Hotline Miami Changed Me

this one means a lot to me, and took a while too. i probably wont be able to recapture my payday 3 success, but who cares, im having fun.
it might sound a little incoherent, but i hope the point is clear enough. thank you for the support, this means the world to me. hopefully we can keep it going.
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sources:
noclip - Video Game Documentaries, Hotline Miami Creators Break Down its Design and Legacy : • Hotline Miami Creators...
Lewis Gordon, 'Ten Years Later, 'Hotline Miami' Remains a Queasy, Ultraviolent Classic: www.theringer.com/video-games...
Ovandal, 'Hotline Miami 2 is a Misunderstood Masterpiece: • Hotline Miami 2 is a M...
MasterClass, 'Metafiction Guide: Understanding Metafiction in Literature: www.masterclass.com/articles/...
music used (in order):
• Coconuts - Silver Lights
• Sun Araw - Deep Cover
• M.O.O.N. - 'Hydrogen' ...
• Crush
• light club - blizzard
• Sexualizer (feat. Flas...
• Hotline Miami 2 OST - ...
• M|O|O|N - Dust
• Hotline Miami 2: Wrong...
• Around
• Untitled 2
all footage taken by me! hehe :))
shoutout to all my friends who helped out with this one. i love you guys.
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man the2007gamer fell off, wheres fortnite?
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0:00 - INTRO
1:42 - PART ONE
7:17 - PART TWO
13:53 - PART THREE
19:40 - PART FOUR

[@SIE3114]

No it didnt, its a game

[@the2007gamer]

okay deleting the video then

[@Marpoppp]

bro didn't played hotline miami 2

[@CasketCruncher]

pin of shame

[@daddymucho9841]

Booo

[@vampzisreal]

booo

[@Zinii]

Okay but my uncle John Dennaton told me that Jacket actually survives the nuke by holding his breath until the fallout leaves and that Hotline Miami 3 is releasing in 2017

[@the2007gamer]

fuck i can’t argue with John Dennaton himself, deleting the video now

[@Thefunny255]

Plus he in payday 2

[@anonymouseovermouse1960]

The fact that the hotline miami community still has people who exclusively speak like the commenter above, is depressing. I'd have thought that the chronically sarcastic edgelords would've grown the fuck up by now, guess not.

[@blueevan4506]

​@@anonymouseovermouse1960hes just havin a giggle mate

[@Filip077]

@@anonymouseovermouse1960 have you seen the subreddit

[@gianluca8488]

i was expecting a talk about violence, but that whole dialogue about death on part four man you are underrated holy shit

[@the2007gamer]

initially, this WAS a talk about violence in media, but i decided to try and do something way different because EVERYONE has talked about violence in hotline miami, its overdone at this point. im really glad you enjoyed !!!

[@YourLocalImbecile]

Never before have i loved a series more than Hotline Miami. I don't actually want any continuation of the story, it would ruin the whole "letting it go" feel to the ending. To me, the ending just feels as if you're waving goodbye to someone you know very well before passing on. It may be sad with the fact that, well, they are going to die and some even deserved a better ending, but life isn't all happiness. All good things, must come to an end. And the fact that, once you're done watching the ending of HM2, the menu makes more sense. It makes you feel, remember, aknowledge what happened. And i love that, yet feel sad about it. It's bittersweet in some sense. Cause everyone finally can rest, they won't need to fight it anymore... Leaving this world isn't as scary as it sounds.

[@YourLocalImbecile]

Also amazing video!! good work and keep that style on, it suits ya

[@the2007gamer]

it is a somber goodbye but thats just how it all ends, and trying to fight it just leads to more heartbreak. a bittersweet ending where you can reflect on all youve done, the good times never last, and theres no need to fight that inevitable end. thank you so much for watching!!!!

[@Spheraz]

but you see.. if you wait until the end of the credits it actually reveals hm3, i know it's been 9 years but you gotta give them time

[@Schinkenwurstikation]

Way too many game series are so afraid of letting things end. Always gotta have another sequel, another spinoff, anything to keep people coming back and buy the next game, and it makes me want to explode. In that way, I am glad that Hotline Miami as a franchise ended the way it did.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

As someone who’s hyperfixated on Hotline Miami again and has been prowling KZbin for about every video discussing it I can find, this was a fine little treat. Btw I highly recommend the upcoming game 1-900-CULT. It’s a full standalone mod of Hotline Miami that’s approved by Dennaton themselves with an original story and gameplay features that set it apart from just being a copy. Super hyped for it.

