my No More Heroes 2 opinion (spoilers)

[novasonic]

 

That was it? Seriously? As far as I'm concerned, there was less content in this game than the first one. Here it goes with the pros first.

- improved graphics
- improved audio
- hella awesome 8-bit mini games!
- lots of hallarious randomness (BJ5, a few of the battles, and Travis' clever wit)

but now the cons.

- starting at rank 51 was very decieving i think. I was expecting epic battle after epic battle, but after all the rank skipping you only fight 3 or 4 more bosses than the first game.
- boss personalities seemed to lack in this game too. Every boss in NMH was a twisted nut job with a back story. A lot of the bosses in NMH2 wernt. A couple of them don;t even talk to you. I felt less satisfied to defeat them without knowing more about them. (that sounds weird i know)
- lack of camera control..
- not much to spend money on. They made the process of making money so much fun in the game, but gave us nothing exciting to buy with it. No attachments or upgrades to you weapons from naomi. Just 2 weapons, 2 gym work outs, and clothing.
- no awesome beefhead videos phone calls.
- and my number one beef with the game would be...

THE ENDING!! What the hell!? That was it!? The game ended exactly how it said it would 20 minutes into the game! Kill the owner of Pizza Batt. Credits role. No secret endings, no plot twist, no extra items to unlock in a second play through. It offered to real reason to replay the game. In NMH, i beat the game on sweet and viewed normal ending, then I replayed on Bitter and got all the extra art and viewed the bonus ending. And it blew my mind! With NMH2 i found myself sitting infront of the tv waiting for the madness to begin, and it just never happened.

All in all it's still a pretty decent game. But I don't recommend buying it full price, as you'll likely only put 10 hours into it. Wait for a price drop and enjoy the madness. I'd give No More Heroes 2 an 8/10. (NMH got an 8.5 in my eyes.)