Comments on: no more heroes http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/ Thu, 24 May 2012 20:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-118286 David Carlton Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:35:54 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1365#comment-118286 Travis: Glad I'm not the only one who didn't notice how the map works at first... Dan: I do wonder how exclusively it's a real gamer's game. Don't get me wrong, it's clearly steeped in vast amounts of video game experience and love, but I wonder how well the aesthetic would work for people who don't play video games but enjoy a range of experiences in other media? I really don't have a good guess either way. (Ditto for Killer 7.) Travis: Glad I’m not the only one who didn’t notice how the map works at first…

Dan: I do wonder how exclusively it’s a real gamer’s game. Don’t get me wrong, it’s clearly steeped in vast amounts of video game experience and love, but I wonder how well the aesthetic would work for people who don’t play video games but enjoy a range of experiences in other media? I really don’t have a good guess either way. (Ditto for Killer 7.)

]]> By: David Carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-118285 David Carlton Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:30:57 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1365#comment-118285 John: good idea. Alas, I just did a video search, and the accent didn't come through in its full glory on the ones I browsed through. :-( I'll keep my ears open... John: good idea. Alas, I just did a video search, and the accent didn’t come through in its full glory on the ones I browsed through. :-( I’ll keep my ears open…

]]> By: Dan Bruno http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-118255 Dan Bruno Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:24:15 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1365#comment-118255 I'm glad to see that you gave NMH a shot! Your experience sounds very much like mine -- I expected to be turned off by many of the game's facets (the coy self-awareness, the repetition, the gratuitous violence) but was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them. It's a real gamer's game, isn't it? I think NMH has grasped something about the medium that I haven't quite figured out yet. I’m glad to see that you gave NMH a shot! Your experience sounds very much like mine — I expected to be turned off by many of the game’s facets (the coy self-awareness, the repetition, the gratuitous violence) but was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them. It’s a real gamer’s game, isn’t it? I think NMH has grasped something about the medium that I haven’t quite figured out yet.

]]> By: John Cowan http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-118233 John Cowan Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:46:52 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1365#comment-118233 If you record a bit of that intriguing accent and post it, some of us readers may be able to identify it. If you record a bit of that intriguing accent and post it, some of us readers may be able to identify it.

]]> By: Travis Megill http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2008/12/no-more-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-118224 Travis Megill Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:51:15 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=1365#comment-118224 There is a slightly different ending if you buy the last sword. Of course I didn't buy it because I wasn't interested in earning more money just to have a new sword for the last boss. I should have trusted that there was some sort of payoff for the extra effort. I didn't bother going after the Lovikov balls at all, and wasn't aware that there was anything on the map indicating where they were. I'll have to remember that when I play again. From what I read, the explanations of the ending seemed like they were reaching a little bit. Since I read them before playing the actual game, however, I may have been setting myself up. There is a slightly different ending if you buy the last sword. Of course I didn’t buy it because I wasn’t interested in earning more money just to have a new sword for the last boss. I should have trusted that there was some sort of payoff for the extra effort.

I didn’t bother going after the Lovikov balls at all, and wasn’t aware that there was anything on the map indicating where they were. I’ll have to remember that when I play again.

From what I read, the explanations of the ending seemed like they were reaching a little bit. Since I read them before playing the actual game, however, I may have been setting myself up.

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