This is a brutal and intense game that brings back the quick-trigger feeling of old school games with an ultraviolent twist. No health bars means one hit and you're dead, so you gotta plan carefully. But the bloodier mess you make, the better you're rewarded. Every new day, every new phone call brings another set of rooms of thugs you need to take out with weapons ranging from simple baseball bats to knives, right up to shotguns and assault rifles. And every mask you put on--every grotesque identity you assume--gives bonuses to your character. All in all "Hotline Miami" is a good game for when you just want to color the pastel city a deeper shade of red.
Real Time Strategy, Real Time Tactics, City Building, and you might learn a bit of medieval history too. "Stronghold: Crusader" will have you conquering the Holy Lands, repeling the infidel, and kicking ass all the while. But mind the economics, because there's more logistics than just clicking on a base and spawning a soldier. Put your peasantry to work, feed them, tax them, and THEN you can send them off to battle your enemies.
"Imperial Glory" is a bit like what "Empire: Total War" would be if it ran on the old "Shogun/Medieval" engine. While in no way innovative nor groundbreaking, it's still a solid strategy game that will keep you occupied for a while.
