Hotline Miami

humanji

Has anyone picked this up? I only noticed it was released last night when I opened up Steam. It's only about €9 and it's fantastic. It's incredibly fast paced and one of the few games where dying continuously isn't frustrating.

In one early level I kicked a door open, knocking out a guy behind it, ran in and smacked a guy with a baseball bat, threw the bat at a third guy, picked up a samurai sword and decapitated a fourth man, jumped on the first guy and smashed his head into the ground and was then blown away by a fifth guy with a shotgun. And all that in a matter of seconds.

Although some might scoff at the graphics, they're actually really detailed (like poking a guys eyeballs out with your thumbs) but fairly gory (again, thumbs and eyeballs).

It's getting rave reviews and is a must for anyone. Even if you're not into fast paced games, it's just so funny when you mess up badly.

pablomakaveli

I was looking at it the other night and it does seem good. One review i read on it gave it 10/10 and the reviewer spoke really highly off it. Apparently even though its a difficult game its still really fun.

Ill definitely purchase this when i have some money for it.

johnny_ultimate

Am very interested in this one after hearing all the positive buzz. Mac port is delayed a few weeks, but will definitely be picking it up when it emerges.

Sarky

Lot of fun. Bit mad. Lovely retro feel to it. Well worth playing.

Canis Lupus

Interesting game. It's like playing on a c64 again. If I had one sliiiight complaint is that it moves juuust a touch too fast.

The soundtrack is sublime as well.

Dont be at yourself

Fantastic game, loving it so far. Soundtrack here to stream:

http://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/sets/hotline-miami-official

gizmo

Played a couple of chapters over lunch and absolutely love pretty much everything about it.

It's most certainly worthy of the praise it's getting too.

Demios

Sublime game, worth the money just for the soundtrack and trippy visuals.

Fussgangerzone

Great game for the money.

It can **** with your head a wee bit, the map seems to move slightly while you're playing, there are some flickery effects.

But if you want a game that's easy to get in to, but hard to master, and which has bags of style, give it a lash.

There's a very Super Meat Boy thing in how as soon as you die you're back at the start of the level ready to do it all again.

EGriff

This game is hard.

pixelburp

Picked this up after reading all the good buzz building around it; very simple formula, but with a lot of hidden depth and fiendishly addictive, I love it. Similar to indie games like FTL, there's not a whole lot in the game itself, but it keeps you coming back for more.

The presentation & visuals are nicely done & suitably lo-fi (though the deliberate visual artefacts can be a strain on the eyes). The game's worth picking up for the soundtrack alone though - fantastic retro-synth

Grimebox

Ending was very disappointing. I took a break then finished the last few missions with the cleaver. It didn't make sense to me

gizmo

Grimebox wrote: »

Ending was very disappointing. I took a break then finished the last few missions with the cleaver. It didn't make sense to me

I take it you

missed the fact you were playing as a different character for them?

Sarky

I thought the ending was exceedingly clever.

Grimebox

gizmo wrote: »

I take it you

missed the fact you were playing as a different character for them?

I literally took a break at the exact moment the character switches. Had no idea what was going on in the last few levels. Completely my own fault. I thought it was some kind of hallucinations that the guy was having. I thought he was in fact both people. Who were those two guys you kill in the sewer?

gizmo

Grimebox wrote: »

I literally took a break at the exact moment the character switches. Had no idea what was going on in the last few levels. Completely my own fault. I thought it was some kind of hallucinations that the guy was having. I thought he was in fact both people. Who were those two guys you kill in the sewer?

They were just two guys from the phone company who used their positions to threaten people into killing folk who they believed deserved to die.

There are a bunch of different theories to do with the alternate timelines, Mask guy timeline in general and when/if a bunch of the events actually take place at all though.

Grimebox

Yeah I was disappointed through my own stupidity to be honest. I didnt get it

BlitzKrieg

really enjoyed that game.

Would love to see the fast paced breaching style of it get picked up into other titles. part me of kept thinking, this is what the Kane and Lynch games should have been like.

Burning Eclipse

So this is flippin brilliant...

And, currently on sale on Steam and Amazon.com (Amazon cheaper by about 30c)

pablomakaveli

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

So this is flippin brilliant...

And, currently on sale on Steam and Amazon.com (Amazon cheaper by about 30c)

People definitely should pick it up. Bursting through a door, smashing a guys head in, picking up his shotgun and blasting the next two guys in the room and then throwing said shotgun at the guy who bursts through the door and then smashing his head in never gets old.:pac:

Also that soundtrack.

Grimebox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-_ks5lC7DQ

Hercule

if you collect all the letters in each level you spell out a certain song lyric which unlocks a slightly different ending - those 'telephone company" guys apparently have a different agenda altogether

love the soundtrack

platinums

Grimebox wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-_ks5lC7DQ

4 minutes 50 seconds, of a repeating 8 second loop.... Im going to play it again, cause its just so damn good.

pixelburp

This is my favorite; reminds me of the film 'Drive'. Pure audio elixir:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFDD2mqCwY

Sabre0001

Played a level earlier at a friend's house. Straight home, onto Steam and picked it up. Sale ends tomorrow.

SeantheMan

How many chapters are in this ? Im on about 8, im getting tired and annoyed at it now, I just wanna see the end of the storyline.
Some missions ye end up doing about 20 times, thank god its quick thoguh

SeantheMan

Well I don't know who wrote the story for this game - also apparently there is a "secret" ending you get by collecting letters.

