Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

I like this game but this game is trying to shame me for some reason.
Might be patched soon...

"All these violent delights have violent ends."

Everything must come to an end, and this is such a beautiful way to end a story. Hotline Miami 2 is a brutal and stylish sequel that both expands upon and explains its predecessor. Introducing new characters, stories, and gameplay mechanics, the game provides fresh take on its core design, resulting in challenging and satisfying gameplay experiences. (Except for Corey’s floor on Death Wish which is unbelievably hard).

The game’s nonlinear, vague and fragmented storytelling - through multiple POV and timelines. It can feel confusing at first. However, when pieced together, it reveals a chilling message about nihilism and the pointlessness of violence. The game is not for the faint of heart as it the confront us an uncomfortable truth: Everything you’ve done and will do means nothing in the end.

great sequel and the level design is very extreme this is definitely one of the hardest games of all time

still love the gameplay, still dont remember the story

The game is good, but the levels are kind of hard, especially the ones with the dogs and no matter how stealthy you try to play, you always end up doing the opposite lol. Aside from that, it's pretty good for killing time.

Best game ever played, though the levels were hard. Completely worth it.

a fun brawler once you start to get the hang of how to use it's controls

: ) Yeah this is like the best soundtrack with a game attached to it ever, would die to 25 off screen enemies with guns again. You even get to play as beard in this one, peak...

One of the best action games of all time. It's very challenging with unforgiving level designs similar to classic arcade or NES games. It also has great music, an interesting story, and a unique graphical style. Very awesome, two thumbs up!

If you live your life not playing this then i am disappointed in you and god will punish you for not appreciating and playing this master piece. Also you finna need hella patience

the only reason to buy the game over cracking it is the editor. and its a good reason, some of those custom campains are more fun than the game itself

An improvement of the first game, good music is still there, but now shots register better and controls feels better. Now game has an actual story and it was good enough for me to love characters. Not everyones was happy about gameplay, have to agree that some moments are cheap with enemies being offscreen and having to contantly play with pressed shift due to open spaces, but otherwise levels made around certain certain characters are better at shaking up the experience. Game also has a workshop with a ton of great levels and campaigns

Industry standard of what a good sequel should be. You do need to play the first Hotline Miami to understand the story, which is also being told in Pulp Fiction style. The difficulty level is cranked up because some levels in this game are very much open fields and take away the many advantages of CQB, which could be frustrating at times. If you look past these small issues, I promise you will enjoy the game. 9/10 Recommend.

The base game is good and has a very interesting story, however the workshop levels are amazing, highly recommend it. And to this day you can still find absolute gems hidden in the workshop.

Story's better but lowkey the gameplay had me bitching and moaning very often especially in the last few levels. Way more difficult and somewhat tedious compared to the first game but still had me hooked, played through the whole main story in one sitting.

Hotline Miami 2 is an evolution of the first title in what feels the wrong direction. Do not play this game expecting it to be like the first. The story itself is better and the music's still great, but the actual gameplay went from a casual stage blitz to a pre-meditated chore. Even more so if you're an achievement hunter.

The best way to create a large combo normally is to start the stage with a gun, pressing yourself to the wall of a room filled with guys who usually don't move, shoot, and then clear the stage as everyone tries bum rushing you like the only designated driver at a fraternity party.

The first game was simple with less enemies in stages, more bias towards melee, and you could see your stage score before clearing the level. In this game, you can't see your score and have to guess if you did enough for an A+.

The enemies almost always have guns instead of melee weapons, the frankly huge number of windows in every stage, and the level being very spread out are the biggest changes compared to the first game. These three factors combined invalidate melee as your go-to when doing combos, instead creating a literal spray and pray environment where you are shooting down the hall at an enemy you can't see to keep the combo going long enough to move down that same hallway to the next room.

its gory,action packed, hard as fuck, a good game overall it is awesome

You all still here, nearly ten years later and still no third game, and you want to know why? It is a best game and will forever be, after all, there will be no third game. Play it yourself and see way.

Okay, plot-wise this game is... interesting. It's simultaneously a sequel, a prequel, and a midquel to Hotline Miami 1. It details the backstory of this universe concerning the Hawaiian Conflict that led to the formation of the Russo-American Coalition (Beard's levels), while also expanding on certain aspects of the first game's plot (Jake and Richter's levels), and of course, showing the aftermath of Jacket's rampage against the Russian mob (The Fans, Manny Pardo, Evan, and the Son's levels). Through its scattered presentation, the game tells a very compelling, very dark story about violence, vengeance, nationalism, and how pointless and destructive all three of these are.

