The most 3.75 star game of all time, but also the best Hotline Miami-like that isn't Hotline Miami, probably. This has really good isometric combat and a pulse pounding soundtrack. As opposed to the perfect simplicity of Hotline, this is more combat focused and has a bit of a John Wick vibe. All 40 missions took me about 5 and a half hours. It overstays its welcome by about an hour, but it has some really cool ideas about how to do a game like this.
However, it falls into the common pitfalls that Hotlikes (?) generally fall into. In addition to it being too long, the story and style just don't stack up to its inspirations (plural because there's a lot of Sleeping Dogs in here too). There's also way too much dialogue and it's just not great.
The combat is nice (I love how it feels to shoot a gun here), but there are a few too many moves to keep track of and some of the later stages have annoying difficulty spikes.
Still, I had a really good time. Flawed, but I'd play a sequel/DLC.
However, it falls into the common pitfalls that Hotlikes (?) generally fall into. In addition to it being too long, the story and style just don't stack up to its inspirations (plural because there's a lot of Sleeping Dogs in here too). There's also way too much dialogue and it's just not great.
The combat is nice (I love how it feels to shoot a gun here), but there are a few too many moves to keep track of and some of the later stages have annoying difficulty spikes.
Still, I had a really good time. Flawed, but I'd play a sequel/DLC.