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Hotline Miami 2 first impressions by Mischief Maker 06/13/2016, 4:08pm PDT
I remember people saying this was a mess so angrily that I passed on the $20 price point to wait for a sale. Now that I picked it up on sale I don't see what all the complaints are about. I've just reached season 3.

Near as I can tell the main possible cause for complaint is the difficulty picks up right where the last game left off. The various characters pretty much all control like Jacket and Helmet. It still looks and plays like Hotline Miami, albeit with an even better soundtrack.

Like all Cactus games the plot is a nonsensical fever dream, and if you hate it that much it's skippable.

And I think they did make a clever commentary at the start of the game about different standards for different media where *early spoilers* the game makes you think "Oh god there's rape in this videogame!" followed by, "Whew! It was only rape in a movie."

Liking it better than the first so far!
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