[@the2007gamer]

thank you !! i knew hotline miami fans would find it somehow heheh. i’m defo gonna check that mod out ! thank you for the suggestion !!

[@bLEACHeye]

THANK YOU, hadn't heard about this, so hyped now

[@thescarf926]

There's also "The Patriots" which is being made by THELEGOMack (The guy who made the Hunter campaigns). We don't know much about it though, and we don't even know in what state the mod/fangame is.

[@mikadopen4809]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US KNOW, ive 100% both games and even got HM2 in Australia after a trek, I cannot wait for this mod!!

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

i thought it was 1-800 and not 1-900?

[@tvman4936]

when he's hotlining on that miami till i pardo 🔥🔥🔥

[@scottegggerton3744]

She be blessin on my 50s till I nuke 💯

[@the2007gamer]

this dude GETS it

[@peanutbutter2586]

He’s doin the Jake to your Snake

[@eduardsusai559]

She jackets on my richter till i biker

[@DatGuy12345]

​@@peanutbutter2586 She do be Irvin my snake

[@meatmanmagoo]

Richard is probably the best character, his line talking to Martin Brown kinda helps your summary alot "There is a pretty big twist at the end of this story, one you're not gonna like. In fact, nobody is gonna like it" acceptence is key for the enevitable "twist" of life.

[@HairyHarpy]

Hotline Miami while Filled with coffee must be like listening to Dark Side Of The Moon on acid

[@the2007gamer]

genuienly thought i was dying shit was insane

[@Grinner_J]

It's interesting that it's Richter and Richard, the latter seemingly acting as a sort personification of death, most of the scenes he appears in being before people meet their demise. At first, it seems Richard's there to simply taunt Richter, noting how comfortable he's gotten, thinking he's gotten away from all of his sins. But Richter always knew there was a possibility of the past catching up with him. He was possibly one of the only ones who seemed to understand that the bad things he was doing, even if it was in care for his mother, could have come back to bite him, and by pure coincidence it did. With that he acknowledges that since there's nothing to be done about the inevitable, why bother fretting over it? Richard seems almost proud of him after he says that. Unlike all the other characters who had a vision of him before their demise, who felt scared or unnerved by him, Richard almost tries to comfort Richter just before it ends. And that's also why those last lines hit so hard for me: "There's nothing I can do about it, right?" "No. By now there's nothing anyone can do about it." "Okay. No need to fight it then." "I'm glad you understand. . . . Leaving this world is not as scary as it sounds."

[@marcandre8832]

I played HLM2 in my senior year of high school and it definitely played a big role in shaping my concept of death also. Still listen to the soundtrack while I work.

[@the2007gamer]

the game shaped a lot of people, and the soundtrack is a fuckin BOP

[@venenors5011]

that outfit looks fire, too much swag

[@the2007gamer]

kiss me why don’t you 💋

[@creationist5625]

It’s really comforting that there are other people out there who are burdened with the same existential fears and anxieties, especially when it comes to the people we care about most. One of the few times a KZbin video has caused me to shed a few tears. Genuinely a great video

[@TheAntipode]

Really good video! Also interesting to mention is the new game+ cutscene in the second game in which Richard sits in a room with the 13 playable characters and berates them for, once again, starting down a path that only ends in their death and destruction - no matter how much people try to avoid it, the game lets you know directly that there's no escaping the end.

[@the2007gamer]

this is what i was talking about !! i wanted to mention that cutscene but had to cut it for pacing. but its a great scene because it shows how these characters were basically destined to die at the end. no matter how many times richard tried to warn them of their demise, their path never changed, either due to unfortunate circumstances or their own pride and ego. futhermore, its another meta commentary on life itself, the path you chose is the path you walk, and you must deal with the consequences of that path!

[@fadedgames1]

10:42 It's been speculated quite recently that the henchman might have tried calling the son instead, due to the hidden call within the game files which ends in the same way. The video titled "Pardo's Plea" explains this quite well.

[@the2007gamer]

ooo ! i’ll have to check it out !! thank you !

[@simplysmiley4670]

The call was indeed to Son, not his girlfriend, later on Son calls his number after he died and his phone was in the hands of the Fans who then mistook that for "getting a mission" to wipe out a place full of russians, just like Jacket.

