Thanks for watching everyone. Hope it was worth the wait.

Even though I was supremely disappointed by this game, I appreciate your take and review. I'm glad you could still like the game while also acknowledging the game's shortcomings. You hit the nail of the head in terms of my gripes with the gameplay. For me, the story just fell flat and felt like I was missing a bunch of inside jokes, despite playing TSA and Suda's other games (apparently the TSA DLC had crucial plot points that I missed because I didn't play it). My favorite aspect of the first NMH is when the cutscenes get a bit somber and you realize there's more at play than is being let on (Holly Summers' cutscenes come to mind). I was really hoping to get something like that regarding Travis and his family, but it was relegated to a jokey post-credits scene. Also, lack of Shinobi / Bad Girl levels. C'mon!!!

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Can confirm: my game crashed 3 times when I was playing through it. Once immediately after beating Mr. Blackhole, another time after paying the entry fee to Gold Joe, and finally during the giant robot quick time event after beating FU. After the first two crashes I was really worried it would be a persistent problem and it had a knock on effect on how I played the game. I saved after every single defense crystal I earned and was always slightly on edge during cut scenes. Overall, I really enjoyed the game, about as much as the first two. The presentation is maybe the best I've ever seen in a videogame. The way they took references from Ultraman to Black Rain (of all things) and spun it into something totally unique blew me away. That said, it's a shame the experience was somewhat hindered by such a major technical issue.

Hell yeah, new Hikiko vid. Looks like its finally time to start NMH 1.

I only played No More Heroes 1 and 2 for the first time last year, when they came to Switch, so I didn’t have that long wait other fans did. So I enjoyed it as just another one, with its drawbacks not being too big a deal for me. However, I was totally lost when it came to the story, and only realised how important Travis Strikes Again was, which I didn’t play. Then again, I suppose it’s keeping with the punk rock attitude that the 3rd numbered game in a series is actually the fourth. I’d say NMH 2 was the best gameplay wise. The first was a better overall package

Quinton Flynn actually was declared innocent of the allegations in court. Unfortunately, by that time, NMHIII was already in production. And it's probably going to be a while longer until he gets voice acting gigs again because business unfortunately tries playing it safe in the court of public opinion a lot of the time. CORRECTION: The full story is posted on the screen at 38:46. Unfortunately, I wasn't looking at the video during that second. My apologies. Certain aspects of Henry's character in this game however indicate that Quinton might've been directed to lose the Irish accent if he had voiced Henry again. Silver Case and killer7 nerds have all kinds of theories based on the changes made to Henry's character.

The only thing I was looking forward to as much as No More Heroes 3!

Suda knew something when he was shitting on Ricotello in this game. What a trendsetter.

I don't care about using Unreal. Visually, it seems like a huge stepback compared with NMH 1 & 2. Oh and those empty worlds, just criminal, should let a fan or student fill the Levels with something, anything to avoid the feeling of being stolen.

Came for Hikiko and Japanese "AAA" gaming in current year, stayed for the commentary, left realizing I can appreciate Suda's postmodern stuff (which isn't really my style anymore) from a distance. I LOVED Michigan, and I suspect I'd really like Killer 7, but the No More Heroes games were simultaneously too late and too early for me. Still, this was a fun ride and a well-edited video with a great message about genuine personalities still making games. That Quinton Flynn drama left a real bad taste though. What happened to "Innocent Until Proven Guilty?" Quintin got Vic'd; guilty forever even when innocent. I'll never work in an industry that works like that, and I doubt anyone in the biz would give me a chance anyway.

