Dissecting Design -- The Flow of Hotline Miami
34This week's Dissecting Design looks at the Hotline Miami series, and how the developers created a unique sense of style and flow. I talked about how they grew things with Hotline Miami 2, and in some cases, not for the better.
Please note that the game features very graphic imagery compared to other dissecting designs in this playlist; making this one not the best to watch if there are kids around.
Table of contents:
0:00 -- Intro
1:23 -- Basic Gameplay
7:34 -- Mask System
12:46 -- Hotline Miami 2's Growth and Controversy of Violence (Graphic Imagery Warning)
16:40 -- Hotline Miami 2's Gameplay Improvements
21:43 -- Hotline Miami 2's Gameplay problems
26:32 -- Hotline Miami 2's Gameplay at its Worse
37:13 -- Final Thoughts (Sorry about my fan being picked up a lot during this section)
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