

The only time I got annoyed was on one of the later war missions. The addition of the comics was also a nice bonus. I found the constant jumping back and forward in time a bit confusing at first but ultimately interesting and well worth the price.
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I quite liked trying to work out how to get close enough to an enemy miles off screen without getting myself shot on approach. While I didn't get the same sort of "wow this is amazing!" feeling I got from HLM, I still very much enjoyed HLM2, its gameplay and story. To each their own, though, I understand why some people are downright frustrated and disappointed with and in Hotline Miami 2, I just don't feel the same way myself. Groze: I understand where you're coming from and I can definitely see the validity of your points, but in all honesty, considering myself a Hotline Miami fan, I'm actually quite happy with Wrong Number, with all of its shortcomings - some of which you addressed in your post. But the credit will be to them, and not Dennaton Games. If anything redeeming comes out of this game, it will be the user-made levels. In the end, Hotline Miami 2 was an utter waste of time, money, and effort - both to the developer and the fanbase.
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If HM1 was inspired by the movie Drive, then HM2 must have been inspired by trench warfare.

And a scant narrative was swapped for a bloated, half-baked, overly wordy, and utterly self-indulgent script. Improvisation was swapped for memorization. Close encounters with the enemy were swapped for long, drawn out gunfights with people off-screen. Combined with a minimalist plot, you've got a nice, visceral action game that keeps the pace and the combo meter going.īut Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number went back on everything which made the original worthwhile. Hotline Miami succeeded because it was a very tight game - quick and dirty melee in a claustrophobic environment. What cannot be fixed is a game which has forgotten what made its predecessor so popular.
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* It feels a bit underwhelming at the end, once you realize that you're not going to get full closure. * The film sets up the third (possible) film in a pretty big way. * I thought it would be a lot more distracting to have Charlie Sheen (aka Carlos Estevez) here than it was. I won't SPOIL it, but some new weaponry comes into play. The CG Blood is 'flowing' and people meet some pretty ridiculous fates. * The film really ups the ante from the first one with the creativity.

Some of them appear briefly, which makes them seem more impactful.

You can't always predict what will happen. It's over-the-top in all of the right ways. * The film is pure, unadulterated ridiculous.
