While offensive actions typically feel solid and rewarding, Travis’ defensive options are massively underwhelming. At first it’s just a basic dropkick, but he soon learns to force throw enemies, slow them down or pepper them with digital bullets. Travis is still able to perform wrestling moves on stunned opponents and must recharge his beam katana mid-fight as its power dwindles, but he also has a shiny new Death Glove which gives him new options on a cooldown timer. Combat feels different, with Travis dishing out heavier sweeping hits smashing into enemies, and an improved variety of animations. Massive fights against trash mob enemies as seen in past iterations are largely gone now, replaced by smaller-scale skirmishes against harder foes. Mowing grass, chasing down delinquents on his bike and picking up trash from polluted waters is all par for the course - as is suplexing the occasional giant alligator. Having signed up for an intergalactic death match where Travis has to work up through the rankings and take out each ‘boss’ along the way, he now has to earn an entry fee prior to each deathmatch by killing various low-level benchwarmer flunkies and doing odd jobs in the open world. Once again returning primarily as a third-person combat melee-focused game, the general beats of play will be familiar to returning players. It’s a shame to immediately sideline these fan favorites, but at least Travis himself remains as deadly as ever. Unfortunately, despite having a strong cast of potential characters from past games in the form of Travis Touchdown, Shinobu Jacobs, Bad Girl and Badman, No More Heroes 3 wastes absolutely no time in establishing that Travis is completely on his own as the only playable hero. Long story short? Protagonist Travis Touchdown talks about an 8-bit game he never completed, aliens invade the earth and blow up various cities, then Travis embarks on a quest to become the number one intergalactic assassin so that he can challenge their leader to a one-on-one duel with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance. As such, any potential newcomers using NMH3 as a jumping-on point may be wondering just what the hell’s going on as the curtain rises. No More Heroes 3 is a game aimed at established fans, with storyline threads continuing from every entry in the series including the Travis Strikes Again spinoff. WTF Did I miss the reasoning behind Doctor Naomi being turned into a tree? LOW Defensive options in combat often feel inaccurate and clunky.
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