchdown an anime loving loser referred to as an otaku that's a Japanese phrase denoting a person who's obsessed with nerd culture particularly anime manga and video games just calling to let you know but this particular otaku just obtained his very own beam sword weapon in hand Travis can sense The Winds of Change and heads to the local pub to sink a few points while there he runs into a woman named Sylvia Crystal who has a well-paid job for him assassinating a man named Helter Skelter a task that proves surprisingly easy but inadvertently kick-starts A Series of Unfortunate Events because helter was the United assassin organization's 11th ranked assassin which means we've taken his place but for Travis this proves an opportunity a chance to go up in the world he's gonna kill and replace the 10 ranks above him and become number one with all the glory that entails I want to be number one how's that short and simple enough for you a bold and morally questionable plan he kicks into action without any thought riding straight to number 10's Mansion crashing through the gate and taking a few heads for good measure it's game time inside we're introduced to the basics of combat which are basic but enjoyable it's a hack and slash through and through with visceral weighty actions centered around Travis's beam sword I never found myself bored mostly due to the slot mechanic that plays every time you get a finisher match three symbols and you'll be assigned one of five trances allowing us to tear through enemies in various ways from a Devil Trigger the blast in enemies with a laser cannon I have no [ __ ] clue where this comes from but it's completely in line with suda's development philosophy that games are meant to be games and fun should come first also the game was originally developed for the Wii which is why directional arrows pop up all the time it was one of the first games to really be violent on the Wii and utilize those controls which kind of made it a standout game among the more family-friendly content I am playing this on PC just because it's a thousand times easier to record but I understand the purists might be disgusted by this I am sorry I have no doubt the Wii version is a superior experience forgive me suda-san but needs must making our way to the 10th rank it's hard not to take in the mansion's decor which is 100 modeled after Tony's mansion from Scarface from the red carpet and floor level jacuzzi to the black marble office it's a spitting image that also gives insight into the type of person we're dealing with a materialistic egotistical Maniac working through the suited goons our path is blocked by a slightly more fearsome foe an enemy wielding a beam sword just like ours the best tagged with these armbozos is to wait for them to attack then hit him with the old parody in fact if you line up a few enemies before you counter you can demolish entire groups it's super powerful especially with a specific blade we unlock later in the game as we approach death metal choir music kicks in and we get a call from Sylvia who has some words of encouragement for us because his mother was an ugly [ __ ] well I don't know about you but I am pumped and like all good Fighters we prepare by clearing the old tanks at least that way if we die we won't [ __ ] ourselves this game isn't above toilet humor literally this is how we save a classy act punctuated by the holy hum business dealt with Travis is ready to secure his position in watch Mojo's top 10 assassins or die trying stepping into the lavish backyard we find the killer basking in his wealth wine in hand looking like an Australian Death Metal leprechaun listen well young one the wall is high higher than you will ever know after lecturing Travis he draws his blade and that thing is a trick weapon and you can't tell me otherwise ultimate sacrifice but in any case this dude means business [Music] ouch our first run battle is officially underway and quite the bout it is an exchange of blocks Dodges and parries all of which look badass foreign death metal soaks up so many hits here that our sword will eventually run out of charge forcing us to Power It Up in a questionable manner this is the worst part about playing on PC without the nunchuck it's just not the same experience during this fight Travis is monologuing barely audibly over the combat he's not taunting the man or bantering he's just justifying his actions and reveling in the riches to come claiming that this is the cycle of things someone younger always comes along and the old Legend is always killed there's an obvious sense of irony here because he's putting himself in the exact same position someone younger and stronger will eventually come after him as well question is is he being naive with his pursuit of power or does he genuinely not care is he happy living a miserable violent future in exchange for temporary happiness this is no Paradise then what is it place to die regardless we defeat death metal severing his hands and bizarrely he responds with praise rather than screaming even passing us his title which Travis doesn't give a [ __ ] about you're joking right I don't care about titles or power I just want to be number one title aside when now number 10 and Sylvia arrives to debrief Us in the scantily clad little minx congratulations you are now ranked ten she liquefies Death Metal's body explaining that we're basically trapped you are now a target for those who want to replace you anytime anywhere number 11 could be right around the corner out of options Travis makes a proposition if he gets to number one maybe just maybe they can bump uglies if I become number one will you do it with me lust as well as greed and pride this man is doing an 80 Speed Run of the Cardinal since we head back to our shitty motel and get ourselves cleaned up this humble abode is our base of operations where we can save change our clothes watch TV and even pet our loyal cat Gene named after a childhood Crush hey girl when we're ready we head out to meet Sylvia in a limo who outlines what comes next 150 000 lbs your entry fee my overhead overhang so many zeros on that price or is that I am ripping you off or some [ __ ] this Dosh has to be earned the hard way through side jobs ranging from cleaning graffiti to Gathering Stray Cats it's primarily a pacing mechanic to spread out the ranked battles but also there's humor in mowing lawns to take part in global assassinations it's such a relatively unexciting and lackluster activity in between earth-shattering battles catch up later okay [Music] the game's open world is traversed with this spell tiger whatever the [ __ ] that is a fat with a pH motorbike that's comically large and super fast taking off the front wheel rears into the air and when we activate the speed boost the speedometer just pisses off screen that's how you know you're going fast the town's called Santa destroy a Beachside slice of paradise and generally speaking it's Pleasant to look at the pastel color palette of soft Shades looks great and the over-the-top violence just pops with the countless Blaster Scarlet Red it's stylish that's the best way to describe pretty much all of suitors work mechanically it's not the perfect Town simulation is somewhat lifeless with dumb NPCs that you can't even interact with unless we're playing this [ __ ] Pepe long stockings these all goody two shoes in which case I'd understand why you can't hurt the public but here we're not exactly against violence I'm sorry but open World Games peaked a prototype ye in some old bird mark IV towards a helicopter it just can't be topped at the job center there's one gig available collecting coconuts and it is as boring as it sounds but hey that's worked for you and if the only job I could find was picking up coconuts I'd throw my hat in with the Assassins too thankfully every time you complete a regular job it unlocks a much higher paying assassin's contract it's just small fry stuff but enough to build up the bank there isn't much Variety in these contracts it's mostly just killing a group of people either within a time limit or without taking any damage but after completing them we have the Muller we need so we deposit it and await further instruction at our Motel productive piece we're on baby and such a special occasion calls for topless Trav the only way to match Dr peace dripped out we head over to the stadium for our first official confrontation [Music] foreignty filled with baseball themed Thugs and these Lads are very similar to the baseball Furies as seen in the Warriors movie not shove that bad up your ass and turn you into a popsicle You could argue that they're just baseball players in a baseball stadium you're overreach and [ __ ] but they also have Warriors written on their tops so uh you know chances are high Travis himself is according to Suda 51 based off none other than Johnny Knoxville apparently suda liked the clip when Knoxville gets his nip bit by a Croc and that was the point of reference for developing Travis's character inspiration really does come from the weirdest places of course inspiration aside I'd be remissed if I didn't mention the exceptional talent that is Robin Atkin Downs the man that's lovingly brought Travis to life for the best part of 16 years it's on the pitch we run into Dr peace and my [ __ ] word the man has the voice of an Angel [Music] [Applause] [Music] how could I possibly kill such a talent speaking to him it turns out our UAA payment well it's not just to pay our way they're also used for one final outing for the Assassin a last farewell pulling them out to pastures so to speak we done at a fancy restaurant one of those that are impossible to get a reservation for the association took care of it of course my entry fee oh and after getting blown back the second fight is underway and this man is a pushover if he gets a show off on you it'll deal a bit of damage but basically if you just keep on dodging and circling to his back there is nothing this man can do never bring a gun to a laser beam fight my friend rookie mistake and after besting him the boss concludes with a western standoff but we're just too quick and in a shocking display of disrespect we put the mic on the Iron Man who's doing nothing more than lamenting about the daughter he'll miss next song I sing I know my daughter will love watch it darling it's open mic night in hell oh man doctor defeated we get a permanent Health increase and meet Sylvia who congratulates us and handles business you know this is only the beginning call me when the next one's arranged leaving in a slightly pissed off manner we head back to our motel and await further instructions from this point more shops are open across Santa destroy like this Dojo where our old Mentor Thunder Ryu will train us up make us stronger faster a naked uh the gear shop is also open letting us upgrade our beam very helpful but also a delicate balance because we need that money to progress so the more we upgrade our Blade the more Lawns we have to mow you old Taco our next Target is that Astana destroys high school and walking through the hallways we encounter a new enemy type this fire goon a real danger requiring intense tactics oh no their head comes off real nice if you do somehow get hit by them you [ __ ] imbecile Travis will burst into flames forcing you to run around until you find an extinguisher but if that wasn't bad enough this [ __ ] uses his fire pole to set off the fire alarm short circuiting our energy weapon forcing us to crab walk all the way to the utility room and turn off the water this isn't sped up by the way my man just really wants it before reaching the next assassin we find Luchador mask on the ground these masks are left by our old Mentor and they unlock various wrestling takedowns all of which are glorious the constant theme of wrestling throughout Studio's work is likely a nod to Super profile wrestling an old game pseudodirect did before forming grasshopper Studios one thing you'll notice about sudo and that I personally love is that he constantly references his previous work he doesn't just make a game and move on it almost becomes part of this Collective Universe [Music] [Applause] anyway stepping into a busy classroom we find a lesson in full swing where Travis calls out shinobu a rankings fight this killer is hell-bent on keeping her identity secret even going so far as to kill every student in that classroom just because they overheard Travis reveal her identity that's a bit too cold bet they didn't offer much resistance you got a problem with that unlike Travis who seems to Revel in his notoriety shinobu seems to understand the value of privacy wanting to try and maintain some semblance of a normal life hey I'm not accusing anybody she leads us to an abandoned wing of the school and is honestly surprised we didn't just stab her in the back I just turned my back but you didn't strike here it becomes pretty clear what Travis's biggest driving motivation is it's not just money this man loves the thrill of a good fight it's actually pretty hard to take cheap shots when your enemy is his bloodthirsty as yourself asking for a good fight when Travis ignites his blade shinobu randomly accuses us of killing her dad I have my chance I will now avenge my father Travis has no idea what this gal is on about so we shrug off the accusation and begin the fight which is the first real challenge of the game what the hell was that it takes a bit of getting used to primarily because of the iframes these bosses love to abuse there's a very small window in which any damage will actually land at times making the situation feel really unfair I've said it before and I'll say it again iframes suck there are some occasions where it makes sense like gimmick fights or maybe a god-like being but not every down boss anyway we wear her down and very literally disarm her what is it with Travis and hands he's a [ __ ] fiend for him combat capabilities removed we inform her that we didn't kill her dad but instead idolized the man who must have been some sort of martial art celebrity I never thought your father sadly this doesn't calm her I guess losing your arms gets you in a bit of a tizzy so Travis gives her the old suplex to calm the situation Jacobs was my mentor I'd never kill him seeing her in such a story State Travis doesn't see the point in killing her there's no challenge or reward he's just like a predator the alien kind not the child kind I'll fight you anytime anywhere until then I'll be waiting he walks away leaving her to get stronger expecting a better confrontation later in life which leaves the question why does she think we killed her dad I will now avenge my father no answers for now instead we head home and get another call you're ready train so we head over to the subway and hop on destroy man once we're on board the level starts with an epic fight through the train carriages and honestly is it even an action game without a train section the very best of them have train sections our destination is a film studio on the outskirts of town where we Face Off against Minecraft Steve oh it's a paper bag I guess the game predicted the downfall of Shia LaBeouf this area is the most repetitive of the game it's the same warehouse four times back to back that's it it's a very lackluster especially when we consider the location we're in a goddamn movie set the possibilities were endless to Fumble such an easy opportunity is surprising especially for suda there must have been a time constraint because I'm sure that man would snap up the opportunity for some wild satire inside the main Warehouse in front of a bloodied green screen we encounter an inconspicuous looking mailman and every time he speaks the camera zooms and shakes violently I can't stand these people with all their nonsense complaints it's basically saying don't trust this man something I would have done in editing if they hadn't got there first I just need you to look the other way for a second a second yes just a split second he seems overall harmless but he does ask us to turn around so he can prepare all right The Cheeky bugger tries to fire off a cheap shot blasting us with some kind of laser that was close for a second there I forgot that you were a killer he's gone full superhero spandexed out and according to him he's an honorable Soul asking us to shake hands to start the fight right good luck likewise destroy Spark well what did you expect he is an assassin after all and they're all the same oh [ __ ] I thought I was gonna die there for real but thankfully The Arrogant [ __ ] isn't satisfied so he restarts our heart for a proper fight and my God does he love to say destroys he's miles easier than shinobu with loudly telegraphed attacks that Will Never Land provided you keep running around the arena some might say it's best not to shout out your attacks before you've pulled it off makes it rather easy to predict our defenses halfway through the fight he'll fly into the air and begin a barrage of missile attacks for a while spamming that annoying single line [Music] [Applause] thankfully this amazing flight is wire assisted meaning if we destroy the cable his ass gets dropped being fake is a big part of destroy Man's theme he's a shallow blubbering coward that can't do [ __ ] when he's not relying on his tricks oh [ __ ] and the trickery doesn't end when we beat the lad either that's some Austin Powers [ __ ] he's a funny character probably one of the most interesting of the bosses question is will it be the last we see of him seeing as he's splitting two you'd have to assume so you are now feeling good about ourselves we try our luck with Sylvia but she has nothing but ominous remarks for us when I hit number one you better be looking your best no need to pretty up I want you you too I really am the next bout takes place on a popular Landmark for the citizens of Santa destroy the Golden Beach where we find Sylvia waiting to be oiled up Travis tries the old hand slide Riz but gets instantly put in his place go any higher and I will kill you myself the game's always quick to remind us that while we might be a certified killing machine Travis is still ultimately a loser go get him yes your highness the beach has been converted into a military encampment with barbed wire and metal crosses sectioning out the coastline once again the journey over to the boss is simple the only thing lengthening this section is the artificial Maze of barbed wire that you can't pass through until you've cleared a wave of enemies if that weren't there you could whiz through the entire level in about five minutes there are landmines to contend with but I was gutted to discover you couldn't lure enemies onto them for an instant kill that's a big boo moment smart landmines suck ass oh [Music] arriving in Alcove we discover our Target a woman named Holly Summers do you like killing me live for it we quick to get the fight underway charging at her full force and falling into a hole mechanic holes once again starring Shia LaBeouf and if we step over one we have to wiggle out before she drops a Grenade on us riveting interesting of the Assassins I do apologize to any Holly stands but the fight Arena and interaction really just don't have anything exciting about them and after defeating her we realize Travis doesn't want to kill women you can't kill a woman pathetic Holly ain't standing for that though because she literally eats a grenade to prevent the disrespect of being shown Mercy wait number six no it's like the grenade version of sapuku I never meant to shame you it's also the first time Travis has shown any sympathy and it's not so much that the woman is dead but rather that he Dishonored her in defeat what was her name that is not important anymore right but I owe her at least that carrying her body we do a respectful Can-Can gather our loot then drop her ass in a hole forgive me I was late in saying this but I love your soul he loves her soul as he says because he respects that she felt the same way to The Bitter End wanting to face a glorious defeat a Beautiful Death assassins must die when they lose so while her fight might not be memorable at the end of it certainly was rest in peace foreign the next fight starts somewhat different to the others leaving the motels in the car park we find a massive splatter of blood but where did it come from despite our destination being marked on the map we're meant to follow the splatters which lead us to our next fight marked by a deceased woman and a hatch leading underground I do wish they hadn't marked where to go here it kind of spoils the elaborate Blood Trail through the hatch we encounter and follow a strange almost textualist man running through a long hallway crown with actual Tie fighters like that's the same design I swear they were flown with a cease and assist here aside from the cannon fodder the [ __ ] we're chasing he can't decide if he's coming or going it's such a janky section looking more like an amateur Unity horror game than anything else out the other side we arrive at a giant Wind Farm where things get interesting because we come face to face with this giant brain tank and [ __ ] clouds from American Dad Clinging On oh yeah if you look good undulation your rambling is excellent I think I'm going to lose the ball control this is an earthquake cause device and as it charges up we head towards a climax with the numbers counting down a countdown that's interrupted when a man falls from the sky slashing the two in half thank you Travis Touchdown is it not what do you go by Henry JackSepticEye here just stole our kill which means he's in line for our spot needless to say Travis isn't best pleased that was my Kill You Naughty Boy shall we get this over with also if the accent sounds slightly iffy that's because it's an American pretending to be Irish apparently the whole of Ireland was busy during roll call but hey In fairness this is no ordinary American this is the voice of Quentin Flynn