When comparing Game Dev Tycoon vs Hotline Miami, the Slant community recommends Hotline Miami for most people. In the question“What are the best indie games on Steam?” Hotline Miami is ranked 31st while Game Dev Tycoon is ranked 66th. The most important reason people chose Hotline Miami is:
The overhead view allows the player to see much of the level in order to plan how to attack each situation, in violent and gory aplomb.
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Pros
Pro You can create "own" your games
You can decide whether you want to make to be a free developer (riskier) or did you use a publisher want (Restricted) to your games.
Pro Fun real life gaming representations
In game there are many interpretations on real life gaming history. Seeing how the game represents the NES or the Dreamcast is fun and drives the player to see what will come next as to see how it appears in the game itself.
Pro You can interact with the community
There are conventions, interviews and requests from fans for old engines that you can possibly ask for free.
Pro It is easy to understand
The gameplay and the construction of its own studios is easily explained and easy to use. It also seeks not to the whole menus to the by, see what you just need.
Pro Excellent, ultraviolent close combat
The overhead view allows the player to see much of the level in order to plan how to attack each situation, in violent and gory aplomb.
Pro Great, tense soundtrack
The soundtrack has a very 80s electro flare to it that helps flesh out the feel of the game and its violent story.
Pro Unique, neon-soaked art style and surrealist, gritty story
Playing off of themes seen in movies like Scarface, Hotline Miami features a crazy violent story that exudes a very 80s feel.
Pro Makes the player question why they love killing
The game is super violent, but the player loves it, and questions themself because of it
Cons
Con It can be very easy
If you have created a blockbuster and the reviews are simply superb, the game can be quite easily after that, you should have been working without a publisher, because you've got quite a lot of money then and thus the economies slightly indented backwards.
Con Buggy
Even after all the updates, AI in the game is still very buggy.
Con Light on story and can be difficult
There is really no reason given as to why the player is doing what they are doing and the game itself has a fluctuating difficulty level that can be frustrating.