The sequel: A much-needed dose of violence, depravity and insanity on the family-friendly Nintendo Wii, this action game name after The Stranglers song saw you control the character Travis Touchdown around an open world environment, travelling on a souped-up sci-fi scooter and slicing up bad guys with what was essentially a lightsabre but for legal reasons had to be called a beam katana. It had a nigh-incomprehensible plot, totally bonkers cut scenes and took inspiration from a pick 'n' mix of popular culture, with the story, weapons and characters based on everything from Memento to Jackass to Ian Curtis, singer in post-punk band Joy Division. It was ridiculous. And incredible. The original: Which is pretty much par for the course with games developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, especially when they're directed by Goichi Suda (known by the nickname Suda51). Suda's breakthrough hit was the beguilingly bizarre Killer7 for the Playstation 2 and GameCube, where you controlled a group of characters that may or may not have been different aspects of an elderly assassin who worked on behalf of the US government. Also it a nigh-incomprehensible plot, totally bonkers cut scenes and took inspiration from a pick 'n' mix of popular culture, and pretty much the exact same cel-shaded look as No More Heroes. If it looks like Killer7, sounds like Killer7, and plays like Killer7? It's pretty much a sequel to Killer7.
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