Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

hotline miami is one of the best and most rage game thing i have ever played and i some how still play it (i beat the game on my ps5)


and one last thing ... do you like hurting other people

This game plays as a top-down extremely fast-paced shooter that ends up actually being puzzle like. You and the enemies die in one hit (most of the time) and enemies take around half a second to spot you and kill you. It's puzzle-like since you have to be constantly dying and repeating a stage before figuring out how to clear it properly. It's a sequel to the first one and in many ways an improvement.

The story it tells is GREAT but it's kind of hard to follow and you are better off looking it up online AFTER you've completed the game.

The soundtrack and atmosphere goes so damn hard, one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard.

10/10 BUY IT.

While controversial compared to the original game, personally, i found hotline miami 2 to be an improvement in gameplay, with a narrative nearly as good as the original.

I like the second game a lot, it's way more challenging then the first one which I like. The story is amazing and goes together with the first game really well. I don't like not playing as jacket though. that's more personal preference so no reason to not admit that this is an amazing game.

Many people say that Hotline Miami 2 is harder, since the sightlines are further away and yada yada, but the game is much more refined, sure there are a few levels where you can get blasted from offscreen, but there's a zoom button and cover for a reason.

The way your character moves is much more refined, I don't get stuck on the corner of a doorway as much as I did in HLM1, the melee feels more fluid and less clunky, the guns are much better and don't have that stupid mechanic where you can shoot a basic goon 2-3 and they'll still keep charging at you like in 1, the weapon pickup is also much more fluid, 1 had this weird delay where you cant really throw or swap a weapon after firing/swinging it for like 1/4 of a second, in 2 after your weapon animation ends you can almost immediately throw/pickup a new weapon. The only enemy that feels unfair are the psycho dodgers in the prison level, as when they charge out of a doorway with a door, the swinging door can sometimes clip into your melee animation and cause it not to hit them, but the workaround is to just get their attention away from swinging doors, that and they're only in a single level near the end of the game.

The soundtrack as always is amazing, the first felt more relaxed and got you into the flow by almost hypnotizing you with the bright colors and the trippy background contrasted by probably the most graphic pixel violence you'll see, The second game still has that synth soundtrack, but its more aggressive and electronic sounding, especially for the Deathwish and Release levels, and is less hypnotic and more like the feeling you get from playing DOOM (all praise Mick Gordon!), There's alot more story and most of it is told out of order, some of it is confusing if you don't keep track of the dates. Even when you finish, theres still the level editor, even with my almost 100hr of playtime (took me around 25hr to 100% the game), I've still never ventured into it, I've heard of some really good custom levels, and some that were almost pure brainrot, but whatever floats your boat, and because of this, there's almost an endless amount of content, even a decade later.

Given my penchant for violent/graphic pixel games with a plot that's deeper than it seems, (GWBW, Katana Zero etc.) I'd give the game a 9/10. Only took a point out since wtf happened to Biker? Everyone got a solid ending aside from him, he didn't even get an ending scene or confirmed death. Also stop asking for HLM3, The creators said it's not gonna happen and that the level editor can be seen as almost HLM3

About as cool as the original, if maybe a bit less free. Though, its new characters are pretty great.

Absolutely phenomenal game all around, love the fact they decided to flesh out the story and not only add onto the already great first one, they pretty much solved every single gripe I had with the first one in this sequel.

Hotline Miami is a masterpiece built on perfectly executed art, music, and gameplay. You feel the rise and falls of this game more than any other medium I have experienced. You feel power and hopelessness. This is art.

An amazing sequel that takes everything you thought you knew about Hotline Miami and flips it on its head. While the game may seem much harder at first (and honestly, it is) the gameplay has been sped up ever so slightly to compensate. While the player chosen masks are gone, each level gives you a specific set of abilities to work with that lend themselves to the overall design of the level. I have much more specific memories of this game than I do of the first. The soundtrack goes harder, the violence is more graphic and the story is utter nonsense, so imo this is a perfect sequel.

Este juego es como drogarse y solo recibir lo positivo de la droga, el final es el efecto pasando y solo quedandote con tristeza absoluta

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☑ Dark Souls

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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---{ Author }---
☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

best game in the world, just sad that i wont be playing with the fans after their deaths...

this is one of the best games ever made. the ending left me wondering about my life and i love it. the gameplay is also as good as the first game.

