And might I say, this game is so freakin' bad ass. Travis Touchdown is the coolest character to come along in a videogame is quite a while. DeathMetal and Dr. Peace were also just crazy awesome. The character designs, conversations and personalities in this game are just so hilarious and cool, and bad ass. There is just something about suplexing a baseball player then stabbing him in the chest, or using darkside powers to lift the CEO of Pizza Butt into the air on the tip of your "blood berry" Energy katana while collecting mexican wrestling masks amidst a shower of blood in a pink shirt with cutesy anime girls on it that is just cool. The combat feels fun and satisfying, with enough variance in the way of stances, wrestling moves, parrying, and darkside powers to keep it from feeling overly repetetive, and everything just screams style. The retro videogame style, mixed with cel shading, strong colors and some of the best art design you'll find is very pleasing to the eye in lue of high powered realistic high poly graphics. And again, Travis is just a bad ass. Nothing beats sending an assassin to hell, then returning to your apartment to feed and play with your kitten.
The overworld while seeming rather bare bones, does it's job. It's a hub world essentially to get from point a to point b, and does it just fine even if it's nothing to scream about. I do enjoy hitting pedestrians on my bike. And that seems to be the biggest complaint in any review. The hub. Which seems stupid to me.
I am loving this game, it is a blast. I really really really REALLY hope suda 51 decides to make a sequel. Travis is just to awesome to disappear into obscurity after this. If you have a wii, and don't have this game (and aren't in europe where it has yet to be released) GO GET IT.
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