History VideoGame / HotlineMiami2WrongNumber

''Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number'' is the 2015 {{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', made by Dennaton Games and published by Creator/DevolverDigital. The game was released for Windows, Linux, OSX, UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 3}}, Playstation Vita, and UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}. A digital comic book serving as a prequel for the game began publication on Steam on February 17, 2015, providing background on the various characters and factions featured in the first and second games.

* BlandNameProduct: In the level "Homicide", set in a department store under siege by a street gang, there's a "[[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Fun Entertainment System]]" on display.

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, anywhere between a Class 2 and Class 3a goes off via WorldWarIII after the assassination of the United States and Russia's presidents.]]

** Beard represents players who played simply to unlock new weapons and masks to use in the levels, given that the player unlikes more and more violent weapons to use when they complete his levels.
** Richter could represent the people who played the game not because they enjoyed it but because they felt pressured to do so. The fact that his playstile is much more erratic and slightly frightned reflects how these players probably weren't ver experienced with high speed OneHitPointWonder violent video game.
** The Son on the other hand represents players who [[RonTheDeathEater villified Jacket as a psychotic murderer.]] While it's true that the Russian mafia is composed of [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]], the higher ups weren't some sort of BenevolentBoss LesserOfTwoEvils, but a violent family who profited of death and suffering. While the Father and the Grandfather were something of a FlatCharacter and the latter's death is a KickTheDog moment for Jacket, the Son is an AxCrazy daddy's son who can't hope to compare to his father and [[spoiler: eventually [[ShootTheShaggyDog destroys for real the mafia in a drug fueled haze.]]]]