*big hug* You are so sweet

My brain is switching back on, I am so happy about that :D

Hehe, yep. Your perceptions are quite accurate..

Good morning. =)

Maybe it's a combo of preexisting fatigue and one less hour a night to put everything back together before you have to burn through your energy again?
Your brain was still good, even when it felt like it wasn't.

Additional - I am really glad this game isn't very large. It's a little over twice the size of the original, but that still puts it under 700 megs.
Also, it kicks ass to see their Twitter with links to how many different reviewers are loving the game. This might be the last Hotline Miami, but I want it to succeed so they can have the coin to put out new things.

And they're having Judas play it on a stream today. That should be hilarious to watch him get killed 1,800 times. -laughs-

I also finished it. It was really nice and fun :-)
I have not played Torchlight yet, only played the second a bit which was a nice hack and slay for playing it together with someone. Alone it was boring so I never finished it.

I'm more the Wile E Coyote type, lots of planning, few successes. :/

Stop using the Acme products. They never work as advertised.

Laughing again, thanks. ;)

Not a problem. Better a warning now than you plummeting into the Grand Canyon, with only a tiny poof of dust to signify the impact point later. ;)

This is one of those days that I want to lay down on my bed and coccon myself with my blanket.

Crow, why don't you reserve a post for your blow by blow review of HM2?
Then we can all link to it and see it as it updates, AND you can use it for your game review later.

I can post info here in between levels if people want, impressions and what-not.

Roughly 5 minutes left and it'll be ready for install.

Okay, just did the intro, and it's definitely an interesting setup.

Also, the game gives the option to skip any scenes alluding to sexual violence, which is good so people don't get freaked out.

If I'm remembering right, the Australian censors made this big thing about the opening.

I think that was the reason why it got censored. It's already a weird gray area. What they're saying they saw wasn't there, unless you count a movement difference of pixels at what they're referring to.

But...at the same time, it's pretty godsdamned clear what's in the process of happening, added movement or not.
That part they make very clear.

The music continues to be excellent, just like it was with the first game, and the gameplay is still just as full of that visceral goodness.
In real life, it might be kinda nuts to assault a floor full of guys with guns with a bicycle chain.
But playing this? I just screamed "FORE!!!!!!" like an unhinged golfer as I caved someone's head in.

This game is fun. -laughs-

The difficulty level is also just as brutal as it was in the first game. Expect to die a lot if you try this before at least getting used to the combat, both melee and ranged, in Hotline Miami 1.

These might be classified as tutorial levels if the tutorials come with buildings full of guys with guns.
Bears repeating that in this game, you die in one hit, so gunfights can go sideways fast.

Also, pistols suck compared to shotguns, machine pistols or my personal favorite, the assault rifle.

I can see how Torchlight would be fun with someone else playing alone, but by yourself it's just so repetitive, with very little story or customisations. Quite sad really, considering it was made by some of the staff from Blizzard.

But at least you are inventive and never give up. :-)

And another one! I may be tired but I'm cheering up nicely.
Between this and our mad Brit gifting me Toonstruck. (Against my wishes I might add) :-)

What's HM2?