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Hotline Miami and Developer Dennaton's Future

"Hotline Miami and its sequel are the epitome of pulse-pounding arcade action. Not only that, but the vague story with just enough clues to piece it together combined with a tantalizing 80s electronic soundtrack make a truly remarkable experience. These two top-down twin-stick shooter games are some of my favorites of the past decade in games. Jonatan Soderstrom and Dennis Wedin formed Dennaton Games in 2012 with the first title. With their help, Devolver Digital was put on the map as one of the biggest independent game publishers we’ve seen thus far in gaming history." -- PlayStation Enthusiast

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gangsta_red2119d ago

Hotline Miami hands down is one of the best games I have ever played. The style, the design, everything about it was just master craftmenship. Even nailing down the soundtrack put it above and beyond.

Unfortunately the sequel just couldn't live up to the first.

I felt that the sequel tried too hard to be strange and wierd as the first entry just flowers and felt natural.

The second game just didn't hold my interest because of this.

But I am still curious what these guys have next for us.

LucasRuinedChildhood2118d ago

In terms of the difficulty curve and general flow, the second game is much less of a straight line. There's a lot more highs and lows (it's less consistent and it's a lot longer). Overall, I preferred 2. it had more variety, increased violence, special abilities like dual weapons, a more insidious story, a better soundtrack, better art, etc. It was also way more challenging than 1 which I personally appreciated - it just felt like a natural progression in that regard.

However, the fact that there were just too many enemies off screen at times, it dictated your play-style too much (I was always more of a melee guy) and it could have done with a more succinct story are the issues that really held the second game back. At least for me anyway.

Sidewinder-2119d ago

Definitely a game that captured my imagination at the time.
Never tried HM2. Tried re-playing the first on Console and just couldn't get a feel for the controls.

AK912119d ago

I loved HM1 & 2 whatever Dennaton Games do next I’ll support them.

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

Discover the latest news from Bloober Team: they are working on 2 new games, including a new IP in partnership with Private Division.

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cammers199521h ago

Stick to silent hill. Seeing their past games, nobody wants them.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein2d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii2d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo2d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows902d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19891d 15h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus1d 6h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha2d ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno2d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan2d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno1d 23h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19812d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6691d 15h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19811d 10h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno2d ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno2d ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga2d ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator2d ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac2d ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.