Where the predecessor gives me satisfaction, this game gives me frustration. Hotline Miami 2 is a failure compared to HM1.

***GAMEPLAY 5/10
The gameplay is the same, but the developers made the game considerably harder by some kind of poor level design combined with sniper enemies AI. It is frustrating to be killed by enemies that are out of the screen, who see you because you're passing in front of a window, which is out of your view as well. The shift key that allows you to drag the screen to see more of the map isn't enough to be aware of those enemies 2 times out of 3. Basically, I ended up finishing levels out of pure luck rather than skill, which is the exact opposite of what happened in HM1.
After 3 hours of "Press R to restart" I decided that I have better games to play.

***STORY 7/10
The story seems to be about different characters from different times, some from the 80's, some from the 90's, etc. I wrote SEEMS because I couldn't follow the story very clearly, the bad things of the gameplay ruined this aspect as well for me. When I don't enjoy playing a game it's difficult to enjoy the story. I'll give a 7/10 only because, for the little I've seen, it didn't suck as the gameplay.

***GRAPHICS
I wont' consider this aspect as the others. I'll just say it's the same as HM1 and it's fine, but it's clearly not one of the main features of this game, even though it gives a good 80's/90's arcade feeling.

***SOUND 7/10
Music is good but not great. HM1 had a better soundtrack in my opinion.


Overall score 6/10 - This doesn't mean GOOD, it means BARELY PLAYABLE
Hotline Miami 2 isn't completely bad, but it's clearly not as good as the first one.
Also, that poor gameplay and level design breaks everything. I don't have enough time on my hands now as I used to in the past, so a game where I spend more time dead that alive it's not worth my time. I definitely NOT recommend paying full price and probably not even half the price.I'd probably try finishing the game since I spent 7.50€, but only when I have nothing better to do, which hopefully isn't that hard.

Where the predecessor gives me satisfaction, this game gives me frustration. Hotline Miami 2 is a failure compared to HM1. ***GAMEPLAY 5/10 The gameplay is the same, but the developers made the game considerably harder by some kind of poor level design combined with sniper enemies AI. It is frustrating to be killed by enemies that are out of the screen, who see you because you're passing in front of a window, which is out of your view as well. The shift key that allows you to drag the screen to see more of the map isn't enough to be aware of those enemies 2 times out of 3. Basically, I ended up finishing levels out of pure luck rather than skill, which is the exact opposite of what happened in HM1. After 3 hours of "Press R to restart" I decided that I have better games to play. ***STORY 7/10 The story seems to be about different characters from different times, some from the 80's, some from the 90's, etc. I wrote SEEMS because I couldn't follow the story very clearly, the bad things of the gameplay ruined this aspect as well for me. When I don't enjoy playing a game it's difficult to enjoy the story. I'll give a 7/10 only because, for the little I've seen, it didn't suck as the gameplay. ***GRAPHICS I wont' consider this aspect as the others. I'll just say it's the same as HM1 and it's fine, but it's clearly not one of the main features of this game, even though it gives a good 80's/90's arcade feeling. ***SOUND 7/10 Music is good but not great. HM1 had a better soundtrack in my opinion. Overall score 6/10 - This doesn't mean GOOD, it means BARELY PLAYABLE Hotline Miami 2 isn't completely bad, but it's clearly not as good as the first one. Also, that poor gameplay and level design breaks everything. I don't have enough time on my hands now as I used to in the past, so a game where I spend more time dead that alive it's not worth my time. I definitely NOT recommend paying full price and probably not even half the price.I'd probably try finishing the game since I spent 7.50€, but only when I have nothing better to do, which hopefully isn't that hard.