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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Developer GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Wii. The sequel to No More Heroes (2007), it was released by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan, Ubisoft in North America, and Rising Star Games in PAL territories in 2010. The game continues the story of professional assassin Travis Touchdown; upon discovering that a corporation's CEO placed a hit on his… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
275 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 21, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
143 positive · 44 negative
95% range 70–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 143 | 44 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 15 | 58 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
594 of 813 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 139 yes, 45 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (931 of 1,249 positive).
Players are divided on whether the sequel improves or downgrades the original. [1][2][3] The PC port is criticized for frequent crashes, especially during boss fights. [4][5][6] Many appreciate the removal of the open world and grinding from the first game. [1][7][8]
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- [12]
Worse than the first game in every single aspect. Game basically guaranteed to crash at one of the bosses unless you do some compatibility ♥♥♥♥, the story is worse somehow even though the first game barely has one??, the gameplay is whatever and just really really boring and every single boss in this game is ass minus maybe 2 or 3 bosses, theyre not hard just really boring and easy. Minigames got downgraded to …
- [1]
They trimmed alot of fat from the first one. No more open world. Good. No more money grinding. Good. (Almost) no more "real" minigames. Most of them are NES like games now. Not good, I really liked them in NMH 1. Way more action without any downtime. You can just fight one boss after the other and most of them are really interesting. Other than that it's very similar to NMH1. Travis has to be one of my favorite game …
- [15]
I've never felt such conflicting emotions about a game before, but after sitting on it, I think I've come to regard this as an amazing sequel to an amazing game. It's like the guy who made Scream went on to make Scary Movie and then called it Scream 2. Mechanically, this game does suffer a bit compared to the first. I enjoy the more weighty, intentional-feeling combat, but I can see how someone would prefer the …
- [16]
Full, unedited version of the review here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11lpbCS-BMyCAPJrSTTtemC8VRTjnhyQinfvvNvHQ74o/mobilebasic I'm not gonna lie when I say this, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is perhaps the most polarizing game I've ever played in my life thus far. This game is the definition of two-faced, it has a lot of really good ideas and executions within it but there's also a lot of really …
- [2]
Press X to win 2. In my opinion, the first game was far better. Somehow they've made this one worse, but it is still a fun Suda51 game. Travis is way too powerful against normal enemies, but bosses vary wildly in quality, and are on the worse side, compared to the 1st game. I also missed the 3D jobs, that you do in the first game and all the money grind. Now the city feels as some sequece of cutscenes. Be wary …
Summarised from 34 of the 258 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle sits at 76% positive across 187 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle received generally favourable reviews, receiving a score of 84/100 on Metacritic and GameRankings. IGN praised the game for its quirky sense of humor, stream-lined design of the play experience, numerous pop-culture references, humorous sexual innuendo, 8-bit minigames and impressive graphics. Game Informer praised the new side-jobs and action while criticizing the repetitive voice work and occasionally rough graphics. X-Play stated that, while the navigation and minigames have improved, the story can be inconsistent in later missions and some bosses are frustrating. GameSpot called the combat system "remarkably fun and interactive" and commended the…
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Reactions
60 of 275 · most liked firstyou were foolish to think you were safe around me, Travis Touchdown from the hit game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
neutral · AI labelView post →need a game where you play as Margaret from No More Heroes 2, her Dual Sniper Scythes would be so fun to use
neutral · AI labelView post →Travis Touchdown, Sylvia Christel, Skelter Helter, and New Destroyman from No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_no-more-...
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴LIVE in 30 min! we're gonna try and beat henry in the first game and then moving onto NO MORE HEROES 2! 💜 twitch.tv/beribug ❤ youtube.com/watch?v=ZSL1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway, at this point I have no interest in No More Heroes 2 other from HER I started the game but GOD is it so clunky to play compared to 1😭
negative · AI labelView post →Looks like hell FROZE over ! This is exactly what I can say about the port of the No More Heroes series to PC. I remember when No More Heroes 3 was released, since I love the hack and slash genre and am a fan of Suda 51, I immediately tried it and by the end of it, it became one of the top 15 best games of my life! After playing the third version, I really wanted to play parts 1 and 2, but unfortunately, when they were first released, they were not optimized at all and did not even support…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Save after each and every action because this game is STILL (as of March 2026) extremely crash-prone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My parents got this game for my christmas present at the age of 12. This has been my favorite game ever since.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if this were 10 years ago I'd say literally any Sonic game post-Adventure, tho thankfully the general consensus has eased a bit since so instead I'll just say No More Heroes 2
neutral · AI labelView post →44. No More Heroes 2. did this one off stream because it made me want to die. Hate this game
negative · AI labelView post →And I beat No More Heroes 2. In some aspects it's better than the first and in other aspects it's behind. But still a good game and I definitely recommend it if you enjoyed the first game. The PC version as it is now is stable enough to fight through the crashes.