or as you'd more likely know him that's a big range typical politician big [ __ ] but no come what rushing towards each other Sylvia jumps between the two and throws the rule book down fight can't fight him rules or rules and the Assassin League just won't have it these fights are an official game if your opponent dies for whatever reason according to the rules of conduct it is your win during the argument the mysterious Henry leaves meaning the entire rank was a fast which retroactively explains the dog [ __ ] tunnel section they probably didn't want to include a massive build up just for a blue balling it was short and stupid just like the conclusion with Henry but it raises the question who is Henry and what does he want with us your instincts serve you well thankfully the game gets back on track from this point offering more tangible encounters starting with rank 4. Harvey most of which of all the rasky Avada so what voters we have to catch a train again but instead of another fight sequence a retro asteroid game appears on screen where we pilot what looks like a Gundam Mech shooting down waves of alien ships clearly Sudi isn't done [ __ ] with us although the references to Retro video games is a consistent theme throughout the games and it only gets more prevalent as the series continues in this case maybe Travis was meant to be playing a mobile game while waiting on the train who knows nothing makes sense anymore and I have to iterate this is the tamest of all the games [ __ ] gets much crazier hurry the show's about to start arriving at the Grand Theater Sylvia in arm we head to find number four demonstrating his magic abilities looking for a special guest Travis is pulled on stage where he talks for the first time about his deceased parents my parents are dead all the while getting strapped into this big old saw device Harvey you're gonna die tonight right here by my hand he starts mouthing off about how he's going to batter the magician which frankly doesn't seem wise when we're at the mercy of this spinning blade it's killing time magic is this fight's theme a David Blaine saw with flying doves teleportation screen flipping and even pulling a magic trick with us at Center Stage it's showtime wiggle too slowly it's instant death My Kind of Magic dark this somebody turn on the lights throwing our beam to Blind the man he stumbles around the stage asking for the lights to turn on then for some reason his assistants strap him into a machine and let him die I guess there's no honor among stagehands suda apparently said he wanted No More Heroes to be even more gruesome than Manhunt which it was technically but it was primarily the themes of Manhunt that made it so violent not the levels of blood and gore itself No More Heroes is so far over the top it's not even gory anymore it's cartoonish somebody turn on the lights and as the curtains fall there's good news because Travis is getting somewhere sharing a little kiss with Sylvia rank 3 is a bit different starting with an ominous warning that our next Target well she's a witch your next opponent is a witch a witch a wizard catching a bus to a nearby Town we're ambushed on Route by purple suited thugs the thugs formerly known as thugs swapping to a stylish 2D Viewpoint we try to survive the onslaught which becomes a sick joke if you run out of charge because there's nowhere to go beam charge management is a must during this section surviving the bust we get another call from Sylvia who's Gone full psycho after only one kiss me I'll [ __ ] kill you I swear that's a big red flag it might be time to do the dip our destination is Speed City a seemingly abandoned town just besides Santa destroy with its buildings in ruin looking around we see something shocking somehow our beloved cat Gene she's been lured here following her around a corner we also find our Mentor being pushed back by an immense beam a cat distracted by Gene ryu's son is taken by surprise and obliterated [Applause] Bad Kitty why are all men so freaking ignorant they never learn no matter how old they get Travis is royally pissed off but where has this powerful beam come from there's merely an old lady down the way you were saying sunny I asked if you were ranked third turns out this Babushka is pushing a trolley able to turn into the [ __ ] swear we're Gustav are you ranked third this time I heard you yeah I am by finding deafness she's able to get this bad boy operational and once it's running it's all systems go [Music] Al is simply to reach her which is easier said than done if you're out in the open when the beam goes off your pushed miles back and potentially killed outright we have to do a tactical mad dash timing our runs and ducking into alleys or abandoned houses when the weapon fires the sense of panic when the beam is just about to hit and you're frantically breaking down a door is palpable I've seen people theorizing that this town is so destroyed because this girl keeps on using her beam to kill challenges destroying everything inadvertently and I can see that just before reaching her there's an extra long tunnel with no Nooks to hide in and I assumed you have to take your chances and run at the last second this isn't the case I died multiple times trying this it was very annoying what you have to do is head to the left side and start randomly attacking this pole causing it to fall with a domino effect map there is absolutely nothing implying that that was what we had to do but I suppose it's more rewarding than a sidekick shouting out the solution after five milliseconds what about the crane turn it somehow with the Canon squat the old lady is fried rice face to face she's surprisingly passive even given us a little kissy wissy and some words of affirmation what are we your [ __ ] child off with her head [Music] all of a sudden Travis doesn't care about killing women huh maybe it's because speed Buster ain't a little foxy number in a bikini I am of course joking he was seeking revenge for his mentor I know simmer down in any case we're now in the top three only two more Remain the end is in sight and in memory of Thunder Ryu we even get his old samurai sword an item we hand over to Dr Naomi who studies it to make a powerful blade we can buy later also there's no mention of Gene whatsoever after this why was she there I don't know I guess you just wanted our mentor to die but who cares because the penultimate fight is here outlined by a carrier pigeon no less don't come looking for me Sylvia Crystal some trouble at home this message is from Sylvia who claims to have left the UAA and telling us not to look for her somewhere out of the blue and I don't know about you but I feel a Twist coming I'm going all the way that's a promise the next fight takes us again to the stadium which was kind of disappointing being the second to last I was hoping for something way crazier like a moon base or something more spectacular ramping over the barriers we drive onto the pitch where we use our bike to run over waves of goons just straight up drifting into them it's within the story it's just a shame we weren't swinging that blade around now that would be epic our Need for Speed satisfied a secret hatch opens in the middle of the field the target's just ahead and I really thought based on all the foreshadowing that this was going to be Sylvia but it's not it's a completely different woman dressed promiscuously and donning a baseball bat this is bad girl you're no assassin you're just a perverted killing Maniac it's worth noting that the overly sexual design of the female characters was allegedly not suda's Choice apparently he even claimed he was worried over sexualization would become synonymous with his brand something he wanted to avoid but I mean he did make Lollipop Chainsaw masturbate to you tonight so I don't know it might be a press X to doubt moment with this fight I was conflicted at first I really thought it was a whole lot of [ __ ] with a ton of wireframes and instant kill attack and the ability to endlessly spawn thugs all alongside a massive health bar you're likely to lose from sheer nutrition alone and while all that holds true it turns out it's not so bad because much like shinobu this assassin is super weak to a perfect Dodge abuse that mechanic and were able to quickly Whittle her down you just have to make sure you dodge a goons and don't attack her when she's crying In fairness you can hit her during these sections provided she's really crying which is signaled by her hand not being on the back basically while at first some of the bosses might seem like [ __ ] really it's almost like a puzzle you have to learn the behavior the hard way and find out which mechanics you can milk like a prize cow later in the fight she'll ignite her bat which adds some more weight to her attacks but provided we keep up the Dodge it really doesn't make any difference defeated Travis thoroughly impales her but she's not down for the count this woman is Relentless pulling us to the ground and wailing on us until we surrender I give up you win I've won with this submission she succumbs to her wounds and collapses appearing to let go after achieving her goal it's not very honorable but we've still secured her place as number two words mean nothing in this game only life and death there was a close one almost didn't make it staggering away either from having been battered or from the shock of nearly dying he passes out waking up at our Motel the contract for number one finally comes through this is it baby but before we finish this tale we stopped by Naomi's because our new blade is ready a super powerful Katana with a devastating counter-attack all right it [ __ ] up groups of enemies it costs nearly as much as the final battle so buying it will double the amount of side jobs we have to do but it's an easy chance give me that blade I am a samurai well ladies and gentlemen we're finally here securing our place as the world's number one assassin but before that we need to know what's happened to Sylvia so we call the UAA helpline and get through to none other than her mother another sorry kid and for the record I am Sylvia's mother mother she claims that this is all fake a ruse set up by her daughter a prolific con artist to make money you're joking right do you know how many people I've killed she is a professional con artist you mean a fraud but bizarrely she encourages us to take the fight and even ends the call with the same phrase her daughter uses each time off to the Garden of Madness heading outside some rat steals our bike which means we have to hot foot it all the way across town if I hadn't unlocked the Sprint ability I'd be crying right now screaming and crying just before the highway we find our bike waiting for us so we hop on and begin a high speed Race Across the motorway all right more Tie fighters pull up alongside us and we use our bike to round them off the road all the while avoided wooden crates like an inverse Crash Bandicoot taking the Twisted roads we pull off into a smaller Lane and you know what Travis is starting to really enjoy this I'm actually starting to enjoy this I'm actually starting it are you Travis are you enjoying this flying over a closing drawbridge we land in what looks like an enchanted forest this area is a maze of branching pods take the wrong one and you're back to the start but thankfully the ghost of Ryu is there to guide us as we battle through eventually making it through we get a final call from Sylvia Who Rose Saras then professes her love where in the world could you find a woman who could fall in love with someone like you one is right here this is a very toxic relationship one that never really improves throughout the course of the franchise Travis is trapped loving this woman who appears very self-centered and frankly nasty you are a Dopey or taco assassin the bottom of the bedroom dangerous love aside the finale is finally here and with the castle looming in the distance the top rank arrives who claims to be our father I fell to my feet right before my son's eyes not remember this obviously he's not because our dad is dead so who knows what the [ __ ] this man was up to but it's cut short when a mysterious woman arrives and flaws the lad asking this mysterious woman who she is she says it's too awful to explain it's too terrible it alone would jack up the age rating of this game even further what if the game gets delayed you don't want this to become No More Heroes forever do you whoa shots fired for those not in the know that's a dig at Duke Nukem Forever and it's disastrous development cycle which took 14 years and was a flop anyway that was uncalled for I'll make it short and quick that's my story in a short twist it's revealed she's our half sister and based on a fast forward manuscript she killed our father many years ago because he was into The Bad Touch it's too terrible this whole evil father half sister Revelation it's a massive parody of Star Wars even Dark Star himself is meant to be Darth Vader although for some reason we apparently knew Gene when we were kids and had a crush on her even naming our cat after her which is never expanded upon but is very sus I said it once and I'll say it again suda is a big old troll maybe it had to be done but Vengeance begets Vengeance you're right go ahead and with that the final fight is underway taking place in an arena created by dark star's bizarre energy weapon interesting fighter a martial arts expert able to dodge our attacks with super speed and returning fire with a flurry of kicks and punches it's like she's taken straight out of an OG fighting game and if those skills weren't impressive enough she's even able to reverse our wrestling move she really is a touchdown it was feeling like a hopeless battle she was too fast and her health bar was too large but we had one last trump card because it turns out the beam Katana has a massively overpowered low charge attack that gives us iframes so I thought [ __ ] it let's fight fire with fire a tactic that culminates in one final sword Clash but she wins punching us so hard her fist literally goes through Travis's chest but this isn't the end because shinobu appears having escaped the gulag to return the favor Severin Jean's arms and saving our life do it with that Travis says a somewhat impersonal goodbye to his sister and secures his place as the world's number one assassin thank you it's over this is where it all ends returning to his Motel to Moll over the victory his piece is interrupted when a new number two breaks in looking to take his place it's time to die Mr first rank you gotta be [ __ ] me bringing us back to the fact that in pursuit of his goals all he's done is ruin his own life every waking second will be spent watching over his shoulder for an ambitious young assassin that wants to take his place roll absolutely not Star Wars credits for legal reasons and that's the end of course that's not to get the real the really beam upgrade from Dr Naomi which is a strange caveat yeah but something most people have done anyway when we have these at the end of the game we can select to watch the true ending just make sure you don't select the normal Ending by accident you know out of curiosity because then you'll have to complete the game all over again there's no ability to reload you gotta be [ __ ] me in this ending our toilet attacker is halved by the mysterious Irish lad from earlier uh Thomas will you hurry up with that I'll be outside this lad's looking for a fight so we pull up our tightly wise and meet him in the car park man to man and what a fight it is he is impossibly quick meaning the key to this fight is patience it's a marathon not a race roughly five years later we land the final strike defeating him in combat and seguing to two final Revelations for starters he's our twin brother I'm your twin brother what the hell that was the craziest [ __ ] I've ever heard why would you bring up something like that at the very last minute of the game how many family Revelations does a game need turns out the bike was on none all along it's dumb but that's intentional and circling back to a previous point in this video it could explain why shinobu accused us of killing her father I will now avenge my father with Henry being our twin brother it's likely he's the one she saw attack her dad regardless an extra and far more juicy Revelation is that Sylvia she's Henry's wife where the hell is she you mean my wife what why yes you know spouse soul mate Henry's wife turns out the United assassin's League was fake all along and she was orchestrating the whole business so she could make some money on their side ah you know how women are especially my wife a really big spender yeah she knew my income wasn't enough so every now and then she just disappear which is why we always see her on holiday or shopping every time we called let me guess you're out shopping basically this entire tale is a tragedy Travis was an overly ambitious man that risked his life to elevate himself all for nothing he's no better off now and he's been used the entire time I lost everything that I ever cared about clashing swords with his twin they literally run down the street together all the while talking about the purpose of their extremely violent actions no getting out right bro that's right all we can do is keep running and let's find that exit they call Paradise reaching the Town Square having agreed that there's no Escape for men like them they fly towards each other and Freeze Frame zooming out from a painting of their sword Clash we see Sylvia stood with a child you like this painting don't you hmm Sylvia calls her Gene and Harry's her along before the game ends implying that whatever the outcome their fight was something of Legend but who is this kid Jean is it Henry why is she named after their sister questions but no answers for now let's go Gene the biggest takeaway from the first game is just how miserable every killer was they're not cool or badass they're depressed Milling about life questioning the point of their existence it's a warning about ambition and greed this is Paradise Travis chased the seductive woman he reached for fame and was set on reaching rank number one no matter who he hurt and after all of this he has nothing he's just trapped in an endless fight as we see symbolized with Henry too bad there won't be a sequel now despite critical Acclaim sales for the first game were slow at first it released in Japan and only saw around 40 000 copies sold in the first month some think suda was disappointed in claiming the Japanese public must not be ready for a mature game on the Wii U thankfully the story doesn't end with slow sales though because when the game was exported elsewhere particularly Europe and USA sales exploded well done son needless to say grasshopper Studios were [ __ ] gassed and they were just getting started enter No More Heroes 2 first teased in 2008 at the Tokyo game show I'll be back this got the hype train rolling showcasing Travis battling against even more unique killers and according to Suda the focus this time would be on Revenge and all that it entails maybe it had to be done but Vengeance begets Vengeance but who is Travis getting revenge against and what for [Music] a table that starts in the exact same location as the first game where Travis killed Helter Skelter here we find a wish version of cloud waiting for Travis stolen a six shooter chain gun which is sick I can't even lie bro said all the bullets please No Ordinary Thug though he's here to avenge his Fallen brother your bench my brother brother who having the sequel begin with a grand revenge is funny because the ladman absolutely nothing to us in fact of the hundreds of people we butchered helter is the only one we personally didn't even touch which is reflected in Travis's somewhat insensitive response I haven't been so worked up in ages when you see your bro in Hell tell him he's still a deuce fueled by hate the two Clash in the game's tutorial and the poor lad doesn't stand a chance Midway through the fight out of the blue the camera shifts to a shady establishment where an unknown man enters a Voya room with none other than Sylvia on the other side recognizes the person based on their distinct quietness and Begins recounting the events of the second game retrospectively anyway we made light worker Skelter and swiftly remove the lad's head [Music] Skelter dispatched a helicopter arrives donning a surprising logo the United assassins Association an organization we were told didn't really exist and Sylvia herself steps out insulting us just like old times it's still a hygiene impaired slob I see apparently she wants us to work through the ranks once again it's something we reject because why would we but let us not forget Travis gets weak at the knees when a woman flaunts it oh yeah I'm in it to win baby number one here I come so just like that we're back in the game this time at rank 50. but don't worry there aren't 50 assassins to kill something we'll get to later shouldn't I get a special fast track to the title fight no at some point between the last game and now it would seem Travis Fell From Grace and event the game chooses not to elaborate on because Gamers just don't have the patience starting from this sequel who don't care about continuity you know besides it would take forever if I recap every detail of your fall from greatness I guess you got a point there really riding on that meta irony here the two are interrupted when a freshly beheaded Skelter makes a few cryptic remarks about Travis and revenge this fight was only part of our plan our plan I said I'd avenge you killing my brother didn't I well who's been a brother to you question is what Revenge was he talking about who could they possibly hurt that Travis loves now it's your turn to be burdened with another's death a question that's quickly answered Travis returning to the trusty Motel Travis is unaware and he heads for bed