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No More Heroes 2

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    psyck0 wrote: »
    Jump attack is high charge, right? I didn't use charge on my first play-through, because I never needed to (and it sucks battery like a MOTHER) but now I'm grinding for the infinite battery.

    I think he's referring to the skill you get from Lovikov or whatever his name is.

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  • Unearthly StewUnearthly Stew Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Peewi wrote: »
    psyck0 wrote: »
    Jump attack is high charge, right? I didn't use charge on my first play-through, because I never needed to (and it sucks battery like a MOTHER) but now I'm grinding for the infinite battery.

    I think he's referring to the skill you get from Lovikov or whatever his name is.

    Yeah, the shake the nunchuck ability. Knocks everyone down, and can't be blocked.

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  • delphinusdelphinus Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    is it me or is the last sword worse than the
    baseball bat/multi-sword?

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  • JihadJesusJihadJesus Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Peewi wrote: »
    psyck0 wrote: »
    Jump attack is high charge, right? I didn't use charge on my first play-through, because I never needed to (and it sucks battery like a MOTHER) but now I'm grinding for the infinite battery.

    I think he's referring to the skill you get from Lovikov or whatever his name is.

    Yeah, the shake the nunchuck ability. Knocks everyone down, and can't be blocked.

    I absolutely love that move. Oh, you're going to rush me mister 'oh look I'm so bad ass I've got a beam saber too'?

    Jump --> whack in face ---> stab in head as you twitch on the ground.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    delphinus wrote: »
    is it me or is the last sword worse than the
    baseball bat/multi-sword?

    I don't really remember how it works but when you know what you're doing you can kill a ton of enemies with it. Something like, Travis swipes the sword for the death blow, and the sword pays no attention to the dimension of depth, so it kills everyone behind the guy you swung at too.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The second sword only seems better than the third, the third during charge up kill blows goes through everything.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    i think the final sword is better for one on one, but the five blader is better for crowds. the final's sword is really cool, but it is not good for crowds. man that robo-tiger roar is so damn awesome though

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  • delphinusdelphinus Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    thats what i was thinking.
    grinding outside lokilov bar showed me that the final sword doesnt insta-kill everybody, its just a really strong attack and knocks tons of people to the ground. so you basically have to walk around a field of bodies, tapping A and poking people to death

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    whereas the tiger-sword knocks down a ton of dudes, the five-blader would have knocked off most of their heads.

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  • The Last GentThe Last Gent Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    One thing always bugged me about the ending of the game, both the real and the fake one, in light of some revelations that happen towards the end.
    So, if there was no UAA, and the whole thing was a con by Sylvia to either scam him for money or prep him for his fight with Jeanne, depending on who you believe, then why is he still under attack by assassins at the end of the game? And in the real ending, how come there's "no way out?"

    The whole thing being a sham explains why no one ever came after him between missions, despite Sylvia said they would, but then why is he still in danger at the end?

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  • Unearthly StewUnearthly Stew Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    One thing always bugged me about the ending of the game, both the real and the fake one, in light of some revelations that happen towards the end.
    So, if there was no UAA, and the whole thing was a con by Sylvia to either scam him for money or prep him for his fight with Jeanne, depending on who you believe, then why is he still under attack by assassins at the end of the game? And in the real ending, how come there's "no way out?"

    The whole thing being a sham explains why no one ever came after him between missions, despite Sylvia said they would, but then why is he still in danger at the end?
    I always figured that there was no "real" UAA, but Sylvia basically scammed enough people that she had a bracket type thing going on which basically made it real.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Maybe her scam took on a life of its own or something.
    She roped a lot of people with a lot of henchmen/goons into it, and word of the UAA probably spread somehow, so there might be people not in on the scam really wanting to be number 1.

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  • ZampanoZampano Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    One thing always bugged me about the ending of the game, both the real and the fake one, in light of some revelations that happen towards the end.
    So, if there was no UAA, and the whole thing was a con by Sylvia to either scam him for money or prep him for his fight with Jeanne, depending on who you believe, then why is he still under attack by assassins at the end of the game? And in the real ending, how come there's "no way out?"

