Hotline Miami 2 is more varied, paced better, fairer, and more challenging. This is a confident follow-up which improves upon the original in almost every way.
But to revel in the game's slick style too much would be a disservice to its ferociously entertaining and challenging top-down action.
One of the lingering memories of the first game was its heart-pounding techno soundtrack, so allow me to get this out of the way: The music in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is absolutely outstanding. It's the type of experience that invites you to sit closer to the screen and crank up the volume higher than usual. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number's action is so loud and intense that upon hitting the pause button, reality feels like it's playing at half speed.