Mayhem. Just as fun as the first. Story is all over the places but that’s not why we come for this game. I’m usually not one trying to get better scores each level but this game I very much wanted to get as high if a score as possible. If you played the first you know what to expect, Stringing together a brutal combo is musical carnage. A blast. Highly recommend.

the game is challenging and it makes you wanna smash something but also fun

This game made me hate glass, dogs, fat people, doors, glass and glass
I HATE GLASS
but the game and story is awesome 10/10

I will say this first, I feel like this game is just the devs screaming "Please, pleasepleaseplease stop caring about this franchise!!!" and frankly 75% of the reason that I gave a thumbs up was to spite em'.

Story wise I feel like this game is a must if you enjoyed or were left with questions with the last one, you see a lot of characters that are meaningful in the last one and a lot of questins were answered... add to that a very DECISIVE ending for better or worse and yeah, you get a pretty good albeit messy story.

Gameplay wise it has a lot of very good things, the different characters make it obligatory to experiment with your game style something that was fully optional in the first BUT here it's were it starts getting bad, the stages are awful, when the first's were compact in this one the stages are huge and have a lot of open spaces, this makes it so that you can't see a lot of enemies coming, you can't hide or avoid enemies as easily if spoted thanks to the open areas, the levels are way longer and of course there are tons of enemies.

That isn't even scratching the surface, the dogs are as annoying as ever, the lock on is still as unruly as ever (all the high level play I've seen fully avoids it) the thugs are also a come back with their 'can't be killed by melee' shtick but there is now the addition of enemies that duck bullets so you can only kill them with melee, thankfully those last two don't mix too much... if you're playing on normal mode.

As I said, this game is just the devs trying to kill interest on this game and as someone that always goes for all achievements... I'm exactly the kind of people that it was most effective. for all achievements you need A+ on all stages, there are more than double the stages than on the first and are longer, also since you always change characters you can't just get very good at one playstyle, THEN you have to clear the game on hard mode wich makes the levels even more enemy filled, makes them react way faster and those assholes only miss once out of 100 tries so don't hope on getting lucky, also they add more dogs, thugs and enemies that dodge bullets... IN ALMOST EVERY ROOM. To add insult to injury the achievement 'genoside' needs you to kill 50k enemies and believe me you will need to grind hard.

Look I get it devs, you don't want to make a third entry, the story is now fully closed, the gameplay lost a lot of satisfaction and is now mostly annoying and with that I've farmed kills so hard that I'm done with the gameplay now, I was insulted a lot by the narrative itself as it really appears that it doesn't like people that would play this kind of games. But with the example of the stage 'seizure' which takes place on a strip club, the lights are dimmed, it flashes red, green, and blue, the enemies use black jackets and are darkskinned, while there are black dogs running around... that was a direct assault on my vision, my eyes were so tired after that level, THAT was a bit too much, you don't need to actually get fisical over this.

Also, I didn't even touch the level editor, hope it's good.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a lot more of the same that you experienced in Hotline Miami; drop into your synthwave-aesthetic level, pick up any weapon you can lay your hands on, and kill every last person in the room before they can touch you. Is it good? Yeah, I would say so, and it definitely improves upon the first game in some aspects, with tighter gameplay and levels, a better-written story, and improved visuals and soundtrack. I was especially a fan of the one "mask" that you could put on that let you control two guys at once, wielding both chainsaw and guns. Similar to the first game though I still don't think this is fully my type of game (but again, I'll try a lot of things for only $5), the graphics can still be very headache-inducing to look at and the story doesn't resonate with me too much. Not to mention this game, even more so than the first one, has so much edge it could cut itself without even trying, it's kinda silly at times.

this game drives me insane. if i play for any more hours i think im going to become jacket irl and murder people

Very amazing game. Peak story and characters. This game is so HARD bruh. It is vary fun to play but i rage quit like 20 times.

Btw i listen to Kanye west while i play ts game.
10/10

this game makes me want to pop my head like a water balloon filled with red jello in front of a preschooler. 10/10

I love everything, the lore, gameplay, new weapons and level editor is a amazing addition since there are so much fan made content as well. JUST RELEASE HLM3 ALREADY!!!

doors are satan
windows are satanists
there are 50 guns on the floor and i keep picking the empty gun
the hell do you mean i only got an A+?

