Not A Hero

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Not A Hero
File:Not A Hero Logo.png
Logo of Not A Hero
Developer(s) Roll7
Publisher(s)
Director(s) John Ribbins
Producer(s)
  • Simon Bennet
  • Tom Hegarty
Designer(s) John Ribbins
Artist(s) Jake Hollands
Engine Clickteam Fusion 2.5
Platforms Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release date(s) Microsoft Windows
    OS X, Linux
      PlayStation 4
        Xbox One
          Genre(s) Tactical shooter
          Mode(s) Single-player

          Not A Hero (stylized as NOT A HERO) is a tactical shooter video game developed by UK-based indie development studio Roll7 and published by Devolver Digital. The game released on 14 May 2015 for Microsoft Windows. A later update, which was built using the Chowdren runtime for Clickteam Fusion 2.5, introduced builds for OS X and Linux, on 30 September 2015. The PlayStation 4 version of the game released on 2 February 2016, with the PlayStation Vita version being canceled.

          Plot

          Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The anthropomorphic, purple rabbit BunnyLord has travelled back in time from 2048 to be elected as mayor to save the world as it is known from total destruction and alien invasion. During his candidate-ship, he needs to show the citizens why he should be elected and sets up freelance anti-heroes to clean up crime in the city under his name.[1]

          Gameplay

          Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Not A Hero is a 2D, cover-based shooter where the player must fight their way through buildings to kill criminals and to do their duty of one major objective and three minor objectives.

          Development

          Not A Hero was originally created under the title Ur Not A Hero by John Ribbins as a free indie game to accomplish his game list of ideas he made in 2012, which also included OlliOlli. Ur Not A Hero was released to on The Daily Click under the user name butterfingers on 10 January 2013.[2] Although Not A Hero mostly relies on Ur Not A Hero, its mechanics are based on three games from John Ribbins' list: the cover-based shooter aspect, and with that the major aspect, comes from Ur Not A Hero, the indoor level design comes from his game Jeffrey Archer and BunnyLord's randomly generated sentences and sounds are from his game Hackathor.[3] Roll7 later developed the game further, partnering up with ISO-Slant, an Clickteam Fusion add-on to make a 2D game appear 2¼D and to make one able to look around it using ISO-Slant glasses. This port was arranged by Roll7's artist Jake Hollands, making Not A Hero the first game to use ISO-Slant technology.[4] The game was later picked up by Devolver Digital, who had published OlliOlli as well. BunnyLord was later given his own Twitter account to post his ideas and opinions about politics, as well as parodying it.[5] On 21 April 2015, Not A Hero was announced to be hacked, although it later turned out to be official demo being released. For that, the developer, Roll7, created a web page for the so-called UJIP Party, representing the opponent of BunnyLord, with advertisement video, information on why BunnyLord's "illegal immigration" should not be tolerated and a download for the game's "hacked" demo.[6] On 1 May 2015, Roll7 announced that the game's release will be delayed one week, due to Jake Hollands wanting to implement 60 FPS into the game, as all previous version have run at 30 FPS.[7] A later update, which was built using the Chowdren runtime for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 by MP2 Games, introduced builds for OS X and Linux on 30 September 2015. On 12 January 2016, it was announced that Not A Hero would be released for PlayStation 4 on 2 February 2016, with the PlayStation Vita version being officially cancelled later that day.[8]

          Reception

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          Reception
          Aggregate score
          Aggregator Score
          Metacritic (PC) 75/100[9]
          (PS4) 75/100[10]

          The PC version of Not A Hero holds an aggregated score of 75/100 on Metacritic based on 57 critic reviews,[9] and the PlayStation 4 version also holds one of 75/100 based on 16 critic reviews.[10]

          References

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          External links

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