What, no comment on how disheveled Travis is made to look extremely like Tony Stark by RDJ on purpose? I'm kidding. The Boss RUsh is the best feature in the game, no more bullshit replaying the game from the start if you just want to experience just the boss battle, now you can do it even at higher difficulties and with a full set of abilities. It really was great. And I agree with you on the open world front. Plus, it's not like Grasshopper is known for their open world stuff, them making more thematically awesome levels instead would be better and keep the racing tracks and Akira-bike, I mean, the totally original donut steel Spieltiger segments intact. The best thing they could do is have the Spieltiger and Full Armour quests as sidegigs before the actual level and the boss and it would have worked tremensdously. There's this game with insane ambition on the PSP called Senritsu no Stratus that had an open world, from a beat'em up point of view(you the kind of side view I'm talking about) but everything was fully rendered in 3D, the movement was in 3D, you could affect the world, you could save people, tke on quests and the levels were the world itself upon which you had to kill aliens, write a report regarding the aliens weaknesses and then proceed to fight them in a giant mecha battle. And in between "episodes" the game had an anime opening and ending and even had mini activitites to do, tieing with how well your team did in the previous levels, like training to raise your stats, find new materials and money to update equipment, bonding events etc. And it even factored New Game Plus in its design. In my opinion, Suda should have tried to be more like that game rather than trying to dunk on open world games and stripping some interesting features from NMH2. The loss of multiple laser sword types hurt me immensely, even though he has so many Gundam references. Not to mention, Senritsu no Stratus was made by Nudemaker, who are now certified indie studios given their Night Cry game so...missed opportunity there Suda. Don't forget Native Dancer strongly resembles Zer0 from Borderlands, who strongly resembles Zero from Max Anarchy / Anarchy Reigns from Platinum games, who also strongly resembles Gray Fox from MGS1. I mean, I have to assume that was the train of thought Suda followed and kinda took the piss from Borderlands. As for the Kimmy Howel / Love scene and boss fight, that was the worst. What a giant fuck-up. Kimmy should have remained a secret boss rather than a short Iggy Azalea / Nicki Minaj / punchline that dies. Oh no Miles, the bleep isn't for FInal Fantasy. The bleep is for "TORIYAMA" aka Akira Toriyama, the mangaka behind Dragon Ball and of course, the designer for the characters and monsters of Dragon Quest and Sonic Juice is almost lifted from Toriyama's designs, more so than any other Ultraman-inspired character. He's shitting on Dragon Quest essentially, despite the menus and powers being FF-looking. The other guy they might have been refering to, and it's a stretch is "AMANO" as in Yoshitaka Amano, the guy behind the initial Final Fantasy games artworks since FU is oddly effeminate and has all the trademarks of an Amano design. And those characters also look "*****" as Travis mentioned. It's not a conspiracy theory, it ties not only to Travis but Suda losing his punk edge a bit, Travis now reflects Suda much more than he did back in No More Heroes. It's not so much for the sake of Travis being in Smash but rather that since Travis is closer to being Suda in game form, he had to clean up his own image. That being said, the Smash salt is probably real, not because Travis didn't get in but rather because he was merely a costume. And the Naomi Tree isn't a Lynch reference, it's just Suda taking a giant shit on Power Rangers fans with the Lost Galaxy / Gingaman reference. In general, his references and likes and dislikes come off as very mean-spirited in this game for some reason, probably because he masks them with the voice and tone of Travis, rather the usual chill voice Suda himself has. In general, this game is a bit mean spirited, missing some of its jovial edge from previous years. If it's due to Suda taking the whole Kill the Past deal a bit more seriously to match its post-modernity or because he got older and more cynical, I can't say but the thing about No More Heroes III's character is that it had gotten much darker. NMH 1 may have seemed more grounded and its villains more relateable than stupid ultraman references but it was never this dark. Not even his early works weren't as dark. There is a bitterness that I can't shake off and it's probably the same kind of bitterness that Yoko Taro tasted that lead him to make Drakengard 3 and Nier Automata, two games I feel were way subpar compared to his previous attempts with Drakengard 1 and Nier Replicant / Gestalt. I hope Suda doesn't follow that path because it's a shame for creators to lose their characters and end up like that. Mikami never lost his character, no matter what game he developed, same with Kamiya and so many others. Hopefully Suda will remain in that majority rather than go to the other gloomy minority.

Imagine this game had review copies sent out only for some games journalists to be like "I don't get it. Bad frames. 1/10 IGN" The fact Suda51 changed the character and tone does make me sad. All that effort to get into Smash. Oh well... Smash isn't that fun anyway.

Grasshopper's titles are some of those games I'll get around to playing when I'm retired. In the meantime I very much enjoy experiencing them through you.

Amazing game. I feel some of the short comings of the game would've been solved if the game had a little longer of a dev cycle. All in all it was a very fun game, one of my favorites of the year and a great return for Travis. It was cool to see how Travis himself has grown and from loser otaku to a world saving superhero, I can't wait for the potential sequel in 10 years.

Garden Of Insanity seems to be a mistranslation of “Paradise Of Madness” going by the written Japanese script

Having waited until I finished NMH3 before watching this retrospective, I can definitely agree with you on the games many short comings. The game really does lack quite a lot of fun side activities or interesting places in the open world, with Neo Brazil genuinely feeling unfinished. And the rewards for finding the collectables really doesn't justify the time it takes to do them, like finding all the Death Cards for example, nor would it be any better if it just gave you an achievement like on Xbox or Playstation. Which is a shame since there are some interesting side stories told in the Travis Strikes Back VN format. If the game were linear like you brought up, it could've lead to some great moments like Bad Girl or Shinobu playing more of a role in the plot instead of being absent for most of the game, maybe even more abilities to use instead of having them all dumped on you in one mission. Still, despite its faults I had a hard time putting it down compared to TSA, and still enjoyed the roughly 20 hours I spent on it. On Spicy difficulty you really have to prioritize which enemies you need to attack and those ramen stands become incredibly helpful. Its also where doing the lackluster side content becomes helpful to level up Travis, just a shame that this game could've been more but was crippled by a small budget or due to COVID.

