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Hi! I'm Ian/4knuckleshuffle. I'm FIDEEN NOW BITCHES and your average stereotypical gamer. I like books, videogames, pen and paper RPGs, Warhammer 40,000, and other such indulgences. If this profile seems like my introductory post, that's because it is!
Avatar Origin: On my friend's forum, I changed my avatar one too many times, which pissed him off enough to set it to this and lock it. I've grown to like the image.
Brawl FC: 0559-6443-8754
Kingdom of Loathing Name: DagonEnHydra
Steam: shoggothontheroof
Looking forward to:
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
Diablo 3
Muramasa
Sin and Punishment 2
Resident Evil 5
BonerQuest
Samurai Shodown Anthology
The next Zelda
Favorite games:
Action RPG: Diablo II
JRPG: Earthbound
Western RPG: Neverwinter Nights
Tactical RPG: Shining Force
Action/Adventure: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shmup: Starfox 64
Horror: Resident Evil 4
FPS: Doom
2d Fighting: Samurai Shodown 2
2.5d Fighting: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Puzzle: Tetris
Simulation: Blazing Angels
RTS: Pikmin
Racing: Mario Kart 64
2d Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
3d Platformer: Super Mario Galaxy
Parser Adventure: Escape from Monkey Island
Point/Click Adventure: Riven
Text Adventure: Leather Godesses of Phobos
Wii: No More Heroes
N64: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
PC: Diablo II
SNES: Earthbound
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
GC: Paper Mario: TTYD
I Like Playing As:
Yoshi in Mario Kart
Toon Link in Brawl
Necromancer in Diablo II
Wizard in NWN
Luigi in any core Mario Game
Galford in Samurai Shodown 1 and 2
Mai in King of Fighters, due to boobs
Currently Playing:
Metal Slug
Samurai Shodown 2
Wii Fit
Phantasy Star 2
Metroid Prime
Shining Force 2
Maybe some other shit, but I can't remember.
Also:
and
Avatar Origin: On my friend's forum, I changed my avatar one too many times, which pissed him off enough to set it to this and lock it. I've grown to like the image.
Brawl FC: 0559-6443-8754
Kingdom of Loathing Name: DagonEnHydra
Steam: shoggothontheroof
Looking forward to:
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
Diablo 3
Muramasa
Sin and Punishment 2
Resident Evil 5
BonerQuest
Samurai Shodown Anthology
The next Zelda
Favorite games:
Action RPG: Diablo II
JRPG: Earthbound
Western RPG: Neverwinter Nights
Tactical RPG: Shining Force
Action/Adventure: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shmup: Starfox 64
Horror: Resident Evil 4
FPS: Doom
2d Fighting: Samurai Shodown 2
2.5d Fighting: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Puzzle: Tetris
Simulation: Blazing Angels
RTS: Pikmin
Racing: Mario Kart 64
2d Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
3d Platformer: Super Mario Galaxy
Parser Adventure: Escape from Monkey Island
Point/Click Adventure: Riven
Text Adventure: Leather Godesses of Phobos
Wii: No More Heroes
N64: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
PC: Diablo II
SNES: Earthbound
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
GC: Paper Mario: TTYD
I Like Playing As:
Yoshi in Mario Kart
Toon Link in Brawl
Necromancer in Diablo II
Wizard in NWN
Luigi in any core Mario Game
Galford in Samurai Shodown 1 and 2
Mai in King of Fighters, due to boobs
Currently Playing:
Metal Slug
Samurai Shodown 2
Wii Fit
Phantasy Star 2
Metroid Prime
Shining Force 2
Maybe some other shit, but I can't remember.
Also:
and
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3DS friend code:
Steam: Shoggothontheroof
Battle:
PSN:
Mii: 8938-7601-7241-2497
Gamertag:
Steam: Shoggothontheroof
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Mii: 8938-7601-7241-2497
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After a long crusade of bugging my parents to let me get No More Heroes, I finally succeeded. I picked up my copy from my local EB Games as soon as it opened. I then ran home, and plugged it into my Wii. For my thoughts, hit the nonexistant jump.
No More Heroes is brutal. The protagonist is completely unlikeable, the graphics are Dreamcast quality, the open world is an illusion, but despite all that, it's still the most fun I've had with my Wii since Twilight Princess. I have a few complaints though. First of all, you have to grind yourself retarded to get to the next mission. This may be intentional, but it makes the game somewhat less fun. Second, for the side missions, which you need to do in order to progress through the game, you must drive to the hub, get a mission, drive to the point on your map, do the mission, drive back, choose another mission, drive to it, drive back, wash, rinse, repeat. If you fuck up a mission, you don't get a retry button, you get to drive back to the hub, re-choose the mission, drive to the point, and try not to fuck it up. If this seems monotonous, it is, but the combat makes it all worthwhile. When you finish grinding, and have enough money to get into the next mission, the game really picks up. The "end of level" bosses are insane, truly epic fights. A favorite of mine is the fourth. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but believe me when I say that it's fucked up. That's about all I can say for now, but expect a full review when I finish.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Enh. When grinding involves swinging a laser sword, it isn't all that bad.
Aside from the shading (which most cell shaded games don't do right) I really liked the graphics and art style. The fighting was decent and the boss battles were definitely epic (seriously, they get more and more outrageous the further you go). The story though was pretty disappointing in the end, like Suda51 was just trying to piss me off. Plus the overworld seemed completely pointless since you couldn't actually do anything in it. It could have easily been replaced with a simple menu system like Travis' apartment used.
About the grinding: I felt it necessary to buy up [u]every[/u] piece of clothing I could get my hands on, every upgrade, and every beam katana. This leads to a fuckton of grinding.
About Travis: He's a psycopath who kills for fun. He's a bit of a nerd, so I see myself there though.
About the graphics: I meant to say that the polygon count and resolution are low in some places.
As for the open world, I actually had a really good time with it. Finding Lovikov balls and t-shirts in dumpsters was a great diversion. In no way was it as fun as the "mission" aspects of the game, but it was still fun.