when a bloodied bag is thrown through the window [Applause] he is devastated but as they say revenge is a [ __ ] so we're quick to get the ball rolling just give me someone to fight someone killed Bishop we get ready in our room but this time things are different because it's a fully explorable space rather than a static menu screen which I prefer but at what cost did this come well I'll tell you in a second the other change in the living quarters is that Gene's fat now poor girl's been overfed so between missions there's a whole mini game dedicated to weight loss back to the explorable room caveat in order to make this expansive room something had to give since they decided to cut the entire open world we can still visit the same locations like Area 51 or Naomi's lab who's ahem we've got a model upgrade now I know the open world had its problems but I would have preferred those issues were improved upon rather than just removed another big change is that you don't pay for ranking fights anymore instead side quests are optional ways to make more money whether you think that's a good change is kind of a personal choice there were a few times where I'd rather just crack on with the plot and not grind out the side objectives but at the same time it was such an integral part of the first game's charm it helped Pace out the battles and added some slow moments to break up the intense action speaking of side jobs they're twice as crazy this time around with each one acting like a Game Boy emulation from water pipe building to the classic coconut collecting task even the gym has been replaced with a retro alternative thank you these design changes were something not everyone could get behind it fits the aesthetic sure but I don't think it immerses you quite so well in the world of Santa destroy and because they were optional I didn't bother with them half the time Now by this point you might be thinking Hmm some of these changes are interesting not exactly in line with the first game well that's because it's the first and last title suda didn't direct he was still involved in its development weighing in where he could but sudo was occupied developing new IPS like Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadow with the Damned instead the game was directed by nobutaka ichiki and I think you can instantly tell the difference in gameplay approach it's not worse it's just different and will appeal to different people that said we catch up with Sylvia who informs us that the man who killed Bishop he not only owns most of Santa destroy but he's also the number one assassin more convenient as always The Mastermind behind Bishop's death is the owner of pizza bat this building most of this city he is the head of the corporation that runs it all the businessman in question owns a nearby Resort where the 50th rank is actually residing so we head over and get our first real taste of the sequels combat which is more of the same just redefined is it better well much like the arcade mini games that's a matter of taste some people preferred the faster more reactive pace of the first game whereas the sequel is closer and heavier giving it a more weighty feel which I like the biggest change is the addition of a proper Devil Trigger that lets you go berserk tearing through thugs with ease couple that with the slots and it feels excessive the thugs were always easy to begin with and now it's just Overkill reaching the penthouse we find the hip-hop priest Nathan Copeland chilling with two gal this must be Karma Travis Touchdown now I thought he was the second canono collage man of the game but apparently he's Scottish this must be Karma upon seeing us he straight up eats the two women our way like human javelins it is ludicrous these rankings means nothing to me neither just my sect or the mom the only true calling was to clash swords with you Nathan claims he only joined the UAA to fight us he doesn't care about the rank or the wealth he is a fan that wants to be a legend and we're happy to let him try I'm weary of the skills involved or glitter no soul save me from sorrow crowdless King he fights with a stereo exoskeleton that switches between power fists and a rocket launcher there is a big problem here though bosses in the second game are a joke now don't be angry but remember when I bitched about how annoying iframes were in the first game well it appears they heard people complaining so now most bosses don't have any iframes at all and is broken this boss can be spam attacked the entire fight with nothing to stop us this is unedited footage of how the first fight went down now I understand you might be getting smug about iframes right now but all I want is a balance not one way or the other there are plenty of games with great bosses that don't rely on iframes or allowing us to spam attack for half an hour Deliverance [Music] priests defeated Sylvia arrives to congratulate us on our Victory look at your dragons the only way you can express yourself no oh I'm in the zone baby nothing's gonna hold me back before taking on the next rank Sylvia asks us to drop by the UAA office and I think this is done to confirm that the UAA is genuine it's a fully functioning organization this time this isn't a dupe like the last experience which it only leaves the question why was it set up and who bankrolled it all you feel is ecstasy when you kill it's like you're getting off seriously you need help we're told to have for the University and arriving we find the campus on full lockdown with multiple heavy thugs lying away of course this is a video game so weight equals power and this guy soaks up a lot of damage thankfully Travis has just the thing before it a new ability [ __ ] tiger forum this game really does appeal to the male fantasy dude in the main building we work through a few hallways and end up in a gym sneaking up on the varsity beat a man senseless team foreign leaving out the back we arrive on a football field and if you thought the games were weird up to now oh boy you ain't seen nothing yet Charlie MacDonald our Target he runs into the field accompanied by his Harem of cheerleaders Mr touchdown it's an honor to face you man I love your name you gotta fight me with all your hoes turns out Charlie boy wants a better fight than you though so without any ceremony he and the cheerleaders fly into [ __ ] space transforming into a giant Mech respond shock amazement perhaps no it turns out he thought such a thing might happen so he calls in the big guns [Music] enter our very own Mech the Glastonbury [Music] from here the two fight in an arcade beat em up style mechanically it's simple you have to block then return with a couple of hits and repeat that process until your power bar is built up where [ __ ] gets Epic foreign defeating this Abomination we plunge our sword through it and swing him into space for one last spectacle [Music] [Music] God I love this series it turns out the whole cheerleader Squad was on the ranking as well so we've just jumped a whole 25 ranks in one kill placing us halfway up the board in one Fell Swoop which again is just a massive troll the next section of the game is somewhat mysterious magic portals are emerging across Santa destroy linked to unusual locations where our next few targets just so happen to reside and lead to different planes of existence stepping through the first portal we're transported to a dark Forest now we just have to figure out where or what our Mark is dear lord it's Dr Salvador chainsaw Maniacs aside the forest is a decent area to explore it's only one path but visually there's a lot to appreciate be that the narrow Cliffs or the wooden walkways punctuated by the glowing Sun it did in a strange way remind me of the Village from Resident Evil 4 just you know without the village we've prepared a special ritual for you foreign Church deep in the woods we head inside and it's obvious something isn't right This creepy building is haunted which sends Travis into panic mode [Music] the stairs he bumps into a spooky [ __ ] and falls over so this masked Beast is what we're here for the 25th rank who appears to be a bit of a pyromaniac time for a little pro bono Ghostbuster now I'd love to comment on what their attack pattern is but to be honest it was hard to take note over the intense spamming that took place for all the Blaster is set up this dumbass was not a challenge in any way it is a shame The Haunted House wasn't explored more here it was ripe with potential but the actual payoff well it was disappointing I love the spooky Mansion section in an otherwise action-orientated game but look out I don't know vampire masquerade that Mansion level was a banger I wish they'd done something like that here hockey killer defeated we gently place our blade in their Cranium and pump that baby full of juice [Music] after which Sylvia arrives and she tells us that even though we've destroyed the hockey mask form the killer spirit will reside in the home trapped after a traumatic childhood experience and a pact with the devil you cannot kill someone who's already dead already dead okay are you on the pipe so to keep the spirit down for good they torch the building I haven't even broken a sweat why don't you bring me a real challenge taking a short break from the ranking work there is a secret mission we can undertake to start it we have to leave the motel head to the shops then instead of continuing the game we choose to return to the motel room where we get a mysterious facts this fact tells us about a beam Katana Champion that wants to prove themselves against us and we also learn about the men that killed bishop and their whereabouts these are Revenge missions and more or less they're the equivalent of the Assassin contracts from the first game their combat encounters that earn us some extra Dosh anyway the beam Champion is peaking my interest so we head over to the university arriving to find the campus partially destroyed from our Mech battle which is a great touch this is a dynamic and evolving World a previously blocked path is now open so we follow it and come face to face with a shy school girl I've always been a fan what a fan of me turns out she's our biggest fan and even has a love letter for us like you're gonna read it while reading Kimmy plays her flute and Waddles around in progressively more ridiculous positions I shall defeat Travis the great in battle only then will Travis the great become mine and mine only love Travis the Great's number one fan Kimmy Howell having fallen in love with our fighting ability Kimmy wanted to prove herself by becoming a beam champion and after achieving this she decided what better way to cement her love than taking our life another Twisted form of love on display if she can't have him no one can turning her flu into a double-sided blade looking like Darth Maul herself if you're trying to give me a headache it's working now it's lesson time not only does she look like the double-bladed Crusader but she attacks with the same ferocity even having the ability to blow bubbles at us what the [ __ ] is this [ __ ] she's attacking like a SpongeBob villain but as always once we've powered up but she's as good as gone we try to calm her down but she's not having it so similar to shinobu it's nothing a friendly suplex can't handle [Music] Travis the Great with the final capacitated Travis tells her to skill up and come at us later come see me after you graduate and I'll School you again this is almost a direct replica of the shinobu situation I just wonder if this girl will save us in the end as well refocusing on the next assassin we step through another portal sending Travis flying into a prison yard this section pulls on Metal Gear Solid allowing us to sneak through the facility avoiding guards and spotlights not that any stealth mechanics were added we still Swagger around the containers bold as you like thankfully it's not a forced stealth section if you like Playing Rough and Ready when you're caught you can just fight your way out and thank God sneaking isn't easy here there's no way to tell when someone will support you or from what distance to giving players a choice was the right move once inside among the cells nothing especially interesting happens there's just more thugs to kill which is a shame prison is such a classic video game location but it's just two combat sections back to back it's not until we reach maximum security that [ __ ] gets real chicks put out for their Rescuers right at least no we free her and it is a her which means more skimpy clothing and enough jiggle physics to melt my CPU approaching she stays true to her name the poison witch and breeds that stank breath all over us forcing Travis to ignite his way out [Music] sadly it's another super easy fight the area is so big and her moves are so limited there's almost nothing she can do provided you just keep circling to the back of her overall they could have done a lot more with her the design is cool the powers are unique it's just a shame they couldn't make it a more engaging fight I think the increased amount of assassins in the sequel reduce their quality not in design as much they still physically looked cool but they were barely fleshed out this assassin for example she looks cool as [ __ ] she has weird powers of poison is being held in super max prison but that's it there's absolutely no details fleshing her character out this could be the world's biggest nonce as far as the game's concerned don't say that handsome the only damn thing on her official wiki is that she can be beaten under a minute that's [ __ ] crazy this is in stark contrast to the assassins from the first game almost all of which have somewhat deeper lore from town destroying old ladies to clinically depressed baseball women you're a bad girl but I digress we fight and best the witch for some reason this causes the prison to rumble violently and begin to self-destruct but we're in luck because Sylvia turns Up On Cue telling us to jump to safety gotcha I'm there I just realized bad luck buddy a swift swim home it is eventually arriving home and check in the fax machine it turns out that due to unforeseen changes in the rules Sylvia needs to speak to us and arriving at headquarters we notice someone sneaking out the back that was quick wait who is that person nobody he's just the newspaper delivery man an unlikely story but Travis being The Wiz detective he is he just eats that [ __ ] up if only Travis had Zach to guide him that's a shame isn't it Zack anyway it turns out the UAA is bored of how slow shit's going so for the next fight they're doing a battle royale with a dozen assassins duking it out for 10th place this Royal Rumble takes place at the stadium the same location we fought and killed Dr peace and bad girl and after arriving followed by a short waiting period [ __ ] goes from zero to a hundred real fast visual Center suggests Carnage level satisfactory who is my next victim question mark That's right let's shake his back and he's just obliterated the other combatants in one deadly earthquake the device is happy to see us though he wants revenge and speaking in a broken robotic dialect he boasts about having already taken revenge on the man that defeated him revenge on primary target was previously accomplished shock reveal Henry frozen in carbonite much like Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back so Henry makes a cameo wanting to take us out out of principle its earthquake attack starts charging up much like the first game but in a stroke of Genius he sped up the cam [Music] clearly he learned from his last encounter that big brain isn't just for show pretty fast for a tin can now it's my turn the fight is underway and it's the most fun I had in the second game with the boss it's basically an environmental gimmick fight the baseball pitch has been replaced with a gladiatorial Coliseum and the ground is made of multiple marble squares and when the countdown begins some will shake While others stay still you have to plan your approach deciding whether to run for the machine or stay on a closer tile with the pitch and speed of the countdown alluding to how long you actually have to run it's a fun tense battle that forces you to actually plan out a strategy rather than just unlooking the boss to Victory [Music] machine dismantled and our brother saved a ninja-esque woman rides in and look who it is shinobu having trained up and considering us her master something Travis isn't a fan of did you call me master I don't have time for apprentices reluctantly he agrees to work with shinobu but is adamant he is no one's Master fine but I'm not your goddamn Master on the upside because Dr let Shake cleaned house with the other assassin we've shot right to rank 10. again this game is laughing at us it promised 50 but 35 ranks of people dying in dumb or unrelated ways gotta admit though this does have a bad aftertaste and another curveball is about to be thrown our way not only will Shinobi be helping Travis she'll be handling the next two ranks on our behalf which means we get to control her the main difference in gameplay is how agile she is with the ability to actually jump or have Leaps and Bounds in game development pun intended things through a cash flow and sneaking through the laser beams we find ourselves sealed in a giant Vault room where Shinobi's parkour skills really sharpen the exit gate is locked so we have to destroy control panels scattered around the room jumping over and across piles of money slashing panels left and right [Music] the jumping mechanics are questionable at times making it over a stack feels like luck of the draw it's not smooth and this really becomes pertinent when we go on to fight the boss million gunman if you kill me you can fight Travis but that's a huge hit some of the fans hated this boss primarily due to the iffy parkour and his [ __ ] stun locks well if you use shinobu's jump and slash ability you can get around his annoying attack patterns and he's actually alright the hardest part is when he runs away into his little back rooms randomly appearing somewhere in the room that wouldn't be so bad but he also has the ability to bounce bullets off walls to hit us so at times it can be damn near impossible to find him all the while you're getting a shot wanted style round stacks of moolah eventually we defeat him and ask if he has any last words to which he has a somewhat surprising request just for name easy enough I'm sure he'll reply oh man oh come on when the gatekeeper to Hell asks who sent you tell him it was shinobu Jacobs yes sir leaving this violent scene she goes to visit Bishop's grave where a mysterious man claiming to be Bishop's friend turns up we expanded the many riders even though our countries and language is World different this is Takashi niike a very interesting Japanese film director with a unique repertoire that did a real live movie though oh chef's kiss he asks after Travis and requests that we give an unknown item to him something we agreed to before heading off for our next fight on my way better be good we fight through a collection of abandoned warehouses between the alleys and up over the rooftops there's nothing noteworthy in this section other than how annoying it is to fall off the roof and have to make our way all the way back around but I mean that is a skill issue the real fun starts when we jump down into the final section and when we step into the warehouse you will not believe who we encounter what do we have here a young lady destroy man is back except where he was split in half both sides have been turned into full cyborgs maybe that's why she came it's what she wants two grown men to keep her company a really clever touch here is that each side of the cyborg has taken on one aspect of his original Dual personality one side is well spoken and kind of polite you ought to be more careful seriously while the other is abrasive insulting shinobu and making lewd comments towards her listen to this [ __ ] acting like she's some kind of Femme Fatale shut up and fight she says send me off serious this is so rude he offers to shake Shinobi's hand something that should be setting off alarm Bells after last time destroy spark what but thankfully chinobi is a Sly Fox slicing his hand clean off before he can activate the shock with that the fight is on and it's fun at first with one of the Clones focusing on ranged attacks while the other one gets up close and personal it's not until we've killed one of them that the fight grinds to a hole because the other [ __ ] will spend the rest of the fight running over trying to revive him it's not especially difficult to stop if we hit him on Route it'll interrupt the revive there are no godskin Duo but it just slows the pace down so much he'll fly to the back of the warehouse then when I run over he'll fly back and make a run for the revive which means we're just running back and forth playing kissy couch for 20 minutes trying to stop the Clown also where destroy man's Armory appears when the fight starts poor continuity in any case after running back and forth we NAB both the buggers and while dealing with one the other ambushes shinobu grabbing her from behind thankfully her arm's already robotic so she breaks free and finishes destroy man once and for all goodbye destroy man you will be missed [Music] back at the house while Henry defrosts Shinobi reports back to Travis destroy man came back didn't see that coming with her master satisfied she makes a move to satisfy her master I can't thankfully Travis isn't about that I think in the master student Dynamic would be pervy which yeah it would have been that girl was in class when we met her it wouldn't be a good look the next sucker is all mine there are some positives though firstly with Henry waking up maybe we can get some answers about what happened after the first game and more importantly just before heading out we open up the package and the EK left for