
Shifty presents itself in a comical manner and never beats you over the head with philosophical statements about violence. Saying the plotline is important would be wrong. Being guided by the hilarious Nyx, Shifty encounters a bunch of armed guards that he easily dispatches with some punches. The why for this plan isn’t ever revealed the only information you have is that Shifty is an expert at what he does. Shifty is that you’re a thief with teleportation abilities breaking into a highly secured tower to steal a plutonium core.

Released: Ap(PC, Switch), TBA (Mac, PS4, Xbox One) Why, exactly? That doesn’t matter you’ve got goons to beat up! Shifty basically apes the gameplay from Dennaton Games’ brawler and introduces teleportation. Team Shifty has taken notice, though, and is looking to up the ante.īeing sold on the idea that this is Hotline Miami-like, Mr. We’re definitely seen overhead shooters and brawlers before, but nothing that captures the intense difficulty and careful planning that defined the Hotline Miami experience. While the sequel failed to live up to the original, not many other developers have even attempted to tackle the same style of gameplay.

Was it something to do with a damaged psyche or was it more animalistic? Mixing a unique style with gratuitous violence and a self-reflective story, the game asked players to question why they were so willing to murder in video games all the time. Hotline Miami was an instant hit upon its release in 2012.