I mean combat was fun just wasn't a fan of the empty world and over the top references, wish it was toned down like killer is dead or og nmh

Great review! I definitely walked away from the game with a much more sour taste in my mouth, but I can't disagree with your final takeaway. Despite the mess it is, there's still something in this game worth appreciating, and I'm glad you reminded me of that fact. Looking forward to your next project!

My main complaint is the mouth movements look like they came from a badly dubbed anime. If they were smart they'd make a joke about it but they never do.

Graphics never phased me- impact of powerful game design and authenticity to Suda’s interests

I loved the game but only because I’m a Suda 51 die hard. I recognized the only really developed part of the game was the opening

I really don't want a Switch, but I really want to get into this series...

Dude YES the freaking button layout for the Switch got me killed several times during the Velvet Chair Girl fight.

Open world would’ve been better if it were just the Santa Destroy section but smaller and more detailed, akin to the Yakuza series.

Just a heads up, quintin flynn went to court and was proven 100% innocent. The girls who accused him were proven to be conspiring against him after the girl he was e-dating before he got married found out he was getting married after they e-broke up. Yea hes a moron for dating a fan, but its not his fault she was crazy as hell.

I wished this game had the level design of Doom Eternal. What i mean is having a hub in which you can select a mission or upgrade your character, and having each level being filled with collectables, upgrades, and secrets. Imagined if Gold Joe had a level unique to him that made use of the magnetism gimmick.

You can destroy the drone camera in Kimmy's boss.

IVE BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS

I enjoyed this game. But man, that FU battle was hard!

Cheers for our boi Travis!!!!

It honestly looks like they had to force out the game before deadlines, and that's why the over world is so crusty....

after the annoucenment of NMH3 I was expecting your inevitable full review

re: re-meeting Notorious, there's actually a bit during one of the intermissions with Bishop where Bishop meets a new character for seemingly the first time but Travis says "didn't you guys meet in TSA?" and there's a joke about how no one played TSA also the crashing issue seems to be a memory leak related to the open world (might even be Santa Destroy specifically). you can fix this when emulating the game on Ryujinx by expanding VRAM pool size to 6 GB and enabling an "Ignore Missing Services" option, but it's still a big issue, especially since people playing on real hardware have no such fix available. optimization patches are definitely and desperately needed for NMH3.

Just finished the game, came straight to this video! I really liked it, although I wish they would have traded out the crappy open-world with NMH2-style levels. I have a theory about this game's development and why the open world is so bad (and why there's so much seemingly cut content). My guess is COVID screwed up the game's schedule and how it was worked on since it hit Japan pretty hard, and so they decided to focus first and foremost on the combat and boss fights. This would explain why they're so good and look/run so well while everything else is just barely passable. This is based on absolutely nothing.

I am so glad you uploaded. everything you're saying lines up perfectly w my views.

I haven't watched this yet... But thumbs up anyways

i had the same problem with velvet chair girl's stage, but got it eventually. pop team epic has that style, i love it. and i never had a crash up to the end, i dont think i updated at all though. Boss A++ video

The TV aesthetics in this review were grand, nice editing work! And, well, as others pointed out, maybe the lack of over-sexualization is due to (Travis) Suda getting a bit older?) Also, quick question, is there a Paypal where I can send money? (am not a user of Pateron, and I would rather send money "direct to you")

after playing deadly premonition 2 this open world is not that bad at all... :,D also never understood the problem with nmh2 cuting out the open world - the 8bit minigames were a blast! what the hell?? i thought the redded out segments of the maps would be traversable later in game :0

29:23 That’s messed up. I didn’t encounter crashes with my game. One time it took longer to load but it didn’t crash. Did you get physical version or download?

We need DLC for that map.

The game crashed on me exactly once, and because it happened very early in my playthrough I spent a large chunk of the game running to save points after making literally any amount of progress. I'm also one of those people who liked the open world in 1, but I agree that there's no good reason for 3 to have an open world, especially when it's so big and desolate. Also thought it was funny you'd mention DP2 in this review, I drew similar parallels between these kinda disappointing sequels to cult classics. Still had a ton of fun with NMH3 despite how rushed it felt in a lot of places. It may have my favorite combat in the series.

