2007
This review contains spoilers
it's a masterpiece, don't get me wrong, but i felt like the ending with the boss fight and the little sisters was a little underwhelming, but that's just my opinion
so far so good, getting a lot of grim fandango vibes allready
this is just nmh1 if you took away everything clever about it and cranked the stupid factor up to 11. still fun, but overall a pretty pointless sequel, nmh1 would probably be a little bit better if the direct sequels didn't exist, but i get that the first game has a lot of fans (including me), and most fans want more of what they love, so i guess the sequels were kinda necessary to keep most of the fans happy. i'm glad other people like this game, but i don't.
Kojimmy just woke up one day and decided to make the best video game experience ever known to man
2007
this is a really stupid game, and i love it so much. it gets surprisingly deep after a while with themes about how culture and media has desensitized us to violence and murder and how you can never truly escape the cycle of violence. once you're in, you can't get out. Travis is such a pathetic loser who is willing to kill hundreds of people just to score with some french chick, so you're rarely laughing with him but rather laughing at him. this is kinda a guilty pleasure of mine, because this game is really stupid most of the time, but it's campiness is more charming than obnoxious.
2013
i replay this game 3 times each year, it's so good. my favourite game of all time