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It seems like you either love or hate this one. Unfortunately, I think I'm leaning more towards the negative side.
I still like the music and really like the new characters and their different playstyles; I also enjoy the gameplay here on the same level as the first one, but my problem here is that this game drags on for a little bit longer than it should. I don't know, I feel like there is only so many times I can repeat the same gameplay formula before it starts getting old.
Some levels are a bit too long, or too hard...Or both! It's not impossible or anything, but with a game that pretty much asks you to do a "perfect" run on every floor in order to beat a single level...It gets tedious.
But by far, my biggest issue with this game is that...It is just a headache. I wasn't necessarily playing the first one for the story, but it certainly helped to keep me engaged with the game...But here...?
I had no fucking clue what was even going on half of the time, so much so that I had to look for a YouTube video that explained what the full story of this game was. The problem with the story in this one, is that it isn't presented in chronological order, while at the same time, you follow the perspective of multiple characters.
So because of this, it is really hard to follow the thread of things a lot of the time, because you are constantly jumping from character to character, to different time periods and locations...It is kind of a mess. It didn't help that the final level was pretty much like an acid trip; I really had fun playing that level, but man, I was just SO confused by that point lol.
Overall, I guess I would still recommend it if you liked the first one; it's just more Hotline Miami. I don't think I am going to be revisiting this one tho.
I still like the music and really like the new characters and their different playstyles; I also enjoy the gameplay here on the same level as the first one, but my problem here is that this game drags on for a little bit longer than it should. I don't know, I feel like there is only so many times I can repeat the same gameplay formula before it starts getting old.
Some levels are a bit too long, or too hard...Or both! It's not impossible or anything, but with a game that pretty much asks you to do a "perfect" run on every floor in order to beat a single level...It gets tedious.
But by far, my biggest issue with this game is that...It is just a headache. I wasn't necessarily playing the first one for the story, but it certainly helped to keep me engaged with the game...But here...?
I had no fucking clue what was even going on half of the time, so much so that I had to look for a YouTube video that explained what the full story of this game was. The problem with the story in this one, is that it isn't presented in chronological order, while at the same time, you follow the perspective of multiple characters.
So because of this, it is really hard to follow the thread of things a lot of the time, because you are constantly jumping from character to character, to different time periods and locations...It is kind of a mess. It didn't help that the final level was pretty much like an acid trip; I really had fun playing that level, but man, I was just SO confused by that point lol.
Overall, I guess I would still recommend it if you liked the first one; it's just more Hotline Miami. I don't think I am going to be revisiting this one tho.