Then there's the presentation itself. Sound design and graphics are very neat. The gameplay is still gloriously violent and difficult. At times, its more difficult than the first game, and will absolutely be frustrating at times, but completing a level or segment is still very satisfying. And of course, the soundtrack is just as amazing as the first game, if not moreso.

Overall, if you liked Hotline Miami 1, I definitely recommend playing this game.

Amazing OST. The story is all over, but if you can piece together what's happening, it's pretty interesting and fun to figure it out

This GAME IS A MASTERPIECE !!!!!!!!
Listen , ive beaten this game so many times at this point on hard and normal, (the son is my BOY!!)
But this game just has that addictive nature to it

am i good at it with almost 200 hours across this and my switch............no, but that dont matter

This game has it all, awesome lore, interesting characters, excellent soundtrack, great narrative, SUPER FUN gameplay,
there are times i log off the game, and then like 2 minutes later hop right back on
This game is so good i lost the chance to lose my virginity playing it,,,,,, not once but TWICE!!!!!!

all i can say about that is...

IM READY FOR NUMBER 3 BABY

Things I liked:

• The soundtrack is somehow even better than the original's. It might just be one of my favorite OSTs of all time.
  
• The story is very well done. This game is a prequel, midquel, and sequel all at the same time. Despite how easy it would have been for this to flop this game nails this ambitious setup. This game also does a lot to expand on the lore of Hotline Miami, which I appreciate. It is also worth noting that this game goes in non-chronological order, meaning that in one level you could be playing in 1991 while in the next your playing in 1985.
  
• The characters in this game are a big improvement over the ones in the first game, though that isn't saying much considering this game is way more story-focused than the first one.
  
• The core gameplay is just as addicting as the first game. This game has a lot more playable characters than the first game, and they all had differences that were enjoyable to play around with.
  
• The level editor and workshop support is a very welcome addition
  

Things I disliked:

• I cannot understate just how bullshit most of the levels in this game are. Most of the levels in this game share a lot in common with my least favorite levels from the original. They are way too big and have a lot of sightlines. What often happens is that you enter a level guns blazing, as the game wants you to do, and then get killed by some guy you could not have seen even if you were zoomed to that direction. This type of level design encourages players to go through the levels slowly, baiting out groups of enemies at a time, which is actively at odds with the games scoring system. Some particularly hair-pulling levels that come to mind are Dead Ahead, Death Wish, Casualties, Demolition, Release, and Takeover.
  
• While plenty of characters have unique abilities, not all abilities are built equal. One that comes to mind is the dodge roll that Corey and the Son share, which is often difficult to use and actively detrimental if you are trying to execute an enemy.
  
[*] The boss fights are still as repetitive as they were in the first game, though it's better in this game just because they take up a smaller chunk of this game.

Conclusion:

i don't know how but i managed to make it so i can't do anything at all. No matter the character, they either can't do anything no matter what button i press or they are just stuck on punching animation

I have over 300 hours on this game, i have platinumed it on PS, it was extraordinarily painful, i despise this game, everything to do with beard, especially his final level is miserable, S ranking every mission was equally depressing, on my first ever playthrough, the boat level nearly made me kms

11/10 one of my favorite games, pure peak

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
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☑ 10

Best soundtrack in gaming history, challenging gameplay and decent story. Why you still reading reviews? Just go buy it!

Following up a classic like Hotline Miami is a tall order but Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number pulls it off. The first game did feel like a tighter overall experience but the sequel has a much more in depth story with a lot more going on. Some new masks give the player some awesome new abilities while new enemies force you to mix up your tactics more. The jank and frustrations from the original game are still present with the larger levels making these issues more prevalent. These don't take away from Hotline Miami 2 still being one of the best action games. You're really missing out on the best hyper-violent fast paced action games if you haven't played either game.

It may be hard to comprehend that the ultra-violent lightning-fast shoot-'em-up is in fact a complete deconstruction of violence in games and media, but here we are. Through a labyrinth of stories and characters impossible to fully grasp in the first play-through, the game takes the player on a tempestuous emotional journey. It interrogates violence, it explores the escalation of violence, and it drives home the futility of violence. It explores the themes of regret, death, and nationalism.

Truly a unique gaming experience. Prepare to revel in the violence, and then contemplate the nature of the human experience as you behold the bloodshed.

Its mid but its on the good side of mid. it doesn't have that same feel that the first one did and the level design is ass but its more hotline miami and I will NEVER rate a hotline miami or any other devolver game negativly.

(+)
- Great story
- Goated soundtracks
- More cool characters

(-)
- No chicken man

Overall, I really enjoyed this game. Its challenging, has fantastic music, and an interesting and surprisingly layered story.
I would HIGHLY recommend playing the first game first though. This games story adds a lot of context and flavor to the first game.

