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in the past


It will make you mad, it will make you sad, it will make you say E gads!

Less fun then the first one, soundtrack is still a banger though

Hotline Miami 2 es un experimento fallido. Intenta ampliar en sus mecánicas aplicando variedades de estilos de juego, y su historia intenta ser innecesariamente compleja. La violencia desenfrenada se convierte en una secuencia táctica pausada debido a la desmedida dificultad que tiene en varias secciones. No siempre más es mejor, y esta es la demostración de ello. Aun así, agradezco el intento por hacer algo distinto, pero mentiría si dijera que me parece efectivo.

La violencia decae, la crítica se diluye, y Hotline Miami 2 es la sombra de su antecesor.

game teaches you that its okay to have empathy even for mass murderes no one is born a bad guy and at the end, they all payed the price anyway

It's hotline miami but weirder and probably better.


Ok so I know it's not as controversial an opinion anymore, but I prefer Hotline Miami 2 to the first game. It's probably my favourite game ever, honestly. I love the more sober tone compared to the first game, the extra characters makes it feel more sprawling and like this is happening in an actual world and not just some rooms floating in a neon void. The music is somehow even better this time around, and I just like a bunch of the new aesthetic flourishes, like the UI.

I really wanted to say this game is very good, but compared to the first one, it is a huge downgrade.
Hotline Miami was a tactical game, you had to plan your actions through trial and error in order to get the perfect run, while Hotline Miami 2 requires you to rely purely on reflex.
I may pick up this game sometime in the future for completion sake, but I can't say I had a lot of fun with it compared to Hotline Miami

level design is laughably bad
90% of the time dying doesnt even feel like your fault as you get shot off screen or bad rng from enemy movements just traps you.
story tried a little too hard to be non-linear.

Only real positive is that the gunplay is slightly improved from the first

i can tell they didn't even want to make this one. i'd design levels like that too if i fucking hated myself and everyone that plays video games

perturbator can go fuck himself btw

Man, this party stinks. I fcking hate these people.

Maybe a hot take, but I like yhe linearity in this one! Just a couple quick in-n-outs and you're free!

Este jogo é maravilhoso. Achei inferior ao primeiro, ainda assim, é foda. O final é lindo.