[@BAGGStheAugmented]

"something didn't feel right about the death of the Russian henchman" I first experienced this feeling back in 1998 when I played Metal Gear Solid after the Sniper Wolf boss fight.

[@DonutDude66]

This was an amazing video! To add onto something you said about how Hotline Miami 2 has more focus on death than the first title, this is an interesting detail I never noticed. Hotline Miami 1 is (mostly) from Jacket's perspective and is one of my favorite parts of the game, the static, the hallucinations, the unreliable narrative I truly love every bit of it. Your point in the video adds something to Jacket's view, he does not care about dying, and I believe that's supported by the gameplay (the score system/fast paced) and in-game tips. Just something I never gave much thought to until now. Love the video!

[@1234wowww]

Great vid bro, I'm 23 and had the exact same experience w/ this game at age 16 I was jacket for halloween, at age 23 whenever I start to feel existential I always think of the line "Leaving this world is not as scary as it seems." Edit: My re-run through the game where everything clicked was when I was 19 after what I would consider the most difficult chapter of my life for various reasons and I learned a lot then Replaying the game I really appreciated all it had to say Also just an afterthought but not being afraid lets you live more, and in turn that makes the time you do have much more fulfilling and valuable Edit 2: I also wanna just bring up here thinking about everyone getting nuked in game, and current conflicts in the world, and shit that is out of my control, even if we gotta live doing what we can it still makes me sick that so many people suffer such dire consequences from decisions that they had no part in. There is actually a poem about it in the hard mode credits in HM2

[@the2007gamer]

i defintely have found lately that life has been more fulfilling without constantly thinking about the end of it, and living without fear leaves you more satisfied. the world is in a dire state and regular people like you or me cant do anything about it, its sad, but what are we to do?

[@vorval96]

The boots reveal in the end was funny! Great vid man!

[@peIuches]

There’s alot of hm1 and 2 videos out there but i feel as though this is one of the best ones, and one of the best videos to get introduced to your content. I relate to you on alot of the points you conveyed and you did a fantastic job getting those out there. The passion and effort into this video reveals itself and there is never a dull moment. Looking foward to the rest of your work.

[@the2007gamer]

this is one of the sweetest coments ive ever gotten. i appreciarte this so much,. thank you x

[@ironbrawl]

Glazed up rn watching this.

[@the2007gamer]

dm me now

[@everybodyhatesgresh]

Really love your analysis! I also played these games when I was a silly young teen and had similar experiences, but now these games rank in my top 5 games ever played. They mean so much to me, and left me a changed man. Love your stuff dude keep it up!❤

[@Yarromarro1608]

I downloaded the game because i thought it was a normal random indie game, and now it has changed my life

[@_thog]

This video hit me so hard at work while I just wanted to listen to another person praise what I now consider my favorite game. I relate in a lot of the ways of how you originally didn't care for the games story then grew into realizing how special it is, and it's helped me accept reality too. Maybe it's not so scary leaving this life.

[@davethechipmunk8699]

You deserve a kiss for putting music in the description

[@acedepth]

I am a year younger than when you initially played Hotline Miami 2 and I will admit both times I've played through the game I've struggled to piece everything together. This video helped a ton and I truly appreciate it, one of the things that crushed me the most in both playthroughs was the fact that Richter was lying to his mom about meeting old friends when he in fact was out killing tons of people, the thing is he didn't really have a choice if he didn't do as he was told him and his mom would probably be found and killed Also the soundtrack for both games are amazing, I would have never thought I could listen to a 10 minute relaxing psychedelic type song hundreds of times but ''Horse steppin'' by Sun araw proved me wrong its the track that plays in the main menu of the first Hotline Miami

[@hmmmmmm6567]

really amazing video, hotline miami affected me too. the lesson I got was that you should not be afraid of death but also not neglect it, and that the actions you commit in your life as trying to make your father proud or be seen by the media or follow the steps of your idols, are only the human nature of wanting to be seen and acknowledged but what truly matters is what you care about because the result will be the same. In my opinion beard, the henchman and richter were the "good" guys in this story, they let go of the violence and at least tried to move on and live fullfilling lives. I think I had some more things to say but I genuently lost my train of thought here, great video.

