No More Heroes 3, despite it's titles is the fourth, and final(?) entry in Grasshopper's No More Heroes franchise and is the latest installment in the Kill the Past series at the time of writing this. This game follows Travis Touchdown after the events of Travis Strikes Again who is living out in the No More Heroes Motel which is currently overrun by his various friends like Shinobu, Bad Girl, Bishop and Naomi when all of a sudden his beloved town of Santa Destroy is invaded by the evil Space Prince Fu, and his 9 minions. Travis now steps into action to protect not only his town but also the world. This game continues several plot threads not only from NMH 1 and 2, but also TSA which really made me happy as I was concerned Suda would have skipped that game considering fan backlash. This game also brings back some of the Kill the Past elements from TSA which brought a smile to my face. The gameplay in terms of combat is refined compared to the previous entries, however I still prefer the gameplay to NMH2 more personally. It's not that it's worse than 2 it's just that it is different enough that It didn't scratch the same itch 2 did which was a little disappointing personally, but isn't a knock against the game at all as it is more of a personal preference thing. The overworld on the other hand is a completely different story, as that the game chugs on the nintendo switch's hardware as you explore Santa Destroy and it's surrounding areas. Jobs also make a return however they feel not very required as you make more than enough money doing designated battles around the map which take over the role of dungeons in this game. I know the lack of dungeons may disappoint some, but with the designated battles I felt mostly indifferent and didn't really feel too much one way or another. Overall NMH 3 has the makings of the best game in the series however, thanks to it's poor performance for what ostensibly is one half of the whole game I can't really rate it higher than the previous 3 entries. Maybe if it makes its way to PC or PS4/5 I'd be willing to reevaluate but in it's current state it's a little disappointing.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2021


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