EsotericManiac
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Hotline Miami PS3/Vita |OT|
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Noisepurge
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boss spoilers!
you can hide behind the water fountain until he reloads, try to kill the ninjachick next to the fountain so you can quickly grab a new knife and throw. He takes 2 hits.
it highlights puzzle pieces and new masks by making them move and glow a little. Not sure why you had to spoiler that
Canis lupus
Member
Yeah I dont understand why people ask for easy mode, what makes the game so fun is the trial and error aspect.
EsotericManiac
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i think it's more of the accomplishment felt after completing a hard level.
like I was trying to beat chapter 7 last night using only the drill. there were a few rooms that I thought it next to impossible to achieve this, then figure out something, then bam, floor completed.
idk, i prefer when there's a steep learning curve
once you grab the bell looking thing on the right, immediately charge the cats. you can get at least one hit for free, if not one on each, then start back pedaling while swinging to finish them off. once the cats are dead, back pedal in a straight line to throw the bell at the girl. she'll fall. let her crawl till shes close to the fountain
it makes it cake.
it highlights puzzle pieces and new masks by making them move and glow a little. Not sure why you had to spoiler that
Better safe than sorry.
Thanks for the info tho
EsotericManiac
Banned
once you get about 5 or 6 puzzle pieces, the mask really doesn't help. actually, until you find a couple, i dont think the mask helps while actually wearing the thing.
Canis lupus
Member
I love that in a game, the sense of accomplishment, other games that made me feel the same recently were the Souls games and death levels in Sound Shape.
EsotericManiac
Banned
i would have mentioned souls but thought i had alluded enough to it.
i like in this game that once you've beaten it a few times, you can put your own parameters on levels and get even more enjoyment from replaying it.
More_Badass
Member
Posted a review on my IGN Blog
http://www.ign.com/blogs/cvbxsta/2013/06/28/game-play-hotline-miami-ps3
http://www.ign.com/blogs/cvbxsta/2013/06/28/game-play-hotline-miami-ps3
I played it on PS3. They shouldn't have used R3 as the lock on button. I'd prefer if the direction you face changes according to to the movement direction, but that would make it easy though.
Already got 75% of the trophies, man my hands are tired
I played through the entire thing on PC without even knowing there was a lock-on mechanic. :|
downloaded the OST a few days ago... so good.
i feel like lock on is crucial for vita, but notsomuch on PC
i feel like lock on is crucial for vita, but notsomuch on PC
I went in on this. Well and truly hooked.
Does the lock-on with a button work on PSV? I haven't played the PS3 version yet.
Also apparently I've been missing that there are hidden. Guess I'll replay!masks and puzzle pieces
Yes. Controls besides the L2 (look) and R2 (lock-on) are the same button combos between the two. Touchscreen is used for L2 (look) and tapping the touch screen is used for R2 (lock-on to someone on the screen/that person) instead.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Actually, there is a lot of foreshadowing
Secret Notes, being a Russian Mafia, the game menu title
Might want to spoiler that for those who haven't finished it yet. I have, but just saying for people who haven't/
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Chapter 9 was messing me up. I kept
trying to kill everyone by going from right to left. Then the laser comes on, the S.W.A.T team storms in and I can't get back to the right side. This time I killed everyone but one guy in the room with the glass windows and stayed on the right side of the laser. Killed him and got out of there.
Just because I wish for easy mode doesn't mean it'll happen.
I've learned to accept the difficulty of Hotline Miami, don't worry.
More_Badass
Member
On the PC I just used the Carl mask on every single level.
Knock everybody down and drill their brains good.
Use the longer combo mask?
Edit: And finished. Now to mop up to maybe
explain the ending
EsotericManiac
Banned
I just imagine an army of goombas ushering them out haha
lol awesome
Pretty sure this is the most excited I've ever been to go home from a work trip. I've been out of town working since last Sunday, and this Sunday can't come soon enough.
I'm not sure how well this'll work, but my plan is to do a drive-by style kiss to the wife and promptly sit my ass down to play. F'n pumped to play Hotline Miami for the first time!!
I'm not sure how well this'll work, but my plan is to do a drive-by style kiss to the wife and promptly sit my ass down to play. F'n pumped to play Hotline Miami for the first time!!
super-famicom
Member
That's pretty much all it does.
I just played HM on my MacBook Pro and wow, the Vita port looks so much better! The power of the OLED!
More_Badass
Member
Five hours in and up to Chapter 8....Hotline Miami is the best indie game I've played
Oh and the Uzi and SMG are so fucking satisfying.
