History YMMV / HotlineMiami2WrongNumber

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed here makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with guns who appear in Beard's levels.

** One of the unlockable masks for Jake's levels gives you a generous opportunity to play as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vm5OYV6ME fat nunchuck-waving Confederate martial artist]]. Trying to take the plot seriously after that can be quite challenging, to say the least.

** One of the unlockable masks gives you a generous opportunity to play as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vm5OYV6ME fat nunchuck-waving Confederate martial artist]] in Jake's levels. Trying to take the plot seriously after that can be quite challenging, to say the least.

*** Surprisingly, Corey's segment in this level, despite normally being fairly easy than the others, turns incredibly difficult in Hard Mode, since most rooms now get a lot of windows.

*** Surprisingly, Corey's segment in "Death Wish", despite normally being fairly easy, turns incredibly difficult in Hard Mode, since most rooms now get a lot of windows.

** "Deathwish", an absolutely brutal 4-floor marathon of death involving all 5 of the Fans.
*** Surprisingly, Corey's segment in "Deathwish", despite normally being fairly easy, turns incredibly difficult in Hard Mode, since most rooms now get a lot of windows.

** Most of Evan's levels can be this, because given [[{{Pacifist}} his character]], [[DoesntLikeGuns he'll instantly unload any gun he picks up]], and he won't pick up any sharp weapons like knives; he'll only pick up [[TechnicalPacifist blunt weapons]]. Because of this, Evan is practically [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight useless at long ranges]], making any open-ended level with Evan a '''nightmare'''. Although he can use any weapon upon activating his rage mode, getting the best score possible is only feasible if you stick with his normal mode.

*** Surprisingly, Corey's segment in "Deathwish", despite normally being fairly easy turns incredibly difficult in Hard Mode, since most rooms now get a lot of windows.
** Pretty much all of the Soldier's levels, due to the fact that you can't pick other weapons once your starting ones run out of ammo, but the standout is "Casualties" with absolutely huge areas with multiple places to be shot from.

** "Release" is one of the longest chapters in the game which begins with a boss, along with four rooms full of enemies. Each room is huge and full of windows where enemies with guns who can shoot you miles away. This is also the first level on normal difficulty that introduces the Dodgers, who are immune to gunfire. Not only can they only be killed by melee weapons, but they're as fast as the dogs, and can [[JumpScare pop out of nowhere]].

** "Take Over" has gigantic rooms with very little cover, filled with enemies armed to teeth, Dogs, Thugs and the worst of all, Dodgers, who can only be killed with melee weapons, which, in this level, are very few. And let's not forget that this level is filled with windows, which will get you killed by offscreen enemies '''a lot'''. Hope you're not going for S or A+ Rank, because you will smash the shit out of your keyboard/controller after many deaths.
** Most of Evan's levels can be this, because given [[{{Pacifist}} his character]], [[DoesntLikeGuns any gun he picks up he will instantly unload]] and he won't pick up any sharp objects, like knives. He'll only pick up [[TechnicalPacifist blunt weapons]]. Because of this, Evan is practically [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight useless at long ranges]], making any open-ended level with Evan a '''nightmare'''. Although he can use every weapon upon activating rage mode, getting the best score possible is only feasible if you stick with the pacifist route.

** "Release" is one of the longest chapters in the game which begins with a boss, along with four rooms full of enemies. Each room is huge and full of windows where enemies with guns who can shoot you miles away. This is also the first chapter on normal difficulty which introduces to the charger enemy who are immune to gunfire. Not only can they be killed by only melee weapons, but they're fast as the dogs, and [[JumpScare pop out of nowhere]].

** The Son? You mean [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]], right?

* BestLevelEver: ''Death Wish'', the last level played as The Fans. You get to play as each fan in sections tailor-made for each of them, while "Roller Mobster", the most intense song on the soundtrack, blares in the background.

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed here makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with weapons who appear in Beard's levels.

** Some of the elements in both games comes off as iffy in 2017 events in America. The Russo-American coalition and the Russophobic feelings against it becomes this with accusations of Russians interfering in the US election and rising anti-Russian sentiments as a result. Additionally, the title screen depicting Miami in a heavy storm [[spoiler: at least at first glance]] became this when Miami and much of Florida got hit by Hurricane Irma.

