Not a Hero Reviews

Not a Hero is ranked in the 63rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
70 / 100
May 26, 2015

The best way to describe the look of the game is if the classic arcade game Elevator Action and new indie title BroForce got together and had a child.

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9 / 10.0
Aug 6, 2015

I hate to describe Not a Hero as a smarmy British take on Broforce, but the similarities are undeniable. The quality is the same too. Relentless action, strong gameplay variety and a killer wit make Not a Hero one of the best indie games of 2015.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 2, 2016

Fast and frantic, Not a Hero provides some serious satisfaction when things are running on all cylinders. There's nothing lack diving through windows and taking out bad guys, even if it is classic 8-bit sprites. The humor feels a bit forced at times, but the action wins out in providing a ton of fun.

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PC Invasion
Top Critic
8 / 10
May 14, 2015

A tight, funny, smart, focused, super-violent 2D cover-shooter that works a whole hell of a lot better than you might expect.

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65 / 100
Feb 3, 2016

Around the 11 or 12th level is where it feels like you've hit a wall with the game. Expect to die a lot in Not a Hero.

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Buy
May 18, 2015

Not a Hero shows us that Roll7 didn't just hit on a lucky concept with OlliOlli but rather seems to have found a niche for themselves making funny, colorful, and precise action games.

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May 13, 2015

Not A Hero isn't a game for everyone. It's flawed, repetitive, but works so well when it works.

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May 13, 2015

It's an interesting and, importantly, fun game with enough going for it to keep you coming back, trying out new and different things and generally helping out in one of the most violently dodgy election campaigns ever seen.

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4 / 5.0
May 21, 2015

Not A Hero is a game that rarely slows down, offers a ton of variety to both primary and secondary missions, and is seeping with beautiful nostalgia. While it's sometimes wearisome trying to get through a single mission that keeps getting you down, when you finally get past that hurdle, there's always something new waiting.

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May 14, 2015

Its fast-paced action might take a little while to come to grips with, but once you do, Not A Hero is a non-stop action ride, filled with all the pixel violence and dry humor you can handle.

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Matt Buchholtz
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Feb 2, 2016

The explosion-happy, pixel-art world of Not a Hero can be fun for short bursts. However, its inability to take anything seriously—paired with an intense objective system—leaves it somewhere in the middle.

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Feb 2, 2016

Just like Roll7's previous outings, Not A Hero is a challenging affair that will leave you coming back for just one more try. Except it's not just one more try; it's been 30 minutes and you're trying to cope with being addicted to the frantic gameplay.

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7.5 / 10.0
May 21, 2015

Roll7 has proven that it's not a one-trick pony with the release of Not a Hero. The team is clearly dedicated to crafting games that are fun and inviting yet require some patience to master. In a medium dominated by shooters of the first-person and third-person variety, it's refreshing to get a 2D take on the cover-based format. The difficulty can be a bit much at times, but when all is said and done, there's no getting around the fact that the BunnyLord's team is one you want to be on.

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7.5 / 10.0
May 14, 2015

True to its name, there are no heroes in Not a Hero, but there is a very fun shooter despite its flaws.

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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 9, 2017

If you like classic shooter, you should definitely give this one a chance.

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8 / 10.0
May 21, 2015

Not A Hero is an unforgiving and relentless dive into the world of politics, bullets and ballots. Silly, violent and nostalgic in all the right ways, it's strangely weird and gleeful attempt at winning votes with swift deaths and top notch level design.

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8 / 10.0
May 15, 2015

A Bunnylord, gruesome pixellated deaths, politics by force, and sliding while shooting...After reading that, you already know if Not A Hero is for you.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 2, 2016

Not A Hero is a thumping good shooter experience made all the more exiting through an intriguing art style; unrelenting gore and a relatively non-linear composition to pleasantly fleshed out levels. The humor, while likely to grind on you after a while, is rib tickling for most part. Its overall tenure is brief, never staying long enough for you to think too deeply about aiding a burrow-digging politician in murdering party opposers to gain power, and rightly so. While it won't have you mercilessly addicted to knocking out kickflips, it'll likely be one of the best 2 and a quarter shooters you play this year.

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Feb 5, 2016

That having been said, Not A Hero is fun and, interestingly, it appeals to two rather different player camps. If you want a bloody, lightweight hit-and-giggle and you're not too concerned with 100 per cent completion, it's well worth a look. If you're up for a menacing challenge and you're not too concerned with depth or nuance, this will fit the bill too.

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8 / 10.0
May 30, 2015

Not A Hero is a well made game that skewers the political elements it takes aim at with some excellent game play to top it off.

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