us finding a powerful new beam sword the rose nasty this weapon is devastating super fast and very strong a go-to if I may say so we're back in control of Travis from this point and the next fight is a Clash of the Titans bike versus bike with nothing but speed to determine the victor truth be told this is a janky start the fight itself is cool but the initial vehicle combat is comical the cars control like puppets floating on strings and in the end it's just a deadly game of Cliffy bumper cards in any case his bike is down for the count resulting in a regular old sword fight and as the man's blade of choice is a katana it was only fair to follow suit alongside a few decent combo attacks he has the ability to summon a spirit dragon that flies around the arena tracking Travis down and bursting from the ground that's a physical embodiment of this Warrior's Powers also not so subtly this fight is Dragon vs Tiger which are often considered natural enemies in eastern mythologies so there is a bit of a deeper meaning here as these two very similar swordmen Clash once he's defeated we're [ __ ] gassed [Applause] but before we can speak with ryuji Sylvia steps in stop stop why you beat him it's another moment where we get to see how obsessed Travis is with the fight he respects anyone able to go Toe to Toe with him and doesn't appreciate when they're disrespected post-fight you are developing a bad habit first that dumb school girl now him just finished the job or we will do it for you after this without any warning the game cuts to something unexpected Henry lying in a field of white flowers like a warrior and Elysium [Music] sing up who should approach but an anime girl donning a combat mech suit dangerous how'd you do that read your thoughts well you gave them to me now despite her friendly Visage this girl ain't an ally in fact she wants Henry to stay in his coma forever I said be gone you should stay here forever something Henry isn't having wanting to return to his normal life which results in her becoming hostile if you want to go to the other side then I have no choice taking control of Henry in this expansive Dreamscape the battle against Mimi is on Henry controls much faster than Travis and where Shinobi's unique ability is to jump Henry's is to dash not only used for dodging Mimi's attacks but also closing the distance she's fast moving so dodging allows us to keep the pressure up the whole fight you might be thinking what exactly is this boss about well some have theorized that this is Henry having a nightmare in response to subconsciously hearing Travis watch anime in the real world which is truly a nightmarish thought thankfully Henry's as badass as we remember from our first fight so we tear through this weeaboo after which he startles from his Slumber finding Travis enjoying himself what the bloody hell sadly there's no love lost between the two no catch-up or background Exposition Travis just tells him to piss off which Henry agrees to get out when you can manage it until then I've got some good [ __ ] on video enraged Travis takes a dump and when we get out our brothers left a voicemail apologizing for his standoffish nature face to face but to thank us for saving him he's whittled down the competition play through these fights wow they really posed the two pigeon Mission dust wow that was the most incredible thing I've ever done overly long message finished we get a call from Sylvia asking us to meet but before heading out we give Gene another workout and this time the job is done our baby girls back to a healthy way bless her con socks yeah this unlocks a new Dash attack but sadly we can't interact with her for the rest of the game we finally got what we wanted but at what cost at what cost at UAA headquarters Sylvia tells us to stop squabbling with our brother and informs us she's actually divorced him we are divorced now you know what's that got to do with me I don't want to hear any of that [ __ ] also the final Revenge mission is open now and after completing it 10 whole missions later we unlock the grand reward but what is it a brand new sword a new ability no we unlocked the ability to remove our jacket are you [ __ ] kidding me how is this a reward you get a better reward for helping the fat ass cat this is some [ __ ] our next destination is the shops Supermarket Guan to be specific which consists of a comically long fight in the car park they just keep driving their [ __ ] vans in over and over once inside we head through the aisles taking out the trash before arriving on the roof where we find the goddess of death waiting for us you know this song nope also I know I'm moving fast through this part of the video but there isn't a great amount to say about the level design here so I'm fast tracking to the good bits your patience is noted and appreciated so this assassin Margaret Moonlight she relies on keeping Travis at a distance using her sniper to blast us back if we get close we have to learn her Rhythm hiding behind the various Vents and rolling out of the way of her shorts to land a few hits the real focal point of this fight seems to be her catchy theme music [Music] something Margaret herself remarks on once we've defeated her riveting Melody isn't it catchy as hell weirdly she's more interested in Travis's opinion on the song than the loss of her own life only three more ranks to go [Music] on the motorway once more we head towards our Target and I was eagerly awaiting some high-speed combat but nothing happens you'd expect enemies to pull up alongside but they never do there are some obstacles to avoid but they do nothing yeah it's a bizarre section like they forgot to add the fun element yeah heading towards a bright light radiating in the sky we arrive at a cornfield to encounter a bizarre sight even for this game flowing in the air there's a Russian Spaceman someone who believes he's still in the Soviet era and he's not too happy to see an American Greeting him the [ __ ] unsuccessful reacquire Target and eleven Academy he's a really cool boss just the right amount of mystery and Intrigue flowing in the air with cables reading behind him like living tentacles it's like something you'd find in return a shield blocks all head-on damage while he returns fire with beams a space cannon and telepathic Rock chunks it's just cool I wish there was more like this in the second game foreign [Music] after beating him he appears to regain some composure asking if he's back on Earth and lamenting over the blue sky and fresh oxygen fresh oxygen Blue Sky beautiful as I remember based on his reaction it's possible he didn't realize he was on Earth that perhaps he thought this was an alien planet he was clearly confused and when Sylvia turns up to remove the body he rejects the standard practice we must dispose of the remains its policy screw your policy he's back with the Earth after who knows how long you're not gonna suck him up with your damn vacuum clearly he's getting sick of this work and it's cynical cycle but alas there's still two more to go heading through one last portal we arrive at an abandoned housing block with no sound other than the howling wind you can't even run you have to walk as the sense we shouldn't be here builds up the area has the same feel as those abandoned spaces in Gmod there's nothing overtly wrong with it but it doesn't feel right I suppose MD Urban spaces are just unsettling we're so used to seeing life around these complexes so when they're abandoned it puts us on edge and the weirdness doesn't end there bizarrely there's a skyscraper-sized mural of Travis waiting for us wherever we are they're clearly a fan of our work we work through the back alleys to reach our Target and just before the boss fight I stopped off at the toilets to save where I realized the thugs have no [ __ ] clue what to do once you stepped into a save areas they turn into [ __ ] silent hill creatures the toilets are apparently Hallowed Ground to them anyway deeper in the city we climbed the roof of a tenement Building and find the second rank looking through pictures I was hoping we'd fight after I became number one sorry to crush your dreams this is Alice Twilight and in one of the photos you can actually see her with Margaret Moonlight which implies the two could be sisters something Studio 51 actually confirmed in a later interview speaking with Alice she knows she can't beat us but she wanted to wait and confront us because she has a question she wants to know our secret you are the crownless king the one who got out you reached the top then walked away Travis is his typical and helpful self though and wanted to get this nasty business over with the fight begins holy [ __ ] that's General Grievous but you know less hot it's another good fight with Alice utilizing her additional arms for a variety of sweeping attacks and different stances like taking on the form of a spider or standing on them looking like a tall boy from Dishonored defeated Alice is impressed with our combat abilities and only asks that we remember her at once was Travis agrees but by this point he is fully over this [ __ ] losing his mind at Sylvia and the meaningless violence that's been plaguing his actions can't just selfishly use death as your tool this is Alice's blood I bet you've already forgotten she existed same way you would have forgotten me and that's why I'm tearing down the UAA of course Sylvia's a cold [ __ ] and doesn't give a [ __ ] are you done bitching appearing almost embarrassed by Travis's outburst and his inability to accept who he is I want to be a hero by my own standards you need to wake up Travis take your own goddamn advice with no other options left the final assassin's just ahead but before that we have a surprise visitor at the door so you do hate me I'm crazy about you that's right baby after years of carrying around a sack like a blueberry Travis and Sylvia finally get their rocks off business settled with Sylvia we're ready for the fight with number one again but this time it's personal because this [ __ ] murdered our friend you know our friend from the start of the game Shepard something about chess piece you know what it doesn't matter because we're here in his Grand Tower at the center of Santa destroy and as you'd probably expect a [ __ ] ton of goons are standing in our way all of which fall beneath our blade on our journey to the top fasting into the main office we finally meet the architect of this game Jasper batty Jr and Mother of God is this guy disappointing how is this goofy goober looking at us causing us all these problems took you long enough anyway we come in hot and bothered and ask little bro to explain himself if you wanted Revenge you should have come from me Brothers as well that is why I took your best friend's life he makes a fair point but sadly the problems are only starting because he has one last surprise truly a devastating moment a Twist no one saw coming seeking Revenge he's taken everything away from Travis his brother his student and his lover are all dead sending Travis into a fit of rage enough let the final battle begin holy [ __ ] we're finally here and being the last encounter of the game it has to be a good one right no it's [ __ ] awful which I thought maybe was meant to be ironic because he's the last boss but really lackluster but I don't know how far iron he'll get you here the only thing that makes sense about his character is that he owns a pizza chain and has a pizza tattooed on his head that's actually kind of hilarious but it doesn't make up for the rest after allowing Barry to damage himself to no held I straight up thought the game was broken because I couldn't deal any more damage to him and he wouldn't fall again is this a glitch or is the game [ __ ] with me well it is in a sense turns out after you've gotten him down to his last pip of Health you have to wait for him to drive to the other side and stand in front of the attack to initiate a cutscene that move hurts us up to that point we were conditioned to avoid it then all of a sudden it's the only way to progress anyway in this cut scene by boy uses a mechanical arm to grab and squeeze the life out of Travis thankfully a hero arrives to save the day don't be deceived so easily they're just replicas serious geez will aren't I a gullible idiot ah distractions and abstractality obviously it's good that these interesting characters are still alive and able to continue their story but at the same time it invalidates the only cool twist at the end of the game had to offer which is kind of a bummer we'd be on him some more and after clearing the health there's an epic transformation where he ends up looking like a roided egad from Luigi's Mansion this phase is hilarious because he repeatedly grabs us with a near unmissable attack and tombstones are asked [Applause] God he can also throw us and if he gets you at the wrong angle he can throw you right out the window resulting in an instant death which is really just the icing on the cake once again we clear his health and this time send the little [ __ ] flying out the window but it doesn't end there because there's a third and final form now that's Rich assassins pull the craziest [ __ ] [Music] well we almost got him reappearing from the window the man's morphed into a clapped Stay Puft Marshmallow form flowing above the skyscraper looking for another scrap come on press Unleash Your hate your anchor everything I'll take it all and [ __ ] kill you with it it's a fairly interesting set piece he attacks with slams and Powerful exhales but that's all he's got and when I fired off that Devil Trigger my man was done and as he falls backwards Travis gives us one last epic scene of course always want to finish in style we managed to land on the Beast and slice it in two [Music] and with that Jasper batty is finally destroyed and Bishop has been Avenged [Music] falling it looks like the end even the great Travis would be in trouble from a fall of this height saved at the last minute pulled away by speeding Sylvia I would question the physics of such a maneuver but we did just fight an inflatable Batman ripoff so [ __ ] me I guess the two ride off together before Sylvia mysteriously drops Travis off at the motel after which we flick back to current day and Discover it was Travis in the Voya room all along Santa destroy needs us Travis [Music] I mean I would ask why he spent years just looking at her in a Voya room you know letting her rot right up to the last second but she did drop her ass off at the motel for no reason so I guess it come see looking back I don't think desperate struggle ended on a high note in this ending a lot of interesting characters aren't even mentioned like what happened to Henry and shinobu those are two super interesting characters and they're not even mentioned once Batty's destroyed you'd think Travis would have a touching reunion having assumed his student and brother were killed but we get NADA and hey I'm not fussy give me a Fallout style slideshow if you want I just want to see the crew involved in some capacity overall it's not a bad game far from it in fact I fully anticipate that this will be some people's favorite in the franchise but to me it feels somewhat sluggish when compared to the more fulfilled work of the first title true to his promise the theme of Revenge is Center Stage but it's not just Travis seeking Revenge it looks at the endless Circle Revenge creates and ultimately the pointlessness of it all don't think you could kill without suffering consequences it starts with hell to revenging his brother then we seek revenge for Bishop and end up fighting Jasper who's searching for revenge for his family who've never even been elaborated on not only did you murder my father ultimately everyone's a shitty person and any attempt to seek violent Revenge just creates another Cog in the wheel of people looking for violent Revenge this is what the Last of Us Part Two was trying to portray but at least Travis actually got revenge he didn't kill half of Santa destroyed just to walk away because whoa he's just like Baddie no he sticks to his guns no matter the consequences go to hell after the second game dropped a lot of time passed and fans were getting restless is the story of Travis over did he live happily ever after with the woman he loved Santa destroy needs us well after No More Heroes dropped sudo was a busy boy working on other titles specifically a free-to-play hack and slash called Let It Die this game sees players climb a supernatural Tower looting better gear and fighting the ghosts of other players [Music] it was a fun game but by no means a cult classic at times feeling a little bit more like a quick micro transaction money grab than the intense single player experiences that fans had come to know and love needless to say fans were itching for another Frolic in Santa destroy a desire that would go unanswered for seven long years that is until 2017 when fans got their first look at Travis strikes again developed exclusively for the switch suda wanted again to utilize motion control for some hack and slash fun it was a spin-off that mixed up the gameplay and the review scores all at once been hiding as with the other games Travis strikes again begins with a cut scene just before the main menu where we hear a phone conversation between two men my little girl was murdered head to Avenger turns out one of them wants to hunt down Travis and seek revenge revenge for his daughter bad girl the second ranking Assassin from the first game her dad's a baseball bat wielding brute called badman Innovative now it's time to die in his hunt for Travis he's betrayed the Smith Syndicate so they come and knocking q a cameo from Dan Smith the protagonist of pseudo 51's other game killer 7. don't even have balls to pull trigger killer sevens a psychedelic action adventure that follows a group of deadly assassins the catch they're all physical manifestations of one person he's able to morph into these different Killers to utilize their skill sets where applicable and that serves as the main mechanic for environmental puzzle solving if you like this universe killer 7 would probably be worth checking out no no no back to Batman instead of Killing Him Dan makes a deal kill Travis and bring his daughter back kill him and bring your daughter back then we're all square you smoke a crack or what a surprisingly favorable offer punctuated by a deathball that's called a deathball by the way now go kill Travis Touchdown but what does it do and how will it bring his daughter back to life we don't know now the key need here might recognize another legendary voice actor that being Steve Bloom throw a stone in any video game store and you'll hit something this dudes had a role in he's [ __ ] addicted to voice acting someone stopped this man he got dead flesh on my new foods arriving an inconspicuous Caravan Batman heads inside to find Travis playing a certain pixelated game the Keen eyed might recognize take one more step sneaking up behind him bad man makes a deadly swing really [ __ ] up now old man but it's a decoy and a fight ensues with Travis taking a moment to introduce himself to a new generation of Gamers let me at least introduce myself after that the console well it comes to life with bad man referring to it as some mysterious device known as the death drive so this is where it's been hiding and that's all we know when we arrive at the main menu confused and eager for more [Music] hang new game that isn't the usual bombastic introduction instead we're greeted with a pixelated title screen announcing the game electric Thunder Tiger 2. my word what is this have we been duped or is the game pulling a high on life pressing start we find Travis teleporting onto a road somewhere between [ __ ] knows and where in a style directly inspired by The Terminator we have no clue where we are what's going on but if you're playing with a buddy you'd find Travis accompanied by bad man that's right this is the first and last multiplayer game in the franchise and it's a core part of its identity as I alluded to earlier this was an entirely different type of game it's not a direct sequel it's more of a twin stick shooter primarily featuring a top-down perspective linear progression and surprisingly no voice acting and having a spin-off is fine but what ruffled some feathers is that serious plot points crucial to the third game are in this spin-off and I think it's questionable to hide Vital Information behind a vastly different type of game it excludes people that don't like that genre from knowing what's going on when they pick up the third game which doesn't even try to fill you in it's like suit is creating an exclusive boys club and only those that buy the spin-off can be part of the story regardless we speak to what looks like glitch data floating in the air which turns out to be sentient beings called death and drive they imply that somehow we've transported ourselves inside a video game and not any old game electric Thunder Tiger 2 which just so happens to be Travis's old favorite arcade game annoyed by our unexpected arrival they threatened to remove Us by force so if we want to escape we have to fight our way out a tutorial follows where as I mentioned earlier you'll find the combat somewhat simplified you don't even have to press the attack button anymore you can just hold it down to swing endlessly this simplification annoyed some fans with One reviewer writing that they love to this game but the gameplay just isn't fun way too simplistic and some skills are just broken I can't say I fully agree with this rhetoric especially in the later levels where special abilities start to spice things up these abilities come from a glove Travis is wearing which is almost certainly a spoof of Nintendo's Power Glove Power Glove who does what was their thought process the biggest impact it had was spawn and quality memes many years later this glove unlocks a variety of different