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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-01-2008 @ 12:09PM
JayPer said...
Damn, paid full price for mine on launch day...
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5-01-2008 @ 1:06PM
David Hinkle said...
Same here, but I'm not mad. The game is worth much more than $50.
5-01-2008 @ 12:11PM
Roto13 said...
I already bought it. At full price. Months ago.
Leave me alone. :(
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5-01-2008 @ 12:14PM
Chachi said...
i bought it when it went to $35. it's such a great game.
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5-01-2008 @ 12:18PM
fliedlice said...
wow, this price is cheaper than i bought my used copy for
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5-01-2008 @ 12:22PM
Evil Bastard said...
I paid full price and am glad I did. Enjoyed every minute of it.
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5-01-2008 @ 12:27PM
Rob said...
Any other month and I would.
Seriously though, Mario Kart, Brawl, GTA and WEWY are keeping me and my wallet busy enough.
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5-01-2008 @ 12:41PM
Paul S. said...
"Whatever your excuse for not opening up the Amazon page right now and ordering the game, know this: It isn't a good enough reason."
You mean spending my last $40 on Okami isn't a good enough reason?
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5-01-2008 @ 12:51PM
mazza_man said...
That's just what he means.
5-01-2008 @ 1:07PM
David Hinkle said...
mazza said it! Go steal an old lady's purse or something!
(Seriously, don't steal. And stay in school.)
5-01-2008 @ 12:57PM
cbylife said...
nooo...must...resist, temptation...
...must save money for...mario...cart...
...ugh!!
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5-01-2008 @ 12:58PM
koehler83 said...
That main character guy has his wrist turned 90 degrees to the right in that 4th gallery picture..
That looks painful.
Anyway.. GTAIV wins over this. Sorry No More Heroes dude.. Wii Exclusivity only works for Nintendo.
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5-01-2008 @ 1:08PM
Chet said...
You'll link to yourself four frickin' times, but you won't link to the Amazon page where it's selling? What kind of Nick Denton-asshat-wannabee's are you?
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5-01-2008 @ 1:10PM
David Hinkle said...
Uh, the image is linked to the Amazon page and the "Read" link in the bottom left (you know, the source link that is on every single post we write, just about) is also.
5-03-2008 @ 2:02AM
Saxon said...
All the Weblogs, Inc. sites do this. I have no idea why, other than trying to boost their Pagerank. Though linking to actual articles is far more useful than the usual tactic of linking to keywords.
5-01-2008 @ 1:10PM
imbozzy said...
GTA IV and Mario Kart are some pretty damn good reason to not listen to you!
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5-01-2008 @ 1:08PM
David Hinkle said...
No More Heroes is kind of like GTA. But, with much cooler characters. And lightsabers. And an awesome bike that shoots fire. And incredible over-the-top violence. And Travis Touchdown.
5-01-2008 @ 1:37PM
guttertalk said...
@ Hinkle: NMH also mocks GTA and its violence. And I have to admit that I'm less interested in GTA IV because of it.
5-01-2008 @ 3:02PM
David Hinkle said...
Well, I'm not trying to put down GTA IV. There is certainly a big appeal to that game, with the online stuff and the whole GTA way of doing things. What I'm trying to do is emphasize that No More Heroes needs to be in every Wii owner's library. Seriously.
:)
5-01-2008 @ 1:34PM
slthytove said...
I think I must be the only reader of this site that was rather disappointed by NMH. I rented it through Gamefly shortly after it came out, after my bro-in-law recommended it. After defeating the first three assassins, I just found myself asking, "Why?" There was no interesting gameplay - just move around and swish. While the stylized graphics look great in still frames, they don't work well in motion. The tongue-in-cheek-ness was funny at first, but going to the bathroom is only entertaining so many times.
Something I found really annoying was that it claimed to be a game that was made exclusively for the Wii, but there was nothing about it to me that really supported that. The menus were all driven by the joystick/D-pad, the swinging of the Wiimote had little effect on the gameplay (we could just as easily have pushed a button), and the whole thing just felt cobbled together from a project that was started for another system.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of third party "exclusive" games (yay Zack and Wiki!) - I just found NMH to be a crappy example of such.
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5-01-2008 @ 4:44PM
nastysquar3d said...
Sadly, and as much as I don't want to, I have to agree with you. I also bought the game (at full price) and was hoping for a great gaming experience but I was let down. It got repetitive and the camera KILLED it for me.
I will disagree on one point though and that is the controls. I thought they were pretty good, and definitely added to the game. Slicing off heads / arms isn't a fun when just pressing a button. IMHO they felt very satisfying.
I do think that everyone should try out the game though, because they might enjoy it and at $30 it's a pretty damn good deal.
5-01-2008 @ 1:42PM
Steven said...
David, you're welcome! Keep up the great work!
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5-01-2008 @ 3:03PM
David Hinkle said...
Thanks, buddy!
5-01-2008 @ 4:17PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) said...
He's not your buddy, guy!
5-01-2008 @ 5:05PM
David Hinkle said...
I'm not your guy, fwend!
5-01-2008 @ 1:59PM
Suichimo said...
Wait... so buying it for $50 isn't a good enough reason? :P
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5-01-2008 @ 2:02PM
Dio said...
I considered it before, but I hate amazon.com.
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5-01-2008 @ 2:23PM
Grimes said...
