Heavier, darker, and more unhinged than the first. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number expands the sonic palette into outright menace, and Roller Mobster alone is one of the most aggressive tracks in any game, period. In the Face of Evil sets the tone early with that rising dread, while Dust brings a strange melancholy that hits different between missions.
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The tracklist is massive. Over forty songs pulling from synthwave, darkwave, and whatever genre Sexualizer belongs to. Technoir and Le Perv keep the dancefloor-from-hell energy going. Chamber of Reflections goes somewhere completely unexpected.
It sprawls in a way the first game's soundtrack didn't. Messier, more ambitious, sometimes overwhelming. For anyone who thought the original couldn't be topped, this one at least puts up a serious fight.