This doesn’t dawn on Travis until he fights Ryuji and even more so later on, but more on that later because before Travis comes to a full understanding of where his world is at two more relationships pop up. Please, remember that this isn’t a critique on the game itself and that equating it to a collection of mini-games is not an insult, but the overall statement here is very clear: the world of gaming has changed in a big way and it has lost a lot of its meaning because of it. It sure looks nice, but once you dive in the realization is that there isn’t a lot of depth there. The new shiny buildings of Santa Destroy are the equivalent of gaming’s relatively new acceptance into popular culture. In the past three years since No More Heroes landed the landscape of gaming has changed dramatically. Going off the premise that Travis is representing the gamer, this would mean that the new Santa Destroy represents where Suda51 sees the world of gaming. We are, in a sense, playing a collection of mini-games. We are basically given a shell and ushered into different areas that actually have very little to do with each other. Most of the boss battles take place in strikingly different areas that no one would guess were in the same city unless they were told so. Battles and jobs are no longer part of a cohesive world, but are instead separate games unto themselves. However, we don’t get to see it as Travis now travels from location to location with the use of a very bland overworld map. Santa Destroy is now a major city, with skyscrapers and big shiny buildings.
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