Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Overcast · 05-10-2015, 08:42 AM

I’ll be honest; I’ve waited a long while to bring this up. I’ve played through, twice carefully. I’ve listened to the soundtrack a few times over in order and on shuffle. I’ve considered the plot on my own and took in the nuances that came from it all. I did this because I really wanted to be sure when I said this.

I love Hotline Miami 2.

I learned later that my love isn’t universal, and that some people consider this sequel to be inferior, they can just plain old go away, this game is beautiful. It is violent, it is strange, it is gory and troubling, but it is beautiful.

As a sequel it is an interesting and different take on what many considered would be the same formula of systematic, aggressive, creative, momentous violence puzzles. It makes the set pieces more diverse, and larger overall. They force weaknesses in certain tactics while enhancing them in others depending on the moment. They force away the arcade feeling of mask choices and relate every power or skill to something very specific about the characters, from the Son and the artifacts of his father’s murder, to the Fans only having one mask each. They force away the idea of following one character, and instead look at the echos of the first game, and the sources that made it to start. They remove the Lynchian uncertainty in the plot, instead shuffling it from a fistful of perspectives each getting closer to what they want but never understanding the true weight of what is happening in the background not until it is hanging dangerously over their heads waiting to fall.

So many people expected it to be the same game with a slightly different title, and that was wrong of them. It’s a new game that doesn’t just ask if we like hurting people, for most of the cast it’s moot of course they do. The question becomes WHY?

Why do we hurt people?

And if you can keep track of the plot the answer ends up a rather beautiful final harshness.

Oh and the soundtrack is amazing, but that was to be expected.

But enough out of me, anyone else like this game because I’m really antsy to talk about it more.

05-10-2015, 08:42 AM	#1
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number I’ll be honest; I’ve waited a long while to bring this up. I’ve played through, twice carefully. I’ve listened to the soundtrack a few times over in order and on shuffle. I’ve considered the plot on my own and took in the nuances that came from it all. I did this because I really wanted to be sure when I said this. I love Hotline Miami 2. I learned later that my love isn’t universal, and that some people consider this sequel to be inferior, they can just plain old go away, this game is beautiful. It is violent, it is strange, it is gory and troubling, but it is beautiful. As a sequel it is an interesting and different take on what many considered would be the same formula of systematic, aggressive, creative, momentous violence puzzles. It makes the set pieces more diverse, and larger overall. They force weaknesses in certain tactics while enhancing them in others depending on the moment. They force away the arcade feeling of mask choices and relate every power or skill to something very specific about the characters, from the Son and the artifacts of his father’s murder, to the Fans only having one mask each. They force away the idea of following one character, and instead look at the echos of the first game, and the sources that made it to start. They remove the Lynchian uncertainty in the plot, instead shuffling it from a fistful of perspectives each getting closer to what they want but never understanding the true weight of what is happening in the background not until it is hanging dangerously over their heads waiting to fall. So many people expected it to be the same game with a slightly different title, and that was wrong of them. It’s a new game that doesn’t just ask if we like hurting people, for most of the cast it’s moot of course they do. The question becomes WHY? Why do we hurt people? And if you can keep track of the plot the answer ends up a rather beautiful final harshness. Oh and the soundtrack is amazing, but that was to be expected. But enough out of me, anyone else like this game because I’m really antsy to talk about it more. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!