Quick Look: Hotline Miami

knife > bat

Haven't seen if someone mentioned, but the entire soundtrack is available in the game directory as separate .ogg files, so by buying the game you do kinda get the soundtrack (not nicely tagged however).

This looks amazing.

drive the game

right on the button

Looks like a sweet game, but slightly lacking graphical polish. Personally, I lean more towards the visual side of gaming.

What is video game?!

I love how excited Ryan gets at murder.

Completely agreed with Ryan on the "Drive: The Game" sentiment. I was thinking the exact same thing.

soundtrack is awesome, but i could never play this game. i'd get way to frustrated with it.

This is my 3rd time watching this and its still just as good

I LOVE THIS SOUNDTRACK

This game looks so good!

@Milkman: Just loaded the video and already checking comments for that comparison.

This quicklook just makes me want a breaking patrick segment

Now THAT's a game!

I was already hooked by the last trailer. Buying this as a cocaine placebo.

New Breaking Brad game.

Man, I need this music!!!!

game is goddamn amazing holy shit

The chapter 3 music is a perfect thing.

So its like a Miami Vice and Dark Souls mesh?

listen to the soundtrack here:

http://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/sets/hotline-miami-official

this has breaking brad written allllll over it

@ptys said:

Looks like a sweet game, but slightly lacking graphical polish. Personally, I lean more towards the visual side of gaming.

The game's graphics are obviously very deliberate.

They put a lot of polish into making it look sketchy as hell. It's visually kind of incredible, in that sense.

Bought this and still waiting for a patch. Luckily there's no shortage of games right now.

I've never been so sold on a game.

This game is great!

they were right about the soundtrack - i do want it now!

hotline miami breaking brad

this looks so brutal and frustrating. i like it. "breaking patrick" anyone?

Without question the best quicklook for a while. I call for a "breaking Patrick" session on this!

@Origina1Penguin said:

http://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/sets/hotline-miami-official

:D

THANK YOU

Looking forward to this. Patrick... I only really like him when he has indie stuff to show us like this. And Man, this is some indie ass indie stuff right here. I feel like this is gonna be weird. Like... maybe... a western response to Killer 7, if Killer 7 was a NES game. Can't wait to find out if I'm right!

EDIT: Wow. This game is... not at all what I thought. It's like a puzzle game, awash in craziness and violence. I'm so glad Brad wasn't playing this. Actually, I would LOVE to see Brad try to play this. If Patrick is having this much difficulty, than Brad... that would be fun to watch :) Patrick is insane by the way; trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? That is literally insane. That room on the left - he never once thought to wait until the two guntoting guys were in the bottom room, and then go in and shoot the melee guy - free kill. Then back out of the door and shoot the other guys when they come up to get you. Ryan too, not helpful.

Something about this game feels kinda gross to me. It looks fucking crazy and fun, but it makes me feel dirty.

@dicnose said:

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@MEATBALL said:

I'm getting a Jeff-style reaction right now where everyone talking about Hotline Miami and how awesome it is is making me less interested in the game. It is completely irrational and really stupid, but the massive positive buzz this game has been getting over the last few days makes me want to play it less. This doesn't normally happen to me, I don't really know what the deal is.

I won't let it stop me giving it a try when it goes on sale at some point, though, and I'll definitely try to keep an open mind about it.

Your mindset seems completely backwards and very hipster-y. "Everyone's saying the game is awesome? Oh well I guess that means the game sucks"

Like I said, it's really stupid. On the bright side I watched the Quick Look straight after posting that comment and it all went away the moment I saw the title screen. Game looks pretty dang awesome and I understand why people are talking about it so much all of the sudden.

I get it, I try not to have that reaction, but I still haven't played XCOM. I'm just sick of hearing about it. I'll play it eventually I'm sure, but there's just something off-putting about everyone telling you YOU MUST PLAY THIS GAME.

it's called "hipster"-ism

No, it's not. It's perfectly reasonable to have that reaction to something and it's not a bad thing at all. It only becomes a problem (and thus 'Hipster') when you're making sure that fucking everybody knows you had that reaction and are thus better for it. Which neither of them did. Sooo yeah.

I love how the "You're Dead" just dances at you. Also I need speedruns of this game.

This needs to be the next Breaking Brad!

This game is FUCKED UP.

In a "I just spent a few ours in a trance playing it" kind of way.

Also, I think this game is trying to tell me that you have to shoot black people?

damn this game seems great!

Dude, this game is fucking awesome. All around, that's all I need to say.

Wait..this game was made by Cactus? THE CACTUS? like..Fuck Space!, Space Fuck! Cactus? Shit! now i kinda HAVE to buy it.

Definitely a game Patrick should have got some practice with before QL. I did get some enjoyment out of his anguish though. Made me want the game even more.

Holy shit at watching this and hearing Sun Araw playing in the first few moments, goty.

@Korolev said:

EDIT: This is like if the guys who made FTL made a game about room-to-room gangster murder. Which is pretty cool.

Yes. Exactly this.

And now I need to buy it.

The Hotline Miami OST is SO FUCKING GOOD.

Holy shit that game is brutal.

@mcsquared said:

Holy shit at watching this and hearing Sun Araw playing in the first few moments, goty.

How have I not heard of this artist before? Love surkin, kavinsky, tesla boy, sebastien tellier and com truise. Amazing so far.

This is fuckin' cool as hell.

That last song was awe-mazing!!