It also makes you feel like you belong, due to the growth present in the One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows campaign. You even “learn” from them and these interactions by getting their killer moves to use or battle types that are connected to them. You discover who they are and what they’re capable as relationships grow. You run into heroes as you all turn up to aid the same people. In this way, you come to naturally understand how this world works. This means taking official missions from the Hero Association, helping people you might meet on the street, and getting to know other heroes and build up a bond with them by working together.
Your goal is to climb the ranks and become an established hero, inspired by the fact that Saitama saved you from near-certain doom years before. One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows’ campaign can almost feel like you’re going through a hero life simulation of sorts. (In fact, when he finally does join the Hero Association, he starts out at a C-rank, which is the rank all players begin at in One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows.) What’s fun here is that players are not only in a similar position, where they can climb the ranks and grow in strength by completing heroic tasks, but they also get to be one of the few people who’s “in” on it and knows exactly what Saitama is capable of due to chance meetings.
Part of the One Punch Man gimmick is that Saitama is the most powerful hero in the world, but no one ever notices or catches this for a variety of reasons for the longest time. But the main difference is here, going with an original character and story really suits the story. There are even story segments where things might not look quite “right,” though these are less frequent and jarring here, due to the art style. Each one has you creating an original character and becoming strong enough to fight alongside familiar faces. Both games are rather rudimentary fighters where you run around an open area and hold down the left trigger and press a button to use specials. It’s another Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco affair, just like Jump Force, and it has a similar foundation. One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows has arrived and, well, it might initially give some people pause.