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Hotline Miami |OT| - All your LSD are belong to us. You are already dead
- Thread starter hitoshi
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Don't think Valve gives refunds. Had the same problem, and it fixed itself. Even after the update (that took forever might I add) it kept popping up. Then out of nowhere It resolved itself.
And yes, game is a buggy mess. Only game that made me want a refund, but I'm just glad it's working now.
Haunted
Member
Red X means there isn't one.
If you have no black silhouette in the mask selection, you have them all.
afternoon delight
Member
It's fun, but I would have waited for certain functions to be patched if I had done ten minutes of reading before purchase.
polyh3dron
Banned
Not showing up anymore for me.
Yup.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Hmm...nope...still not feeling it.
I should have just bought the soundtrack.
I should have just bought the soundtrack.
If you buy the game, the entire soundtrack is in the game folder in .ogg format. So you can think of the game as a free bonus to go with the music.
Mission Five locks up on me to the point where I can't even kill the game.
After hard rebooting my PC both times I've found that it corrupted the game save and wouldn't let me start over. I had to reinstall and manually erase the save files.
I'll be waiting for a patch before I try again.
After hard rebooting my PC both times I've found that it corrupted the game save and wouldn't let me start over. I had to reinstall and manually erase the save files.
I'll be waiting for a patch before I try again.
microtubule
Member
Trent Strong
Banned
Well damn...this game is totally awesome.
kurtrussell
Banned
Come on, GoG. REDUCE IT.
Has it been on sale anywhere?
Has it been on sale anywhere?
HadesGigas
Member
It's $7.50 on Steam right now.
kurtrussell
Banned
Thanks man, but that means DRM and rental
I'd imagine it'll be reduced on GoG soon if they're willing to reduce it elsewhere.
No, it's one of the best games of the year by far.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Maybe I just suck but goddam this game is fucking hard!
ColossalLazy
Member
Beat it. Really fun and challenging game, the twists were pretty good. Shame its short.
Soundtrack complements the game perfectly.
Soundtrack complements the game perfectly.
It's actually a bunch of different artists
http://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/sets/hotline-miami-official
opticalmace
Member
Is there a way to play this in windowed mode?
Also, there seems to be occasional framerate stutter. I'm on Win 8 with AMD drivers.
Also, there seems to be occasional framerate stutter. I'm on Win 8 with AMD drivers.
It seems like the Miami Disco track everyone loves was composed for the game, as I can't find it anywhere on the artist's various pages.
If you're running Windows 7, try stopping the Print Spooler service before launching the game. Sounds weird, but it fixed it for me.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Just finished this. Loved everything about it, the style, graphics, gameplay. and my God that music is amazing.
derExperte
Member
You can skip a level: http://steamcommunity.com/app/219150/discussions/0/864950398909633375/#c864950398912779393 I did it this way and after lvl10 only had one or two crashes on W8.
Sweet thanks!
Well, Jasper Byrne's track surely are, right? They're even called "Hotline" and "Miami".
They are, he made them for the game after playing the beta.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I haven't played this or Retro City Rampage yet, but I wanted to make an observation. Both games seem, visually, pretty similar and outwardly have some overlap. I know they're mechanically different, of course.
But... Retro City Rampage was teased what feels like years in advance, had constant exposure, had the big mega drama bomb over platform destination stuff, still hasn't made it out on XBLA... and kinda cratered when it came out. No one seems to have liked it much, critical reception was poor, etc. Hotline Miami... I only remember hearing about it once or twice before release (and at least a few of those times was people noting that it seemed visually similar to Retro City Rampage), but since then it's been a steady boil of people saying it's one of their top games of the year, it's got an excellent critical reception.
So I guess it speaks a little bit to the value of actually making a great game rather than hyping it in advance
But... Retro City Rampage was teased what feels like years in advance, had constant exposure, had the big mega drama bomb over platform destination stuff, still hasn't made it out on XBLA... and kinda cratered when it came out. No one seems to have liked it much, critical reception was poor, etc. Hotline Miami... I only remember hearing about it once or twice before release (and at least a few of those times was people noting that it seemed visually similar to Retro City Rampage), but since then it's been a steady boil of people saying it's one of their top games of the year, it's got an excellent critical reception.
So I guess it speaks a little bit to the value of actually making a great game rather than hyping it in advance
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Been hearing so many things about this game, decided to give it ago. Hopefully it runs on my PC
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I haven't played this or Retro City Rampage yet, but I wanted to make an observation. Both games seem, visually, pretty similar and outwardly have some overlap. I know they're mechanically different, of course.
But... Retro City Rampage was teased what feels like years in advance, had constant exposure, had the big mega drama bomb over platform destination stuff, still hasn't made it out on XBLA... and kinda cratered when it came out. No one seems to have liked it much, critical reception was poor, etc. Hotline Miami... I only remember hearing about it once or twice before release (and at least a few of those times was people noting that it seemed visually similar to Retro City Rampage), but since then it's been a steady boil of people saying it's one of their top games of the year, it's got an excellent critical reception.
So I guess it speaks a little bit to the value of actually making a great game rather than hyping it in advance
I have thought about this as well seeing as they look similar and came out very close to one another. I don't really think it makes that much of a difference as far as the hype goes. If Retro City Rampage was fun to play (which it is not in my opinion) they both would be doing well. There are plenty of games that come out that are hyped for a long time and do just fine when they come out. It's just that Hotline Miami seemingly came out of nowhere and it's great (some technical issues aside). If Hotline Miami was a poor game and RCR a good one they would be doing the opposite that they are now. I wouldn't really recommend RCR to anyone but I think if you are interested at all in Hotline Miami, you should try it out.
Also, it's obvious that some of these tracks were created just for the game. The Jasper Byrne and Scattle tracks were definitely made for the game as well as a few others from other artists.