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Posted October 09, 2012
It's Full of Vice!

Hotline Miami, a brutal 2D top-down shooter set in the neon '80s, is available for pre-order with a 10% discount for the next two weeks.

***Warning: this game is for adults only***

Every shot is deadly. Keep your composure, be lightning fast. Kill without mercy. Crush their skulls, gut them, decapitate, blow up, cut them in half. You will find yourself pushed beyond the limits of humanity. Wear your mask. Don't forgive. They're scum--the worst kind you can find in 1989 Miami. Will the bloodshed ever end? You tell me.

Hotline Miami is a as-gory-as-pixels-can-be high-octane action game set in alternative 1989 Miami. The top-down stealth shooter mixes lead pipe or katana-driven close combat and intense semi-automatic or shotgun-pumped gunplay. The game is extremely brutal and unforgiving; both in terms of what the masked antagonist is doing on screen and difficulty level. Make one mistake and it's your brain on the wall. Make no mistake and the satisfaction from completing yet another level is huge. Rarely you find a game that packs so much heat and delivers so much joy.

Dozens of weapons, battles with Miami's underground bosses, animal masks, neon corridors, pumping soundtrack, and fantastic visual style--all that and more in Hotline Miami, available for pre-order for only $8.99 until October 23 at 9:59 AM GMT.
Posted October 09, 2012
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BeorntheBear: Violence (and sex) have their place in video games, but there is a line between extreme content and indulging in a fetish.
And you, presumably, are the one who gets to decide where the line is?
Posted October 09, 2012
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BeorntheBear: I only questioned the content and its place on GOG, which was originally founded as a game preserve for classic computer video games.
I don't know if you noticed, but GOG isn't like that anymore for like over a year now?
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BeorntheBear: I also think all of us have a line we believe should not be crossed regardless of fact no one is forcing us to participate, purchase, or condone it.
And how that line is crossed with 2D pixel violence since we have Carmageddon, Postal 1 and 2, Phantasmagoria and some other violent games too...?

And I say thank GOD Gog is one of few places where they don't care about adult content in games.
Post edited October 09, 2012 by keeveek
Posted October 09, 2012
I assume from this same alternate 1989 reality John Waters guest-directed an episode of Miami Vice and this is the NES game adapted from it.

I'm hoping GOG can put this rift in the space-time continuum to good use. Maybe bring the never-published game adaptation of David Cronenberg's "Crash" to the small screen where you ram into other drivers to increase your sex appeal.
Posted October 09, 2012
What is with all the hate?
It looks entertaining and most likely fairly fun.

Too bad the release doesn't come with the soundtrack!
Post edited October 09, 2012 by ShadowWulfe
Posted October 09, 2012
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Erich_Zann: Getting Dreamweb vibes from this.
At last! I was trying to remember the name of that game, I just remembered it has "web" in it, played the CD version through a long time ago...

I got the same feelings for some reason, albeit Dreamweb was probably more serious.
Post edited October 09, 2012 by timppu
Posted October 09, 2012
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gameon: That's not me criticising GOG, just stating that Hotline Miami fits in here.
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SLP2000: Yep, next to Postal.
True. But Postal does have historical relevance to the development of computer gaming and the game does not reward extreme violence more than minimal violence; Hotline Miami always rewards ultra-brutality. Otherwise, my critique applies to both along with the Manhunt series.
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BeorntheBear: Violence (and sex) have their place in video games, but there is a line between extreme content and indulging in a fetish.
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BadDecissions: And you, presumably, are the one who gets to decide where the line is?
Nope. I never said that and I never hinted at it. I did state where I think the line is regarding this game and I asked GOG to reconsider its decision to host this title. But I did not claim universal authority; I only expressed my opinion.
Post edited October 09, 2012 by BeorntheBear
Posted October 09, 2012
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BeorntheBear: I only questioned the content and its place on GOG, which was originally founded as a game preserve for classic computer video games.
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keeveek: I don't know if you noticed, but GOG isn't like that anymore for like over a year now?
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BeorntheBear: I also think all of us have a line we believe should not be crossed regardless of fact no one is forcing us to participate, purchase, or condone it.
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keeveek: And how that line is crossed with 2D pixel violence since we have Carmageddon, Postal 1 and 2, Phantasmagoria and some other violent games too...?

And I say thank GOD Gog is one of few places where they don't care about adult content in games.
At the very least Carmageddon has historical significance to computer gaming. Additionally, the graphical violence is cartoonish and was designed to be absurd. The primary difference with Postal 1 and 2 is that they do not reward extreme violence over minimal violence; otherwise my critique would also apply. Regarding the Phantasmagoria series, violence is a part of the story narrative it is not something the player actively engages in for sake of violence itself.

Just to clarify, I never said anything against violence in video games or asking GOG to severely limit amount of titles with adult themes. But I do think that a game that has a built in incentive and reward system based upon extremely visceral/brutal actions is questionable.
Posted October 09, 2012
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keeveek: So much hate about the game that hasn't even been released now and nobody heard before.

Yeah, I wonder why game pubs don't take gamers seriously.
Hey, that is my line!
Posted October 09, 2012
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keeveek: So much hate about the game that hasn't even been released now and nobody heard before.

Yeah, I wonder why game pubs don't take gamers seriously.
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SimonG: Hey, that is my line!
I know, I stole it intentionally ;p
Posted October 09, 2012
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MaridAudran: I assume from this same alternate 1989 reality John Waters guest-directed an episode of Miami Vice and this is the NES game adapted from it.
If this would be the ad-blurb for the game, I would instabuy it without hesitation.
Posted October 09, 2012
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SimonG: Hey, that is my line!
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keeveek: I know, I stole it intentionally ;p
Yep. People can't just play it and have tons of fun.
Simply... and period. That's sad!
Post edited October 09, 2012 by vicklemos
Posted October 09, 2012
Why is this game for "Adults Only", I mean I can see the actions portrayed in this game are violent but the can't be identified easily. This game is in retro graphics and from a top down perspective, this would be another story had you been able to do some of the things in a game like Grand Theft Auto.
Posted October 09, 2012
Just saw the wallpapers.. holy mother of god what are those guts.. and that brain??
Damn I love it!
Post edited October 09, 2012 by vicklemos
Posted October 09, 2012
GOG isn't going to take down a game because one person thinks it crosses the line, I fail to see how this is any worse than Postal 1, that game requires you to slaughter everyone on the screen before moving on to the next part of town to mow everyone down again. Rinse, repeat. You don't get a choice like you do in Postal 2, and even if you don't shoot anyone in Postal 2, the game mocks you and says "Thanks for playing our game JESUS!"

And how can you say the violence is cartoonish for Carmageddon and not say the same for Hotline Miami? I'd say Hotline looks waaaay more cartoonish.
Post edited October 09, 2012 by Fuzzyfireball
Posted October 09, 2012
I wonder if we will ever see the Condemned or Manhunt series here. I've always wanted to give those a try. More out of curiosity than anything else, but they could be interesting.

Hotline Miami looks like it could be some fun, but it'll have to wait for a sale before I buy it.
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