Hotline Miami

[AlexM]

Anyone else played this game?

I havent had this much fun playing this game in a very long time. Beat the game in 2 sittings.

It's a blend of surreal arcade semi-stealth gamepaly with some of the best melee and gun combat feel I've seen in recent memory. The story is also really interesting. It's one of those rare games where I actually wanted to see more of the story. Usually the story bores me.

The way the gameplay, combat, story, graphical style and music blend together is just amazing. Best game I've played this year easily. Maybe it's best to just post a video

[insta]

The soundtrack is really good!

http://music.musicofthemoon.com/track/hydrogen

[Mazy]

Aye, playing it too, brilliant game, love the style, visuals and music~ (Though I get kinda groggy after playing it for more than 30 minutes )

[Sentura]

love the masks, gameplay looked like it was too much gunning for me

[mjens]

I was playing this game on Gamescom and talked with one of the developers (the graphics guy). Really nice game, hard for me (maybe I didn't get understood all the keys), reminds me one old game (exactly the same perspective, really similiar graphics, some cops action) - lots of fun for few bucks...

[Campaignjunkie]

love the masks, gameplay looked like it was too much gunning for me

You can totally gun your way through / fall back to a doorway and wait for the AI to walk into your gunfire. The game will insult you for this play-style, but it'll let you beat the game that way, because why not?

[FrieChamp]

Looks super-stylish, gotta try this!

[AlexM]

love the masks, gameplay looked like it was too much gunning for me

You can totally gun your way through / fall back to a doorway and wait for the AI to walk into your gunfire. The game will insult you for this play-style, but it'll let you beat the game that way, because why not?

Lol it actually insults you?

I can see that working for most of the levels outside of the PD inflitration. I tried that, it eventually worked after about 90 deaths.

That's also the nice thing about the game. It's served in portions the perfect size that it doesn't make you want to scream in frustration. It's great to see Cactus really reach a new level as a game designer.

[AlexM]

The soundtrack is really good!

http://music.musicofthemoon.com/track/hydrogen

I've been listening to it nonstop. Loving the MOON and Jasper Byrne tracks but everything is great.

[Sentura]

i understood neither of the posts that quoted mine. let me rephrase: i get combat fatigue. games with a lot of shooting are boring to me.

[Vilham]

The soundtrack is really good!

http://music.musicof.../track/hydrogen

I've been listening to it nonstop. Loving the MOON and Jasper Byrne tracks but everything is great.

Yeah was going to mention Jasper made a track for it. For those that don't know Jasper used to be a DnB artist called Sonic which is why hes making some great music, now hes also a game developer.

[Rick_D]

great music.

but lol at this fucking "it's indie it's supposed to look lo-fi and crappy teehee!"

the face art is pretty bad, it's not stylised it's just not good. there's some huge fucking problems with the gameplay in places, the first "boss" fight is one of those.

i like the idea, but the execution is a little shit.

/edit yeah the wallas character that can only be beaten with shotguns. what shitty design when you don't allow the player to utilise weapons properly

Edited October 26, 2012 by Rick_D

[Minos]

Looks pretty fun, gonna try it!

[AlexM]

great music.

but lol at this fucking "it's indie it's supposed to look lo-fi and crappy teehee!"

the face art is pretty bad, it's not stylised it's just not good. there's some huge fucking problems with the gameplay in places, the first "boss" fight is one of those.

i like the idea, but the execution is a little shit.

/edit yeah the wallas character that can only be beaten with shotguns. what shitty design when you don't allow the player to utilise weapons properly

wallace is the fat cop or gang member? You can beat them with any gun.

[FrieChamp]

It's harder than I expected! It is definitely not just carnage but takes strategy and good reflexes...almost too good reflexes at times. It's still fun though.