197: No More Heroes

197: No More Heroes

Author: Left Behind Game Club May 7, 2025 Duration: 1:14:46

We got on our motorcycle and rode around the city in No More Heroes!

Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture | Publisher: Ubisoft/XSEED | Initial Release: January 22, 2008

Jacob, Travis and special guest Seth Strugill from All N Media and Carpool Gaming sit in our gross apartment, suplex fools and shake our beam katana to recharge.


PLAYERS:

* Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)
* Travis Colenutt (Bluesky)

SPECIAL GUEST:

* Seth Sturgill (Bluesky) from Carpool Gaming and All N Media

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TIMESTAMPS:



0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Intro to Seth Sturgill
4:00 - Fast Pitch
7:30 - Gameplay Overview
15:30 - 2000s Era Open Worlds
18:10 - Suda51 and David Lynch
22:15 - Other NHM Games
25:00 - Combat
29:45 - Motion Controls
30:30 - Sound Design
32:50 - Appreciating NMH
36:40 - Destroyman
40:30 - The Spoiler Wall
41:10 - Holly Summers
47:00 - Bad Girl
49:30 - Suda51's Other Games
55:00 - Jeane
1:01:50 - Henry
1:03:15 - Side Jobs
1:05:00 - Reviews
1:11:50 Outro & PAX East 2025






RESOURCES:

* Review: No More Heroes & No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle via Destructoid
* No More Heroes Review via Nintendo Life


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