powers from slowing time to calling in an orbital Cannon and yes some of them are overpowered and others are useless but hey if we're being honest while I loved the combat in previous games it was never especially complex by the odd unbalanced occasion I suppose some people just hate this style of combat which as I said earlier it's totally fair but for those able to adjust the game does offer some of the most entertaining and pivotal character developing moments in the entire franchise the enemies in the game come in the form of various bugs that have infected the games we play from your standard melee and ranged bugs to drill hand or Juggernaut bugs they attack in huge numbers most of the screen time is Travis chaotically tearing through hordes as we run through quarries construction sites and Metal Gear facilities and urban sprawls interacting along the way with a few key characters the Stars there's Dr juvenile the scientist that allegedly created this world who helps us along and offers advice to get started although clearly something's up with her she appears fragmented corrupt the second recurring character is known as bug extra and this dude is my favorite character randomly spouting unrelated words of advice some of which are great while most of it is pure gibberish the final character is an entity known as white Sheepman a suspicious character claiming to be the memory manager whose desires are for now unknown about halfway through this level we run into the first boss where you can really appreciate the amount of Personality they managed to convey even without voice actors this goat demon won't stop using the text screen because it doesn't have any friends and apparently you can't miss up the opportunity for a good text dump we quickly and officially dispatch him ending its lonely existence once and for all and we continue on our way slashing deeper into this beautiful neon lit City toward the end we arrive at a ramen noodle cart where we can restore our health and gather unique pictures of ramen noodle types I mean why not I love ramen as much as the next man their [ __ ] had me hungry every time I was eating heading down a dark tunnel towards what almost looks like a sun in the distance we emerge in an arena face to face with Triple Star the protagonist of electric Thunder 2 and former Idol of Travis also I have to say the purple jacket is [ __ ] dripped out it's his best outfit in the franchise don't care come at me speaking to Triple Star despite our admiration Travis isn't making nice still valuing strength above all else this means there's only one option to fight with Triple Star appearing resigned to his fate mostly because he has no other choice and nothing else to do it's a good fight Mars better than baba ganoush in his hovering car in his first phase we have to memorize and Dodge an onslaught of bullets and slams getting the occasional hit in where we can after this there's a dodging phase where we have to smash some electrical conductors and finally we finish him off with some good old-fashioned hack and slash before a grand suplex defeated Triple Star tells us that we're Beyond Redemption but he thanks us for freeing him claiming that his existence was uncomfortable and wishing to have met Travis under different circumstances after this we're given a powerful skill chip something we get after every boss giving us access to abilities similar to the boss's fighting style in this case a powerful electric shock chip in hand Travis and bad man get booted from the system but before returning to the real world we find Travis sat in a chair recapping the events almost like an interrogation these post-game debriefs offer real character development for Travis whereas before he Shrugged most things off with a Cavalier attitude and moved on here he's forced to confront and explain his actions and just for clarity electric Thunder Tiger isn't a real IP although the idea of having Travis run through actual games was discussed but it never happened probably due to the joys of Ip licensing looking at you Friday the 13th after this we arrive at the game's main base of operation a little camp in the middle of nowhere a humble equivalent of the motel from other titles here we can save read faxes replay missions launch new ones and even buy new tops for Travis most of which are based on real Indie titles of course being a man of culture i dripped both our boys out with Hotline Miami and disco Elysium tops Elite Indie gaming he said he should have made your mother when we're ready we hop on our bike and begin the game proper getting another debrief where Travis kind of explains what's going on somehow after the events of the last game Travis came into possession of a super high-tech and classified piece of Kit known as the Death Drive Mark II a games console able to transfer a human conscience into a game there was only ever six games made but apparently if a user clears them all back to back they'll be granted One Wish because that's the magic of video games the deathball bad man was handed at the start well that was one of them and when Batman approached Travis for Revenge the two were accidentally sucked into the game world so now instead of killing each other the two agree to work together to get all the Death balls and complete them giving bad man an opportunity to wish for his daughter back driving off the game transforms into a graphic novel and boy does this section go on for a long time so I shall summarize while driving on the open road he encounters two strange men called red ribbon and Bruno that claimed they're from the 25th Ward and that they know where we can find another death ball under their instructions we we head over to the nightmare Burger where we find a weird dude who appears rather suspicious referring to himself in the third person as the Observer these two men this dude and even the place they're from wall 25 are all from another suit of 51 game called the silver case which follows a series of murders and crime investigations if you haven't noticed the game is a giant homage to suit his work and there's plenty more to come yuihara tells us that he doesn't know the exact location of a deathball but knows a good lead and just when we're about to blow our cool our cat Gene well she tells us to trust the dude yes the cat can talk now all I know is that she is one confrontational bugger wanting us to [ __ ] this dude up if he doesn't deliver after bickering back and forth he takes us to a car wash where we meet a woman called tutsion No Akira who makes the ultimate mistake of insulting Gene resulting in our cat asking us to and I quote snuff that [ __ ] what kind of a monster did we raise anyway after more drawn out dialogue about Travis's past she hands over keys that opens up a secret dungeon at a nearby convenience store this dungeon is a complex Labyrinth that would be a nightmare to Traverse so the two opt to use cheat codes Instead This rewards them instantly with the death ball and hammers home the importance of cheating before taking the ball back to our death drive we stopped by the video game store and ask a bishop to take a look and I know didn't Bishop die in the last game well yes he did but this is his younger brother bizarre shaville Bishop anyway he confirmed that this is in fact a real death ball which means we have another game to clear whew I'm glad that's over understandably you might be worried that the game is a little one note and that was a concern I had when I started playing how could they keep it fresh well thankfully each game has its own Niche and mocks a different genre of game just to see what the next game had to offer was reason enough to keep me going that and the Stellar writing [Music] the second game's called life is destroy and it's allegedly based off a real-life murderer called doppelganger a disturbed lad that's introduced in the game's bizarre intro [Music] after introducing a messy game of character we see a crazed killer make the young man pick his own method of murder from a deck of cards all the while doppelgangers miscolored eyes stare him down [Music] no no no no no it's a disturbing introduction for sure and after this we appear in the town suburb it's bright and colorful especially when compared to the gritty cut scenes we just saw but I suppose if they kept the grungy aesthetic it would look like we were playing hatred or something The Quirk of this game is the ability to rearrange the town shifting tiles to create different Pathways as we explore and investigate crime scenes scenes like doppelganger's first murder where he killed his wife and attempted to take his daughter's life to boot but she somehow escaped these crime scenes are filled with bugs that we have to destroy before moving on and every time we clear a building a chill beat kicks in as we leave [Music] thank you no I might be stretching but this could be a wink and a nod to Hotline Miami which has a very similar design once you've completed an area [Music] exploring these gruesome scenes we discovered that doppelganger's first few kills were with a name he was in his mind killing bad people criminals and perverts but eventually he lost his mind eating his victims and claiming to become multiple people off the back of it let's play a game of death the real question this level raises is what's the difference between the two killers Travis has undoubtedly slaughtered countless more people than doppelganger ever could but for revenge and personal gain yet Travis constantly tries to take them all High Ground sickened by doppelganger's meaningless killings so where Triple Star is a parallel of Travis as he stands doppelganger is more of a cautionary tale of what he could become if Travis went down a different path once all of the crime scenes have been cleaned including the bloodied site where doppelganger took out an entire religious cult eventually we Face doppelganger in a cul-de-sac where he appears excited to see the difference between a calculated assassin and a cold-blooded killer [Music] nothing crazy happens at the start of the fight he's super fast able to teleport and dash around the arena hitting us hard thankfully we have enough abilities to keep him a mobile for long enough to damage him it's not until later in the fight that his namesake really comes into its own spawning multiple clones in a circle a countdown will begin in the middle and we have to find the real doppelganger before it hits zero or we get shift up for his phase three nothing actually happens apparently he was meant to transform but they didn't have the budget to get over it foreign starts speaking about how similar they are something Travis disagrees with claiming doppelganger lacks humanity and when Travis calls out his lack of Sorrow doppelganger doesn't seem to know what Travis means so Travis tells him to go to hell and this causes doppelganger to break down and cry out for his mum but it's a ruse as Travis says he's nothing but a demon back in the interview room we contemplate doppelganger reflecting on how empty his Killer's instincts were motivated by nothing more than ending life and remembering white sheepman's words he notes that the real doppelganger is still on the Run likely searching for his daughter between missions by reading facts is sent by a Mysterious Mr Clark we learn a lot more about the creation of the death drive after this mission for example Clark reveals that juvenile is doppelganger's adoptive daughter which explains his previously cryptic claim that he created her and she created him channeling her past traumatic experiences possibly even as some kind of active therapy she created this game based on her childhood in search of the next death ball we head out and follow up various leads but we're not getting anywhere that is until a rich businessman gets in touch and asks to meet turns out he has the death ball and he just hands over to Travis because he's an old buddy of bad man they used to play baseball together back when bad man was a pro which explains the family skill with a bat in any case we have another death ball so we head back and we plug that [ __ ] in the next game is games coffee and donuts a murder mystery set among the old corridors of a lavish Mansion the game's introduction trailer is [ __ ] wild and I made like an old PS1 game or the nurse from postal 2. from what I can gather it's a war torn Universe where one side is losing badly an unknown Warrior having been captured is forced to watch his father's execution [Music] he's blinded and exiled to the desert wandering aimlessly he falls into quicksand which would appear to be the end but it's not instead he floats down to an underground tomb where he's gifted with an ancient suit of power armor allowing him to seek righteous revenge against those who wronged him why the [ __ ] is this game called coffee and donuts pressing Play We load into a large estate where for the first time bad man accompanies us walking around and helping us figure out where to go next it's a shame he didn't accompany us more throughout the game his Insight adds that extra layer to the story and I enjoyed seeing how the two bounced off each other exploring every door is blocked or corrupted with no way through and searching deeper there's only one door we can open stepping inside we find the game's Boss Brian Buster Jr already dead so taking the advice of death and drive we head out to gather his missing treats in the hopes that returning his favorite snacks would please his Spirit enough to tell us what happened a few of the sealed doors are open now leading us to a post-apocalyptic desert littered with enemies and carefully watched by a giant mechanical head in the distance side-scrolling camera and platforming are the main themes of this game which see us jumping between platforms or were still Donuts to reach our goal and honestly bouncing on the donuts is so awful other than that we spend most of this level finding various versions of Buster's body and returning coffee to it before he acts confused about why he's been brought back the different biomes we traversed in our hunt for goodies are the only variety with each door leading to either a desert or a lush jungle so two you get two varieties once we return coffee and donuts to the final body the large sealed doors in the middle of the house open so we make our way outside to find Brian Buster Jr back in his mech suit and he doesn't seem happy to see us because he wasn't murdered turns out he took his own life having become depressed after destroying all his enemies and with no challenge or purpose in life he just decided to give up and much to my chagrin we've given him a new enemy to fight [Music] the boss was great it's a wooden Gundam with no phases or [ __ ] just a straight up brawl although the giant head in the background does sit up and start shooting stuff at us but I cleared him too quick to really see what he was up to it was spooky though big head sitting up all spooky though with Buster's mechanical suit destroyed he appears happy to have had a challenge again claiming that the fight was fun and that he had lived a good life after this he finally gets his wish and he dies A Warrior's death yeah foreign Travis feels a level of pity for him the miserable way in which he tried to take his own life isn't the way a warrior should die as a man that loves to fight he would understand this and would likely be glad to have fulfilled His Wish as he says afterwards no matter what anyone says he was a real man rest in peace our beloved Comstock at Camp we've received another fax from Kay this time outlining more about the machine's original purpose turns out it was a cloning device created with the plan of sending humans to Mars but when the old CIA caught wind of it well they wanted to use it to make a clone army and if we finish all the games the original machine at CIA headquarters will activate given the government exactly what they want this is why juvenile created the bugs in the first place to protect her creation and stifle the government's plans but that's the problem for another day where a man of singular Vision so we set off to get another death ball this time from Count Dracula who just so happens to be a collector because of course he is arriving at his castle we discover a grisly scene he's been beheaded by a man named Mondo Zappa who not wanting any beef with us takes the death ball from Count Dracula's brain and hands it to us all in a day's work for those of you not in the know Mondo Zappa is the protagonist from the hack and slash killer is dead another cult classic from Studio 51. this was stolen anyway we have our fourth game Golden Dragon plugging in we find ourselves in a small Japanese room with a telephone ringing answering the call the boss tells us that to beat the game we have to win his race which takes place in virtual reality a game within a game within a game this really is the Inception of video games button on the headset will transported to a vector line racetrack speeding forward to win the race we have to handle changing gears along an elaborate grid and once we're there we have to use Nitros at the last second to whiz past that was nice and easy I'm sure the next one will be slightly more challenging and we got bodied absolutely destroyed it's not even close back in our room the phone rings again where Smokey gloats about his victory apparently to win we need to pimp out our ride by climbing the dragon tower for better Parts this is the real meat and two veg of golden dragon working through old dojos and taking out fake martial arts Masters just like old times at the end of each area we get an upgrade giving us one up on the next champion [Music] rinse and repeat three times until finally we're up against the big boss smoking king in the vector flesh and you bet your sweet ass it's a tight race one that's interrupted mere seconds away from the End by the King which thank God I was losing that [ __ ] for sure turns out Big Smoke is sick of racing and recognizing us as something different he asks if we'd like to change the venue and often we accept before meeting him on top Dragon Tower which consists of a grand Bath House overlooking the city his fight style is very brutish and as you might expect smoke based he locks areas of the Arena down with his smoke blooms as we avoid them and try and land a hit there's no phases or Transformations it's good old-fashioned fighting something Travis remarks on after we've defeated him claiming that to be a true killer you can't fight fair and that's where the smoke King went wrong again throughout this game Travis's personality is Shifting he's becoming more empathetic and understanding of the plights each individual faces maybe that's the point of having Travis work through their world he's able to detach from his normal way of thinking and view life from another Viewpoint it's something he's never had to do before and then we head off for the next death ball flying to Japan in person where Travis meets up with Dr juvenile's ex-boyfriend who's living in a house in the middle of the ocean my brother in Christ that's not what they mean when they say Boathouse he says some cryptic past tense [ __ ] hands us the ball then disappears or more specifically gets deleted from the world all in hand we swim back not too sure mind you back to America a true patriot the next death bull killer marathon is the best in the game the graphical Fidelity and mechanical depth are like nothing you've ever seen or at least it was meant to be but due to rewrite they never finished development so when we boot it we arrive in little more than an unreal test area with default textures and object boarders still visible there's only one walled tunnel for us to follow that's all apart from a little hidden area we can jump to there's nothing else and reaching the end of the hallway we're sent to a retro asteroid game dodging rockets and hunting down alien motherships you just play this until you die and once it's over with booted from the game that's it it's incomplete so there's no boss no conclusion it's just another pseudotrol which means there's only one ball left and it's in the clutches of a man named Damon the CEO of the utopiania tech Corporation a conglomerate in the process of redeveloping Santa destroy this CEO actually stole the ball from Dr juvenile years ago so we'd track him down and force him to hand it over where he explains that she wouldn't let him make the game how he wanted so he beat her to a pulp now I haven't become a fan of juvenile recently Travis isn't impressed so he returns the favor with one crisp punch to Damon's jaw taking the ball and walking away the CEO stands up and proclaims his quest for revenge and it's written in all caps so you know he means business I just wonder if or when that anger will come to her head hey I'm sure it's nothing Live and Let Live as they say the final death ball is Sirius Moonlight an action role-playing game that sounds Charming of course not everything is as it seems because when Travis launches the game players will quickly know something is off and when Garcia Hotspur appears driving along a nightmarish Highway the penny drops we've been bamboozled this isn't Moonlight this is a sequel to Shadows of the Damned made me another cult classic from Suda I mentioned earlier one that was screwed big time by their publisher EA messing with the project if you haven't played it imagine Resident Evil 4 with the humor of No More Heroes and instead of having a funny talking Merchant we have a funny shape-shifting weapon a few little transgressions and and posing for pirate flags and if that hasn't sold you well it was made in collaboration with Shinji mukami the creator of Resident Evil and The Evil Within and not only that but Akira yamako made the music for this game the creator of Silent Hill's most memorable tracks it was the [ __ ] dream team with Talent like that it should have been a