positive · AI labelView post →They trimmed alot of fat from the first one. No more open world. Good. No more money grinding. Good. (Almost) no more "real" minigames. Most of them are NES like games now. Not good, I really liked them in NMH 1. Way more action without any downtime. You can just fight one boss after the other and most of them are really interesting. Other than that it's very similar to NMH1. Travis has to be one of my favorite game characters. Good stuff.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is sick dont let anyone tell you its not. easy 100% as well if u care about that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a day so no stream tonight gamers but I'll be back again on Monday with more No More Heroes 2!!❤️❤️❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →Longer videos on BSky means the #VGMoftheDay format is officially upgraded, welcome back Awesome Video Game Music of the Old Days We're celebrating with the best song from No More Heroes 2 because dude its such a banger AND ITS THE FIRST LEVEL THEME OF THE GAME BRO CMON
neutral · AI labelView post →Love this game but I wouldn't recommend getting it on pc. Random crashes with no real fix. If you still want to try it go to the high seas o7
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No More Heroes 2 continues to be a mix of “it’s peak” and “it’s bleak” with the game flip flopping between the two every 20 minutes What a game
neutral · AI labelView post →www.twitch.tv/alohaplease No More Heroes 2 is a video game.
neutral · AI labelView post →(PCDD) No More Heroes $9.99 via Steam. ow.ly/T9iN50P0FzC No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle $9.99 ow.ly/9jgI50P0FzB No More Heroes 3 $13.99 ow.ly/lLMT50P0FzG
neutral · AI labelView post →Worse than the first game in every single aspect. Game basically guaranteed to crash at one of the bosses unless you do some compatibility ♥♥♥♥, the story is worse somehow even though the first game barely has one??, the gameplay is whatever and just really really boring and every single boss in this game is ass minus maybe 2 or 3 bosses, theyre not hard just really boring and easy. Minigames got downgraded to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ NES-like games that are worse than the original sidejobs and they basically…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Certainly a sequel of all time. Though before NMH 3 came out, I hated this game. But when NMH 3 turned out to be a big disappointment for me (from technical, gameplay, and story standpoints), I started thinking that I was rather too harsh on this game all this time. Aside from muscle training and Jasper Batt Jr. fight, this game isn't that bad to be honest.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna be real dorks I don't know how many "The real desperate struggle of No More Heroes 2 is..." jokes I got left in me this game is just kinda cheeks
negative · AI labelView post →NMH2 is peak but this port to pc is garbage, I keep crashing in vladimir boss fight I can't finish the game....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: No More Heroes 2 made me appreciate No More Heroes 1 for what it is. No More Heroes 2 is an improvement on the first game but it is more like 1 step forward 2 steps backward. For this review I actually didn't finish the game because the game kept crashing on Captain Vladimir boss fight. I would have continued to fight him if there was a save locations right before him, but having to do that bike ride and then hoping that the game doesn't crash for whatever reason because it crashed 4…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌹💀SCHEDULE💀🌹 The Berseria interlude continues with another game! This time a shorter one. I didn't expect Pragmata to last so long and I wanna play something short and sweet: No More Heroes 2! And on wednesday, we check out Dead as Disco! Be excited! #scarmiglive #vtuber #vsky
neutral · AI labelView post →the No More Heroes 2 video has been recorded and I would like to preface the video by saying i think it's honestly such a fucking good game. the way it builds on everything from the first game and looks beyond to the future just goes so incredibly hard
positive · AI labelView post →To preface, I started this game immediately after finishing the first NMH which is a game I really enjoyed by the end of it. This game is such a significant fall off from the first game that the only thing I am thankful for is the game being short. Bosses in the first game were very memorable and felt like real fights you had to learn and play around to be able to beat them which felt fulfilling. Almost every single boss in this game I just ran at and spammed attacks onto them from full HP…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like a shell of its predecessor. Rather than adding more objectives to the rather barren city from the first game, exploration was just removed altogether. You go from objective to objective via a menu. The jobs Travis has to take to pay for his matches are also chosen from the menu, and those jobs are mostly arcade-style 2D minigames. For some, that may be an improvement from the first game, but I liked the first game, and would've liked to see its weaker points refined in a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random moments in video game sthat affected me No More Heroes 2 Captain Vladimir
neutral · AI labelView post →#100! No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Wayyyyy better game then I've been told tbh. Glad I finally knocked this out off the list after loving the first game.
