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Topic	The Board 8 Discord Sports Chat Ranks Their Top 100 Respective VIDEO Games pt. 2
Bartzyx 02/04/21 8:54:29 PM #408:	#33 Hotline Miami (Microsoft Windows, 2012) This feels like a game made just for me. The pulsing electronic soundtrack, 80s motif, intense action, and surreal ultraviolence all come together for an end-product that delights my senses. The fast-paced absurd difficulty is a wonderful combo that, much like Super Meat Boy, compel me to keep trying despite dozens of failures. You play each level with the goal to eliminate every enemy, but how exactly you do that is left for you to figure out. Everyone, including the player character, is basically dead in one hit, which means you need to outsmart your numerous enemies just as much as you need to out-twitch them. Like other all-time great games, the difficulty ramps up just enough to keep you trying on each level. And it's very much the player who levels-up throughout this one; going back to the first few levels after beating the game feels a lot like "God Mode." You can take your time and size everything up, but once you get good enough it's possible to speed through every level like a deadly demon, effortlessly taking out every enemy as they come. And it's not really memorizationthe AI usually acts slightly different every try so you constantly have to be thinking as you go. Hotline Miami is incredibly violent, even in its blurry pixel guise, so I really would not recommend it to the squeamish. Going back to the other elements of the game, it's got an amazing soundtrack that is best blared loudly, and it's coupled with a bright and wild aesthetic that evokes the neon best of the 1980s. The story is trippy and probably a little deeper than you might think at first, and is surprisingly lengthy for an indie game like this. There are secret collectables throughout the game that unlock the true ending, but that actually was one of the least good parts of this game, so it's a good thing that's optional. I played through on PC when it was new and again on PS4 for free. I still play a few levels from time to time and Hotline Miami is one of those games that I can just pick up for 5, 10, 15 minutes and enjoy whenever I feel like it or want to blow off some steam. --- At least your mother tipped well <cite>Bartzyx posted [p:950289912] in The Board ... [t:79241274]...</cite> <quote>#33 Hotline Miami (Microsoft Windows, 2012) This feels like a game made just for me. The pulsing electronic soundtrack, 80s motif, intense action, and surreal ultraviolence all come together for an end-product that delights my senses. The fast-paced absurd difficulty is a wonderful combo that, much like Super Meat Boy, compel me to keep trying despite dozens of failures. You play each level with the goal to eliminate every enemy, but how exactly you do that is left for you to figure out. Everyone, including the player character, is basically dead in one hit, which means you need to outsmart your numerous enemies just as much as you need to out-twitch them. Like other all-time great games, the difficulty ramps up just enough to keep you trying on each level. And it's very much the player who levels-up throughout this one; going back to the first few levels after beating the game feels a lot like "God Mode." You can take your time and size everything up, but once you get good enough it's possible to speed through every level like a deadly demon, effortlessly taking out every enemy as they come. And it's not really memorizationthe AI usually acts slightly different every try so you constantly have to be thinking as you go. Hotline Miami is incredibly violent, even in its blurry pixel guise, so I really would not recommend it to the squeamish. Going back to the other elements of the game, it's got an amazing soundtrack that is best blared loudly, and it's coupled with a bright and wild aesthetic that evokes the neon best of the 1980s. The story is trippy and probably a little deeper than you might think at first, and is surprisingly lengthy for an indie game like this. There are secret collectables throughout the game that unlock the true ending, but that actually was one of the least good parts of this game, so it's a good thing that's optional. I played through on PC when it was new and again on PS4 for free. I still play a few levels from time to time and Hotline Miami is one of those games that I can just pick up for 5, 10, 15 minutes and enjoy whenever I feel like it or want to blow off some steam. --- At least your mother tipped well</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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