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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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Fuzzyfireball: If someone doesn't agree with something, that's fine. They don't have to buy it, and they shouldn't prevent those that do want to buy it. I don't need an imaginary line. If I come across a painting at a museum I don't like, I don't get to rip it off the wall and trash it so no one else can look at it. Walk on.

If Postal had any significance to gaming, it was a middle finger to censorship. When you asked GOG to take it down because you don't agree with it, that's pretty much censorship no? That's the same mentality people like Lieberman have, which is why Postal 2's easiest difficulty mode is "Leibermode". Again poking fun at people like that.

I respect your opinion about the game, but not requesting GOG to take it down. That's unneeded.
Point taken and appreciated. One aspect of clarification on my intentions: I never asked them to take down the game I asked them to reconsider hosting it on their site. The subtle difference is hoping GOG will take a more critical look at the games they host even if the end result is the same. So, I am still leaving the decision in the hands of GOG.

Regarding censorship, once again I think all of us have a sense of where the line is between acceptable and unacceptable content. Perhaps my line is closer than yours, but they still exist. So, a blanket disapproval of censorship is not really what we are talking about, but we are talking about when to censor and when not to censor. In this particular case I think censorship should be "considered" (I am not demanding censorship), and most of the readers seem to think otherwise, which is fine.
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grynn: Hey, did anyone try calling the hotline? :D
Yup, but Maria isn't there anything more. Try it out and leave a message. ;-)
Post edited October 09, 2012 by BeorntheBear
Posted October 09, 2012
It was a bit extreme of me to compare you to Lieberman, since that douchebag wanted to destroy something he knows nothing about. However I defend GOG and any store's right to sell games with large amounts of violence or sexual content, no matter how extreme it may be to some people. I guess we agree to disagree than.
Posted October 09, 2012
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tomimt: This looks like something I might have played in my teens, but not anymore.
Ha ha!! That about sums it up right there. "Adult" and "Mature," my foot!
Posted October 09, 2012
Sixty to car
Posted October 10, 2012
The combat mechanics and pace look real sharp in this game. I'd wish for sharper graphics though (same feeling I had with Faster than light), though both games appear to have a very high fun factor.
Posted October 11, 2012
Something of interest for those of you enjoying the game's music, their Twitter account linked this recently, a compilation of most (or all?) of the music.
Posted October 11, 2012
This game looks so f*cking awesome. Me want.
Posted October 11, 2012
I'm not sure why so many people are hating on this. It's a fast paced stealth game, you don't get many of those.
Looks very interesting.
Posted October 11, 2012
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forbidden5:
You sir, are amazing.

Getting what I can.
Posted October 11, 2012
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forbidden5: Something of interest for those of you enjoying the game's music, their Twitter account linked this recently, a compilation of most (or all?) of the music.
Much appreciated, my neighbours won't be happy about this but I am! Love this soundtrack.
Posted October 11, 2012
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BeorntheBear: I know that all of us have a line that should not be crossed for violence in video games, and for me that line is drawn when a game is designed to incentivize and reward extremely brutal/visceral actions
It's true. There is a line and it must not be crossed, not even by fictional entertainment.

I remember when I was a little kid and was exposed to Mortal Kombat. The violence in Space Invaders was nothing like this! Being an innocent little kid, I emulated what I saw on the screen, and learned a severe lesson. You can just imagine the look of disappointment on the teacher's face when she caught me running around the playground swinging another kid's severed head around by its spinal cord shouting, "FLAWLESS VICTORY!"

Clearly only steam users and other gamers who can handle DRM are mature enough for a game like this.
Posted October 11, 2012
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BeorntheBear: I know that all of us have a line that should not be crossed for violence in video games, and for me that line is drawn when a game is designed to incentivize and reward extremely brutal/visceral actions
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MischiefMaker: It's true. There is a line and it must not be crossed, not even by fictional entertainment. I remember when I was a little kid and was exposed to Mortal Kombat. The violence in Space Invaders was nothing like this! Being an innocent little kid, I emulated what I saw on the screen, and learned a severe lesson. You can just imagine the look of disappointment on the teacher's face when she caught me running around the playground swinging another kid's severed head around by its spinal cord shouting, "FLAWLESS VICTORY!" Clearly only steam users and other gamers who can handle DRM are mature enough for a game like this.
Tell me about it man. I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was 5. Since then I steal everyone's gold and can only eat dog food. Everytime I hear a word of german I slit people's throat.
And then, there was Carmageddon. I stole my parent's car and started Mayhem in the streets blasting Heavy Metal on the car stereo, keeping track of the points on a bloc note. 200 for the elderly. Bonus for artistic style.
Post edited October 11, 2012 by Emualynk
Posted October 11, 2012
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MischiefMaker: It's true. There is a line and it must not be crossed, not even by fictional entertainment. I remember when I was a little kid and was exposed to Mortal Kombat. The violence in Space Invaders was nothing like this! Being an innocent little kid, I emulated what I saw on the screen, and learned a severe lesson. You can just imagine the look of disappointment on the teacher's face when she caught me running around the playground swinging another kid's severed head around by its spinal cord shouting, "FLAWLESS VICTORY!" Clearly only steam users and other gamers who can handle DRM are mature enough for a game like this.
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Emualynk: Tell me about it man. I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was 5. Since then I steal everyone's gold and can only eat dog food. Everytime I hear a word of german I slit people's throat.
Ever since I started playing Carmageddon, I biught a car and started running people over here in Warsaw...ahhh the cries of old grannies as they scream "I was in the war!" in Polish...music to me ears, that :D
Posted October 11, 2012
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Emualynk: Tell me about it man. I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was 5. Since then I steal everyone's gold and can only eat dog food. Everytime I hear a word of german I slit people's throat.
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JudasIscariot: Ever since I started playing Carmageddon, I biught a car and started running people over here in Warsaw...ahhh the cries of old grannies as they scream "I was in the war!" in Polish...music to me ears, that :D
Ever since DOOM, I went out and bought a shotgun. I blow away anybody that has green hair and tomatoes terrify me.
Posted October 11, 2012
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MischiefMaker: I know that all of us have a line that should not be crossed for violence in video games, and for me that line is drawn when a game is designed to incentivize and reward extremely brutal/visceral actions
For all the hate you're getting, it's good that you have a line. :) (Seriously) Obviously it's not very popular to take a stance like this, but I'm glad you have the guts to do so.
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