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this game but man do I have some gripes with it. First of all, fuck the prison level, specifically the dudes who lunge at you. Terrible enemy design since they can dodge bullets??? and they jump thru walls and kill you???? Also, the katana dudes on hard who dodge bullets and dodge throws are stupid as well. The fact you HAVE to use a melee against them to kill them is insane. Dodging a barrage of bullets is just silly and isn't fun to go against but I understand they're adding challenge. Other than that, great game with a great story.

Even better than the first one
Great characters with a lot of personality
Very fun and the art style is just beautiful

This game is a good sequel to the original 1, but no where near the same as the first. In my opinion the level design is a little bit more clunky and a bit rough to work with sometimes, but overall is fine. Enemy hit-boxes on you are bit ridiculous at times too, but also overall pretty good.

The game play is fun but I don't believe it is comparable to the first one. I enjoy the content that is in this game and find the character gimmicks to be interesting and fun. The story is also pretty interesting but pretty confusing at times.

If you enjoy a game with a good soundtrack and that is a bit challenging I highly recommend picking up both Hotline 1 and 2.

Such a good sequel to the first game, The new guns, movement, and mission are very fun and cool. People online say this game is a masterpiece and a GOAT, but honestly I don't see it and I think the first game is better. STILL GOOD AND VERY WORTH THE MONEY 7.5/10

man the game was awesome and all i want is more but i am patient (i am waiting for gta 6 and half life 3) but please release the third game or i will do hotline miami irl

𖠊 FROG REVIEW 𖠊

Hotline Miami 2 Wrong Number is the spiritual successor to Hotline Miami. I find it almost impossible not to describe this game without spoiling the ever living crap about is soooo....

Onto the good:
-gameplay loop improved from the original
-workshop
-AMAZING music
-many new ways to make your enemies die a brutal death
-game is even more harder to 100% then the original but man once you 100% it you feels amazing
-there is a hard mode if you think the game is too easy

the bad:
- that one stupid explosion sound that ruptures your eardrums every time you hear it is back in this one
-plot is confusing due to it jumping forward and then backwards and then forwards and so on in time

i actually thought long time ago that Hotline Miami 2 wasn't that great. But after 100% the game i gotta say this game is in my top 5 favorite games of all time

𖠊 5/5 𖠊

hotline miami but with a hangover

if you like blood and fast moving games then this is for you, but if you don't have a fast reaction time then this game will be really hard for you.

I am going to be honest.
This game is...
AMAZING.

Yeah, there are people who would disagree with me, and I totally understand why: the game is very graphic, and the neon visuals with flashing lights might cause eye bleeding for some people. However, those who are not turned away by such things, will see the real beauty of this game.

The music is absolute banger, I've been listening to it for few years now, even before I bought the game itself. The gameplay idea is simple, but the gameplay itself is challenging and rewarding. I, personally, love the pixelated visuals and neon lights.

It is the hidden message of the game is what makes it really beautiful piece of media: this game discusses the human nature, or rather how violent it is. Despite of the entire game being about killing tons of people in cold blood, it actually shows that violence never brings any good. I will not spoil it for you, but it sure shows that clearly. It also makes YOU, the player, question the consequences of YOUR mindless murdering spree, and trust me, there are couple of moments that could make you feel a bit sick.

I would also recomend playing the first hotline miami: the events that take place thoughout the wrong number are explained in the first game. The first hotline miami also has great music, so consider adding it to your play list.

12/10. Inspired the visuals and music for my own game I am making right now.

Lastly, before buying this game, ask yourself this question:

DO YOU LIKE HURTING PEOPLE?

this game feels like your getting head from a goth girl with syrup but she is also scraping her teeth against it. overall made me put a hole in the wall. 10/10

I'd get it on Sale personally, it's just more Hotline Miami to play but with added frustration where enemies can shoot you dead from across the screen on larger maps than the first game had. The soundtrack absolutely slaps and is just as good, if not better than the first games OST. Overall, I personally liked Hotline Miami 1 more than the sequel but if you were left wanting more levels to beat, do pick this up, but beware of the caveat being cheap deaths from unseen enemies.

It's still a good game, and I do think the story is much more interesting and deeper. I like the music, some hit or miss, no different than the first game. The visual style is more or less the same, but there's just a lot more going on, and I think it's appealing.