    The whole thing being a sham explains why no one ever came after him between missions, despite Sylvia said they would, but then why is he still in danger at the end?
    I always figured that there was no "real" UAA, but Sylvia basically scammed enough people that she had a bracket type thing going on which basically made it real.
    Yeah, that's really the kicker of the story.
    The UAA doesn't really exist, but due to the ever expanding nature of Sylvia's scam, the lie becomes reality. After the reveal, you take what Sylvia's mother said on face value, but at the end when you look back and try to piece the mess together, it turns out that the story isn't quite so straightforward.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Maybe her scam took on a life of its own or something.
    She roped a lot of people with a lot of henchmen/goons into it, and word of the UAA probably spread somehow, so there might be people not in on the scam really wanting to be number 1.

    What I think is really fantastic is
    that Travis realizes it's a scam and a trap during the Rank 10 match. "Can't find the exit. Can't find the exit. Can't find the exit."

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I absolutely loved that monologue. Made me wish I could just pause the fight and listen to it. Anyone know where I can find a vid of it without making a new game and running around the whole fight? I tried looking but couldn't get anything.
    delphinus wrote: »
    thats what i was thinking.
    grinding outside lokilov bar showed me that the final sword doesnt insta-kill everybody, its just a really strong attack and knocks tons of people to the ground. so you basically have to walk around a field of bodies, tapping A and poking people to death

    That's EXACTLY what I meant, same mission and all. Not enough damage. The fiver just slaughters everyone, but is less fun for boss fights. I think I'm going to switch to the fiver for grinding and the final for rank missions.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    There's a script of the speech on gamefaqs

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Oh yeah. That's one thing about NMH that I hated.

    I had my wii remote on mute the entire game. I missed half the plot!

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    This count... I feel as if I'm looking at my future self. Mega bucks,
    big ass house, fast cars... Dining in style with a world class chef and
    a trusty nutritionist counting every calorie. A team of hot yoga
    instructors to keep me in shape. Nurses to attend to my body... Maids
    and loyal servants at my beck and call. On the weekends, tanned babes
    knocking on my door every two hours. Every day full of excitement and
    luxury. That'd be the life. Everything in its right place. It's the
    perfect life. It's the life for winners. That'll be my life! I thirst
    for selflessness. Hypocrites lusting for their own desires get killed
    by young rookies like me. This is how it goes down. And for the old
    killers? They'll croak anyway. I guess you can call this a comedy. I
    realize there's really nothing here for me. But what else can I do but
    keep going? Maybe I should have been a little more careful before I
    jumped in. Gotta find the exit. Gotta find that exit to Paradise. But,
    I can't see it. Can't see anything. There's this sense of doom running
    down my spine, like it's... Like it's trying to suck the life out of
    me. I need to get rid of it before I bail. Something deeper... Deeper
    than my instincts is taunting me. Can't find the exit. Can't find the
    exit. Can't find the exit. Can't find the exit. Can't find the exit.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't think he was aware it was a scam then, the monologue was to expose how he was scared shitless that he was going to die during that fight, since he was still green and not used to it yet.


    The monologue didn't come from the remote, did it? If you have the remote muted I think it just plays the stuff that would have come out of it on the TV instead, so you didn't miss anything. I didn't want to waste battery life on it.

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'm pretty sure I missed two of the phone calls because someone who wasn't me muted my wii remote sometime between plays.

    re: the speech (real spoilers homeslices)
    That opening speech though is definitely a direct reference to the ending dialogue; "I want to bail, but where the hell's the exit?"

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  • gunwarriorgunwarrior Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Who has that link to the article that shows Travis is actaully us and that NMH is a commentary on gamers? I forgot where it was...