masterpiece but like I said EA stifled this game at every turn rejecting five separate drafts and significantly altering the designs to make them bear fear Western tastes what's this sushi with a dick Serious Moonlight is a [ __ ] you to everyone that hampered Shadows of the Dam's development and a love letter to the fans that would kill to see a sequel now that is a big boner in the game's launch trailer Garcia's just been killed by a man named Alfred who in a nice Easter egg is based on a rejected design for Garcia it is final breath Garcia says goodbye to his living weapon Johnson this is goodbye for throwing him through a blood portal sending him to safety elsewhere in the Underworld [Music] here Johnson transforms into eight hearts a scold being of Revenge and the boss of this game much like Garcia who went into Hell In Search of his lover we journey through the underworld to discover what happened to Serious Moonlight [Music] a mystery that's quickly solved by chatting with bug extra they reveal that Dr juvenile wanted to cancel Serious Moonlight because she couldn't fully realize her idea with current technology but despite her objections the higher-ups forced her to continue that sounds familiar doesn't it so rather than pursue her original concept juvenile morphed the game into a sequel for her favorite video game Shadows of the Damned Hunter of demons had Slayer of cameroon's like you working through cobbled ruins and an Old Village every time we speak to White Sheepman he offers some developers commentary about the creation of Shadows of the Damned all of which are basically pseudo lovingly recounting his thought process in designing the plot and monsters it's actually really nice to see how much he still clearly loves this universe reaching the end we come face to face with eight hearts where the two cheekily Moll over making a modern Port of the game which yeah please do remakes are all the rage nowadays and afterwards the two agree to fight which I don't really know why surely they should want to kill Alfred not each other but we don't make the rules Guided by the spirit of Garcia eight heart goes all out spawning blue orbs and keeping us on the run for most of the fight although his moveset is surprisingly limited considering it's a literal shape-shifting weapon I expected a more bizarre move sir but despite I love Agassi and Johnson we bash his skulling sure the two agree not to give up they agree to fight their way out of hell and to make another game more or less wink wink user friendly marketing you never know what's waiting around the bin but with that all six games are complete so what will happen will our magical wishes come true or has this been a massive fast something I honestly wouldn't put past suda thankfully that's not the case turns out these games really are magic and a giant tiger appears granting bad man his wish but there's a catch because if you remember killer Marathon wasn't complete it was a buggy game which means this entity's powers are off-kilter badman gets his daughter back but her soul is trapped in a Chihuahua the shittest of dogs which can only mean one thing the story isn't over she can't stay like that so we hop on our bike to look for answers meeting kamui at nightmare Burger something's wrong his Energy's off and all of a sudden he wants to fight us not only that but he's brought four assassins along to help and once Travis has killed them all in a variety of humorous ways we turn to fight kamui but Travis refuses kamui's Travis's friend and he won't kill him a sentiment that makes the movie burst into tears and hand him another super secret ball of course it's broken so we pay a visit to Frank the creator of the deathball hardware who's able to fix it up for us we thank him say our goodbyes to kamui and insert the last ball entitled CIA when the game loads the text is damaged and warns us that the ball's unstable something we ignore before heading in as the game would imply we're at CIA headquarters except as Travis explains this isn't a game it's the real world and the bugs have invaded it would appear the cloning machine is working able to create life from code which is why the bugs are here it's out of control sadly it's a really disappointing level a series of boring white hallways that for some reason have an awful static effect taking up half the screen the only way to get rid of it is to stand on specific pads which by the way only clear the stack for a few seconds it's really poorly made the only joy I got in this level was finding the Hotline Miami game cabinets approaching and inserting a token we get advice from the different animals in the exact same style seen in the game thank you we even get to follow the iconic dead bodies as they guide us deeper into the complex now I won't spoil it but Hotline Miami has a bunch of references to the government so aside from being cool it actually makes sense to have them working through the headquarters and after interacting with three more machines and apparently becoming friends with jacket mass murder besties we enter the basement and come face to face with juvenile who's transformed into a physical embodiment of white Sheepman she orchestrated this attack because she wants revenge against the government for their abuse of her technology even planning on using her bug Army to destroy the whole USA something we can't allow so we plead with her to stop telling her she's a genius and begging her to return to society but she says nothing she just stares so wanting a grand climax the two agree to fight and what a fight it is I had no idea what was happening half the time I mean I'm pretty sure she dropped the [ __ ] moon on me at one point it's a psychedelic dream all flashing light radiating beans monochrome grids and trippy vector graphics hardcore science fiction fans will love this [ __ ] but like all that stood before her eventually she falls and Travis is actually gutted defeating her hasn't brought him any Joy it's brought him the opposite he didn't want to kill her In fairness he realizes that she only existed as hate and anger and that may be destroying whatever was left of her is for the best and with only a few moments left Travis asks her to say anything before she goes to which she replies in the human world the time for games has ended nothing binds us now [Music] with nothing left Travis walks over to the machine at the center and activates it [Music] with a quick flash we arrive on mars or at least a clone version of us is there among the pixels but we're not alone because John winter the creator of the death drive and Dr juvenile's real father he's already here waiting to answer our questions apparently Jon left Earth to escape the craziness of human life he liked the peace and quiet Mars offered and a return to traditional simple living you know hunting Marsh and animals for me traditional he wanted to stop the government so they couldn't use his machine and colonize Mars which would bring with it convenience and modernization a somewhat selfish reason but hey is still pretty badass they speak for a while about Travis staying on Mars all the while token on ashisha and the pixelated Graphics mixed with the chill music is a phenomenal vibe [Music] all of the chaos of the game and it ends in such an unexpectedly but entirely welcome relaxed manner ultimately though Travis has responsibilities back on Earth so he declined Jon's offer of course we can't just be sent back we're not the original Travis so instead he kills us as the squares of color that comprise of our head fall through the Martian atmosphere the credits roll [Music] and after that we find Travis back at his trailer where shinobu makes a surprise appearance questioning where the hell we've been before telling us it's time to return to the world of Assassins next up the Assassins await and as credits roll for a second time we get another post-credit Secret arriving in a test environment but this time the controls and camera have returned to the series standard and when we try and hit an enemy Travis has a little message for us we're in development for what game like I'm gonna tell you that wow if only the third game wasn't out already that would have blown my mind now originally when the game released it was over here you could play a new game plus if you wanted to even being able to play a shinobu but that's menial the real question you should be asking is what about bad girl she's still a dog well it turns out pseudo 51 would release a little DLC that really sets up the third game and completes the spin-off story which again is kind of a shitty thing to do hiding plot points not only in a spin-off but then in the DLC for that spin-off thankfully it comes bundled with the PC and physical editions which makes the experience less intrusive but at the time I could imagine that being jarring the DLC story continues with shinobu waking Travis up and warning him that they're surrounded telling the others to stay put he goes outside to investigate only to find Good Old Henry waiting for us despite our cooperation in the second game he's an entirely different person with a new look and weird voice he's also the leader of an organization called The Order Of The Emerald Knight and he wants us that again but seeing how pathetic we are instead of taking us on directly he drives off leaving his thugs to handle us so the next 10 to 15 minutes of text here is an absolute [ __ ] show it is the narrative equivalent of being waterboarded but long story short we had to fight the thugs at shinobu's Dojo where we encountered two aliens called Wormhole and black hole who were sent by a prince to conquer Earth but before we can stop them a superhero called notorious turns up along with a Mech version of the death Drive overwhelmed we tell everyone to piss off and agree to find and clear the last death ball to free the Death Drive AI because why the [ __ ] not I'm skipping huge amounts of text here I know but that's the gist of it this isn't a [ __ ] audio book and all that really matters is that through our exploits we get a working version of killer Marathon which means we can finally finish this story [Applause] foreign there's a segment here where we discovered that Travis has two children with Sylvia now and not only that but one of them's a little girl called Gene which explains the mysterious ending of the first game that was Travis and Sylvia's child looking back on her father's history you like this painting don't you but refocusing on killer Marathon this game is a Race Against Time where Travis has to work through four different environments as quick as possible ranging from cityscapes and space to the wild west and sea France all of which look great they're among the best environments of the game but I just I couldn't get into it maybe I was burnt out after the sludge that was the final level but I just couldn't have fun playing this last game it felt like the entire thing was designed to lock you into spam attacks like this part here there are a bunch of enemies and an infinite wave of pinballs flying us that just drain our health it's not fun and I say that as someone that regularly enjoyed Full Tilt this game's boss silver phase he was good it's a well-balanced fight with a great set piece other than having an enjoyable boss there wasn't anything to say about the DLC it's more of the same with no Niche other than a timer but once the boss is defeated yeah we have finally finished all six games which means we do a wish a real one this time because there's no corrupt game and wish granted bad man gets his daughter back but it's not all sunshine and Rainbows too much times pass for them to act like father and daughter they're two different people with two different lives so they go their separate ways with bad man just happy his little girl's alive again my little girl was murdered that's it this utterly bizarre but very heartful spin-off is finally at an end one thing's assure the fandom loved this game when I mentioned on my Twitter that I was making a video about No More Heroes and I didn't mention Travis strikes again I was almost hung drawn and quartered I was humbled and rumbled immediately a quick shout out my Twitter Link in the pin comment so even if the critics gave the game a hard time the fandoms still have your back suit up for whatever that's worth aside from Paving the way for a sequel it would appear student made this game to Showcase something he's very passionate about indie games and their Studios these constant nods to both current media and games of old kept me hooked from the word go it's like a vulgar arcade version of Ready Player One the game did drag at times particularly towards the end but it's a twin stick shooter it's not my ideal genre of entertainment it is as I said before a matter of preferences in terms of its mixed critical reviews I do think the game was treated somewhat unfairly people were angry that it wasn't a regular No More Heroes game but that wasn't what suda was offering and he was very clear about that from the start even choosing to name it slightly different to really just Hammer that home where the first two themes were about ambition and revenge this game is all about acceptance acceptance of who you are the consequence of your actions and the inability to escape your responsibilities Travis tried escaping reality through video games something I'm sure a lot of us can relate to I mean that's the whole reason I love death stranding I played it when I was in a pretty rough space and it was pure escapism we need to escape into fantasy worlds every now and then be that a game book movie or even just a walk in the forest but Travis Strikes Back wounds against running away entirely because ultimately your responsibilities will always catch up to you the writing and story are among the best here it's just utterly insane with disappearing ocean houses fake Draculas and invading aliens not only that but when it's not being stupid some of the conversations will make you feel some kind of way some bosses for example like Brian Buster Jr or Triple Star actively question the purpose of existence itself they both had goals and once they reached them they were miserable they had no purpose and became resigned to death These reality checks give Travis's character a lot of growth he's still got bloodlust sure but he's more human from this point which brings us nicely to the final chapter in his Grand Tale [Music] a title that begins somewhat familiar with a retro video game more specifically Travis researching one called death man on a YouTube alternative a remake version was released now I can finally find out who deathman really is taking control of the game's final boss we avoid his lackies and grab a magical sword that allows us to destroy the general [Applause] but before the hero's identity is revealed the game Cuts away switching to An Origin story for the game's main villain animated in surprisingly crisp and wholesome fashion it's got that Studio Ghibli vibe in this introduction we see a small alien crash landing in a field where a young man Damon finds it he takes it home helps it recover where the two slowly become best friends it's all very Lilo and Stitch even the setting is Hawaiian I love you while hiding from the government Foo and Damon somehow build a spaceship together with the goal of getting food back home and just before leaving this adorable ball of fluff says he loves Damon and he'll never forget him Damon I love you in 20 years I will return foreign day and this young child is a grown man and CEO of the world's largest company in fact it's the same man we punched near the end of Travis strikes again you know the one that swore holy revenge on us well he's uh eagerly waiting his friend's return and Foo is just on time looks like you've been living large damage used our powers to get yourself a pretty sweet piece of the pie are you really Foo swaggering on over it turns out he's the prince of a powerful alien race and in the years that have passed he's turned into an egotistical douche that's been exiled from his Homeworld I wiped out the neighboring Planet but then I was court-martialed and exiled to the black hole prison now he spends his spare time destroying planets breaking out of jails and building a crew of deadly aliens all with the plan of taking over Earth Damon let's team up and make this planet ours so to get the ball rolling this pink blob decimates half the city vaporizing them in an instant popular in this country so we're gonna jump on that with all this commotion we find ourselves back in Travis's Motel where Travis irked by the disturbance he's looking rough with an unkempt appearance and a big old neck brace clearly he's been through rough times we don't know what but I think it's just done to reinforce that a long time period passed and he's not been enjoying it stepping outside he notices something strange in the skyline that would be in a bunch of [ __ ] alien spaceships looks like things are gonna get weird today recognizing the threat Travis poses Foo instantly sends an emissary to wipe him out [Music] well what a shitty town with these guys at our door shinobu and bad girl make a surprise appearance from their respective Apartments it would seem the No More Heroes crew have taken over the motel entirely I'll take the one in the middle do whatever you want with the rest all three pick their targets as the Combat tutorial begins which is interesting they have Sylvia pop up in the bottom right almost like a regular old gameplay Channel your good old girl next door Sylvia but that mixed with the actual tutorial is hectic maybe sudo was just mocking YouTubers that constantly interrupt the game and ruin the experience by talking ah hey [ __ ] you mate I am happy to confirm that the combat feels better than ever I missed the third person action after all the top down Shenanigans although for some reason there was a weird lock on glitch where at times Travis would lock on a few inches away from the enemy model it's still done damage so it wasn't a game breaker I just don't know how they missed that one those are making the aliens we decide the best cause of action is heading on up to the Mothership to see what the dealio is and thankfully trav's upgraded the glove even having a built-in assistant in the form of Dr juvenile or at least an AI copy of her the glove opens a whole new layer to the third person combat with the skill chip moves making a return they're less op but they hope spice up the otherwise fairly simple combat and that's not all the glove also has the ability to create a mechsu on the Fly suited and booted we fly up and bomb the ship and landing on Deck when Travis reveals himself this suit's only gone and cleaned his ass up dressing him in the iconic red jacket and removing that god-awful goatee straps you're Behind Enemy Lines helping narrate our journey is Gene who can still speak but it turns out the poor bug has been done dirty I always assumed you were a female are you tweaking this is how I've always sounded those does it tones belong to no woman jeans are man man don't underestimate my prowess in battle I'm right up there with pickle we kill a few more aliens before heading inside with a cutscene that's almost a scene for scene Recreation of Travis breaking into Death Metal's Mansion except now it's an alien spaceship how times change but don't you worry the hero descents everything in this game is badass mostly due to the Epic soundtrack and the music's always been good in these games but this one dials it up to 11. like even the sushi stand has its own Sushi based rap [Music] why is this bug back selling us sushi on an alien ship bro stop asking questions in the center chamber we head towards the final door and the screen graze and an ominous hum builds foreign control C control V of a very famous alien icon phase hugger eggs and as Gene says nothing good will come from them an expectation that subverted when a cute little Pokemon looking thing stumbles out waddling over like a kid are you so good at walking aren't you oh yes you are Travis picks him up holds him in the air and it Chomps down on us swallowing us Hull the lesson here always treat unknown species with caution thankfully instead of being digested over an eternity we're transported to an alien planet black hole's Homeworld to be exact this is my planet walking with us he explains that their leader Foo ruined this planet turning it into a Dumping Ground and slaughtering its people destroying the whole planet Travis suggests that maybe he should get revenge against Fu for being an ass but black hole's too afraid declaring his loyalty for Foo and claiming he's too strong to even consider fighting are you okay with a life of submission well that's how I've lived it's my destiny clearly food keeps his soldiers in line with fear rather than loyalty so with no other options left we begin our battle s there were some Rumblings in the community about the themes being gone from Killers some people missed the over-the-top personalities from the first and second game preferring them to the individual aliens whose identities are more based on their powers personally I think it was the logical progression by the second game the Assassin's personalities were already struggling so I think a change up was needed even if it comes with a few flaws this fight takes place in a Dumping Ground with black hole living up to his name attacking with a variety of moves all related to black holes whether it's a teleporting karate chop dashing at us or summoning Cosmic traps also this is meant to be the alien from the end of TSA you know the muscle man and his brother from the DLC that's one hell of a redesign defeated he enters phase two where Travis is sent flying into space with the colorful star system twinkling around us from here we have to select the right black hole going through it to inch us closer to the Target picked the wrong one and