[@the2007gamer]

i totallty agree! things such as idolism and living up to legacy are things we as humans naturally are attracted to, but you need to forge your own path based on ideals that are beneficary to the greater good. the mindless violence breeds bad men, and those who are truly bad dive further into it because it feeds their own pride and ego. richter, henchman and beard are the good guys, absolutely, they want out of that violence, but unfortunately, due to the other characters who cannot let go, suffer the consequences.

[@dpostop4502]

Gonna replay 2 and go outside and enjoy life. Beautiful vid!!

[@AnthonyMaverick]

Excellent and well crafted video, and I've got to admit I was very moved by part four of the video, thank you.

[@DetectiveMannyPardo]

I literally wrote a story on Manny Pardo living because I made it so the nuke didn’t go off in my story. YES, I know it’s so stupid but I was mad by the fact I wanted to give more story to Manny Pardo. Also, if Hotline Miami 3 ‘existed’ I wouldn’t even play because no Manny Pardo. Anyways that’s my rant on my favorite detective. Also love this video.

[@the2007gamer]

this is why games are so great! characters can inspire others to tap into their creative side and express themselves through the characters they love so much. thank you !!

[@Jester4460]

If only he was able to get the Miami mutilator

[@gustavssvilpe173]

Manny pardo actually survived because he had thick skin

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

Personally I think biker survived the nuke. He is never killed on screen and isn’t given a scene with the nuke. My conclusion is that because he found out the plan of 50 blessings he tracked down a bomb shelter to survive the blast. If there ever was a hotline 3, it would be biker slowly starving as he kills every other remaining survivor group for their food.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​@@walls_of_skulls6061He was never in the city, right?He was out in the desert

[@coolishfazey]

maybe the real miami was the hotlines we made along the wrong number way

[@joshgambino5440]

Such a beautiful video man, that’s why I like watching smaller creators, feels more personal

[@ezwithoutthedash]

This is off topic, but, I love the character of Tony and how he subverted my expectations on my first playthrough, on my first glance, I thought he was a violent "I love mayhem and murder is fun" kind of character, but I figured out he is one of the least violent members of the fans. He doesn't participate in the murder of the Henchman and he immediately gives up to Pardo saying "I'm done fighting." I love that aspect of Hotline Miami.

[@kalaniseymour5642]

Ive hyperfixated on hotline Miami three times in my life now, the first at 15, second at 17, and now again at 21 and your part one breakdown sent me viscerally back to the exact emotions and feelings I had my first play through. Completely blind, also having drunk too much caffeine on summer vacation. It’s actually surreal to me. Might update after I finish each part since I just finished part 1.

[@Antonwalnuts]

this video got me into hotline miami. i love the game now. thank you for making this video!

[@Salehalanazi-7]

Keeping it real. Good for you man. What a smart and wholeheartedly awesome person.

[@surkhabsingh5856]

Great video dude. Looking forward to more. You have a unique way to analyse and express your ideas :)

[@MrChaos500]

yes bro! good to see you made the hotline vid, i remember suggesting it on you PD3 vid, sorry it took me so long to see and watch it bro

[@the2007gamer]

mrchaos500 the GOAT, im glad you enjoyed !! :)

[@revlayle]

I also like the whole sequence at the start of HM2 new game+ mode. Richard basically telling everyone "this is gonna end badly and you all already know that, why are you wanting to do this again?" and none of the other characters in the sequence do not get it (except for MAYBE Beard). EDIT - Beard didn't know either, but Richard seemed to feel a bit bad he was there, as it was just unfortunate circumstance.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

Beard did get it, he was the only one who wished for different circumstances and wanted to live things out in peace. "I wish we could've met each other in different circumstances."

[@hollow_indigo1035]

Didn’t know what I was expecting when watching this video. But damn, this video was really well made!

[@Generic_Phantom]

You know most video essays that I come across are just flat out terrible and don't even try to be profound. But this one is different. Your commentary doesn't sound like you're having PTSD war flashbacks. You don't sound like you're reading off a script, in fact you sound very articulate and the way you talk makes it seem like I'm watching a 2012 live commentary with how fluid your speaking is and combine this with an interesting and unique view of the subject. The fact you have barely over a thousand subs is a crime against humanity. Also thank you and thank God that you didn't spend the first 10 minutes about how hotline miami was developed, instead it was just a mere 20 or so seconds

[@the2007gamer]

you shoulda seen the first draft where it genuinely was like 4 minutes of development exposition LOL, im really glad you enjoyed ! comments like these make me want to keep going

[@standeely]

I had the same unhealthy fixation on death very early on in life (thanks to some neighbors who thought it was a good idea to show a 10 year old 'Faces of Death') ... I felt much the same way by the end of HLM2. I never imagined that, of all people, Richard would be the one to make me feel better about this flash in the pan we call our lives.

