"They kind of symbolize people that want Hotline Miami 2 to be exactly like Hotline Miami 1," Wedin said. Still, the Fans don animal masks and drive around beating up thugs in an effort to grab the attention of the media. Because of Jacket's actions in Hotline Miami, the phone calls no longer come. The second faction we were introduced to is known as "the Fans." The Fans are "wannabe guys" who missed out on the vigilante movement in the first game, Wedin said. The player goes on one of the game's signature killing sprees, just before the "douchebag director" jumps out to lecture the film's actors. The game's tutorial level, which was played through during our demo, begins with this faction.
HOTLINE MIAMI 2 BACKGROUND MOVIE
The director gives enough twists to it and made it into this slasher B movie that some people saw it as." We wanted to, in a way, let someone else do his own version of it. "Some people saw the first game as a horror movie - was mentally ill, he was a psychopath.
"It's a way of portraying the story for the first game in somebody else's eyes," Wedin said. Wedin said that the movie theme was not only a "cool idea," but a way to represent how many players viewed the first game. Small touches keep the movie feel ongoing - levels within the game are labeled as new scenes. "It's all flashy and cool, and then you realize that you're killing people for points." "That's why states ‘based on true events,' because it is within the universe." "The trailer for the first game is actually the trailer for the in-game movie," Wedin said. The first faction is a group of people making a slasher film about the events of Hotline Miami. The game features several playable characters and at least two factions, more of which will be revealed as Wrong Number nears its release. It will play similarly to the first, as shown to us during a live demo, but tries to "tell the story in a different way," Wedin said. Hotline Miami 2 picks up several years after the events of the first game. We also tried to give that tone to the game as well. "This is the grand finale for Hotline Miami. Dennaton Games began work on another franchise, but felt compelled to return to the strange universe they created one last time. According to Wedin, many of the characters for Hotline Miami 2 were already well underway during the creation of the first game. Or, the expectations and motivations and dreams that in-game characters have about their part in the game. It's the expectations of fans on what the game should or should not be, Wedin said. The follow-up to 2012's ultra-violent title, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is molded around just that: expectations. Top-down murder-sim Hotline Miamileft behind a legacy of synth-fueled tracks, stylish gore and addictive gameplay, and Dennaton Games is well aware of the expectations is has to live up to, creator Dennis Wedin said during an E3 demo and interview.