12:40 More like "20 frames per second and low quality textures." The open world does NOT run at 30 fps. I wish it did.

Good review, but are you going to do a video talking about the games ending?

I didn't have any crashes, but i've got a little bug. When i was trying to start the motorcycle minigame, the game left me without the HUD until i've went to another island. Later I've discovered that it was a problem if you play the game in non-English. Because i'm spanish, i was playing the game in that language, so the only way to bypass this was to change my switch language to english, start the minigame and change it to my language again

I just got The Good Life ad on this video. Perfect

Full tension just increases power to my knowledge, it allows you to use the mech?

Great video, loved the silver case theme at the end.

The Mech parts remind me a lot to Liberation Maiden for the 3DS.

I felt the change to "the garden of insanity" was because insanity was stronger than madness or the fact that since he's going back in he's no longer ina bout of madness, Travis is just legitimately insane. Something like that.

Nice game, but the DP2 feels are very strong here. Feels rushed and unfinished. And yeah, I also had crashes and softlocks

Gah, I want to watch this to support one of the best gaming channels on youtube, but I don't want to spoil details of KtP games I haven't played yet (that is to say, basically all of them). I'll do what I can to make it /count/ as a view for the youtube algorithm, but I can't actually watch this yet. Good work on the video (I assume)!

My dog approves of this video 👍👍

Recently bought NMH 1&2 from LRG so can't watch this (yet) really for fear of spoilers :/ looking forward to playing NMH1 though after Spooktober!

Madness= severely mentally ill or extremely careless/ foolish behavior. Insanity= irrationality, very mentally ill. Considering that we went from human assassins to intergalactic “super heroes” could explain the change

hope you're doing well miles have a good week

30:53 Hmm I have not played the Silver Case but he came from TSA.

I enjoyed my time playing 3 I can't help but be a bit disappointed after playing TSA and expecting Travis to act more introspective compared to the previous 2 games. Although I liked the core gameplay there's just not enough to go back to after completion, there's one single stage in the entire game for Christ sake and the fights before a boss legitimately feel like side missions to a complete game. Everything about the style is top notch in NMH3, but it's not enough to Warrant a $60 price tag to a mediocre overall experience. Either way great review. You have the best review on NMH3 on KZfaq.

40:24 I mean… at least the OST bangs

Can’t wait to play it, I hope you enjoyed your experience

26:25 Just slipped in that reference did ya

I myself have played through the game 4 times on every difficulty with about 60 hours in and never once experienced any crashes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ mostly just shitty texture loading issues

28:40 I thought Suda51 needed to make a scary game and then forgot grasshopper made Fatal Frame 4, which never got ported to the States.

So much style

Like other people in the comments i can also confirm the game crashes, i ended up crashing post game when i discovered the tree planting side-mission, i was down to the last 12 or so trees and the game crashed... and i'd forgotten to save, haven't touched the game since, lmao

26:29 That fan is bishop.

fuck yeah new hikiko vid

I guess the only explanation for kamui chaged in appearance is that not exactly the same kamui

My game crashed twice in 3 playthroughs, annoying but not enough of a problem that I thought much of it, I’ve had games much more prestigious crash on the Switch too so it wasn’t really a big deal in my eyes

This game looks great. Hopefully I can play this on the PS4 someday.

I heard sony Fixed the cbomb issue with the new update.

I've been experiencing crashes with my copy as well

While I do agree and have felt the tiredness, I still do like the details of a place you can see where you do the side job in the world. Just keep it to Santa Destroy and make it populated with stuff to do. Learn from the Yakuza series and keep it balanced with activities to take on. Smaller open world, keep it modern (TOILET TELEPORTATION PLZ) and we finally get a packed small open world which I wanted NMH3 to have but alas.. PS. Yep fully crashed once so far..wasn’t Kamui in TSA tho’? Huh?

#justiceforbishop

Oyy

So is it last ever or not? Because I didn’t get the answer in the video.

After one year dodging spoilers and walkthroughs, i finally played on xbox, It was a cool experience, in a stupid comparison, It was like watch Infinity War with TSA being the First part and NMH3 being the Endgame

#justacommentofappreciation

you got kill gold joe quick before he overpowers you 😂

Game never crashed for me, don't know whatchu talking about.

I fell trough the world summoning my bike. Twice. Also quin got proven innocent.

Game never crashed for me, don't know what you're talking about

I absolutely love No More Heroes 3. It checks off all the right boxes for me and I'm so happy with it.