If the story was sharpened, the gameplay was given a full overhaul. The most common critique of the original No More Heroes was its "open world." Santa Destroy was a barren, ugly sandbox that served only as a commute between missions. Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture listened to the feedback and completely restructured the experience for the sequel.
But here is the thing: You should play it anyway. No More Heroes 2
NMH2 is a sequel that knows it can’t win. It tries to be everything to everyone—a shooter, a brawler, a tragedy, a joke. It fails at being a perfect game. But in its desperate, sweaty struggle to entertain you, it becomes something rarer: a game that is never, ever boring. If the story was sharpened, the gameplay was