[@mut9563]

Incredible video, thank you. Your outfit is amazing as well, I really like the bracelets and sleeve/shirt combo you have. Not sure what the style is, but I love it nonetheless. Rest in Peace to your aunt as well. Your video is, very relatable, in a broad sense. I remember playing HLM when I was younger, and it was the same experience you'd described in the video. I only kept playing because it was so challenging though, I wanted to push to the end because I thought it would set me apart from other people, and infront of my friend, who had gifted me the game. I didn't even realize what the end represented when I got to it. All I was thinking about was the game's hard mode, in some sort of sick way. But it wasn't until, like you, I played it when I was older. I loved this game because of the storytelling, the open endedness, and the complex themes and suggestions and new mindviews it gave me. It was a sort of partial nihilism, and at the point in my life I adopted some sort of apathy to everything. All I was wrapped around was the concept of death, how it affected our psyche as humans and how it can change the course of our lives. I remember thinking that the nuke at the end made everything pointless, but that's because me, as a player, transcended death. It wasn't until I put myself in the mindsets of the characters that I realized that they had won. Richter, he walked away from violence, and spent his last moments in peace with his mother. But the fans had died in terror and without any chance to react. And then it stopped being an event, and more of a state to me. Death wasn't a pre determined thing in my life. I didn't care about it anymore. I just knew that I would be dead, merely affected by death. And I think that was the part that stuck with me so much. I stopped paying attention to time in my life so much. My age hadn't mattered, since I hadn't changed. All I really paid attention to was the people I loved, and the experiences I shared. Even if they were bad, because they were memories. It wasn't really about the futility of my life, knowing I'd die. It was an epiphany I had, staring at the palm trees blowing in the wind with Untitled 2 playing on the menu that life would always go on. If I died now, people may mourn, but they would still go on. It was because of that I want to go on for them and I. If I was so unfortunate to experience their death, I would remember them until mine. I just want to thank you again for your video, your thoughts, being so open with your experiences and everything. Even if it was only for 20 or so minutes, you've given me endless material for thought. Thank you.

[@chrisbeaumont4630]

The style is neo-nu-metal with touches of mallcore and memecore. I knew I was officially old when these kinds of styles became fashionable again.

[@gideongodnuts]

I may be a tiny bit late but I wanted to say I couldn't relate to your experiences more here, I was also around 15 when I first played both of the games too, and I was also ignorant to the first game's themes and story, at least initially, I'll give 15 year old me some credit though I did get really into the lore, story and themes immediately after playing the first one, and was aware and reading into the sequel's story theme and characters while playing, making my experience more enjoyable to say the least. Hotline Miami also really made me more aware of all the mindless-self-indulgence me and others might partake in with violence in media. but I also relate to your feelings on death and finality as well, especially having existential thoughts about death at a young age, but not just on death's theme in Hotline Miami as well, but also in life in general as well that you went into detail in the video, as many others I believe do too, with similar thoughts, similar feelings, and similar experiences, and for that last one it was my dad, when I was 8, and its been a focal point about those existential thoughts about death, pretty much everything you listed in the video, knowing everyone around you will die, knowing those you love will die and its likely you'll outlive them, having immense trouble even acknowledging death, let alone accepting it, even down to the birthday parties, only getting even more existential about time, aging, and death, for yourself and everyone around you. But Hotline Miami 1 & 2 really did send a powerful message to those who needed it, like you and me, and I'm glad we got to experience it at the right time, or even at all. Despite it still somehow being existential and impending, the message is still comforting in some bizarre way. Those words of "Death really isn't as scary as it sounds." will always puncture my heart and soothe my mind somehow, amazing game, and amazing video.

[@FeelsMildMan]

this video hits when in the right mood. i cried man

[@lessthanstellar561]

Great video and all, but I subbed for that fit alone. Shit's so COLD dawg.

[@dammond696]

wonderful video and you get a sub from me. a game can change a person they are vary deep, rather they can be the best kind of media. a game can have you blast past as a kid and learn as an adult. wow just good content dude you did well.

