Unravelling my thoughts on Hotline Miami 2 was about as difficult as it was to understand its story. On the one hand it iterates on the gameplay of the original in interesting ways, there is a tonne of variety thanks to the whole host of characters you control throughout the story and the gunplay is as tight as ever. However, for me the story was disjointed and there are a few missions with weak level design. I think the more open level design is effective in some scenarios but in others it slows gameplay down too much. Overall though this is still a thoroughly enjoyable gameplay experience, and as gameplay is king for this genre of game, the lacklustre story is forgivable.

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