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Hotline Miami

Version History

Explore the version history of Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. Discover chapter breakdowns, character progression, and unlockable content for both games.

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Explore the version history of Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. Discover chapter breakdowns, character progression, and unlockable content for both games.

This guide details the chapter structure and progression for both Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. It outlines the playable characters, key plot points within each chapter, and any additional content released.

Hotline Miami

The original Hotline Miami features 20 chapters. The Prelude and chapters 1-15 are played as Jacket. Chapters 16-19 are played as Biker. An additional chapter, Highball, was released in a patch, and Exposed was made available for PS Vita/PS3 owners and as a preorder bonus from Get Games.

  • Part One: Phonecalls - Serves as a story introduction, introducing Jacket and his mysterious phone callers. Ends with Jacket saving the Girlfriend. Includes Prelude: The Metro, Chapter One: No Talk, Chapter Two: Overdose, Chapter Three: Decadence.
  • Part Two: Questions - The Girlfriend influences Jacket's lifestyle, while Beard's behavior becomes erratic. Includes Chapter Four: Tension, Chapter Five: Full House, Chapter Six: Clean Hit, Chapter Seven: Neighbors.
  • Part Three: Visitations - Beard is dead, replaced by Richter. Undead mobsters haunt Jacket. Includes Chapter Eight: Push It, Chapter Nine: Crackdown, Chapter Ten: Hot & Heavy, Chapter Eleven: Deadline.
  • Part Four: Connections - Jacket is attacked, wakes in a hospital, and seeks revenge on the Russian mafia. Includes Chapter Twelve: Trauma, Chapter Thirteen: Assault, Chapter Fourteen: Vengeance, Final Chapter: Showdown.
  • Part Five: Answers - This section appears to be incomplete in the source.
  • Extra Chapters - Highball and Exposed.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number features 27 scenes divided into 6 acts, with a prelude as a pilot, the 25th scene as a feature film, and an additional scene as bonus content. The chapters are presented non-chronologically to serve the story's themes.

  • Pilot
  • Act One: Exposition
  • Act Two: Rising
  • Act Three: Climax
  • Act Four: Falling
  • Act Five: Intermission
  • Act Six: Catastrophe
  • Feature Film
  • Bonus Content

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