[@Capt723]

That Dracula flow shirt goes crazy hard

[@aaronamour6101]

It is interesting hearing someone's perspective who is so very different from me. I can't relate to basically all of what you've said here but for some reason, that makes it even more enticing to listen to it.

[@Gummpers]

i played hotline miami when i was 14, and god this game is amazing, i also didnt really understand much of it back then but still understood it was trying to make me uneasy. trying to get under my skin and i learned very quickly that thats how you should be writing if you want to convey such a deep meaningful message to an audience. so many pieces of literature do this, like how to kill a mockingbird, it makes you feel so uncomfortable with all the things it says and does, but it does it in such a way to make you think "why am i feeling uncomfortable? why dont i like this?" hell even some shows to this day do stuff like that, like that whole controversy with that hazbin hotel episode protraying SA. i love the masterful writing the developers did of this. its honestly amazing and something you can only really fully experience if you come back to it later with a fresh mind, highly recommend for teens to play just to come back and think "goddamn this is.. dark." also hotline miami 3 when? /s

[@umtaldeeu6878]

nice video man i loved your content

[@danielgeronimo5538]

"Disturb the comfortable, and comfort the disturbed." This is what I can say the summary of this game, I don't feel comfortable with the violence, but in a sense, I felt relieve because the game doesn't condemn me in feeling extreme emotions I wanna let out. The violence doesn't feel like it's from a cinema, or something theatrical, it's like...reality, so quick, yet so messy. You only notice it when the carnage is over. Hotline Miami gave me a perspective on how shallow violence is treated as an aspect of entertainment, invalidating many emotions and feelings that contribute to such actions. "Do you like hurting other people?" a question that could be answered two ways, yes, because it's cathartic, because words are not enough, you need to make them feel as you feel, at the same time, no, because some people don't deserve it.

[@Actively_Schizoing]

The best part of the second game IMO is Richard and his existence symbolizing accepting death and accepting the ending in the meta-narrative sense. At first I thought Richard got retconned from Jacket's consciousness into some eldritch being but after you consider the person under the mask is the one speaking and Richard is just an idea/realization the cutscenes make a lot more sense. The table cutscene at the start of new game+ confused me as I understood Richard as some otherworldly being. Richard asking Beard "We've met before haven't we?" is Jacket after he "accepted the end" and turned himself in at the end of the first game. What he's referring to is the ending of the Hawaiian conflict when he passes the polaroid to Beard as he was bleeding out - A.K.A. accepting his death before Beard reassured him the paramedics will arrive on time. This game is a masterpiece

[@Dibdab9303]

why is jacket so hot? high key?

[@the2007gamer]

jacket payday 2 model be like

[@Bobalini1]

Thank you for taking the time to make the joke about initially not realizing the narrative and just enjoying the violent gameplay BEFORE the narrative really started to set in. I think that perfectly shows what the game and its goal was - to highlight violence in video games and bring us to question our attraction to it despite our real world perversion from it. The fact that the game was designed in a way to bring you naturally to that conclusion is in my opinion a perfect example of something unique the video game medium can do. And yet, ironically, it was the highlight of "violent videogames cause violence" crowd of the time.

[@carpinchosolo3472]

all my friends hate me bc i told them all the hm lore i love you hotline miami

[@the2007gamer]

my friends when i go on for hours about lore for a video game that came out a decade ago

[@DJ_AwesomeSauce]

5:22 What the heck, I have that same toy gun right beside my computer desk where I'm watching this! 😲

[@the2007gamer]

i borrowed it bro mb

[@larsulrichvevo3196]

Happy to see people are still talking about this awesome game

[@sobri_]

Hotline Miami 1&2 single handedly changed how i look at video games specifically and life as a whole. Made me accept life as it is, and not be sad that something is over and just simply let go. I loved it soundtrack so much i started listening to other game osts because i discovered that i like that type of music! Made me see through stuff as it is and not be judgemental, for example i really like the second game (i prefer it more than the first tbh) but i wouldn't have known that if i didn't give the game a try and perfect my skills for it! And many many more honestly it's one of my favourite games of all time and i rarely give that title to any game. Thank you for the video, I'm really happy people still talk about the game! Nice drip brother frfr ong

[@fishfingers4548]

As an old bugger I sometimes feel that the destination isn't always as important as the journey; be yourself, and enjoy the ride.

[@AronProd]

Great video!

