Not a Hero

I couldn't get into this. I wanted to take my time and explore, but there's little to explore, and a continuous pressure to move quickly, which took the fun away. I thought Deadbolt was a much more fun game of this type. I think it got off to a bad start because I had no sense of context, and I wondered if I'd pressed a button and accidentally skipped an intro or explanation as to what was going on. Further, the game only opened in a window - so my first minutes were spent in frustration looking for a fullscreen setting (there isn't one). I played for a while, unlocked another character, but was mostly a bit bored sliding around samey levels.

This game was sold to me as a 2D Hotline Miami. It is certainly not that. Not a Hero is a 2D gunner. Each level opens with Bunnylord giving a very long speech about what you need to do for the next level. In a random "Monkey cheese" type of humour he'll explain how you'll need to explode a building in a bad part of town while collecting something random like a carrot or kittens or fairies left behind. Out of the four things Bunnylord wants you to complete, you only need to complete one main one to end the level. The other three are optional and only exists to add extra challenge for replayability for that level. Aside from the jokes that I personally find annoying, the game itself plays really well. All the characters play differently to where you'll find a character that lines up with your playstyle and will play with almost exclusively. Shooting through a level the way you want is very fun and funny, with watching the bodies fly around or listening to your character scream at you to reload their gun. but once you've beaten the level you have to sit the the excruciatingly long recap from Bunnylord to have some idea what's going to happen in the story of trying to get a bunny from the futurt elected world leader (random!) Probably my biggest gripe with this game is it's comparison with Hotline Miami. Maybe it's because it's from the same publisher or a marketing idea but from the trailer it looks like both games were about the play the same. You enter a building and use grit and confidence to clear out a whole building and leave. Only with the extra objectives added to each level and longer loading times it takes to restart a level makes it feel like something I'm supposed to come up with a plan to attack this level at it's optimal efficiency. It no longer becomes about which character you like playing as but which character you can play as that'll complete the objectives. The only comparisons I can pull toward it's being like Hotline Miami is it's downgraded graphics and hyper violence, but it lacks the twitchy replayability and story that takes itself seriously but not really. I'd recommend this game when it become on sale for like half off.

Well I beated whole game. I had every level with Global Megalord rating and than while playing this game some more I unfortunetly had a bsod. I just started this game for the first time after that and imagine my game reseted I have NOTHING but I have one new level unlocked before day one wich is not supposed to be there there is no even charachter model. pls fix

When a studio releases a retro themed pixel art game I usually roll my eyes but this one works visually. Tons of action and replay value. I'm happy the intermission scenes can be quickly skipped as I've seen too many cut-scenes drag on and on with poorly paced recorded dialogue. This game skips the voice acting with random, squeaky door hinge sound effects. It's fun, but its just missing something in the controls. Not being able to jump has thrown me for a loop. This doesn't make the game unplayable for me, it just demands a whole new set of tactics. Not the worst game I've bought but I'm enjoying Broforce way more than this one.

is a lot of fun, but suffers from frequent slowdowns. Game will play smooth as butter for 5 or so tries, but then framerate will tank at random points, making the game unplayable. This means i need to close and restart the game. Really annoying. Otherwise it would be a 4 star game for me.