Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

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  • Summary: Seven years have passed since the events of No More Heroes, and The Bad is determined to exact his revenge on Travis Touchdown. Just like the original cult classic, players will have to battle through multiple punk-rock levels and defeat over-the-top bosses.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 74
  3. Negative: 8 out of 74
  1. GamingTrend
    Jan 16, 2019
    90
    Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is outrageous. The game is uncompromisingly zany: full of smart design, fluid combat, and laugh out loud personality front to back. While some may be turned off by its low budget feel and disjointed design, those who can look past these rough edges will find a hack-and-slash so quirky that it’ll be tough not to fall in love. This title stands as a shining beacon of bold creativity and anyone who values risk-taking in games owes it to themself to give Travis Strikes Again a shot.
  2. Hobby Consolas
    Jan 16, 2019
    81
    Suda Goichi pays homage to some of the best indie games with Travis Strikes Again. We found lots of pop culture references, a unique sense of humor and some unique mechanics, although some elements such as camera and jump controls are not polished, and combat becomes repetitive.
  3. NintendoWorldReport
    Jan 16, 2019
    80
    Thankfully, even if it’s a little weird and limited in some respects, Travis Strikes Again is a fun game that makes me excited for the future of the series.
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald
    Jan 16, 2019
    70
    Playing Travis Strikes Again is an experience I'm glad I had, even if I wouldn't recommend it as a fun game. As a biting reflection of the ridiculousness of hardcore video game fans it's less successful than previous games, and its smaller scale makes the still-repetitive fighting even more dull. But the weirdness remains, and the Kafkaesque story of the Death Drive console paired with Suda51's signature takes on Japanese and American culture — plus the frequently enjoyable mish-mash of retro aesthetics — makes for a satisfyingly eccentric game unlike many others.
  5. Vandal
    Jan 16, 2019
    68
    Travis is back, but it tries to stretch out its low budget too much and ends up becoming quite simplistic and repetitive. It’s great for NMH and Suda51 fans, but it would’ve been nice having a shorter game with deeper and more diverse gameplay.
  6. Game Revolution
    Jan 16, 2019
    60
    If you’re willing to play a decent brawler that’s regularly interrupted by junky D-grade platforming to get to the madness, you’ll get a lot out of it. If you’re looking for a gameplay tour-de-force instead of a weird trip, you should probably look elsewhere.
  7. Gameblog.fr
    Jan 16, 2019
    40
    The disappointment is up to the punk, idiotic and meta fun that the first two No More Heroes provided. Admiring the independent scene that has revolutionized the video game in recent years, Suda51 gives the impression of having missed the hype train with this new, painful game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 59
  3. Negative: 6 out of 59
  1. RoboLink
    Jan 24, 2019
    10
    Very fun game that does everything right. The combat is basic yet give you the chance to customize it to pull off amazing combos and theVery fun game that does everything right. The combat is basic yet give you the chance to customize it to pull off amazing combos and the bosses are all unique and each have different and personalities, all very charming and give tough fights. Blast from start to finish… Expand
  2. skylurmccoy
    Jan 18, 2019
    10
    No More Heroes is one of my favourite game franchise. So happy to see my boy Travis again!
  4. moonlightbeauty
    Jan 18, 2019
    10
    Travis is back with a lot of Suda51 characters in cameo! Good story, nice visuals and music +really funny and intresting gameplay. AbsolutellyTravis is back with a lot of Suda51 characters in cameo! Good story, nice visuals and music +really funny and intresting gameplay. Absolutelly must have for all nintendo switch owners, i also by this console to play in it.… Expand
  5. airmaverick
    Jan 31, 2019
    9
    I love this game, but I am an Otaku just like Travis Touchdown and enjoy beer just as much as Badman. Perhaps if this game is not your thingI love this game, but I am an Otaku just like Travis Touchdown and enjoy beer just as much as Badman. Perhaps if this game is not your thing it just might be simply because, "you have no Moe!"… Expand
  6. Geminorum
    Jan 30, 2019
    8
    This is an Hidden Gem for Switch, rich in references and humor, and a lot of fun to play. I've loved everything of it, i'm not a fan of sudaThis is an Hidden Gem for Switch, rich in references and humor, and a lot of fun to play. I've loved everything of it, i'm not a fan of suda or nmh, but this one...this one is really crazy. Don't miss it, but play it.… Expand
  7. TheBabyBuster
    Jun 17, 2019
    7
    Gamers and the community seem to be fickle.

