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Not a Hero

An old school 2D shooter developed by independent studio Roll7, the creators of OlliOlli. In the game, the player assumes the role of a gunman who offers his services to an unorthodox local mayor candidate, the anthropomorphic bunny BunnyLord.

Action | 2D | humorous | indie games | shooters

Not a Hero Release Date

canceled

PSV

14May2015

PC

02Feb2016

PS4

24May2016

XONE

02Aug2018

Switch

developer: Roll7 publisher: Devolver Digital Official website

Not a Hero for PC, PS4 and etc. is an old school 2D shooter focused on quick action. In the game, the player assumes the role of a gunman working for a local mayor. The game was developed by London studio Roll7, the creators of a skate game OlliOlli, which has a similar graphic style.

Plot

The game takes place in an unspecified city in which an anthropomorphic rabbit from the future named BunnyLord is one of the candidates for becoming the mayor. A part of his rather unusual campaign is cleaning the city of criminals and thugs who could threaten the outcome of the election. A man named Steve offers his service for the mysterious traveler. Steve is well known for his gun skills and lack of the sell-preservation instinct. He is tasked with creating a group of goons and ridding five districts of all crime with them.

Mechanics

Not a Hero for PC, PS4 and etc. consists of a series of fast-paced missions during which the player assumes the role of various members of Steve’s team and completes tasks given by BunnyLord. Usually the missions are short and focused on cleaning a building of all enemies, but sometimes the player has to complete more challenging objectives like hacking a terminal or planting explosives. The protagonist can hide behind surrounding elements in order to surprise the opponents. What’s interesting, the enemies can react to the noise of weapons being reloaded, resulting in their increased hostility. The range of weapons, however, contains silent and highly effective tools such as a katana, as well as some more intriguing gadgets – a pussycat strapped with a bomb, for example. Player’s performance in each mission is graded – effective kill-streaks are one of the factors that increase the final score.

Technical aspects

The graphics of the game uses pixel art style, very popular among the independent developers lately, reminding of the legendary shooters from the 8-bit era. The game is set in 2D perspective, but thanks to using the ISO-Slant technology the developers created an effect of depth, which makes the game look pseudo-three-dimensional. Despite the old school visuals, the developers managed to make the game extraordinarily dynamic. Fast bullets and breaking glass reminds the players of the scenes from the best action moves of the eighties.

Last updated on 01 April 2014

Game mode: single player  

Expectations: 7.5 / 10 based on 25 votes.

PEGI rating Not a Hero

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains bad language. Game contains depictions of violence.

Not a Hero System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz
  • 2 GB RAM
  • graphic card 512 MB GeForce 8800 GT/Radeon X1900 or better
  • 500 MB HDD
  • Windows 7/8/8.1
Sony PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4

  • Uses:
  • PlayStation Network
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