Bursting into a room and clearing it with one wild spray never gets old
Oh and the Uzi and SMG are so fucking satisfying.
Bursting into a room and clearing it with one wild spray never gets old
It's not that bad.
Tips:
Go through the window. Time your "whiteout"s with the newpaper being up. You want to rush rooms and take it SLOW.
YOU WON'T BE RANKED THIS CHAPTER. TAKE IT SLOW!!! You grab the keys, rush past the dude to the north (look and time his paper change) to the next room across the hall. Time it to the elevator. Checkpoint, go CLOCKWISE to the door. If you're lucky with spawns (like I was, dunno if it changes) you should be able to reach the left-most door, wait for the doctor to pass and rush to the front door before the other doctor sees you. But you have to TIME YOUR WHITEOUTS for this.
YOU WON'T BE RANKED THIS CHAPTER. TAKE IT SLOW!!! You grab the keys, rush past the dude to the north (look and time his paper change) to the next room across the hall. Time it to the elevator. Checkpoint, go CLOCKWISE to the door. If you're lucky with spawns (like I was, dunno if it changes) you should be able to reach the left-most door, wait for the doctor to pass and rush to the front door before the other doctor sees you. But you have to TIME YOUR WHITEOUTS for this.
Nothing that's it. It's like the rat mask. An effect change to make the game easier/harder for you. Just in this case it doesn't blink in and out like the rat hood. It's just a monochrome effect.
Posted a review on my IGN Blog
http://www.ign.com/blogs/cvbxsta/2013/06/28/game-play-hotline-miami-ps3
That bomb room is brutal. As is much of the rest of the game...
Okay, sweet. Just wasn't sure as I never picked it up in the PC version and sometimes those masks say one thing but have one other subtle effect. Glad to know it's nothing more than cosmetic.
valentine71
Banned
That bug happened to me once or twice as well, crosshair fucks up and i try to turn the character around but it gets stuck at a side and don't turn to the other side. But except that, the game is awesome.
valentine71
Banned
Welcome to the club by the way of LTTP
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
All masks and weapons get on Vita. Now to try and A+ everything.
I only have three complaints with this port:
1) The sticks aren't well suited to twin stick shooting, simply due to their size. Not much to do about it, and it's manageable, but it steepens the shooter learning curve.
2) Framerate bug. Someone mentioned it earlier, but it's true: at random intervals (often pre/post mission interludes) the framerate weirdly stutters. And it's fixed by pausing and unpausing.
3) Lock on and camera movement with the touch screen isn't ideal.
Otherwise, still a masterpiece.
I only have three complaints with this port:
1) The sticks aren't well suited to twin stick shooting, simply due to their size. Not much to do about it, and it's manageable, but it steepens the shooter learning curve.
2) Framerate bug. Someone mentioned it earlier, but it's true: at random intervals (often pre/post mission interludes) the framerate weirdly stutters. And it's fixed by pausing and unpausing.
3) Lock on and camera movement with the touch screen isn't ideal.
Otherwise, still a masterpiece.
Fuck! i knew the game had a "GOTF" reputation...but I did not expect such a fantastic, well thought, well balanced, addictive masterpiece!
I can't stop playing it !
Love it on PS3...but I play it on Vita as I don't want my kids to see the slaughters i make!
Man: this game is so good !
I can't stop playing it !
Love it on PS3...but I play it on Vita as I don't want my kids to see the slaughters i make!
Man: this game is so good !
Just beat the game today. I am not much of a score chaser, so I won't play through it again to A+ everything, but I enjoyed my run through it immensely. Great controls, strategic feeling gameplay, and my favorite thing about it is that there is almost no repercussions for trying things out. Only thing I did not like was the final boss battle. Felt like I beat it only by sheer luck.
You will need to plan more on the Vita using analogue controls than with a mouse, since the aiming is slower. Never played the PC version, but typically on the vita, I will need to plan and set up which directions I am going to aim before I enter a room. Twitch shooting is probably not going to work very well without a lot of practice.
You will need to plan more on the Vita using analogue controls than with a mouse, since the aiming is slower. Never played the PC version, but typically on the vita, I will need to plan and set up which directions I am going to aim before I enter a room. Twitch shooting is probably not going to work very well without a lot of practice.
slaughterking
Member
It plays fine on the Vita, but it'll never be quite as precise as it was on PC for me. It's why I currently don't plan to A+ all the levels as it's asking a bit much if you've played the game with M+K already.
Haven't tried the PS3 version yet, though.
More_Badass
Member
LTTP? I'm still learning my forum acronyms.Welcome to the club by the way of LTTP