Metroid suffers in gameplay from not giving you all the fun stuff right at the start. I understand that this is a weakness of the metroid games in general, but this is my first one.
I think when you’ve gotten a few of the items and weapons, things get really interesting. There are so many options and you end up fighting a boss by switching between various visors and changing weapons, it’s pretty high-stress but in an enjoyable way.
According to the percentage meter I am halfway through right now and I’m totally hooked. It’s starting to get hard though, and I am this close to referring to a walkthrough.
I need to clarify, then, despite being a Japanese game NMH is most assuredly not about anime. It’s an obsession for the main character, but the only significant format in which it shows up is in parody form, since Travis’s apartment is scattered with posters, figures, and later clothes that feature several made-up anime. I would recommend looking at the opening cutscene and some sample gameplay to see if it’s too anime-y for your taste.
Also, I would warn anyone who hasn’t played away from youtube-ing NMH: a huge number of spoilers, including most of the endgame, usually pop up within the first page of results.
No, it doesn’t look very anime at all. It looks pretty decent…but…the plot is seriously…“you’re the 11th best assassin in the world. Kill the others”?
That sounds a little weak. I’ll look into it. I’ve heard some things about the game. I don’t need an amazing plot to suck me in. I seem pretty resistant to things like…“plots”.
If it’s one thing I’ve learned about the Dope and game suggestions, it’s, by and large, to not listen to you guys. Heh.
Well remember, it isn’t trying to be serious: the plot is definitely there, but well over 99% of the game is a parody of popular culture.
Oh, and for the record, I highly recommend Mario Galaxy or Metroid before NMH. I just threw the latter in because it’s a neat game, but nobody seems to have heard of it.
Well, I like parodies of pop culture. Hell, I’m foaming at the mouth for Grand Theft Auto 4. I’m definitely getting Mario Galaxy, but Metroid scares me because it’s so different from what Metroid was when I was a little sprout.
If we’re throwing around recommendations, I’ve gotta put a word in for Resident Evil 4. It’s one of my favorite games on any system. Huge replay value. Good story and voice acting. It’s great even if you aren’t a fan of the resident evil series. I know, because I’m not.
Another vote for No More Heroes. The game gets more hilarious as you go on too. Eventually (at the end) the characters are flat out referring to the fact that it’s a video game.
I have to admit, at first it took me a while to get used to the fact that you’re a complete psychopath that just likes to kill for the thrill of it but after I decided to just go with the flow it became really fun and funny.
One warning though… this game gets annoying to listen to in the background if you’re not playing. At least that’s according to my lovely, patient and tolerant girlfriend.
Another warning about No More Heroes, although I assume the gameplay video drove this point home: it’s incredibly bloody. If you’re doing well, it’s likely that at least 95% of the bad guys will spurt enormous amounts of blood when they die, and most of them will lose limbs or be cut in half by your lightsaber. It isn’t graphic death, as the whole thing is meant to be comical, but it’s definitely there.
Only for the first week, then I was fine. Though sometimes someone inevitably pulls something in their arms playing WiiSports Tennis or Bowling with me.
I read a review for NMH and it was generally praising the game, with a few of the caveats that people have listed here (namely the excessive blood and gore which doesn’t really bother me). However I was less thrilled to read (in another thread IIRC) that the save feature is a bit crap and basically involves you having to peg across the game world to your mission location from your home base if you fail at it… or something. Comments Omi no Kami?
Zelda was a gamecube game that they just brought over for the wii. In fact, you can buy it for the gamecube as well. Mario Galaxy is a great indication of the graphical abilities of the Wii.
Yeah, that does kind of suck. It is pretty much crap because you can only save when you find a toilet (taking a dump = saving) and they’re only at home or right before a boss. But I only found it an issue once. Then again, I played on easy so I wasn’t dying a lot.
Yea, I think the save feature can be vaguely annoying, but only because it highlights the GTA-clone world map, which is completely pointless and easily the weakest part of the game. Driving around on tte futuristic motorcycle is fun for about 15 minutes but there’s literally no danger on the surface map, and no reason to use it. So whenever you want to do a mission, save, buy stuff, or whatever, you’re forced to truck around on the map for a few minutes.