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Yes, Sir, I'll Take Some More Hotline Miami

Dennaton Games is moving quickly with Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, but given how weird and fun the first game was, that's a-okay.

Jun. 19 2013

Posted by: Patrick

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@headphonehalo: Those games didn't get attention because they were on consoles, they got attention because they were innovative and good.

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I don't know if my R key can handle another Miami Hotline.

...but I'm so in.

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Ohmygodohmygodohmygod

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Hotline Miami was a real treat and I cant wait for the next one!

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Cannot wait for thIs. Hotline Miami was such a unique and somewhat challenging game.

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I just recently got into Hotline Miami thanks to the last Humble Bundle. Cool to see that it's getting a sequel.

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Yeah!

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Most anticipated game.

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Oh god yes.

This is now the only game I'm looking forward to, but I'm happy for them to take as long as they like to make it, as long as the music in this one is just as good at the first.

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Hotline Miami was alright. I hate to say it, but after I got caught the tenth time on that moronic hospital level, I don't think I despised a single game more last year than I despised that game in that moment. It went from awesome to loathsome. Such a poor decision to put that and the SWAT sequences in there. The entire rest of the game (boring boss fights aside) was pretty fucking great.

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I wonder if the soundtrack can match the quality of the first game.

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Hotline Miami is pretty great, minus a few technical hiccups. I am pumped beyond reason for more chicken masks and 50 Blessings flyers.

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@chumm said:

@likeassur said:

"Video games are becoming overly violent just for the sake of being violent." - Giant Bomb, Q1 2012.

"Hotline Miami is a fantastic game, the violence is brutal and we love it." - Giant Bomb, Q3 2012.

Going to assume you never played the game. Hotline Miami and Spec Ops: The Line have pretty much the same story.

Same general message, but they tell and express it in different ways.

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"Video games are becoming overly violent just for the sake of being violent." - Giant Bomb, Q1 2012.

"Hotline Miami is a fantastic game, the violence is brutal and we love it." - Giant Bomb, Q3 2012.

Going to assume you never played the game. Hotline Miami and Spec Ops: The Line have pretty much the same story.

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Looks great, can't wait.

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Hotline Miami is a hell of a drug.

I'm sold.

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I suck at playing Miami Hotline, though I have gotten good enough to get 2/3's through. But that's okay...I gots the soundtrack. My Radio Station was doing a special on video game music and I called them up over this. The real oddity is if they knew about it Miami Hotlines' music, they'd play it through...About the game, I would not know to say.

But the music would get a pass. And they'd recognize Miami Hotlines 80's motif without being told, are termed eclectic by I-tunes radio(also a signal station 89.7- Los Altos Hills)

They'd remember the 80's...

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I love Hotline Miami.

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Did anyone get all the masks in the first game? Is it worth it for me to get all of them?

I hope the level design in the second one continues to impress!!!!

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I can't wait. Hotline Miami was amazing.

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@headphonehalo said:

@cornbredx said:

@headphonehalo: I disagree, but it's all water under the bridge.

Just out of curiousity, could you tell me what part of it was disrespectful, and towards whom? Because I really don't see it.

Well, that was me that made the comment about YouTube commenters by the way and I admit that using the term "horrible" was probably way too much and it of itself did sound like a YouTube comment after the fact. :)

The other user saying that most indie games in general except for one indie game (Bastion) to be "overrated" does come off as being very dismissive and disrespectful considering that there are people who do like indie games like Hotline Miami a lot. Sure it is his opinion but like when I said that people saying comments like that are "horrible" it does have a tendency to come off as disrespectful and in turn would incite a negative reaction to a comment like that when they tell you that the games you like are "overrated". That's pretty much it.

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@headphonehalo: I disagree, but it's all water under the bridge.

Just out of curiousity, could you tell me what part of it was disrespectful, and towards whom? Because I really don't see it.

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Favorite 2012 game of 2013!

