Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
Travis is living the trailerpark dream in the rural South when Badman comes knocking to avenge his daughter, Bad Girl. It looks like Game Over for Travis when both of them are sucked into the legendary Death Drive Mk II games console. This time, the games are taking the fight to you! The characters of the Death Drive Mk II's diverse game library aren't going to go down without a fight! Slice your way through them with all the beam charging, pro-wrestling-finisher action you know and love – turned up to 11. Burn through your skill gauge and link special and regular attacks for some kick-ass combos! Mix-up your approach and own your playstyle. Play as Travis, Badman and – if you're a bad enough dude – maybe Shinobu and Bad Girl, too! KEY FEATURES Exhilarating Action Spanning Multiple Game Worlds The legendary games console, the Death Drive Mk. II has a diverse games library that you can play! But each of those games has its own hero who might not be happy to see Travis, and each game’s world is drastically different from the others.
Game Discussion
Steam User 23
Very bold move to make a game that's only fun in co-op when a majority of your fanbase is filled with people who have no friends
Steam User 4
Travis strikes again is a schizo's diary coated in mechanics.
While the game is fun on it's own, most of it is closely interwoven with SUDA51 career, the other No More Heroes games, and the games industry in general.
Travis, Dr. Juve, and a few guest characters are all a mix between a representation of the writer, the player and themselves, creating a interesting dialogue where you can try and parse a deeper meaning when the plot can easily be paralleled into real world events.
As for the game itself, it's harking back to SmashTV and friends. A fast paced, arcady combat, letting you get a good amount of skills to shake up combat, each stage bringing new basic mechanics to keep it all fresh throughout.
Bring a friend if possible, while hard considering every stage is spaced out with long, weird, reference heavy visual novels, you get double the amount of skills to use, adding to the amount of synergies you can try out during combat.
Steam User 7
If you aren't fond of the gameplay, are you really a No More Heroes fan?
Steam User 2
I'm really conflicted about this game. On one hand, I love the writing. It's nice seeing Travis' introspection and all the references to the rest of the Kill the Past series were great. While you can enjoy this game with No More Heroes 1 and 2 alone, the story will be better if you've finished all of Kill the Past up to this point. After all, this is a celebration of Grasshpper Manufacture's history.
However, the gameplay was a mixed bag. I enjoyed some stages, while I found others terrible. I don't mind "annoying" gameplay in Suda's game if they're that way for a reason, I love FSR, but in a game that's meant to celebrate gaming... the level design is just bad sometimes. Despite that, you can still tell that the devs put in a lot of love, so even if some stages weren't my thing, I can appreciate the artistic intent.
It may not have been the same quality as other Kill the Past entries, but I'm still really glad I played TSA. TSA feels like the end of a era, and a start of new one. I'm so happy Suda is directing games again.
Steam User 1
Pretty repetitive but undeniably interesting. Love the way this one is written and appreciate the various nods to Suda51's previous projects and games. If you like Suda51, this is at least worth trying out and seeing for yourself. If you are new to Suda51, this is a bit harder to recommend. The gameplay(specifically combat) is the weakest part, often repetitive and does very little to evolve over the course of the game. About halfway through I became done enough with the combat to actually find a walkthrough online to experience the rest of the script which was pretty fantastic, but I am a fan of Suda's previous work.
5.5/10
Steam User 0
best game in the no more heroes franchise and not enough people realize it. this game is a love letter to indie games and suda51's legacy.
Steam User 0
This game is Ultra-Super-Dooper-Mega-Epic-Ultimate-Post-Meta-Irony on all the game industry and on the projects of Grasshopper as well. Intense diverse gameplay with tons of humor that may be not for everyone, yet still great. It also ties up all the games of Grasshoppers into one epic universe which pushes me to see what is going on in NMH3 and reminded me of the upcoming remasters of Shadow of the Damned & Lollipop Chainsaw (hopefully on PC as well).