positive · AI labelView post →TODAY @ 7 PM MDT New Game Time! After finishing Pragmata (Twice!) I'm cleansing my palate with a smaller game. And wouldn't you look at the date, it's time for No More Heroes 2! Trust me, it'll make sense. www.twitch.tv/dokuroscarmi... #scarmiglive #vtuber #nomoreheroes #grasshoppermanufacture
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s been a hectic few days, but I finally got around to reading this, and hot damn, what a piece. It’s not only an excellent exploration of No More Heroes 2 (a game I’d call a guilty pleasure if I still allowed myself the indulgence of guilt), but of violence as a game mechanic. Read it ASAP!
neutral · AI labelView post →Armed with two beam katanas, Travis is seeking revenge. Starting from rank #51, fight through even more epic boss battles! Wii game number 79 "No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle" will be waiting for you in our upcoming Wii rollout, coming March 19th! retroachievements.org/game/197?unp...
neutral · AI labelView post →I remembered liking No More Heroes 2 about as much as the first game, until I replayed it before 3 released. I said to myself "Ugh, this part" repeatedly and by the end I realised that's how I felt about maybe half of the game.
negative · AI labelView post →The challenge is to post Video game music every day forever. #GameChallenge #VideogameMusic #Games #Music #Videogames #Promosky Day 4: No More Heroes 2 youtu.be/JNM5mFQ9siI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Definitely going to be doing more No More Heroes 2 tonight. I forgot how much I fucking love that game.
positive · AI labelView post →Working on a prop weapon for my sister's cosplay. I'll be giving updates as I model/ 3d print it. The character is Margaret Moonlight from No More Heroes 2. She wields "Le Croissant du Ange", which is what I'll be making. She has two but I'm probs making one. I've never played this game btw.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes I remember Killer7 Game was mad out of my comfort zone for a bit and I played it because I was hating No More Heroes 2 so much that I was questioning if I liked Suda games at all, and was greeted with an utter masterpiece, and probably one of the scariest games to me that i still like?
negative · AI labelView post →🌹💀LIVE💀🌹 No More Heroes 2, baby! Since it's May the 4th, I gotta play a game where you fight with a lightsaber, or rather a beam katana. Which is legally distinct, which is the best kind of distinct. www.twitch.tv/dokuroscarmi... #scarmiglive #vtuber #vtlive #nomoreheroes #grasshoppermanufacture
neutral · AI labelView post →Jasper Batt. Jr boss fight on Bitter should be considered a form of torture
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No More Heroes 2 will be the most mixed bag Suda/Grasshopper game for most of its run and then have some of the highest highs in any of their games whenever it feels like it
neutral · AI labelView post →No More Heroes 2 becomes infinitely funnier when you stop for a second and think about how it's a game where your biggest opp is Pizza Hut because their child CEO has beef with you
neutral · AI labelView post →--------[SPOILERS FOR THIS REVIEW]-------- I know this game isn't written by Suda, but this might genuinely be one of the best kusoges ever written. I might sound a bit crazy saying this but I think the game is genuinely designed to make you want to stop playing games altogether. I haven't felt like writing a review for a game in a while because most games I play are actually good, this game I was just constantly feeling like I was getting amped for something better an even higher experience.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played and finished No More Heroes 2 in one sitting like a week ago and its been the only thing on my mind. 10/10 game to me.