Just read the plot on Wikipedia. Ridiculous

Grimebox

SeantheMan wrote: »

Well I don't know who wrote the story for this game - also apparently there is a "secret" ending you get by collecting letters.

Just read the plot on Wikipedia. Ridiculous

Yeah I looked it up on youtube. Its stupid how much is left out of the proper ending

Grimebox

All the songs in one playlist. Handy for a bit of study music

https://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/sets/hotline-miami-official

johnny_ultimate

Finally out on Mac, for the hipsters among us who were waiting to play :pac:

Just played an hour's worth and it is indeed fantastic. Unique mood and heart-attack inducing twitch gameplay. I like, even if I feel like a psychopath.

tok9

It's also on it way to PS3 and Vita. Not sure when though.

Sarky

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I like, even if I feel like a psychopath.

I think that's one of its best features. Hotline Miami doesn't make any attempt at justifying or glorifying the violence. It says straight out at the start that you're a horrible person going steadily more insane. It's a lot easier to stomach than any of the typical COD violence which tries to make genocide seem like the right and noble thing to do. Comparing the two, I'm sickened far less by Hotline Miami's honesty.

Glico Man

Need to buy myself a mouse. Trying to play with a trackpad is awful

Can anyone recommend a decent ish mouse for Mac?

Zapp Brannigan

aaronh007 wrote: »

Need to buy myself a mouse. Trying to play with a trackpad is awful

Can anyone recommend a decent ish mouse for Mac?

Any mouse should do the job. Just don't buy the Magic Mouse, awful for any gaming.

Glico Man

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Any mouse should do the job. Just don't buy the Magic Mouse, awful for any gaming.

Pretty much the universal opinion of anyone I've asked about that

johnny_ultimate

Yeah I just plug in any old mouse and it tends to work fine. Can't imagine playing this game with anything else!

I had passed level four - the first really hard one - the other night but it failed to load yesterday! Probably spent about half an hour trying to finish it again :pac: Next two were a walk in the park compared to it, even those ****s with the Uzis.

pixelburp

Must complete this sometime, but I should warn you, there's a stealth level later on and it's so teeth-grindingly frustrating it may (almost) ruin the game for you.

RobertFoster

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Yeah I just plug in any old mouse and it tends to work fine. Can't imagine playing this game with anything else!

I played and finished the game using an Xbox controller. Do they work on Macs?

johnny_ultimate

Sorry, was just referring to the trackpad comment. Too early in the morning!

I don't have a wired 360 pad or wireless adaptor to try on Mac, although my 360 arcade stick works with some games (not helpful here). I tried to get a dualshock - which is supported in Mac OS - working but even with a key mapper it wouldn't register the right stick for mouse control, which was a shame.

VinLieger

pixelburp wrote: »

Must complete this sometime, but I should warn you, there's a stealth level later on and it's so teeth-grindingly frustrating it may (almost) ruin the game for you.

The hospital level was fun, just requires a bit of timing, alot harder levels in the game that took me way more retries

ShadowHearth

Shameless bump, but this thing is just FREAKING AWESOME! Soundtrack just makes your blood pumping and go again again and again!!!

Anyone got soundtrack of this? I bought the game from humble bundle, but the only game soundtrack that is missing in a deal was Hotline miami.

gizmo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Shameless bump, but this thing is just FREAKING AWESOME! Soundtrack just makes your blood pumping and go again again and again!!!

Anyone got soundtrack of this? I bought the game from humble bundle, but the only game soundtrack that is missing in a deal was Hotline miami.

You can get it on Soundcloud here.

3wayswitch

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Shameless bump, but this thing is just FREAKING AWESOME! Soundtrack just makes your blood pumping and go again again and again!!!

Anyone got soundtrack of this? I bought the game from humble bundle, but the only game soundtrack that is missing in a deal was Hotline miami.

The soundtrack is in the main directory of the game. Just look for the .ogg files.

ShadowHearth

That is one of the most weird games I ever played. Only on level 11, but it really got hard now... Will continue tomorrow.

ShadowHearth

Finished it just now. I want more!

I hope they are making sequel!

Edit:

False alarm. Looks llike there is more after credits!

Edit2:

Lol, looks like I finished now! Another credits!

Suryavarman

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Finished it just now. I want more!

I hope they are making sequel!

It looks like they are:

Hotline Miami creator Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström has officially revealed a sequel to his award winning colourful killing spree simulator.

ShadowHearth

I want. Sound track is damn fantastic too. Cant get enough of it.

mad turnip

You can currently buy this for steam for 6usd
http://www.humblebundle.com/

Grimebox

There's another ending if you collect all the secret letters. I recommend looking it up on youtube rather than wasting your time combing each level

C14N

Was thinking of picking this up in the Humble Bundle. Anyone able to give a rough idea of how long a game it is?

mad turnip

C14N wrote: »

Was thinking of picking this up in the Humble Bundle. Anyone able to give a rough idea of how long a game it is?

It took Sips from the yogscast 5 hours to complete, most people seem to get stuck more easily though so possibly alot longer.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sips+hotline+miami&oq=sips+hotline+miami&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.641486.644348.0.644542.18.9.0.9.9.0.142.636.7j2.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.GeUmzz0ch3M