the alien will seek hail from the shadow realm thankfully Jean makes his way towards the correct path so we're not fully guessing and when we reach Mr black hole we slash his head only for him to vanish again where is he where the hell are you black hole reappearing he's much larger now which means there's only one more phase full armor circling the giant alien we have to balance destroying his projectiles with shooting his weak points Stellar boss design that's still popping in 2023. after we weaken him enough we move in for the finisher and with that our first aliens defeated pretty impressive but despite his praise it would appear that this was all part of the Platinum he was using this fight to gather data on Travis a move that will improve other aliens chances in the next fight what data statistics from your behavioral and strategic patterns he tries to act the prince off one last time seriously he ever since way back when but we don't offer him that luxury foreign on returning to the ship Sylvia's waiting for us with yet more UAA [ __ ] you have managed to take dance in number 10 ranked black hole number 10 in the galactic rankings they've only gone and recognized the aliens as the 10 best Galactic assassins and she even offers some more expletives if we top the chart for a third time for reals I'll do it please let me do it I mean he's already had two kids with this woman what is she offering by this point I guess some things change Travis simpon never does please returning to Prince Foo and Damon we get more context about their plan of course that's after he decimates the company's board of directors and the president himself all right Mr President Foo wants to rule the Earth but not wanting to merely subjugate us he wants to win the planet fair and square offering a galactic Conquest a battle to the death and if we win Earth will be safe otherwise we take over this battle for Earth is the core focus of normal Heroes 3 an ironic shift in motivation because Travis has always fought out of selfishness or revenge and while he is being incentivized he's still fighting for the fate of humanity making him ironically Humanity's last and greatest hero one more hero I guess at the motel despite the competition food decides to pay us a personal visit what with him being pissed off we'd killed his buddy you talk a pretty big game Prince dumbass you a human ridicule me cutting to the chase we rush to attack food but before colliding shinobu attacks from behind slicing fuse head into get away from him while that would snuff a lesser being the prince isn't even faced pulling shinobu off and slamming her into the ground Travis tries to free her but gets booted back to the motel after which food disarms genobu literally with all the commotion bad memorized jumping to Shinobi's rescue with a flurry of bat attacks food grabs bad man by the face and believing in an eye for an eye he crushes his skull haven't become good friends with bad man in TSA Travis is pissed goddamn scumbag so he calls in the heavy guns and she what the hell but they don't activate because as he realizes he's been mortally wounded oh through it waking up sometime later we're alone in our bedroom and we get an opportunity to explore the motel it now has three levels we can move between as we like with the top floor being our new flat and the second floor being our old digs converted into a shared community area there's even a lab hidden in the basement where we head ASAP to find shinobu recovering in the medical ward she survived good she's alive but the poor girl's arms cannot catch a break she's lost one in down near every game sadly the same can't be said for Batman who's fully dead and I have to say considering they just spent an entire game building up his character he was killed off like it's nobody's business I suppose it gives Travis another motive because now it's personal bad man will be Avenged Daddy I'm sorry so we get ready cuddle Jean and head out just like old times thankfully the open world's back and it looks better than ever especially on the PC version not only have the graphics been punched up but this time we have diverse biomes to explore from a sprawling military base to a Dusty Tundra even Santa destroys been updated with Urban Development underway thanks to Damon's business of course one of the biggest complaints people still had is that the world is mostly devoid of life and while it's not the most varied open world it is a lot better than the previous title with stray cats to collect toilet storm clog and even doppelganger himself appearing around the city that said there are a few decisions that hamper The Experience slightly the combat missions for example pull you out of the world entirely you arrive at the marker then get teleported to some random combat Arena that has nothing to do with the area you just discovered weak blood loss I don't understand why you can't fight in specific locations even having them physically in the world waiting for us would ground the experience and add life to the world there are one or two areas that try this but they're far and few between more memorable but rare in any case another Silver Lining is the return of our bike a new model called the denzan tiger it's sleeker it's redder and more importantly it has the ability to teleport right beside us its new design reflects the passing of time the town's more futuristic so having a cyberpunk bike is not only convenient but it fits the theme regular side activity is also returned with even more ridiculous jobs like a giant crocodile coastal defense mission a good man our Travis no matter how far he rises he still works hard you see that speaking of in this qualify for each rank we have to prove ourselves as competent Fighters which entails clearing a series of qualifiers scattered around the islands something that I think makes more sense than just paying for the next fight each battle introduces a new enemy type ranging from the standard fast-moving assassin to whatever bizarre geometric thing this is some battles even take place in space where we've done our mech suit and battle enormous aliens the range of enemies is vast although they are mostly just shapes someone drew on acid there aren't many definable attributes to them but at least you never know what you'll fight and after completing the three qualifying battles there's an extra special treat because it turns out the entry fees are back anyway which feels like a massive step backwards and doesn't even make sense weren't they a scam there's no consistency anyway we complete some local jobs gather the money and pay our fee but before heading to the fight we visit the lab where we can level up increasing our attack power or charge capacity yeah we also unlock skill chips here that work as passive perks although a lot of them were worthless other than a few that increased my attack power I didn't really [ __ ] with them overall the motel is great in this game it feels like a proper base of operations which you'd want for Travis by this point that said I have no clue what this human tree thing is meant to be I think it's Naomi who somehow got herself merged with a tree but the game never even once acknowledges her I guess it's an experiment gone wrong or maybe it's a reference to the tree man from Fallout who knows use your imagination when we're ready we head to the car park and begin the rank getting beamed into space where Sylvia law dumps about the next alien [Music] pounds of mass destruction he's an ore dealer someone that gathers material for food that gets turned into weapons of mass destruction therefore taking him out is a good move heading into the boss room we find golden Joe ready and waiting there is a slight disconnect between passing through a spaceship Lobby and arriving wherever the boss is it almost feels like there's some in-between content missing like the lead up to having Travis floating on these platforms just isn't there but that's how it is don't waste budget money on [ __ ] like this oh snap snap crackle everybody Travis tries to insult this alien but every time he does the alien reacts in increasingly over the top patronizing ways if you ever want to win an argument just do that you'll win it outright or be savagely beat up nice now show me a good time so golden Joe's Niche is magnets which means we have to manage our magnetization throughout the battle or we'll get messed up although I swear it was hit and miss I was jumping between the two polarizations and sometimes I was destroyed regardless I don't understand what we're meant to do this is a video game goddammit not science class one thing's for sure the combat at least at the start is harder in the third game the aliens have a more varied and efficient moveset which I'm all for I love a challenge plus if it's proving too much there's yet another tool to help Travis when we die the game throws up a prize wheel where we get a chance to win power-ups like a damage boost when we respawn and just straight up respawning us with full health I mean games normally charge you 4.99 to gamble but suda just gives that away for free after slicing golden Joan 2 smuggled minerals spill out of his top half all over the floor wow you're a real shitty guy huh um You probably shouldn't touch that stuff this is the material he uses to wipe out entire planets but of course Travis isn't about that fancy modern weapon approach so he puts it to a more practical use Bon appetitively after forcing him to eat his own oars Travis spit some facts it's the ones who don't look like bad guys who are the real bad guys and as usual Sylvia pulls up literally flying through space to let us know we've moved upper rank alien Tech baby times are a changing yeah you know I never actually knew those dudes names till now while talking Travis asks the obvious question why is she our loving wife helping the enemy it is for you I mean being your wife and all I do what I can to help my husband out well keep your friends close and your enemies closer I guess but we know from previous experiences not to trust that woman at a word so I take that with a pinch of salt kids doing okay we do not have time and after getting pied by Sylvia we return to Earth confused as ever unlike previous games ranks aren't set up by calling Sylvia instead they're outlined in our mailbox which is highly detailed even including a spam folder filled with emails from Netflix offering a variety of movie titles with their numbers replaced by 51 like 51 Ronin or Ocean's 51 which is [ __ ] lit my spam box is usually filled with sponsors offering to take a hundred percent of my AdSense in exchange for bending me over a table the next battle takes place in the Thunderdome which consists of a Barren desert and a waldorf Recreation of Osaka the name and desert biome being a not so subtle nod to Mad Max's Thunderdome I just hope we get to fight Master Blaster at some point entering Osaka we find Black Knight Direction the ominous emperor of the night who's waiting for us with a notable lack of presence culture huh my word just like let's shake we get a second very similar Switcheroo with this random ninja stealing our kill I'm from the future it's a long story but don't bother he claims he's from the future and that the aliens are his to kill which is crazy from my understanding of Time Travelers they only come back to clout Chase on Tick Tock strawberry on a sweet Shortcake Never one to flee from a challenge Travis wants to fight but after a short sword Clash he's not engaging Us in fact he's disappeared searching the back alleys we find three different clone versions of him and each one gives us a new ability for the death glove nice we get the ability to Slow Time throw an enemy and cause a hail of bullets to rain down all of which are pulled over from TSA and they're all super powerful chain them together and may Lord have mercy on whoever we're attacking but it does raise the obvious question why is this man helping us Powers obtained we head for the center running alongside the Assassin with a bit of back and forth I'll explain it all once I take you down the highlight of which is him calling us Grandad which really pushes Travis's buttons get ready Grandpa watch your damn mouth I'm not even close to being a grandpa yet now it's time for a little Spanky his biggest Niche is the ability to create clones hiding the original assassin like the sage from Dark Souls 3 go with game by the way like top 10 games of all time can I get a praise the sun in the comments please dodging his clones and using our Newfound abilities we toss him around good and proper wearing him down until his attempts to attack us just become sad that was quick over there not yet oh [ __ ] eventually he gives up and freezes up and despite us having a hundred questions we decide to take his head whatever you can tell me in the next world but the blade won't move no matter how hard we try our body physically won't let us make Katana won't budge Sylvia arrives pushing the now Frozen body and when we rush to break his fall she seems to think that proves who he is someone starts to fall you help them out isn't that how it works you are an assassin what are you doing helping people so who is this man I mean considering he's from the future and keeps calling us Grandad maybe that wasn't a taunt maybe he's not crazy maybe this ninja really is our grandson get ready Grandpa no answers for now instead we move on to the next alien go ahead and sleep here rested off after this point the infamous Tech screens make a return in the form of various side quests here for example we agree to help a stranger mind some ores a mission with shockingly no Minecraft references suda it is illegal to talk about mining without including at least one block shape in general the written humor isn't as Punchy as it was in TSA to make matters worse it takes a lifetime to load up and close these screens for no reason with no ability to skip it it is a slight nitpick from me I know but these small details can really frustrate the player it did for me depositing our next fee the game Cuts away showing our Target vanishing point having a little chat with the prince I don't hate you I just don't like you is all that counts as being in the hate category this alien is a straight talking fella who calls it as he sees it value those who tell you the truth nobody speaks their mind in front of the prince oh right to the point and if history has taught us anything it's that rulers love that [ __ ] no one's ever died for telling royalty the truth these little interactions happen every time we deposit money and they do a great job of giving these aliens personality and showing you how they interact with food usually this involves them trying out different human situations like getting bubble tea or sitting around a campfire how delicious they do a great job of showing that food for all his flaws at least tries to connect with the aliens working for him sorry I got you mixed up in this fight especially when you help me break out anyway vanishing point is currently at a space concert and heading to a nearby I know we magically arrive at said event to find Mr Point having a duet with an unknown singer [Applause] [Music] ain't no way they done two switch outs back to back this game is crazy but who is this woman and why has she gone to Great Lengths to get us here now I could answer that but why would I when Travis can via the medium of rap what's your christening couldn't hear me before but now good listen to me something to think about you've got a big mouth keep it shut [ __ ] or get knocked out [Music] [Music] for anyone struggling to follow this singer is none other than Kimmy Howell our biggest fan from the second game she spent years training up and building her career waiting for revenge and the time has come except this time Travis isn't gonna pull punches with our Newfound abilities it's almost too easy to spam the girl kick her down slow time rinse and repeat I have no shame there's no game changing mechanics here aside from occasionally throwing out some lasers or setting the arena on fire the camera does flick to almost the TV's perspective when she's nearly finished which makes it almost impossible to gauge the distance of her attacks and makes the environmental dangers a nightmare and once we beat her just like old times we pull out the suplex [Applause] local times she's not a kid so we finished the job foreign [Music] on Travis's Notch a fact he's not happy about but I mean no one was really forcing his hand there as Sylvia said this is the life he's chosen it's a little late to start acting high and mighty what are you a good Samaritan now how far do you think that kind of posing will get you after this the call of battle district is open and what district it is a war-torn island with encampments and thick dust limiting our view not only that but there's a static Hue covering the screen almost like we're viewing it through a CRT TV after proving our might we head for the next battle stepping into a brightly lit chamber of geometric shapes something Travis finds tacky what a beautiful place yeah yeah it's a bit too over the top looks like public fun spent badly and when we reach the middle platform velvet chair girl appears with the cut scene taking on a psychedelic animation style portraying these cut scenes with all the different styles was a great touch you can appreciate so many forms of art all within one game which should be the goal of any creative type you know I actually kind of like this stuff brain fried the fight begins with a game of musical chairs yeah yeah I'd assume this would be a comical combat version of musical chairs but no it's actually just musical chairs matching our cues to the beat of a metronome we walk along the circle waiting for the music to stop at which point we make a Mad Dash for the nearest chair [Applause] anyone not on a chair gets blasted turned into an anime ghost squibble and wiped from existence this event is backed by more Stellar music which if you're gonna do a qte section this is how you do it without this B it could have been dull but this music really pulls the whole section together I think it's a reference to moon cake from final space they're both floating little balls with incoherent bubble talk and overpowered laser beams eventually we arrive at the finale Travis vs velvet chair girl with the beat running at top speed When the Music Stops we make our epic run not that velvet chair girl seems to care girls playing Marco Polo over there are some regardless we're the Victor and in the face of defeat velvet concedes by literally offing herself hahaha a slightly depressing end I thought we were having fun here turns out she was putting it all on the line I saw loser I guess but that said how weird little blob starts freaking the [ __ ] out that monster thing it's getting super weird over here so despite velvet chair go bowing out we still have a proper boss fight [Music] isn't that hilarious Omar doesn't have much of an Arsenal instead relying on its beam attack which is In fairness an instant killer the fight is spent running in circles and attacking Omar's back all the while the little bundle of Rage cries out for Adrian as this fight progresses and we wail on the helpless lump it becomes smaller and loses shape its eye even pops out at one point it's physically falling apart you're meant to feel sorry for it it can't do much and it's just devastated it's lost its only friend destroying it with a swift blow even the world appears to cry What a Sad sound she's crying are we bad people back with Foo we see discontent among the ranks his soldiers are working at their own accord and even Damon seems to be showing signs of disrespect I see your pets like to go off and act on their own accord huh you're trying to be funny the next level aptly named Hell sees us arrive at an abandoned School in the middle of space this place is kind of scary yeah like One Missed Call scary what could go wrong entering we discover a woman named Midori who runs incoherently about her confusing life my house is near Midoriyama Studio during my rebellious period I wore lots of kimidori green I was disappointed in myself for not wearing my favorite color red before saying she wants us dead and disappearing but for starters I'm going so I'd appreciate your cooperation he disappeared from this point the camera shifts to a first person perspective as we explore the halls of this haunted school these constant twists are what I love about this franchise just when things are getting samey or predictable they manage to surprise me every time walking along the light's dim and ambient music builds up slowly creating a sense of tension as we head deeper until eventually we stumble across an alien body with its head missing Frozen still each room is filled with mannequin-like aliens posed in various ways mimicking school children from kids being bullied to a class in full swing [Music] suit is flirted with developing an all-out horror so many times and I hope he goes for it I'd support that all the way you know it would be the maddest [ __ ] heading upstairs blood coats every surface getting thicker until the roof is dripping and the walls are leaking all of which point towards a set of locked doors looking around we find three candles next to it on the floor to unlock the way out we have to lie each one by fighting enemies in nearby classrooms [Applause] candles lit literally the doors to a bizarre site rows of aliens kneeling creating a path to this mysterious cleaner even ragdolling as we approach when we reach Midori she explains that her boyfriend knows about us telling her about our exploits he is always talking about you that you're free-spirited and stupid and intelligent and dumb other than some mild critiques it's a pretty good review so who's the boyfriend no clues for now but as a side note this character Midori she's from a short story pseudoro called red