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    There are like a million

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  • Unearthly StewUnearthly Stew Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't think he was aware it was a scam then, the monologue was to expose how he was scared shitless that he was going to die during that fight, since he was still green and not used to it yet.


    The monologue didn't come from the remote, did it? If you have the remote muted I think it just plays the stuff that would have come out of it on the TV instead, so you didn't miss anything. I didn't want to waste battery life on it.

    Not that monologue, but all of the phone calls that Travis gets go through the Wii remote only.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't think he was aware it was a scam then, the monologue was to expose how he was scared shitless that he was going to die during that fight, since he was still green and not used to it yet.


    The monologue didn't come from the remote, did it? If you have the remote muted I think it just plays the stuff that would have come out of it on the TV instead, so you didn't miss anything. I didn't want to waste battery life on it.
    No, it doesn't. It didn't for me, anyway.

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  • gunwarriorgunwarrior Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    There are like a million

    Ok, the one that is usually linked in NMH threads

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Just google "no more heroes analysis"

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  • manaleak34manaleak34 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Damn it I fucking just beat the game and chose the 'fake' ending (It looked like I couldn't select 'Real' ending for some reason) and saved over my file not knowing I would have to start over.

    Bah. I'm sorry Suda that still counts as a dick-move.

    Still game is very awesome, but the ending felt very underwhelming for obvious reasons. :P

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I dunno it seems like it would be pretty obvious not to save the file titled "CLEAR DATA" over your main save (but apparently it's not).

    Your Real Ending would've been greyed out if you didn't have the Tsubaki-III yet.

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  • Unearthly StewUnearthly Stew Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I never did figure out how to start a Bitter game without new game+. I don't think it was possible.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I could have sworn the phone messages would play on the TV. Or are we talking about some different phone messages than the ones Travis gets from Sylvia?

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I could have sworn the phone messages would play on the TV. Or are we talking about some different phone messages than the ones Travis gets from Sylvia?
    No. The ones travis gets from Olivia before the boss fights.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The messages that 5 assassinations into the game, I had never heard. I got my Wii back from Nintendo repairs recently, I think I need to start the game from the beginning.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I could have sworn the phone messages would play on the TV. Or are we talking about some different phone messages than the ones Travis gets from Sylvia?

    I played the game yesterday and in the in game options there's an option to mute the Wii remote speaker and it says it'll play sounds through the TV if you do so. However if you just turn the volume all the way down in the home menu, then it probably won't.

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  • Rex DartRex Dart Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Holy shit, this is awesome and terrifying:
    In regards to the real and fake ending, I thought it would have been funnier if you hadn't been given the option of choosing between the two. Rather, I think it would have been hilarious if there was a well-publicized "secret" ending to the game that required some extra work to get. For instance, maybe you had to beat Rank 1 with your original sword, or, at the very least, not one of the last two swords.

    People would assume that the secret ending would expand on some of the ambiguities in the default ending, work incredibly hard to get it, and then be massively disappointed. Hilarious!

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  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    thank you for the immediate erection, rex dart.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Holy shit that's hot.

    I am seriously considering going as Travis. Need to figure this shit up soon.

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  • MarioGMarioG Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Oh my god. That was awesome.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Travis!
    THAT!
    Path of men is not path of beasts.
    You know?

    You know?
    Your edge can be
    poison or cure.
    To be learned is
    the path,
    and to be ignorant is
    also the path.

    Your path, your path is
    THAT.
    A path that no one,
    nothing can pass.
    Yet the path reach on.

    Devotion is only given
    to those who perfect
    single thing.
    Reward, then!

    No reward those who
    do not perfect.
    Does a reward or just
    evil lie down
    your path?

    Fight until you die,
    Travis.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I never understood anything he said, but he sounds awesome saying it. I figure the context is spoiler material, though.

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  • WotanAnubisWotanAnubis Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    psyck0 wrote: »
    I never understood anything he said, but he sounds awesome saying it.
    What's so difficult to understand about "Take your pants off. OFF!" or "Make sure your ass is clean"? :P

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