Hotline Miami review: Dial M
The crux of Hotline Miami is pretty simple: high speed, precision murder. It’s brutal, disgusting, and incredibly violent, which is bound to turn off some players. Those who can stomach it – or console themselves with the belief that it’s really just a commentary on violence itself man – will find one of the better arcade action games to come along in a while.
At the behest of a mysterious trio of men in animal masks, the nameless protagonist travels to numerous seedy locations – clubs, drug dens, crime lairs – and proceeds to extinguish every living soul on the premises. The abilities at your disposal are limited to the bare essentials: Melee weapons and guns can be swung, shot or thrown, and enemies can be executed. On top of all this, you can only hold one weapon at a time. It’s a limited tool box, but it allows for a surprisingly broad variety of possibilities.
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