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Not A Hero

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
Genre: Action
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Developer: Roll7
Release Date: May 14, 2015

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'Not A Hero' (ALL) Gets Slightly Delayed

by Rainier on May 1, 2015 @ 8:55 a.m. PDT

Featuring a smorgasbord of running, gunning and sliding action, Not A Hero is a 2D cover-based shooter that has absolutely no qualms with handing you your own ass the minute you peek out from cover.

When an anthropomorphic rabbit/mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord needs a murderous loner to clean up the city during the election, Steve heroically offers up his dubious skills with a gun and lack of self-preservation instinct to this mysterious stranger from beyond. Now Steve must clear three major districts of crime and recruit new heroes for his cause by sliding, diving, ducking, and taking cover through hundreds of full-throttle shootouts across the city. Through the power of ISO-Slant technology and a wasted youth, London-based developer Roll7 (OlliOlli) delivers the greatest 2¼D cover-based indie shooter of all time ever.

Roll7 and Devolver Digital announced that the upcoming politically charged, cover-based shooter Not a Hero has undergone super-secret upgrades to crank that shit up to 60 frames per second and will now launch on May 14 via Steam, GOG, and Humble.

Not A Hero’s short but life-changing seven-day delay marks additional time for tweaking and testing the most recent tech update to the game, which brought the action from a dull and dreary 30fps to a pants tingling 60fps. It’s like the game is licking your eyeballs now.

“Throughout the rigorous beta testing phase of Not A Hero, the most consistent feedback was to increase the frame rate to 59 frames per second,” said Simon Bennett, producer at Roll7. “Well, we went a step further and took Not A Hero up to 60 frames per second. You’re welcome.”

Key Features:

  • Next Level Shootouts – Use the quick snap cover system to duck behind all forms of covers to dodge enemy fire and strategically plan your next clip-emptying strike. Reload at your own discretion but don’t let the enemy hear you lest they charge your position and put you down.
  • Roster of Not Heroes - Select between different total badasses each with their own distinct gameplay style and abilities to take out the trash if you consider criminals trash. Go hard with a shotgun, go quick with a dash and a katana, or go raw with your bare hands.
  • Dynamic Missions – Go ham on primary objectives and risky secondary goals but be prepared for unexpected mid-level events that turn the tables on your hero in an instant. Nothing will put a damper in your perfectly timed-executions like a nosy SWAT team or building security patrol.

Not A Hero will be launch on PC via Steam, GOG, and Humble.


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