Review of No More Heroes III for Xbox

Travis Touchdown and gratuitous violence are back in their third adapted opus on Xbox

In the video game industry, like everything in this life, there are always misunderstandings; people with talent and ideologies different from others, as well as great unknowns. Some are recognized at some point in their career and others, unfortunately, are not. Although we can mention several, today we come to talk about one in particular: Goichi Sudabest known for Yard51.

Yard51 he is one of those misunderstood creatives who have managed to be recognized, as well as loved; even generating a good legion of followers. Under the seal of the study Manufacture of grasshoppers he has already signed many works, of which we could highlight without a doubt Killer is Dead, Lollipop Chainsaw, Shadow of the Damned, or the one that concerns us today: more heroes. With this last work, he created his own identity, as well as a saga now adored by a good part of the players.

Well, everyone knows that publishing this type of work is not an easy task, but Suda’s luck is that they let him be himself and do whatever he wants with his work. For this reason, we find products as unique and eccentric as more heroes, who are loved precisely for who they are. As we said, publishing this type of work is not an easy task, that’s why at the beginning the first bars of the franchise were exclusive to Nintendo and, later, after seeing the potential they had , they have been ported in a better or worse way to other platforms. .

Getting to the heart of the matter, today we bring you the analysis of adaptation of No More Heroes III on Xbox Series and Xbox One, Well, after being released on Nintendo Switch in 2021, it now reaches our systems to finally be able to enjoy it. Thus, it will have taken more than 10 years to be able to reincarnate Travis Touchdown.

So we’re back in the UCA – Association of United Assassins – an organization in which a series of villains kill each other for the highest positions. However, on this occasion, the trigger and premise of this episode revolves around an alien invasion. It’s the click for Travis to come back from his retirement to make cakes with his enemies and thus protect his life.

More Heroes III It may be the third and last to arrive in the franchise, but don’t worry, because the titles in this one, despite having a certain relationship between them, are quite conclusive. This does not, however, spare them from the creative comings and goings of Suda, because this third installment is still as special as the previous ones. In this way, the title is presented to us with the characteristic format of an anime, thus separating each act or chapter into this: episodes – each with its own opening and end-. And there is in them a whole series of very disparate situations, which combine different genres of games in a curious mixture, as well as cultural, because in turn these hide numerous references to cinema, video games and the small screen .

It would be what we would call in the cinema author cinemaand it’s here that we can find everything Suda could have thought of, which means surprises and lots of hilarious moments to discover.

The events take place again in the fictional city of Santa Destroy. This place is already known from previous episodes, and we can explore it at will on foot and by motorbike. In this way, the game offers us a certain freedom hidden in the typical open world proposal, although this is far from the case, since this city is empty. The open world is nothing but where the main points of interest and activities are, so a very consumable and inconsequential item in the playable formula.

In this sense, as in the mechanics, we are faced with the same scenario as in the previous opuses. Thus, as in its two predecessors, No More Heroes III inherits gameplay mechanics, having to do “errands”, i.e. complete or complete small mini-games in order to earn money. This way, we can pay for the registrations that the association imposes in order to face each murderer on the list that we have to bring down. This approach shows the same fatigue as on previous occasions, becoming quite monotonous in a short time. However, this third installment includes different levels of difficulty in the minigames, so we will get more money the more difficult they are. Thus they manage tofarmeois less tedious and you just have to face the story itself to access all the confrontations.

On the other hand, the fight seems to us the most interesting section of the proposal, because even while retaining the essentials, it has managed to reinvent itself in a certain way. It is thanks to the fact that a certain touch has been introduced “roleroto the formula, thus bringing some RPG elements to the gameplay. The elements introduced are power-ups that we can equip with our lightsaber, which apply strength effects, health increases, among others. In total, it is possible for us to activate a maximum of three at the same time, which, added to the different skills that Travis learns, makes combat a fun offer.

Regarding the graphics section, it must be said that the adaptation of Nintendo Switch has considerably increased the performance of the title on the consoles of the Xbox ecosystem. On this occasion, the original version was ported directly from the Nintendo console and it shows. However, the Unreal Engine It’s been a long time and it’s not nonsense either, which is also helped by its artistic direction. In this aspect, they have chosen to maintain a style cell shading which gets a nice finish. Of course, no one saves us from popping and slowing down.

Ultimately, the sound section has a good soundtrack, which brings to its credit the main themes of the saga in different versions. Likewise, new musical pieces have been introduced which enliven the 12 hours that the adventure lasts approximately. On another side, Robin AtkinDowner again lends his voice to Travis in the original English version, which is the one that reaches us, while the texts are found perfectly localized in Spanish.

conclusion

More Heroes III delivers exactly what I expected of him, as he continues to show more of the great sense of humor of Yard51 and his good work; it is pure. However, the game has the same shortcomings of previous installments in the saga; like the lack of variety and its somewhat repetitive approach. Likewise, this adaptation suffers from slowdowns and a certain to burst due to a direct port of its original Nintendo Switch release. Everything and with that, the video game is left to enjoy and have fun in a good way; thus resulting in a safe bet for all those people who have already enjoyed the previous installments.