No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

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User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29
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  1. CarolineX
    Nov 7, 2020
    4
    This game goes backwards. I don't really enjoy the fact the Santa Destroy has gone from being an actual city to a select-and-click map.
    The 2D minigames can be considered artsy but they are quite flat and tedious.
    The NPCs no longer evolve through the game, they are just waiting there, on the map, for you to visit them. There's an event at the beginning of the game that makes Travis take    This game goes backwards. I don't really enjoy the fact the Santa Destroy has gone from being an actual city to a select-and-click map.
    The 2D minigames can be considered artsy but they are quite flat and tedious.
    The NPCs no longer evolve through the game, they are just waiting there, on the map, for you to visit them. There's an event at the beginning of the game that makes Travis take revenge on the death of a friend yes, now he cares for people while slicing others into little pieces in the process of caring and avenging.
    Controls and combat are fine for Travis alone with the LITTLE exception that all his suplexes look practically the same. There's another dude that's controlled pretty much like Travis but that specializes in long range attacks.

    The camera is a nightmare; specially during Shinobu's missions, which are also a horror to control, the girl can't just simply jump properly.
    In the end, the whole game universe has been deprived of its soul.    … Expand

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#32 Best Switch Game of 2020

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Ninty Fresh Magazine
    Oct 22, 2021
    85
    Unapologetically brash and with a swagger that screams ‘love me or loathe me!’, the NMH series has carved a reputation and this is its best advertisement. [Issue #3, p.61]
  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 17, 2021
    95
    A total package that's much less of an acquired taste than the first. [Issue #51 – March/April 2021, p. 17]
  3. Worth Playing
    Jan 4, 2021
    90
    No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is satirical, nonsensical, and just plain weird. It's also fast, bloody, impactful, and a few other things that I am not sure I can or should put into words. It sometimes makes the original title feel more subdued, which is strange to say since that the first game wasn't exactly tame. Given its much-improved gameplay loop, interesting side-quests, insane boss fights, and hilarious gameplay, NMH2 is indeed a wild rollercoaster ride that must be seen to be believed. If this does not get you hyped for the series' third entry, nothing will.
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