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I want to make this clear, the best part of Not a hero is it's trailer. Not a hero is a video game, with a minimal and quirky story line about a man in a bunny costume running for office (BUNNYLORD). What is nice about the game is that it satires politicians and democracy, for in is a rather common platform for a politician to be tough on crime. Not a hero takes that a into the realm ludicrous by being elected by killing the leaders of crime syndicalists, and hordes of generic hooligans. That being said modern politics can arguably be messy and inefficient. Realpolitik? Who cares, the game play is the important part. The only actions you can do is shoot, slide, use an item, move left, or move right. These controls are relatively simplistic, so the emphasis is on timing, and knowing the details of each individual level. So in practice you memorize a sequence of actions you need to do to beat the level, and then you run through the level over and over until you beat the level, no doubt by perfecting your sequence. In this way the game play feels a little like Dance Dance Revolution for your fingers, but what is nice about this is that there are different characters with different game play styles, for most levels creating multiple ways to succeed at the same level. Actually beating the level is not to challenging, but each level has challenges that go along with the level, when a particular challenge is traverse a third of the level in a minute, that is when perfect memorization and execution is required. The only other notable thing about the game is its wacky humor, that most shows through Bunnylord monologue that has a few key words that randomized, and the effect is much like a mad limbs story. Personally I do think "amazeballs" needs to be found more in my day to day vernacular.

As a whole I am rather content with the game. It might not be amazeballs, but the game plays as a simplified cover based shooter, different power ups and character kept the game from getting stale. The trailer for the game has a higher level of intensity than the game itself has, it has over the top humor, the game itself has more quirky and random humor. This difference in tone is the only element of the game that personally disappointed me. That being said, over sexualized Spanish man named Jesus, you are my favorite.