I think this game looks interesting. I will definitely try it in the future.

And I really like the music. And gameplay looks nice. It's nice retro title, and it fits GOG perfectly. If I didn't know this is new title, I'd say it looks like good old game.


And I do think that every release is important, because it get people (devs and publishers) used to GOG. GOG is or soon will be an obvious choice. It is now for Kickstarter games. And that thing may convince LA or Microsoft or Take Two to bring their games here. Including their classics.

Can you describe some of the trap mechanics from the RPS article here? That looks itneresting.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/18/hotline-miami-preview/

Ugh, I hate exclusive levels etc.

Somehow I've actually gotten over GOG shifting focus away from classics entirely, as many of the newer games they release are in the style of old games (or at least look like them. :) The screenshots remind me of Alien Breed.

One of my concerns is (and I'm not sure the best way to describe this) that GOG is avoiding some games that one could consider classics because they are supposedly for children, and "adult-only" releases like this (especially this one, with a warning) concerns me that this dismissing will continue. (Yes, I am talking about Humongous games, which I consider classics that even adults - those who lean towards non-violent-ish adventure games - could enjoy, even if they're nostalgia-tinted.) Now the introduction of "Moonbase Commander" gives me some hope on several fronts, but look at "New & Coming", I see mostly violent games (to varying degrees, admittedly). Of course, if most of these were very much wanted by the community, much more than Humongous games, that's enough reason for me to understand by GOG would focus on these, but the possibility of avoiding certain games of substance because they're "childish" is a little disconcerting.

(By the way, I'm surprised GOG opted to show all of Hotline's blood but no gore in Carmageddon's final screenshots. I wonder what the reasoning was.)

This is definitely a "trash" game. Trash theme, trash graphics, trash gameplay. And its creators actually showcase this. I love (and bought) some of the indie games released on GOG like Gemeni Rue or Geneforge - but in my core I'm an old nerd and this new game which tries to look like "from my time" simply does not work for me. Hope this helps

Uh, not sure what you mean? There are no traps. Guns are just noisy and draw the whole floor, so you can use that to lure them places.

After reading the description and watching the trailer for "Hotline Miami", I began to wonder why GOG decided this game was a good match for the spirit and ethos of the GOG. From everything I've seen and read on the web, it is nothing more than an ultra-violent slaughter-fest that glorifies (and rewards) unnecessary brutality. If it were a "Good Old Game" that had historical relevance to computer gaming, then I could understand its inclusion. But it's not.

Sure there are plenty of pixel games from the 80s and 90s that included intense graphic violence, but none of them rewarded players by mutilating bodies on the ground by blowing off their head, beating their brains out, slicing the jugular, etc. Violence (and sex) have their place in video games, but there is a line between extreme content and indulging in a fetish.

This is not a retro-style video game; it is 16 bit snuff-film. I hope GOG seriously reconsiders hosting this title and thinks more thoughtfully about how the video games it endorses impacts the mission/values of GOG and the culture of the GOG community.

Oh snap redding fail. Now I feel dumb lol. I misread the bit in that article where he ambushed Fucks 4-9. Thought he set up a trap with the gun.

Trash is absolutely right!

That's my game, hooooly crap.
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I think GOG is fine with extreme violence/sexual themes. Most of the pics they provide for games include "tongue in cheek" pics with video game chicks in them and or sexual innuendo. And Carmageddon is here which was supported by GOG, so mindless violence is endorsed.

That's not me criticising GOG, just stating that Hotline Miami fits in here.

Yep, next to Postal.

Doesn't Carmageddon reward you for running over and killing people?

I would argue that the deaths involved in "Carmageddon" are not as visceral as "Hotline Miami". And the storyline, game play, and violence Carmageddon is intended to be absurd.
Yeah. You have me there. I never played Postal before and they are two games of the same cloth.