UNFORTUNATELY the story is very hard to follow as it is both a prequel and a sequel AND a midquel. You're gonna want to watch a recap YouTube to get anything other than the most blatant and major story beats.

For 15 bucks this game is a steal, and Ill probably come back to replay it in the future

It is a worthy sequel to the first and in my eyes is better than the first game. It retains the action packed gameplay while adding new abilities to each of the many playable characters. It expands upon the cryptic story of the Hotline Miami giving insights into new perspectives. The only bad level is Dead Ahead, every other one is great.

a great soundtrack, very gory, very pixel graphics, very violent, very action, very Fast-paced, very difficult, very retro, very top-down, very 1980s, very Indie, very singleplayer, very atmospheric, very top-down shooter, very bloody, very 2d, very shooter, very level editor, very arcade, and very 1980's

Great music, captivating and challenging gameplay, fascinating and concluding story, impressive ending, clean and bug-free experience
I rate 10 out of 10, would get nuked again

not as good as the first game but the story is pretty good. ending hit different

Hotline Miami 2 disappointed me. Is not a bad game but it's just not the same that Hotline Miami.

The mission are a bit repetitive and the story is a bit to long. However is not a bad game, it just doesn't bring anything new to the IP.

Great game if you played hotline miami 1, not recommended if you have no idea of the previous game.

after purchasing copies of this game on multiple devices and consoles im still equally bad no matter how much i familiarize myself with the levels

Still as good the the 1st game. But the story is confusing.

little bit worse than the first game -story-tellingwise- but the story is still a solid job. the game mainly tries to tell so many things about a lot of people while it goes back and forth in time; it reaches to a point where you can't catch up or connect the dots anymore. ending was absoultely great though.

One of the best shooter games it’s very addictive I’ve beaten it multiple times, I platinum the PS5 version the Level editor has some funny, cool and scary levels definitely worth it also I worship manny pardo

the game is like super fun like so fun and like even though i get angry at times its like bawk tuah chicken and like tony goated fists or like keep rollin rollin corey!!!! (the game is addicting)

I completed the game, got like half the achievements then the game got retested, the game was fun but I hate that it got rid of my whole game 8.5/10 (also dead ahead was ass)

story isnt as good as the first game but gameplay is as good as it gets

DO NOT choose brass knuckles for the last level. Two dogs are clipping through the textures. The only way to kill them is to repeatedly smash esc until they unclip.

Okay, plot-wise this game is... interesting. It's simultaneously a sequel, a prequel, and a midquel to Hotline Miami 1. It details the backstory of this universe concerning the Hawaiian Conflict that led to the formation of the Russo-American Coalition (Beard's levels), while also expanding on certain aspects of the first game's plot (Jake and Richter's levels), and of course, showing the aftermath of Jacket's rampage against the Russian mob (The Fans, Manny Pardo, Evan, and the Son's levels). Through its scattered presentation, the game tells a very compelling, very dark story about violence, vengeance, nationalism, and how pointless and destructive all three of these are.

Then there's the presentation itself. Sound design and graphics are very neat. The gameplay is still gloriously violent and difficult. At times, its more difficult than the first game, and will absolutely be frustrating at times, but completing a level or segment is still very satisfying. And of course, the soundtrack is just as amazing as the first game, if not moreso.

Overall, if you liked Hotline Miami 1, I definitely recommend playing this game.

More of the First game! With more focus on the story, it's way more awesome.

A really good game that is great standalone. Not as fun compared to the first one in my opinion. Due to the Mask system going along with certain scenes and story telling arcs rather than across the whole game. Means slightly more "variation" due to being forced to choose from 3 new ones rather than a wide selection. I liked the older system more due to the ability to choose masks that benefit you more on different levels. But Tony was just the best choice so it makes it odd when choosing between them. Still better in practice though.

this is truly one of if not the best game ive ever played. some levels are a little wonky but the amazing story and characters make up for that. seeing the son get reminded of the fans at the end of the game was one of the coolest yet saddest things in all of the games ive played. hurting other people is truly cool.

In an era where better graphics and bigger storage are the norms of most upcoming games. Hotline Miami has weaved a deep story and intoxicating ambiance with pixel graphics. After finishing every chapter a new sense of high (from adrenaline) will prevail for hours. Initially the gameplay needs a little practice but once you are in it one moment it is 10 pm and the next it is sunrise. Although in some unfortunate instances you will stumble upon some glitches. Your character might be stuck inside a wall which will be your inescapable purgatory so you have to restart the chapter but these things are rare. So coming to final conclusion this game is worth every single buck your bank account will debit.

like the first one, very good. Some dick smashing missions but the music makes them enjoyable.