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@cornbredx said:

@headphonehalo: No, he's just bad at expressing his opinions in a respectful manner. I think this is what the guy who you were actually responding to (who wasnt me but rather @GaspoweR) means.

There are respectful ways to say you don't like something. It's not necessary to belittle them or use big words incorrectly to intend to say that something someone else likes is not actually meaningful because they, themself, don't like it.

Sorry for the bold. The site is doing it, not me- it also isn't letting me edit some of my text

But the opinion was expressed in a respectful manner. The person expressing it didn't belittle anyone, nor did they use any big words incorrectly. Or any big words period.

It just happens to be an opinion that a lot of people will probably disagree with, and gamers are typically incapable of accepting differing opinions.

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I can't wait to scream even more obscenities at my computer screen when I die multiple times.

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@gaspower: I havent really noticed an influx of anyone different thn who normally comes around. Video game websites always tend to get all types. Maybe there is seasons for it, I dont know. Haven't noticed.

@headphonehalo: No, he's just bad at expressing his opinions in a respectful manner. I think this is what the guy who you were actually responding to (who wasnt me but rather @GaspoweR) means.

There are respectful ways to say you don't like something. It's not necessary to belittle them or use big words incorrectly to intend to say that something someone else likes is not actually meaningful because they, themself, don't like it.

Sorry for the bold. The site is doing it, not me- it also isn't letting me edit some of my text

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get hyped for that cocaine music mofos!

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Hey, look at that! Now the super fresh and original indies are cranking out sequels! Fez 2! Hotline Miami 2!

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Cool, I finished the first one two days ago, it's pretty fucking good, I was pretty skeptical when people said it had the best music, then I played it and realized it was right, but I feel like the music is better while playing the game than listening to it outside the game.

I liked to play a level a couple of times and then doing it more and more efficiently like a speed run but I felt some of the later levels are impossible to do like a speed run because they have a random factor.

I'm pretty excited about this next one.

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Hotline Miami was the most stylish and unique games I've ever played and I loved every brutal second of it. I'm excited to see what they do with the second one.

Also I don't think you can say that Bastion or Hotline Miami were over-hyped since the overall consensus of critics and players was that they were both very well liked and they were vocal about it.

Its totally valid not liking them due to personal taste, but I don't think they were over-hyped.

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@mjhealy said:

The announcement of a second Hotline Miami made me realise something...

THERE'S GONNA BE NEW HOTLINE MIAMI MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Beat the first in one sitting. It was a great sitting!

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I'm sure the game will be great, but they better really go for it on the soundtrack choices.

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Couldn't care less...the first one was overrated to all hell. Too be fair, most Indie games are nowadays (except Bastion.)

That's kinda funny, as I think Bastion is the most overyhyped of all. Also, Hotline Miami rules.

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fuck yes!

Hotline miami was one of the few games I felt compeled to 100%, this will be a day one purchase for sure.

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@mjhealy said:

The announcement of a second Hotline Miami made me realise something...

THERE'S GONNA BE NEW HOTLINE MIAMI MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hell yeah!

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@gottem_guiz123 said:

Couldn't care less...the first one was overrated to all hell. Too be fair, most Indie games are nowadays (except Bastion.)

To be fair, Bastion was also pretty overrated. This is the case with most indie games that mostly got attention because they were on consoles, like Braid and Fez.

@cornbredx:

Well, that guy is a user that just came in around the week of E3 and I dunno if this is just me being an old man giant bomber, but most of the newer people that have come here seem to be....

horrible for a lack of a better term kinda like the typical person that comments on larger sites and on Youtube vids.

You think that someone is horrible just because you disagree with their opinion? Sounds like the definition of a youtube comment.

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My horse mask and I are ready for this.

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HM2 for the win!

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Can't fucking wait. Hotline Miami was probably my GoTY for 2012.

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YYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

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Previews on the other sites seem to imply that the story contains even more weird meta commentary this time around.

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I am incredibly excited for this.