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Hotline Miami or I am in awe.
- Thread starter Trash
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SOON? SSSSHOOOON?
God damn it
God damn it
LizardKing
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Pre-ordered.
A bit too brutal for my taste, but it seems that devs nailed the atmosphere on this one.
Reminds me of Dreamweb, which is one of my favorites.
A bit too brutal for my taste, but it seems that devs nailed the atmosphere on this one.
Reminds me of Dreamweb, which is one of my favorites.
Rpgsaurus Rex
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Reminds me of GTA (before the decline).
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sser
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Bought.
Will come back with opinions later.
EDIT: Alright.
The game oozes atmosphere for starters. It's like a graphic mix of Aronofsky and Cronenberg with a Drive-influence. A lot of it reminds me of The Void, too, with the way the camera sorta tilts left and right, pulsing with colors just outside your view, and the dizzying music and story blend together.
Sharing influences with those previous name-drops, the game is ultra violent. It very much reminds me of "True Lies" for the SNES, a game I haven't touched in so long, but I have to believe that it influenced the creators somewhat. Similar perspectives, similar graphic violence. Thing about Miami, though, is that the action is incredibly fast paced. Everything happens in the blink of an eye. You will miss a shot and be dead about 0.1s later. You will break into a room and slash throats and blow heads off people in about 0.5s. It is intense.
You die in one hit, so you have to be very quick in taking enemies out. The game gives tons of options in how you want to do that. Think: "overhead Hitman," because the game is very puzzle-like if you ignore all the gore. "Guns blazing" is possible, but enemies can hear gunshots and will swarm you. It's best to methodically take enemies out. Sometimes you can do it quick and easy, but sometimes you gotta mix planning with skill. For example, a room full of bad guys. One patrols near the door. So I kick it open and knock that guy down. I throw my knife across the room, killing a gunner who didn't have enough time to react. I pick up a shotgun and blow the head off another dude in the corner and then I turn and kick in the head of the guy I had knocked down earlier. I expect to see some really awesome youtube-videos of people burning through levels with a devilish mix of carnal creativity and speed.
For $10, it's alright. I think $5 is more like it. $10 is about right, though, if you're into high scores. The game tracks scores by how often you change up weapons, how you take people out, etc. Gunning everyone down in a hallway isn't going to net you much, but dropping enemies with speed and varying weaponry will acquire high ratings. It's all good fun. My only knock is I can see this game being very nauseating for some folks. Imagine the most warped, eye-melting aspects of Aronofsky, Cronenberg, etc., and make it the whole experience all the time. It can be overwhelming.
Summary:
Kind of overstimulating/10
Will come back with opinions later.
EDIT: Alright.
The game oozes atmosphere for starters. It's like a graphic mix of Aronofsky and Cronenberg with a Drive-influence. A lot of it reminds me of The Void, too, with the way the camera sorta tilts left and right, pulsing with colors just outside your view, and the dizzying music and story blend together.
Sharing influences with those previous name-drops, the game is ultra violent. It very much reminds me of "True Lies" for the SNES, a game I haven't touched in so long, but I have to believe that it influenced the creators somewhat. Similar perspectives, similar graphic violence. Thing about Miami, though, is that the action is incredibly fast paced. Everything happens in the blink of an eye. You will miss a shot and be dead about 0.1s later. You will break into a room and slash throats and blow heads off people in about 0.5s. It is intense.
You die in one hit, so you have to be very quick in taking enemies out. The game gives tons of options in how you want to do that. Think: "overhead Hitman," because the game is very puzzle-like if you ignore all the gore. "Guns blazing" is possible, but enemies can hear gunshots and will swarm you. It's best to methodically take enemies out. Sometimes you can do it quick and easy, but sometimes you gotta mix planning with skill. For example, a room full of bad guys. One patrols near the door. So I kick it open and knock that guy down. I throw my knife across the room, killing a gunner who didn't have enough time to react. I pick up a shotgun and blow the head off another dude in the corner and then I turn and kick in the head of the guy I had knocked down earlier. I expect to see some really awesome youtube-videos of people burning through levels with a devilish mix of carnal creativity and speed.
For $10, it's alright. I think $5 is more like it. $10 is about right, though, if you're into high scores. The game tracks scores by how often you change up weapons, how you take people out, etc. Gunning everyone down in a hallway isn't going to net you much, but dropping enemies with speed and varying weaponry will acquire high ratings. It's all good fun. My only knock is I can see this game being very nauseating for some folks. Imagine the most warped, eye-melting aspects of Aronofsky, Cronenberg, etc., and make it the whole experience all the time. It can be overwhelming.
Summary:
Kind of overstimulating/10
Trash
Pointing and laughing.
It's buggy, ugly and brutal and furious. I'm fucking loving this.
Machocruz
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So there is some brutal violence in that trailer (the head smashings probably the most), but not nauseating. Does it go into Cronenberg body-horror type stuff? Sexual sadism?
Commander Xbox
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jesus this is bugged. anyone getting random ''error code'' things popping up and crashing the game?
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Yeah, can't get sounds to work at all. Ah well, guess they'll patch it.
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Fucking hipster piece of shit
! It says my pc lacks video memory and then crashes. Guess that Snes graphics indies nowadays are to heavy for my machine, even when i can run games with PS2 level graphics easily(well most of the games, but you get the point).
! It says my pc lacks video memory and then crashes. Guess that Snes graphics indies nowadays are to heavy for my machine, even when i can run games with PS2 level graphics easily(well most of the games, but you get the point).LizardKing
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Just finished this one, it was short but very enjoyable.
Action is fast and brutal, atmosphere is fantastic, soundtrack is great and fits perfectly.
The storyline was much better than I expected and I really liked the way it was told.
Hotline Miami is one of the better games I've played this year.
If you like what you see in the trailers, you won't be disappointed.
Action is fast and brutal, atmosphere is fantastic, soundtrack is great and fits perfectly.
The storyline was much better than I expected and I really liked the way it was told.
Hotline Miami is one of the better games I've played this year.
If you like what you see in the trailers, you won't be disappointed.
Commander Xbox
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ya i just finished too. good game. the soundtrack is fully sick and the story and atmosphere are really surreal and creepy
plus the action is pretty fast and gory, it can be trial and error at times tho
plus the action is pretty fast and gory, it can be trial and error at times tho
Holy shit, didn't expect this from a game from 2012. No onscreen hints, difficulty levels or anything.
Pretty short, but I'd say it is worth the price. Less than a movie ticket anyway.
No bugs on my end, got stuck in the wall once. The silent gunshots mask is almost like cheating.
No, not at all. It sticks to what you see in the trailers already.
Pretty short, but I'd say it is worth the price. Less than a movie ticket anyway.
No bugs on my end, got stuck in the wall once. The silent gunshots mask is almost like cheating.
No, not at all. It sticks to what you see in the trailers already.
Need my binding of isaac bros opinions first before I switch timesinks.
Awor Szurkrarz
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Is there a demo? Where can it be bought?
MachineCommander
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Good Old Games or Steam as far as I know.
Awor Szurkrarz
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Fuck.
MachineCommander
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I'm pretty close to the end of the game, but I'd have to say there's plenty of room for replay value if you like the idea of trying to beat your high score and obtain better ratings and more masks.
It is funny how seemingly simple game has surprisingly many small touches here and there. Notice how the apartment changes, for example. They shouldn't have explained so much of the story with the alternative ending though.
The levels usually have 1-3 floors and there are 15 of them.
Here's an interesting tidbit:
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/25/hotline-miami-patch-extra-levels-pad-support-incoming/
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