"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter." One of the most cohesive and internally consistent open world RPGs ever made, and also one of the best. It's initial release was marred somewhat by a rushed development period, but years worth of patching has turned it into a classic beloved by its fans. If you haven't played it yet, you're doing yourself a disservice. This game draws plenty of inspiration from the first two fallout games, marrying their writing, setting and prior world-building to an improved version of Fallout 3's gameplay. The result is something very special. I could go on about all the fantastic characters, the interesting locations and unique factions all day but they are better experienced ingame. I will add that the ultimate edition contains some of the best DLC made in the last decade the new locations, items, characters and story arcs added to the world feel like worthy additions to the game, rather than chunks of content that were cut out before release. Its continued appeal is proven by it's thriving modding community and I encourage you to explore it to enhance this great game further. If anything I have written sounds intriguing to you then please, play this game, and remember to watch out for cazadores.
"Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter." One of the most cohesive and internally consistent open world RPGs ever made, and also one of the best. It's initial release was marred somewhat by a rushed development period, but years worth of patching has turned it into a classic beloved by its fans. If you haven't played it yet, you're doing yourself a disservice. This game draws plenty of inspiration from the first two fallout games, marrying their writing, setting and prior world-building to an improved version of Fallout 3's gameplay. The result is something very special. I could go on about all the fantastic characters, the interesting locations and unique factions all day but they are better experienced ingame. I will add that the ultimate edition contains some of the best DLC made in the last decade the new locations, items, characters and story arcs added to the world feel like worthy additions to the game, rather than chunks of content that were cut out before release. Its continued appeal is proven by it's thriving modding community and I encourage you to explore it to enhance this great game further. If anything I have written sounds intriguing to you then please, play this game, and remember to watch out for cazadores.
Whilst still a good game in it's own right, Hotline Miami 2 is inferior to it's predecessor. Most notably the level design has taken a step backward, vast open spaces replacing the tight spaces and frantic action has been replaced by methodical, awkward sniping across these spaces. Several levels have unique mechanics to them, but in the end it just comes across as gimmicky. Finally levels and enemies come across as more linear and less random, limiting replay ability and making it more boring every time you press "R to restart". The masks, which subtly changed the way you played in the first game have been cut in number. The new masks, though now vastly different come off as gimmicky, the best being a useful roll-dodge, the worst being a chainsaw/gun wielding pair that you control simultaneously. Though a cool concept it is executed very poorly with your gun wielding partner getting bugged and stuck outside perhaps 20% of the time, in the end you're just a bigger target. However for most of the game you won't be wearing a mask at all, instead controlling characters with no special twists or abilities. Needless to say this is very disappointing. Controlling several characters is one way that the game's narrative fails, leaving the plot very disjointed. The first game was tight, creepy and mysterious. This entry in contrast is all over the place, ridiculous and pretentious. The story of these games, whilst never straightforward, has finally disappeared up it's own arse. All in all a very disappointing experience. While you'll no doubt squeeze a few hours of fun out of it it's replay ability is very limited and ultimately there are better games out there for the same price or cheaper, Hotline Miami 1 for example.