** The ''Jake the Snake'' mask makes any thrown weapon lethal as long as it carries momentum. What this means is that while wearing the mask, any weapon you grab can be used as an impromptu one-shot gun with an extremely wide scope that is completely silent and can [[OneHitPolykill mow down an entire crowd of mooks]].

** Some of the elements in both games comes off as iffy in 2017 America. The Russo-American coalition and the Russophobic feelings against it becomes this with accusations of Russians interfering in the US election and rising anti-Russian sentiments as a result. Additionally, the title screen depicting Miami in a heavy storm [[spoiler: at least at first glance]] became this when Miami and much of Florida got hit by Hurricane Irma.

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed here makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with weapons who are also introduced in this game.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Even though the ''Hotline Miami 3'' SequelHook was a joke that such a game would be impossible to happen considering [[spoiler:Miami was destroyed by a nuclear bomb in the ending of ''Hotline Miami 2'']], some fans still express interest in another sequel, namely exploring [[spoiler:how the world looks [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear war]], what happened to the Biker and what the surviving 50 Blessings members plan to do in the ruins of the United States]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Youtube commenters have noted that ''Dubmood's Richard'' (Plays in ''First Blood'') resembles the music that plays when ''Film/TheTerminator'' escapes the police station with Sarah Connor. Hilariously, commenters in said song's comments helpfully point out where the similarities begin.

** The colonel's rant about human nature (while wearing a panther's disembodied face) also qualifies as this to some.

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with weapons who are also introduced in this game.

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't been changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with weapons who are also introduced in this game.

** Any of the Thugs (fat enemies). Although they haven't been changed significantly since the first game, the way the levels are designed makes them much harder to deal with this time around, especially the variants with weapons.

* ContestedSequel: There has been debates over whether the game is as good as the previous game or a step in the wrong direction. Is the plot [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible too sane and easy to follow]], or [[MindScrewdriver a welcome explanation for the madness of the first game?]] Did the game explain the weird events from the first game too much? Most prominent, however, is the debate on the issue of difficulty and level design, with many detractors claiming that the more wide-open design of the levels invokes FakeDifficulty, with enemies that can't be seen and tons of windows for people to shoot you through as opposed to the corridor-like stages of the first game. Fans of the game, however, appreciate the more in depth playstyles that several of the characters provide, with more DifficultButAwesome characters than the previous game, and feel like the setpieces each level takes place in feel more in depth and varied than the constant Russian mobster killfests the first game consisted of for two thirds of the game.

** Seriously, Pardo? [[spoiler:Shooting Tony dead when he was surrendering, and then tell a nearby SWAT officier that he was jumping at you even though he was standing still, hands in the air]]? Given the reveal that Pardo [[spoiler:is the Miami Mutilator and that he only became a police officer to kill anyone that followed in Jacket's footsteps so that his murders would get more attention]], it makes some sense.

** Some execution animations (such as Martin's unarmed execution) are excruciating long and tend to ruin combos, which forces players trying to go for high scores to avoid knocking down enemies.

** One of the unlockable masks gives you a generous opportunity to play as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vm5OYV6ME fat nunchuck waving Confederate martial artist]]. Trying to take the plot seriously after that can be quite challenging, to say the least.

** Seriously, Pardo? [[spoiler:Shooting Tony dead when he was surrendering, and then tell a nearby SWAT officier that he was jumping at you even though he was standing still, hands in the air]]?
*** Well, given the reveal that Pardo [[spoiler:is the Miami Mutilator and that he only became a police officer to kill anyone that followed in Jacket's footsteps so that his murders would get more attention]], it makes some sense.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This game is even more bleak than its predecessor. You play as psychotic mass murderers and ruthless mobsters, and the series ends with [[spoiler:the nuclear holocaust of the United States, where all the characters left, including the few sympathetic ones, die]]. If that's not enough, the game takes every opportunity to [[YouBastard insult you for playing it]], to a level even ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' would consider excessive. Sound fun?
* TheWoobie: Richter is an average guy that just wants to take care of his ill mom, and is dragged into the masked killings against his will.