Then I remembered, I had two hidden trophies left and a greyed out "Puzzle" option on my pause screen. I actually thought I was pretty much done aside from A+ing every stage. After way more tries than I expected, I definitely appreciated the curveball from the devs, and continued on with the achievement hunt. I was running towards enemies instead of away, accidentally swinging my bat at the wall instead of at heads, and all sorts of stupid junk. Nigel, on the other hand, FLIPS YOUR CONTROLS. Simple, right? Most of the masks I've unlocked before did fun things like make your punches or doors lethal, or make you harder to spot by enemies. Then came my first surprise: complete a relatively easy level with the Nigel the bat mask. Finding all the masks and weapons was honestly just an affair of looking up the locations and nabbing them, and killing three enemies with a brick was mostly a matter of finding the right place to do it. That's when I thought "Eh, I've managed a few A+'s, maybe I could go for all of them." Cue a week of intense concentration, way too much time watching other people play the game, and even the occasional arm falling asleep from playing late into the night.Īdmittedly, most of the trophies/achievements were pretty easy and fun to mop up. After snagging a few of the easy ones - like using a crowbar in a specific part of one level to find a hidden mask - I learned that there was a whole chunk of this story that I had yet to experience. But then, I decided to dig around the wiki and learn about some of the secret achievements.
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I honestly thought I was done with this game when I first beat it.
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For the sake of not spoiling the story, I'll skip it and get to the real inspiration for this post: the achievement mop-up. Deaths are instant, but rarely frustrating when respawning is just as quick.īut, I digress. What looks like a fast paced action game on the surface suddenly becomes a puzzle game of sorts, especially when it comes to hunting down the A+ rank in each level (but we'll get to that later). Some can only be killed by gunfire, but gunfire attracts everyone to your location.
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The player is put through a series of levels in which the goal is to kill everyone on a given floor. What is Hotline Miami, you ask? Well, it can be summed up as a neon 80's top-down murderfest, but even then I don't think that's doing the game justice. I was also joyed to learn that unlike the PSP, the Vita supported trophies, and with that, my terrible completionist addiction. The small analog sticks allowed for quicker aiming, locking on to enemies is as easy as touching them on the screen, and the top down perspective just works on a portable. After all, I did hear that this game played like it was built for the Vita, and I'd have to agree. Then I got a Vita for Christmas, and with the game being only a buck or so on PSN I decided to bite and try it again. I'm pretty sure I picked up Hotline in a Humble Bundle ages ago, as I remember starting it on Steam one day, going "I'll never finish this", then giving up on it after stage ten or so. I've never done this before, so let's see how this turns out:
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After spending some quality time with Hotline Miami last week, I figured it'd be fun to do a segment on the process of taking a game from start to finish. Between school, work and an ever increasing Steam library, actually completing games has become a difficult task to keep up with.
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I rediscovered something I used to love, and that's 100%ing games. I went snowboarding, saw California for the first time, and, well, sat around the hotel playing a lot of videogames. While Wyatt was kicking ass last week and posting article after article after article (and even a freaking podcast!), I was off in Lake Tahoe.