Perfect, just perfect. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number feels like the incremental improvement over the first game that I was hoping for. The story is sharper, the weapons are more plentiful, and the gameplay is even more fun and challenging.
Call me a heretic, but I’d love to see some RPG elements and maybe even an open world in the next game of the series.
An interesting random fact: this ultraviolent, hyper-stylized game was built with GameMaker Studio, an engine originally designed for education and aimed at helping kids learn to program. I used it as a kid myself, it was a fantastic tool for getting started. It’s pretty wild that such a gritty, intense game came from a beginner-friendly engine.