Step into the Neon-soaked Underground of 1980s Miami

I know awe­some when I see it. And when I look at  Hot­line Miami  I see awe­some. It’s a vio­lent, 16-bit retro-arcade homage to 80s action movies devel­oped by Jonatan Söder­ström ( Den­na­tion ), who describes it like this:

Step into the neon-soaked under­ground of 1980s Miami as bizarre mes­sages on your answer­ing machine seem to be urg­ing you to com­mit ter­ri­ble acts of vio­lence — but will you obey? Hot­line Miami over­flows with raw bru­tal­ity and skull crush­ing close com­bat as you find your­self out­gunned and using your wits to chore­o­graph your way through impos­si­ble sit­u­a­tions. An unmis­tak­able visual style, a dri­ving sound­track, and a sur­real plot that will have you ques­tion your own thirst for blood. Bash and blast through over 20 mul­ti­screen lev­els with 35 unique weapons and col­lect 25 game-altering masks in one of the dark­est and most unusual inde­pen­dent games on the scene.

The hot­line itself can be reached at +1 786 519 3708 or @HotlineMiami. Leave a message.

Here’s the game­play trailer:

Just the lat­est rea­son I’m in love with the indie retro­cade scene .

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