But the gameplay, man.
My problem with the gameplay of 2 is not necessarily that it's more difficult, requires more puzzle solving, or even that it requires more trial and error, my problem is that it's somehow more buggy and unintuitive than the original and often entirely unfair. Yes, the gameplay is supporting the story sometimes, but would it have been so much to ask that I can look a little further? It feels fucking awful to already be holding shift to look further to not get my shit pushed in and still get shot from far off screen, or for enemies to be hidden behind the score on the HUD. Would it have been too much to ask that the AI to be predictable or, you know, have to be on screen to kill me at least? Or for there to be less fucking windows? God damn are so many things in this game impossible to parse.
Why is the solution to every single fight to just peak corners to draw enemies to you, oh wow so much fun to bait and kite constantly - but I guess that was also a problem in 1 to a lesser extent, but that's the thing isn't it, instead of fixing any of the problems with the gameplay of 1 they instead heavily exaggerated them for no justifiable reason.
Yes, I'm open to the idea that a game doesn't have to be "playable or well made" to be fun or vice versa, but they couldn't have changed the game mechanics to better suite the level design philosophy change? That's just game design 101. It feels like they changed their approach to level design without changing anything else from the first game - the mechanics of the first game worked because the level design was made with both of them together in mind. You can't just change things and expect it to work, if you're going to make the design have more open spaces, have mechanics to accommodate that.
They very well could have made the game less frustrating and more fun while still communicating the same messages through the gameplay.

In the end, it's still a good and fun game, but I just don't think it works nearly as well as it could have.

Gameplay is tough but totally worth it for the story. Overall i loved it.

Compared to the first game, the second one loses in drive - there is less usual run and gun, less. Jungle missions, where you can't change weapons, are very boring and stuffy. As well as music is less memorable.

Great sequel but I feel like it falls short on somethings that made the first game amazing. Levels are flashier and more colorful but the size of certain levels were so large that I was getting shot by someone off screen.

The Story is amazing, with some great characters and some interesting dialogue. The story gives you that same kind of disjointed story that you get from Pulp Fiction

My only big gripe about this game other then getting shot off screen is that a lot of loose ends come to a conclusion but then there's certain parts that leave more questions to be asked.

Great game and a great sequel, I just don't think it captures that same feel as the first game. The new characters and weapons are also a very welcomed addition.

A 3rd installment would be the shit although I'd be completely fine without a 3rd one.

If you've already played the 1st game then I can't recommend this game enough 8/10

Love the first game but despite being out for a very long time, the sequel still has so many control issues with randomly losing the ability to move or look around mid level, having to start over to resolve this. I've had this issue multiple times after finishing the level on the "get to your car" stage and had to start over completely, which is infuriating after doing really well.

Really good arcade shooter and very fascinating story, but unfortunately never got ironed out like the original game.

This is my favorite game out of the two. The different characters and unique gameplay between all of them. The first game was amazing and this one is even better. It's chaotic in a good way and it's overall a great experience

An amazing game you can spend hours on, It doesnt get boring quickly and the kills are gorey and brutal. I enjoyed the storyline too it makes for a good sitback game.

BEST GAME OF ALL TIME. This game genuinely changed my life, it served as an emotional support for me. In my hard times, I would just boot up the game and forget about all my problems. I'm happy that I decided to bought it.

Truly one of the best gaming experiences I have had, this series really opens a door. A masterpiece, from the mechanics, soundtrack, visuals, difficulty, story and lore, Hotline Miami (both 1 and 2) has it all.

Hard af and I rage so much i don't want to leave this good review... but it deserves it.

although i havent finished the game, i can already say that the ai is fucking apauling, it has weird reaction times and the rng on some of the characters spawn is so infuriating and dont get me started on those levels that have like 5 big ass floors

i like this game so far but i can comfortably say that some levels are actually hell and make me not want to play at all

hlm1 clears

its a really fun game like the original, except with more content + a level creator that allows for infinite levels

Stunning gameplay, Amazing music, Great story. Even when the game fucking cheats and prefires me i still enjoy it, I wish I can forget everything about the game so I can play it again, it really lacks nothing.

the games litteraly the best, really fun to play, custom levels made by the community so you dont get bored and my favourite part, the game is cheap

While this can be much more difficult then the first game I can say that I personally love it so much for that reason levels start feeling so unfair but then after a while of playing I can one shot all levels at a fast peace and feel like I understand every enemy AI understand my mistakes and want to take more risks truly a game that I can not recommended enough.

Yes, it really is as good as it looks, sounds and feels. An actual 10/10.