Posted on: January 24, 2020

Louard_le_Barbare

Gry: 295 Opinie: 126

Can't stop playing, please send help

The story here is simple: you're a guy who finds himself performing attacks on the Russian mafia after receiving mysterious phone calls. Upon this premise, Hotline Miami manages to build a strange but enticing story, that deals with themes such as loneliness and violent impulses, while also deconstructing action games in general. It's full of plot twists, environmental storytelling that is easily missed on a first playthrough, and the art direction lies somewhere between “acid trip”, “pixel art” and “twisted cartoon”. The gameplay is simple, organic, and excellent: you play in top-down perspective and have to kill tons of hostiles using whatever weapon you can get your hands on - mostly powerful firearms that run out of ammo and attract enemies, or silent melee weapons that force you to go full contact. Oh, and be careful, every single foe can kill you in one hit. Mastery of the gameplay and environmental awareness are the keys to a successful run: it's a challenging game, but rarely a frustrating one, since dying only means losing a few seconds before getting back in the fight. Part of what makes HM so great is its replayability: most levels can be approached in a variety of ways, using different weapons and fighting styles, being stealthy and tactical or bold and brutal... The scoring system encourages you to be and fast and efficient in your rampage, but also creative, using executions and unusual arms to dispatch your foes. Plus, weapon spawns and enemy behavior are sometimes randomized, which forces you to adapt accordingly. It's a pleasure to test all the ridiculous ways to can think of to complete levels! Hotline Miami is not 100% perfect: it can seem a bit janky and unfair to a first-time player, and I find the two or three firearms-based levels to be kind of uninteresting. But trust me, you'll get past that as you get better – which you undoubtedly will. It's an incredibly addictive, fun, and creative title which I would recommend to pretty much anyone!

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Posted on: June 25, 2020

slightlyedible

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Gry: 95 Opinie: 8

All this for the price of supper, huh

This game entrances you. It has a great balance between tactical approaches. Guns or melee weapons? Which way do I proceed through the level? What bonus mask do I want for this level? It's all important because Jacket (as the protagonist is called) dies from any damage. You become so focused on the minutiae. Absorbed in every small meaningful decision to overcome the odds. How does that enemy patrol? How can I ambush this guy? Should I go loud or risk running up to this punk? Then you kill the last enemy. The fantastic synths cut off. You walk back through all the carnage you just caused. Go grab some pizza or a movie. Go home then do it all again. You start to question what's going on. Why am I killing these people? Is the protagonist sane? What was my stake in the story? It provides a near perfect amount of hard answers and ambiguous facets for you to fill in. With tact Hotline Miami becomes one of those artsy fartsy stories that deliver its message through well-tuned mechanics and short but profound intermittences. I have a collection of minor grievances. Trying to pick weapons out of a pile is a hassle and will result in some unfair deaths. Toward the end there's a few too many off-screen deaths. Suffocating L. Shift becomes a bit too annoying. Also, for as simultaneously free but tense as Hotline Miami's gameplay approach is, the final boss is frustratingly strict. This is all overshadowed by how fantastic the game is. Hotline Miami provides several adrenaline pumping levels and a hospital. Then (with subtly and substance) invites you to ponder why you did any of it.

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Posted on: September 13, 2015

Rambutaan

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Gry: 768 Opinie: 46

A pleasant (but violent) surprise

The over-the-top violence in Hotline Miami might turn those of you away who don't like violent games but if you're able to stomach it, you'll notice there's actually more to the game than meets the eye thanks to its stealth/puzzle elements. You'll need a combination of wits and lightning reflexes, and you'll often find yourself cursing at how frustrating the game is at times, but with great difficulty comes a great sense of achievement when completing the levels. Combine these qualities with an awesome soundtrack inspired by music from the 80s and 90s and you'll want to keep playing this game to the end.

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Posted on: December 11, 2016

Rock-Solid-Alibi

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Gry: 85 Opinie: 5

Has potential

Im going to assume you have already seen the many positive reviews or heard at least one of the many people banging on about how great this is supposed to be and just tell you the main problems i have found. 1: If you rebind the movement controls to anything on the left side of the keyboard the game wont recognize them despite allowing you to bind those keys, leaving you unable to move. (although lefties being ignored by game devs if all too common buy games) 2: The sound is painfully loud with no way to turn it down in the game, (there is a volume control for the music but not for the other sounds) meaning either physically turning your speakers down or altering the sound levels in the volume mixer if the only way to change that. 3: The flickering bright lights of the game and its UI can be painful after a short while and give you a headache. (although this is entirely subjective and won't affect everyone) Overall the main problems with the game Isn't the gameplay it is the severe lack of support for lefties and the complete non existence of any meaningful options menu.

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Posted on: December 29, 2018

kbjovac1993

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Gry: 73 Opinie: 27

FUN!

Its just so much fun + Simple fun yet challenging combat. Deeper than it looks + i'm not usually a fan of retro looking games but it just fits here + BEST SOUNDTRACK EVAH!!! introduced me to synthwave love it! + one of the best games to jump in for a few rounds + easy to learn difficult to master / story still makes no sense to me but i dont care xD Overall 9/10 a modern classic in every sense of the word

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