[@chiefavagef0x837]

Bro it hit me at 9yo too, my dad passed away then, seems like 9 is the ripe age for it to really affect you in the worst ways. Well that might also be because it was one the ppl closest to me, all I know is I still trip over it to this day from then on I've have more than 30 people around me pass away & that's just the people that I was close to like relatives and good friends, not acquaintances or distant family members, I couldn't even begin to getta good estimate of that number.. Life is just f**ked like that, some ppl get the butt of it other's have it fairly decently, and some are very well off no one's got any control over it

[@daddymucho9841]

R.I.P to your dad dude hope you're doing well *hug* (no homo)

[@Vapor.wav7]

Never played hotline Miami but I’ll go check it out and have an existential crisis at the same time, great video!

[@Kaimana.]

Banger video but that fit go crazy.

[@nitrofish55]

This is exactly how i felt about this game when i played this game 2 years ago, you described the feeling well

[@StupiditySam]

When i found out about hotline miami in 2014 i played it and i fell in love with it and i was hyped for the second and i liked it even more. But the ending of the second felt like an emotional punch to the gut cause i loved every single character in that game but seeing Evan, Manny, Richter, and Jacket get obliterated just made me feel sad and also made me realize everyone i knew was also gonna die some way or another. I accepted the fact there will never be a hotline miami 3 and that everything comes to an end. Like Richter said «Good times never last».

[@TheOrangeMan13]

hotline miami 2's ending almost made me cry, in my first playthrough

[@aleksejsruy]

the best scene in the game was when beard says "Woah... you signed up for Hotline Miami?!?" to jacket in the store

[@starproxer6937]

Here, have a more than deserved like and comment. Love the video. Very neatly structured. I hope all is well for you. At last I want to refer you to a game called SIGNALIS. It's a pretty amazing game and gave me the same unending need for closure you and so many others were looking for after you are done with HM2. Just be ready for some fat gutpunches.

[@the2007gamer]

ive heard a lot about signalis!! i just might have to check it out !

[@Grinner_J]

I made a trailer on my channel for the first game because I thought it would be cool and I like making little trailers, but it was also to remind people that this game even has a story to begin with. I also used "Deep Cover," by Sun Araw, the song that plays every time you wake in Jacket's apartment, because it fit really well with the vibe I was going for.

[@jlomeli4579]

I’ve bought the game maybe 2 or 3 times on different platforms. Never beat it. Now while games are leaving me with the itch that can’t be scratched with most modern games, I’m playing again and loving it this time.

[@NoNotanalien]

I think about this stuff every time i play a game. I think about this stuff more than i should.

[@gorywriter326]

I remember excitedly waiting for Hotline Miami 2 after the first game, but seeing the Execution scene sure as hell didn't sit right with me at the time, and still doesn't feel good now. It was then where the infamous question "Do you like hurting other people?" made me utter a single phrase in response after months, if not longer, of reading it: "I don't know." This was after slaughtering who the hell knows how many virtual people, and yet that one scene made me think and realize that maybe, just maybe, I didn't like hurting other people.

[@falsehoods.]

Hotline Miami was such a major piece of media during my adolescence. This series will stand to be some of my favorite games for a long time.

[@monsterman4848]

Nice video, keep it up

[@doto6660]

shi made me cry thanks, im gonna call my grandparents rn and remind them i love them

[@StarkSpider24]

Payday 2 Jacket is either an AU version in which the events of Hotline Miami 2 never took place or simply the same jacket and the events of Hotline Miami 2 simply *haven’t* happened yet. (Kind of like how Jimmy exists in the game)

[@t2-scoops436]

I distinctly recall playing this game, delving into its themes and gushing to a friend who had already played it through and asking what his take was. Only to be met with a blank stare 😐 “Bro, it’s not that deep”

[@the2007gamer]

people who cannot look to deeper themes in media are unfortunate, there are so many things in life that you can analyse and get more out of it with just a little bit of reading

[@t2-scoops436]

@@the2007gamer could not agree more, games like hotline Miami, Bioshock and superliminal aren’t just video games. They are art. They have so much to say if you are willing to listen and dig a little deeper, fantastic video BTW

[@the2007gamer]

@@t2-scoops436 thank you so much !! i hope you stick around for what i’ve got next !

[@BerryDeLajt]

Amazing vid!

[@the2007gamer]

thank you so much !!! this means a lot to me !

