Hotline Miami

visionary shit

what a fcking great game

this game is so incredibly buggy and inconsistent with its combat, with the such lazy, repetitive, and downright frustrating level design, that it killed any enthusiasm I had about playing it

I was intrigued by the start, and thought the game's aesthetic was cool, but then it did fuck all and just assumed I'd be okay playing through the exact same thing 50 times over with random lines of dialogue so cryptic and nonsensical I can't even begin to understand what its trying to make me feel

Coming back later to say I was just pissed off when I wrote those comments, the game is fine lol

I like the ending without the password better. the fourth wall break with the janitors representing the developers questioning your actions and telling you there was no purpose to all the violence beyond having fun is amazing and really puts the game in a special place among others that try to do something similar. it's very powerful in making you, the player, question the purpose of violence in games. there is absolutely no questioning of the postmodern tag for me. I get that they needed the other ending (the one with the 50 blessings reveal) to leave open the possibility of a sequel, which is what in fact happened and is hopefully explored in an interesting way in wrong number (still playing through that one). but the first one, which is what most people will get, considering how painful it is to collect all the letters for the password, is the ending that has the bigger impact and truly elevates the game for me. . Basically perfect game, and hasn't aged a day.

game is so fucking cool man

maybe shouldnt give you the most busted mask from the get go but still insanely fun