blue and green which follows a teenage girl murdering fellow students with mysterious Powers wanting to fight on the roof the two agreed to jump there as you do but when the two leap they end up in a quarry huh a location Travis recognizes from old tokusatsu shows which is a sweeping term for Japanese media created with large special effects like Godzilla or Carmen Riders gassed about the backdrop we're ready to fight so Midori wakes up her demon hands which are [ __ ] gross I don't know if there's a specific phobia of weird demon hands but I have it and seeing as she's transforming we decide to follow suit mech suit new weapons at our disposal it's an easy fight more of a Showcase of the new Mech form than a real boss but hey it was fun I had a laugh riot whittling her down we decide to go for her source of power the Demonic hands that for some reason consider Midori to be their mother [Music] before finishing her she has one request let the hands live let my little guys go agreeing we go to deliver the final blow but who the hell are you Trav it's me our friend from TSA graphic novels is back and he's undergone a major appearance change looking like a Schoolboy for some reason stay out of this that's my girlfriend this is midori's boyfriend so we agree not to kill her and tell kamui to come over sometime how can I return the favor come on over and hang out sometime that's good enough for me I don't understand why he would send his girlfriend to fight us when either his lover or one of his closest friends could have died maybe he just wanted to see he was Stronger but yeah it's a shitty thing to do more about the reveal than the logic I guess Trav you really are a good guy a bit too good of a guy really before we leave kamui pauses time and rates the event like something right out of Shakespeare after crossing the river of life and death find the place where the point and the life of everyday life intersects this part almost passes the funny random boundary into just pure gibberish they really done kamui's character dirty we'll be waiting for you sniper leads next and when we arrive at Battle Beach to confront him he set up a bird's nest miles down the way and yes I'm pretty sure this alien's name is just Bruce Lee mixed with sniper truly his legacy lives on whatever the case travels in a tough spot because he can't cover the distance in time so he patiently waits for the countdown three two and when it reaches zero sniper Lee's blown to Smithereens and who is it that saves our ass but the same superhero we saw at the end of Travis strikes again notorious as you said before he's a superhero and not only that but he's also the star of The www.wrestling League just like Logan Paul they argue over who should save Earth before agreeing it's Travis's responsibility all fine and dandy but before leaving a tube spawns from the ground and you won't believe who makes a third appearance this silhouette destroy man and not just one but a whole clone army attacking in huge waves we we utilize the same old moves while speaking almost in a retro filter them notorious pulls up with a fat Cannon and blows a hole in the beach I've located the enemy this kills all the clones and coincidentally creates a tunnel to a secret underground lab where the Clones are originating from dropping down we find the original destroy man if we destroy him we stop the clones and no I will not talk about his moveset for a third time [ __ ] this guy I love him but I refuse to repeat myself again putting a stop to him once and for and for all Travis and notorious have a very sexually charged training montage he was one tenacious dude yeah you got that right all right champ let's run [Music] training over they have little splashies in the ocean and call it a day a better love story than Bill and Frank no doubt can I really hire you to do this on a busy highway we cut to Daemon organizing an assassin to kill Travis what's the price tag Stark in my company 30 of the total stock heavily incentivized the Assassin agrees before turning around and walking into oncoming traffic either he didn't want to take that fight or there's more to this assassin than meets the eye Foo makes another appearance afterwards walking over to the second ranking assassin who's in a deep sleep instead of helping so I'm good by his lack of help fukami wakes him up why do work now huh that's how long are you gonna sleep hell we've all been there running late for school and your mother brains you but because of these outbursts there's only one more alien standing in our way ranked assassin is Sonic juice occupation demon god we waste no time tracking him down with Travis arriving on a floating island as Sonic Jews makes his way over very slowly it's so damn long he's probably tired of all the aliens Sonic juice is the most respectful he identifies that humans are worthy combatants and recognizes Travis's skill even admitting he doesn't want to fight but can't run for fear of food if I were to disobey him my entire species would be wiped out this planet too was destroyed by fool unable to reach a solution they agreed to fight but Sonic juice makes one request that they fight in a style more comfortable to him a turn-based RPG encounter Travis is frozen to the spot only able to attack in turns with a very similar interface to Final Fantasy when it's our turn other than the basic attack we have a few choices we cast magic but he doesn't have any Mana we can run away but that doesn't work basically [ __ ] you mate when not into this weeb [ __ ] the only interesting choice is when we select attack we can pick the interface as an enemy do this enough times and eventually the menu will break returning us to a normal fight that's enough of this jrpg [ __ ] I want back Sonic Jews canaya do [ __ ] I understand why he wanted to fight and turned man's weak [Music] defeated Sonic 2 surrenders wanting to leave the fighting behind him and return to his people bear to piss off Foo then be killed by Travis there are people waiting for me on my planet I cannot die yet fine you're an interesting guy sadly Foo was paying close attention and murders him no honor amongst these I guess who really is an ass tensions running high they both want to cut this [ __ ] and get on with it but a giant ship turns up separating the two it's Sylvia arriving to stop the fight claiming it's against the rules that if he fights us now he forfeits the Earth do you still want to fight I'll hold on to this of his emotions he flies off leaving these lovers to quarrel go round and round and round again oh I almost forgot it's time for my Beach yoga appointment sorry gotta go Sylvia back at our Motel we prepare for the final fight but something isn't right stepping outside the air is gray and smoggy with an interaction point in the car park so we head over to investigate behind us from the dust our brother arrives looking for another fight you retweet [ __ ] at least Travis is aware of the rework and if I'm being honest the worst part is that Henry's lost his Charming accent I realize the anguish of having such a good for nothing little brother what is that about is this new personality just a rework pseudo-wanted or is there an unknown plot reason maybe this isn't the real Henry no answers for now instead he speaks about their childhood their abusive father and the brainwashing he suffered after his adoption they took us and they tied us up after that I lost all my memories background elaborated on the two brothers fight and once again he's a beast his attacks are Relentless especially in the second half where he has a lot of moves that will just mess you up thankfully I managed to get full armor mode and I decimated him worry gambling is good this does harp on a serious issue mind you the game's difficulty is completely RNG sometimes you fight a boss or you get stun locked and they Dodge your every move and other times you get full armor and Mustang mode back to back and obliterate everything in your path it's very inconsistent but thankfully in this case it saved me from struggling against Henry's [ __ ] beam attacks and once defeated [Applause] we slice them in half oh but he's not done he keeps it coming over and over forcing a somewhat shocked Travis to go ape [ __ ] on his half an ass covered in viscera Sylvia comes down to take the bins out who's apparently been living next door the entire time this Motel is a regular frat house how does fratricide for you refreshing she reminds us that only Foo remains and as the camera pans up we see Henry slide into frame in an almost comical fashion clearly he isn't dead but how does he keep on coming back foreign is this a bug seriously you're just gonna bug out here wait this is no bug turns out this was no glitch it's an ambush where in a shocking scene Henry actually kills us with the camera dipping to Black we return to death man where we finally finished the Retro video game after killing the boss deathman walks through the pixelated streets only to find Travis stood under a Street Lamp sharing a drink they get to know each other where death man eventually tells Travis he doesn't belong here so he kicks us out back to the real world [Music] there's no reason given as to how Travis escaped death here the only assumption I can make is that Trav still had a wish after beating the Death Drive Batman got his daughter but Travis didn't wish for anything so maybe he wished for a retry should anyone beat him somebody give me a hand huh oh stuck in the grave he cries out for help when our Lord and savior Miike comes along and frees Trav from the tomb you're right having spent half the game fan Girling over the ek's work between missions he freaks out asking the UK to direct the No More Heroes movie could you film a live action version of No More Heroes I don't know about a movie but I'm surprised there hasn't been some kind of anime set in this world yet it seems ripe for it even Devil May Cry has an anime where's the love for No More Heroes anyway teleporting back to Santa destroy we walk along the highway with badass music playing as the whole team spawns in on our March forward everyone's here Master you're alive our defensive battle was a success Champs here too welcome back Grandpa this would have been super badass if we didn't immediately leave the hype to start Gathering money for our final confrontation it grinds that momentum to a halt well what can you do money make it a world to go around and once we've handed over the last bit of Dosh we say our goodbyes to the motel give Jean one last cuddle then we head to face Prince Foo so you actually made it all the way here I'm more pleased and surprised arriving at his throne we call him a postmaster 5000 for hiding behind his lackeys do you really fear me that much the [ __ ] you say Travis is antagonizing him pushing his buttons until Foo flies into a fit of rage mutating and revealing multiple eyes all over his body the dumbass is turning into a beast these are the key for telling when Foo is vulnerable if they're glowing you won't damage him getting him mad enough to reveal his true form was Travis's plan all along which raises the philosophical question why do so many bosses have eyes that [ __ ] them over like look at Birkin this is poor Evolution regardless these two are raging literally screaming in each other's faces which is without doubt the most badass way to start a final boss fight that's what I'm talking about back in control with the final fight underway he is entirely okay if not a little boring I'm sorry running in circles and dodging his attacks waiting for him to become vulnerable isn't exactly exciting and to make matters worse when I was recording this footage the game glitched out and the one move that makes him vulnerable never happened I could hurt him a little bit with a rain attack but that was barely making a dent he slowly drained my health with a near undulgeable jump attack foreign it was more frustrating thankfully it didn't happen the second time and once you get used to his pattern with some patience the first phase is easy after this he transforms into a giant pane of eyes and mirrors that engulf the roof creating a new room to fight in which is conceptually super cool but once again this phase is so easy it's almost comical and it creates a checkpoint just before so it's not like you have to do it back to back like the Eldon beast in his chamber a series of mirrors will lower and hands will randomly shoot out attacking Travis then staying there for a moment while we return fire it takes a fairly long time but there's no danger provided you just stay on the other side of the mirrors there are lasers later in the fight but again they don't touch the edges so stick to the outside wall and it's a cake walk with each chunk of Health we remove one of our friends will appear and attack Foo rev destroy this thing it's a team effort with all the Buddies we made along the way supporting us unlike Foo who sacrificed his friends as fodder we kept ours close we are not alone a sentiment that culminates in Travis going Super Saiyan and clothes aligning him into Oblivion after this despite being told foo's dead he's still kicking so the squad rallied to pull off a group finisher reverting to his fluffball form he tries to piss off telling Damon he loves him I love you to which Damon replies that he used to love him before detonating a bomb he also flashes this grotesque face with bulging eyes bro looks like a Rick and Morty character fugly in this bizarre form Damon Reveals His true intentions to Travis who apparently forgot all about the punch you hit me didn't you you hit me not even my dad has ever hit me Travis might have forgot but Damon hasn't calling upon the powers of Thunder break the giant tower that stood on begins to shift slowly transforming into a giant Mech as Travis who's now free-falling desperately tries to formulate a plan hey that Glastonbury thing calling that's been decommissioned too much dark matter not that it matters though because something's coming here comes 20 seconds the transfer is complete and Arsenal roll-off model has arrived a Mech from Damon Ex Machina a Studio 51 game along the same vein as armored Core which if you're interested is a great stop Gap if you're waiting for armor core 6 to release [Music] as a few credits roll we watched Travis tear this robot to Pieces slashing it all over until eventually we take Damon to space with a flash with floating on an island that looks very similar to The Hut we saw at the start of the game we've come so far the train keeps going on and on forever calling this his final stop Damon invokes the right of sumo transforming into his final form before the game flicks to his side camera and yes we are playing a Smash Bros alternative and yes it is glorious we build up the gauge with our regular attacks and when it reaches a hundred we smash him out the map [Applause] evaporating into the expanse of space Damon cries out that he doesn't want to die I don't want to die have fun hanging out with Prince [ __ ] in hell and with that the Earth is saved and Travis is a hero as the final credit role we see images of every character across all four games appearing on the screen be them Heroes assassins or villains it's a final farewell paying respect to over a decade's worth of No More Heroes and speaking of final farewells post the second set of credits we find the crew attending a c burial for badminton nice place for the Home Run King huh they each say a few touching words for the game shifts to another animated scene where all hell breaks loose demonic aliens invade and Prince Fu's father arrives from space the giant douche the planet he's here to seize the planet but you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and alien Kings they often go awry so his rule he explodes into tiny pieces as two killers Ambush him from behind but who are these apex predators who the hell are you Dad it's me have you forgotten what your own kids look like why of course there are children sent from an apocalyptic future where Henry's killed Travis and taken over the world dad let me introduce you guys this is Gene's son Skye he's your grandson so to save the future we agreed to time travel with our children to stop Henry and his bizarre Invasion my great uncle teamed up with some super messed up aliens and was attempting to conquer the planet so we have to change the Future come with us come with us otherwise you die [Music] highly in line with suitors work but it does leave a massive unanswered question what is going on with Henry what caused him to change why does he want us dead why can't he die and what's his weird cult about it's worth noting that before this game's released suda 51 claimed that this was his last No More Heroes game that the story was finished so either he's trolling here and the story is over with no more elaboration or there will be a fifth game maybe one that lets us play as his children because as Sylvia says next up family War oh snippity snack looking back on the third game I think it's everything a sequel should be it improves on nearly every mechanic expanding on what worked and scrapping the parts that didn't my only gripe is the build up between boss fights that is to say there wasn't any we would grind out the money fly up to a ship and then boom boss fight oh snap The Only Exception was the creepy Japanese school exploring those Halls in first person was a real change of pace something that built up tension for the inevitable fight having more moments like this would have taken the game to the next level like we have the entirety of space to play with why were we taking so little risks the aliens are always talking about how Foo ruined their home world destroyed the whole planet well let us explore a small chunk of the home worlds with each planet tailored to the alien we're about to fight there are people waiting for me on my planet I imagine that was the plan but budgets are budgets I get it video game development is hard and ideas are cheap so that leaves one more question what was the third game's theme so far we've had ambition revenge and acceptance and in this game I think it comes full circle because I think it's about Redemption in this game Travis Saves the World there isn't a more heroic action than that even if your hand was forced not only that but this story ends with Travis standing alongside people that care about him his Redemption is physically shown by those that stick with him giving Travis something worth fighting for something more valuable than Fame and mansions wake up he has family a woman he loves for better or worse and he has friends he died for shinobu bad girl notorious Dr Juvenile and of course Gene the wealth never made him happy he only ever wanted more and that led him to a depressed slump playing video games in the forest sure some crazy future shits going on but he's not going to run from it he's ready to phase it head on with his family to back him next up family War I suppose if there is another game the theme could be all about passing the torch a legendary father and the children trying to live up to that hype and the anxiety and stresses that that includes a very clever theme that absolutely no other games ever tried before all that said this was the longest video I've ever made it was way bigger than I was expecting and it's taken the best part of two and a half months to make so before my closing words if you somehow made it this far thank you so much it's very anxiety-inducing to spend this long on one video because if it was a flop I'd be [ __ ] so please show this video some love with a like and a comment all that good stuff please man's got bills to pay it's gonna be a long hard road back to the game at hand we can have our fun picking apart the deeper meanings but more than anything the games were just a way for suda to mock or appreciate the media he loves or loads from Star Wars to gundam like sweary I love a developer that has a vision and creates it regardless of sales or cultural Trends they have an idea and they see it through it's endearing and the fact that they've maintained a die-hard fan base for all these years is a testament to that singular Vision these characters start out one dimensional but as the game progresses they evolve into deeper genuinely engaging personalities Travis starts out as a power hungry killer that stumbles into a world of violence a lovable idiot that's about to nonsense at the worst of times bad answer three games later he's still goofy but he's literally saved the world he's crippled government and bested the strongest Warriors the world has to offer all the while exploring his own motivations and Desires in a surprisingly human manner a broken old buddy dying on me like that there's also a great deal of self-reflection not just from the characters but from goichi suda himself personifying his doubts and grievances from Dr juvenile who was forced to hate her own creation to Travis himself hiding away from Expectations by playing video games in the forest it's too late these characters does represent problems that not only bugged suda but probably relate to each of us in some way I think that's what makes Travis Touchdown such a fan favorite he makes mistakes and he struggles but in the end he's just an otaku trying his best goichi's to the sun Arigato gozamas I thank you and your team for your continued effort in expanding the medium of batshit crazy video games really a theme that not enough games do and I and many others are eagerly awaiting your next release whether that's another No More Heroes game or a sequel or reboot to the Shadows of the Damned I'll be there ready and waiting to have my brain melted until then I hope you all enjoyed your stay in the garden of Madness and I'll see you next time much love bye bye foreign [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 197min 18sec (11838 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 01 2023