The best launch trailer of the decade, in 2012.

#1 Edited by jeffrud (178 posts) - 6 months, 14 days ago

I finally watched this clip, up on the official Hotline Miami website. I had to sit down and stop what I was doing for about five minutes to digest what I had just watched. I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it now. Holy shit.

#2 Posted by HerbieBug (2626 posts) - 6 months, 13 days ago

Now that is a kickass trailer! :D

#3 Posted by Redbullet685 (5739 posts) - 6 months, 13 days ago

Holy fuck. That trailer was amazing.

#4 Posted by GERALTITUDE (1054 posts) - 6 months, 6 days ago

This is maybe my favourite game of the year but I'm not into that trailer. Don't like the how much it wants to be Drive and those award wreaths.

#5 Posted by FancySoapsMan (5414 posts) - 6 months, 6 days ago

@GERALTITUDE said:

This is maybe my favourite game of the year but I'm not into that trailer. Don't like the how much it wants to be Drive and those award wreaths.

Also I think it kinds of misses the point of the game by showing the character's face.

I like the other trailers a lot more.

#6 Posted by vinone (68 posts) - 6 months, 6 days ago

Halo could learn a thing about live action trailers.

#7 Posted by BBAlpert (662 posts) - 6 months, 6 days ago

That trailer is pretty good, but I think the "Wear Something Fancy" trailer captures the spirit of the game more. The rabbit mask trailer seems to imply that the protagonist is committing these acts of violence reluctantly in order to save someone, whereas "Wear Something Fancy" shows brutality for the sake of brutality. It also shows gameplay footage, even though it does seem to be from an earlier build of the game, where you play as a big fat guy instead of Ryan Gosling.

The "based on a true story" thing at the beginning is probably the most fucked up thing about the whole trailer.

#8 Posted by TekZero (2585 posts) - 4 months, 24 days ago

Hotline Miami is just so dirty. I can't tell you how times I had to stop for a second to take in everything that just happened.

#9 Posted by Kornnugget (18 posts) - 4 months, 24 days ago

Hotline Miami is my Game of the year. I think both trailers are in line with the stories of the game. This video is the best analysis of the game I have found and explains the stories better than I ever could. WARNING Do not watch the video unless you beat the game or don't mind spoilers.

#10 Posted by Galiant (2126 posts) - 4 months, 21 days ago

@Kornnugget said:

Hotline Miami is my Game of the year. I think both trailers are in line with the stories of the game. This video is the best analysis of the game I have found and explains the stories better than I ever could. WARNING Do not watch the video unless you beat the game or don't mind spoilers.

That's interesting. Thanks for sharing!

#11 Posted by Demoskinos (8996 posts) - 4 months, 13 days ago

@Kornnugget said:

Hotline Miami is my Game of the year. I think both trailers are in line with the stories of the game. This video is the best analysis of the game I have found and explains the stories better than I ever could. WARNING Do not watch the video unless you beat the game or don't mind spoilers.

Thats a fantastic explanation.

Hotline Miami

A top-down action combat game with an 80s aesthetic, a brutal style, and a thoughtful, slightly surreal philosophy underlying the story about the nature of violence.

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