positive · AI labelView post →Started No More Heroes 2 and this game is a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your Favorite game from every Nintendo Console you've owned? GB: Mega Man II N64: Banjo-Kazooie GCN: Custom Robo DS: Mega Man ZX Wii: No More Heroes 2 WiiU: Xenoblade Chronicles X 3DS: Kid Icarus Uprising Switch: SSBU
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never felt such conflicting emotions about a game before, but after sitting on it, I think I've come to regard this as an amazing sequel to an amazing game. It's like the guy who made Scream went on to make Scary Movie and then called it Scream 2. Mechanically, this game does suffer a bit compared to the first. I enjoy the more weighty, intentional-feeling combat, but I can see how someone would prefer the first game's style. The absence of the open world doesn't feel like it actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loathe stealth games but Thief: The Dark Project is just undeniable. Utterly legendary systems design, visual and sound design. I detest No More Heroes 2 as an action game, as a No More Heroes game, and as a story. It is a miserable slog that actively undermines the first game.
negative · AI labelView post →Game is fun, but from a technical side, it's a total mess. Crash, after crash, after crash. I dont have patience for this, and it's a shame, because the game is fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did this back in March but this site actually listed a specific game I wanted to showcase + Rhythm Heaven Groove released! (Sorry for booting ya off, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle) Alt text has explanations for each game's impact on me if curious
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a good game but it's definitely not worth the regular 20 dollars it asks for, buy it for 10 dollars on sale. It removes all of the grindy open world parts from the first game which is great, you just select what you want to do from a menu and instantly start. The minigames are also way more fun compared to the first game, and the OST is good (Philistine is the best). However, this game is absolutely not friendly to KBM users, and there's many things that simply don't work on keyboard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7- No More Heroes 2 Again, fun to go back to after so long I think I prefer the boss fights of the first game, but this game has a lot of QOL improvements that make it more enjoyable in some areas compared to the first game
neutral · AI labelView post →Press X to win 2. In my opinion, the first game was far better. Somehow they've made this one worse, but it is still a fun Suda51 game. Travis is way too powerful against normal enemies, but bosses vary wildly in quality, and are on the worse side, compared to the 1st game. I also missed the 3D jobs, that you do in the first game and all the money grind. Now the city feels as some sequece of cutscenes. Be wary though, as you really can't beat Ryuji on the Bitter diffuculty (he can't fall off…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨Going live on Twitch!🚨 It's back to the Garden of Madness as we Desperately Struggle for RetroAchievements in No More Heroes 2! twitch.tv/mattobii
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a bad game, but it feels like a downgrade in some areas compared to the first game, i liked the jobs and the assassination missions better in the first game, the side jobs in this one ain't that bad, but they feel a bit pointless since you only need a bit of money at the start to get a couple of katanas and the training for you and the cat lol. The training minigames are also another downgrade, at least the Ryan's gym ones, the cat ones are alright. This time the game seems way more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nevermind ♥♥♥♥ that dog what the hell happened with Shinobu??? Ive merinated in it this game is worse in a way I just cannot recommend this. If this was a sequel to any other game or its own thing it wouldn't be as bad but this is the follow up to No More Heros???? Original Review: Not as good as the first game but to be fair No More Heros is a though act to follow. The boss fights themselves are the main attraction, the side jobs from the first game and regular stages either being shorter or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GREAT FOLLOW UP TO NMH1! Although i do miss the open world aspect of 1, this game makes up for it be taking out the "Grindy parts" between the ranking matches that 1 had. I feel like travis is at his best in this game whitty, cocky, and as funny as ever with his cheesy one liners. I also heavly enjoyed playing as characters other than travis such as shinobu and henry. my one gripe about this game is the dreaded Jasper Batt Jr fight... this games difficulty was really well balanced imo up until…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty much everything that I've said about nmh1 can be said here too awesome sequel but still not better than the first game imo but VERY close to it game has a lot of pros and cons and does some stuff that was in the first game way better +way better gameplay (1's was still amazing not calling it trash) +insane soundtrack +character design and graphics (this game was released on the Wii) in general is better +maps are better but not by much but the game also slacks in some areas also…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some context for this rant; I played the first NMH on my friend's Wii back when it was new, but never finished it. NMH 3 was on a Humble Choice recently, so I was like "Screw it, I'll buy 1 and 2 and play through them first". I played through the first game and was vibing the whole time. It has some minor annoyances, but is a charming and fun game to play. When done, I went ahead and booted up this one. It's almost unbelievable how much worse in every conceivable way this is than the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absolutely great game from better times. The PC port launched in a pretty bad state, but the patches released in 2025 fixed all the PC-specific issues. If you don't care about motion controls, the PC port is the best way to experience the game.
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