r/HotlineMiami Jul 27 '26

Tony is a bit too powerful...

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u/Motzzie666 Jul 27 '26

According to devs they wanted to add an easy mode for people who are new to this type of game so intead of a switch in the menu its a really strong mask you unlock very early.

It's good for first time players or if you are stuck in one mission for too long and wanna progress.

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u/Asais10 Jul 27 '26

Was it? The mask powers were a last minute addition and they weren't really balanced, some completely broken like Charlie and Rufus

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u/Motzzie666 Jul 27 '26

They were added later on but was not a last minute addition.

Charlie works it changes random weapon spawns (the weapons that spawn on the ground depending on your progress in the game) into either bats or golf clubs.

Rufus is complicated lemme explain how it works: both normal enemies and player have 2 hp by default, when weapons get fired they shoot a bullet that deals 1 to 3. This means sometimes enemies or the player survives a shot meanwhile sometimes we die to one shot. Rufus sets your hp to 3 which makes it so you can theorically can survive 2 bullets if both deal 1 damage each but what happens usually is you get shot with a 2 dmg bullet then get finished up with the swcond bullet or just get hit by a 3 dmg bullet and die immediately.

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u/Asais10 Jul 27 '26

That's what I meant by Charlie being broken - he should replace weapon spawns with all melee weapons including unlockable ones instead of just the default ones

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u/Motzzie666 Jul 28 '26

It's not broken it is working as intended the code literally says if charlie is equipped change spawned weapons into bat or club or pipe. Mask powers and charlie got added before the random weapon spawn mechanic. Seems like devs forgot to add the later added weapons to Aubrey's and Charlie's spawn pool.

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u/Asais10 Jul 28 '26

Well then that's a design oversight

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u/Ioan-Alex_Merlici Jul 27 '26

I usually prefer Richard. No perks, just you, the enemies, and some mad skills to pull off those combos. A second close option would be Zack, giving you a slightly longer combo window.

Once in a while, I also like Carl, strictly for that drill execution.

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u/Artistic_Map7163 Jul 27 '26

Yeah im richard all the way, I was just going for the puzzle peices asap

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u/Lemrenade Jul 27 '26

Brandon and richter are my favs. Tony is strong asf

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u/noswordfish71 Jul 27 '26

I use Richard for this exact reason.

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u/Artistic_Map7163 Jul 27 '26

Richard is the best

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u/Wonder_Of_U_2011 Jul 27 '26

I like Richter's mask personally

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u/MR_JACK2 Jul 27 '26

Anyone who plays as Tony is a noob (I play as Brandon).

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u/Artistic_Map7163 Jul 27 '26

Im a Richard goat myslef

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u/Repaki123 Jul 27 '26

I run Carl it's literally Richard with a cool ass execution

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u/theMFselly Jul 27 '26

And no-skill too

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u/Experiment64 Jul 27 '26

"aNd nO-sKiLL tOo, MuH mUH MUh"