    Not once was I expecting a No More Heros 3, or anything of that nature.i looked at reviews, and    Gamers and the community seem to be fickle.

    Not once was I expecting a No More Heros 3, or anything of that nature.i looked at reviews, and did my research prior to purchasing the game. As for the comment stating that Suda blackmailed anyone into buying this is absolute trash.

    Welcome to the real world where a dev team of less than 100 need to see the demand so they can then decide if they want to supply.

    With that being said this is a nice side story to accompany the NMH canon. The gameplay feels like a traditional NMH game, but the style used to approach the game is different. I dont think anyone who hasn't played no more heroes will be as inclined to press on through the game, or be as pleased with the games end results. I feel that it was made for those who love NMH and were needing something to fill the void. On sale this game is well worth the purchase, especially now with the announcement of NMH 3.    … Expand
  8. Ibura
    May 6, 2023
    0
    Disclaimer: Almost everything about this game is surrounded by misinformation or just a total lack of understanding of what this game wasDisclaimer: Almost everything about this game is surrounded by misinformation or just a total lack of understanding of what this game was meant to be when it was presented. This review is divided in two parts: The first being an analysis of the game itself and the second a response to the misinformed people, who spreaded that misinformation, if you are only interested on the latter, feel free to skip to that part. Also, this is a total spoiler-free review.

    FIRST PART:
    This game is a narrative experience, wich serves as a bridge between the first two entries and NMH3, in fact, this game delivers the most personal and beautiful story in the whole the franchise so far, this game delivers the principal game: Travis Strikes Again, with the gameplay area being in a 4:3 aspect ratio, and the rest of it being the interface, I understand some people don't like it, but I actually like it, and I take it for what it is: a deliberate creative decision to make reference to old games, but at the same time leveraging the ''lost'' space. Tha core gameplay is in fact pretty smooth, it can turn repetitive if you play several consecutive hours, but the power ups and pasive habilities give an interesting depth and variety to the combat. TSA is perfeclty playable and fun in solo, but it's obviously meant to be a co-op experience and the bosses probablly have the best desings in the whole series, in terms of being interesting characters, some are on a par with the ones in the first game, same goes to Bad Man, the co protagonist on this entry (and second player). who climbed quickly to gain a place in the fan's hearts. The other half of the game is called Travis Strikes Back, a visual novel-like story, and hear me out, this game have a lot of text, just like most of Suda's previous work, and I can see that being a problem for some of you, wich is totally respectable, but believe me, Suda is a GREAT writter. This game contains a ton of references not only to games in general, but also Suda's previous works in particular, so it can be confusing sometimes if you didn't played his previous games. Taking all this in count, TSA is a fun, deep and personal experience, but my advice is to get into Suda's previous work to fully understand not only the references, but his writting philosophy and themes.

    PART TWO:
    Oh jeez, well, hee we go.
    When this game was announced, Suda's translator did some weird translation, not making too clear what the game was about. What was clear was Suda needed this game to perform decently in sales to make No More Heroes 3- and that's it. THAT. IS. THE. ''BLACKMAIL'', dude needed the game to sell to make the next part, last time I checked that's how most of the audiovisual market works, it's not like he tried to people buy a bad game. TSA is a GREAT game, with everything that made NMH good in first place, only superficial people who couldn't read the subtext of the first game thinks of this game as some sort of scam, because it is not only a good spin off, but a good game overall and is extremely important in the franchise's lore and character development, but as there are people thinking NMH was all about some sort of violence glorification, they managed to deflect their baby rage's to the game, another misconception was that this was sort of a minigame compilation, wich is also misinformation, but this time by the media, who repeatedly took a single inteview with Suda51 in wich he mentioned minigames in TSA, referencing a twist in the mechanics depending of what Death Drive (a fictional console on TSA ) game you were playing, this game is good by all the means, your wrong conceptions should not be relevant to a review.    … Expand

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