[@Tonironi28]

I got the story when I played cause I had seen my cousin play it and I watched some lore which all that hit me a bit but your video hit like a damn train

[@darthvector4837]

I watched this video about 2 month ago and just got the games a few days ago, didnt even touch wrong number, i got the dog tropy in tension💀💀

[@rbdriftin]

Good video!

[@bensadikin9513]

Yeah i agree.... never again driving on highway playing Hotline Miami playlist.

[@jpaul7647]

Great video man 🐻

[@pikpik42]

Dude, I hate the way you look and the way you talk but I really appreciate your work man. I subscribed and I'm looking forward for similiar valuable content. Big up!

[@the2007gamer]

this is the most insane comment i’ve ever received, thank you for your support pikpik42

[@pikpik42]

@@the2007gamer thanks man, i really put effort into it and I'm proud of it. And it's 100% true. I live in Berlin and some folks here dress like you and normally these are a bunch of nerds following a trend, not knowing who they are and struggling in their existential crisis. But you are actually admitting it, talking about it openly and work with it in an artistic way. This truly has value and it shows that it's really close to you, just like you wrote in the description. I'm only 5 years older than you but I'm really glad stuff like this is happening because it has a solid voice and a straight message.

[@stukopbs]

This game changed my life more then any other game as well.

[@krystofkavan5864]

great video thank you

[@cathybannister1311]

Hotline Miami got me hooked because of the story and atmoshere. I just assumed it would be a straight forward top down shooter, but I got ot on sale, both games for PS3, Vita and PS4 for 7 bucks. I heard it was good and mostly bought just have it on the collection, then after I actuallt played it, became a huge fan.

[@MynamemaybeTOMMY]

My grandpa died when i was around 5 ive kept my crying a secret till i was 12

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

I'm glad to hear that. Games changing people if not for the better can truly be a beautiful thing though not gonna lie.

[@coyotegames404]

I know how you feel mate. This game also changed my view on life as well.

[@fathertriangle8965]

The Dracula flow shirt goes hard as fuck

[@the2007gamer]

was straight smokin some seqoia banshee boogers while filming, shit was altering my cicadian rhythm so hard i had to grip the smithon wesson just to ground myself in front of the hoes

[@abina209]

i havent finished hotline miami 2 yet cause its just too hard, but i dont hate it because of it. i just hate that i suck at it more than anyone else.

[@huchenwach7827]

The only character I think is maybe alive is Biker, but maybe its just wishful thinking. Great Video❤

[@Ilikecereal]

I got Hotline Miami 2 because of Payday2 now I mod the game. Amazing game and community too

[@SycFuk2000]

I hate that Payday2 is unplayable for some reason

[@skilltissue1]

​@@SycFuk2000starbreeze literally killing the game so pd3 gets more people

[@SycFuk2000]

@@skilltissue1 I thought it was my mods at first, but after deleting them all, still nothing. I don't think anybody has found a solution

[@skilltissue1]

@@SycFuk2000 indeed, normal vanilla pd2 literally crashes when you surrender a cop, cops are even more brain dead. if you really wanted to play, you could watch videos, tutorials or search long enough to fix that shit. if you already did that, then idk

[@SycFuk2000]

@@skilltissue1 I have bad luck with playing old games ported to PC. I can't even play SR2

[@DiamondsOfSeven904]

The song "it has to be this way" just feels like this. It just says what violence could do. In a strange way, but it does

[@supajesus961]

now im seeing people my age making video essays, im cooked

[@the2007gamer]

in a good or bad way cooked ? i think it’s always good to just express yourself ! especially if you’re passionate !

[@supajesus961]

​@@the2007gamer not in a bad way at all, in the sense that I (most likely you too) would watch video essays when I was little, now im watchin people my age make video essays 😭 its just kind of weird to see that

[@the2007gamer]

@@supajesus961 absolutely me too ! i loved watching them and learning more about stuff. i especially loved when they would be more personal tales, which is what i wanted to achieve here. i’m glad you enjoyed !!

[@TheOrangeMan13]

thank you

[@Nopityforthemajority]

Good video. I’m looking forward to your KZbin stardom

[@ulthur_yt]

I just 100%'d the first game and watching this video has been very enlightening

[@strangoman]

As a fifteen year old, the subtleties did not fly over my head. 😌 I’m basically the next hideo kojima