Is it a sale for today only, or is it reasonably likely to stay at this price a while?
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5-01-2008 @ 3:03PM
David Hinkle said...
I really don't know. That's why I say get to the gettin' while the gettin's good.
Or something like that. JUST BUY IT! :D
5-01-2008 @ 2:25PM
Ken said...
I imported the Japanese version from NCSX and paid a slight premium, but it was well worth it.
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5-01-2008 @ 2:27PM
Eternityx said...
Are you happy now NWFB?? I bought it..yeesh shove it down my throat why dont ya >_
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5-01-2008 @ 3:04PM
David Hinkle said...
You'll be thanking us. And if you aren't, then trade it in or sell it online for Zack & Wiki!
5-01-2008 @ 3:10PM
Eternityx said...
I was just kidding thanks a lot for the heads up!
I can't wait to play some NMH
5-01-2008 @ 2:35PM
Mr Khan said...
I've been trying to convince my high-school friends to buy it, those who have a Wii but just by casual games for it (not that they aren't in the target demo, i'm speaking of seniors)
No hits so far, but i'm going to show it at a party someday soon, to see if i can't get a favorable response
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5-01-2008 @ 2:36PM
Jace said...
Here's a reason: I'm tired of the gaming community's idea of "mature" content being extremely immature, macho BS seemingly aimed at teenagers and insecure adult men. It bothers me, in film, television, music, or wherever, when the target audiences for "mature audiences only" are clearly adolescent males. This was Gamefly rental, in light of all the hype surrounding it, made me sad. You have no idea how much I want 3rd party content on the Wii to succeed, and be great, how much I want video games to be great. Games like No More Heroes pull us as a gaming community down--if this is our "best content," then video games will never be appreciated as art any more than Uwe Boll is appreciated as a great filmmaker.
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5-01-2008 @ 3:17PM
Nigeria - MK: 0430-8491-9123 said...
I understand your argument, and I've made similar points in the past, but I really don't think this applies to No More Heroes.
Travis is supposed to be a base, narcissistic, immature boy-man. He's a gross exaggeration of what is typical of everything that symbolises "mature" gaming today. It's so over the top. At times it comes close to being a parody. In fact, that is what I think the game is: a parody.
If I remember correctly, Travis starts out confident in his belief that being the number one killer in the world is his most important objective. But as the game goes by, he starts to realise the pointlessness of his actions, you know.
The story isn't that deep - as was my initial thoughts while playing - but it's not base, and certainly not without a purpose. Maybe you should play the game again. You might get a different perspective. Or maybe you shouldn't. I don't know.
5-01-2008 @ 2:44PM
Lars said...
Hmm, I may get it after all. The game looked pretty lame to me, with an odd mash-up of visual styles. Glowing reviews are the only thing that made me slightly interested in it, but I really need to try it to see if everyone's just excited because it's different or if it's actually good.
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5-01-2008 @ 3:04PM
TheCoats said...
the story/charecters/and locations are all INCREDIBLE!!.....
Worth the buy-it was one of the least hated on i know of by that bastard Yahtzee.....
no offense but seriously dude your like the goth kid of reviewers......i can't like this game i have to be different
and yes guys i think he is halarious and has good points but....MEH
so i guess i am about to get flammed with replies to this
sorry guys
5-01-2008 @ 4:44PM
Dino said...
It was not good. I don't understand all the rave reviews. The world is not as free roaming as we were promised. everything takes place in 3 locations. all the hidden items are lame and the unlockables are boring. There is no interactive environment. The bike crashes into the sprite cars way outside the visual representation of them. also the side quests are annoyingly hard since you cant get hit at all playing them and they really don't matter. I was expecting a GTA style world with people and cars all over. You can't even whip out your sword and slice up a civilian.
The story was alright, and the visuals were pretty good, but the game play got boring. There were no real moves to learn, and fighting became button mashing. I bought it the week it came out, beat it and sold it back as soon as I could. It was too easy on hard, then I was already bored with it to play it through on ultimate or whatever they called it.
this game was mediocre at best.
5-01-2008 @ 2:58PM
TheCoats said...
Beat it this weekend-it was saddening- but now i can concentrate on finals
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5-01-2008 @ 3:13PM
imbozzy said...
That's kinda beside the point David.
My hands are tied!
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5-01-2008 @ 4:02PM
CPFace said...
I'm not going to buy a gorey game about being an assassin. And that's final.
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5-01-2008 @ 5:58PM
TheCoats said...
LOLWUT
zooTYCOON4Life
no offense-i'm just giving you a hard time
5-02-2008 @ 2:01AM
cantbeatmegaman said...
call me when it's $20. and Wiis are in stock.
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5-02-2008 @ 2:06AM
Simon said...
I'd buy it but I'm in Australia, and the Wii is region locked.
your games are 50$ full price? my god, its $100 in the stores here!
Seeing as AUD is almost = to USD, whats with the 100% markup? no way it costs the price of the game to ship it over here...
and people wonder why us aussies feel so short changed. I guess the Europeans feel the same too.
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5-02-2008 @ 1:18PM
Cheese Muffin said...
I'd buy the game right now, but school has left me near broke.
Feel like spotting me thirty bucks, David?
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5-02-2008 @ 5:05PM
Dig said...
College is a harsh mistress. I have neither time nor money for this game, although it does look kickass and looks like it would literally rock my socks off.
...Please don't tell my mom.
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