@@stick6969 I always thought he was apologizing in more of a religious sense, like he knew he was dead and was apologizing for his sins or something like that
It’s both fellas Richter apologized because he didn’t understand what was going on, and thought Richard was jacket, apologizing for killing his girlfriend, and such such. He is also apologizing to Richard, because he like beard is one of the only characters to reconcile with himself.
It's also funny as the writer didn't *really* want to see the truth. Even at the edge of the ultimatum he couldn't due to his fear. The book was all about money and ego.
The last exchange between Richard and Beard makes my brain hurt. Beard is the character that appears when Jacket, (the player) is in a state of relief and comfort (having beaten a stressful level) 9/10 it isn't actually beard talking to him he just sees beard as a coping mechanism of his mental trauma. The face of man who saved his life in Hawaii makes him feel at ease. Makes the horror of what he just did go away. Could that be some kind of connection as to why they recognize eachother? What a wonderful mindfuck this game is.
He's the only one who "listened" to Richard. Biker calls it losing his will to fight. We don't even see him much of the game, only to watch him sling what little he remembers for booze money. He's a traumatized alcoholic who lost everything. But he's still alive. That's more than anyone else has.
@@newfacepaula Nah, he was alive in the 2nd game so unless 50 Blessings sent people after him after he was missing for so long and before the (spoiler) was (spoiler) on (spoiler)
Cool details that I only noticed upon re-watching; - Richard is sitting in front of two dead plants, which ties into the whole "Richard is the Grim Reaper" theory. - Mark is closer to Richard than any of the other Fans, and since he is the first Fan to die in "Death Wish" (and again tying into the Richard/Grim Reaper theory), that could mean that he is closer to death than any of the others. - Alex is the only person in the room who is standing up, which mirrors the intro of "Down Under", where she is the only Fan at the party who isn't sitting down. - Ash is subtly aiming an Uzi at the Son the whole sequence. - Martin is gripping both of his chair's armrests like an electric chair, just like he appears on the poster of "Final Cut". He is also looking directly at Manny the whole time, which can be significant if you subscribe to the theory that Martin isn't actually real and is simply a figment of Manny's imagination. - The Henchman and the Son are separated by some money that is strewn on the floor. The Henchman is on the Son's payroll. - Jake is the only person on the bottom half of the table who is wearing a mask. - Beard is sitting directly in front of the projector, and since Richard plays the film reel (which, of course, is the game) after Beard dies, that could be symbolism for how Jacket began his murder sprees (and, by extension, multiple of the second game's subplots) after Beard was killed in the bombing of San Francisco.
The explanation for Martin Brown is that during Decadence, the only scene in HM1 with cameras, the level before Jacket unlocked the Aubrey mask, that's why MB uses the Aubrey mask, albeit there was also that guy with the scar on his face who Biker was questioning at the beginning of Part 5. The film connection to Manny Pardo is the filming crew in Caught and during the outro to Homicide, the moment he says that "the press will be all over it" you can momentarily see a filming crew.
It's because the one that "killed" MB is Manny who is also there at the film shooting. You can see him among the "police" staff lining up just below MB after he died (above if you play on hard mode.) The gun that the woman use to shot MB in the film is the same revolver Manny use and the one he thought was lost during his last section. That and the fact that he really wants his "Miami Mutilator" persona to be famous, as he seems really want Evan to write about it instead of Mask Maniac, as well his hatred for Mask Maniac and their wannabes, hinted at the end of "Deathwish" when he kills the tiger guy in the room and lie about it. Suggests that he swap his revolver with a prop, causing MB to be shot and die for real.
I think it relates to the truth. Evan can visit Biker and get a story that lines up with Jacket, or go to 50 B’s HQ and see the masked crowd, yet doesn’t connect the dots in any way. He listens to Richter who has no idea about what the bigger picture is and can only tell about what he did.
Richard is the Rooster of Fate. By instinct a rooster caws just before sunrise, which we've used to help ourselves wake up. A rooster can't stop the sun from rising, or control what people do during the daytime. It doesn't understand how or why the sun comes up, only that it does and its coming soon. The Writer on the other handing is dedicated to finding out the Truth behind the masked murderers. He isn't even searching for this Truth as a reporter--its a private endeavor that separates him from his family, nearly gets him killed, and leads to the possible death of so many other people needlessly. Meanwhile the Writer is so busy piecing facts and dates together that he can't see that Fate is coming, and time for Miami is running out The writer doesn't understand that knowing the Truth does not stop Fate. He could have taken Richard's advice and fled Miami with his family, like Biker. Instead he got caught up in a goose chase that ran out the little time he had left.
The reason he was writing his book, putting his life on the line, for his family, for his prosperity, his reason to live. Richard is the avatar of death, the final end, no matter what his purpose is or what it gets him, he will still end up in the ground.
You have to include the 2nd line : I am the opposite reason you are writing your book. I am something you wouldn't understand. You can delete the first line and still keep the meaning tbh.
It makes sense why Richard doesn't understand Pardo, and vice versa. As a messenger of Fate, he appeals to the conscience of the characters who know deep down their motives for committing acts of violence will be made meaningless by their consequences. The Hitman slays for his girlfriend who betrays him, the Son fights to re-establish his dad's gang which gets toppled again, Evan risks his life for a book that won't be read, Beard served America and both are haplessly defeated, Richter obeys orders to protect his mother and helps cause a war that will kill her anyway, and so on. However, Pardo is an insane psychopath, which is why he never sees Richard during his life and gets angry and confused at being 'judged'. He's an impulse murderer with no sense of wrong and thus no real sense of consequence, tautologically driven to kill for the sake of killing and becoming a famous killer. That he died BEFORE he accomplished infamy is, to his ego, deliberate injustice by a higher power, when in fact his deeds (which have little impact on the main plot) were as utterly inconsequential to the universe as they were to him.
A subtle hint to it was that after his first seen miami mutilation during the outro to Homicide, the moment he says that "the press will be all over it" you can momentarily see a filming crew, and obviously there's the cart guy in Caught who delivers him to his "next scene".
@@gavriilkremastiotis1914 it means that Pardo is a monster Him keep talking about "the press", going out of his way to do dangerous stuff by himself, and the film crew appearing as an illusion It all implied that Pardo do all of the killing so he can get attention from the media, that way he can "solve" the case of this "Miami Mutilator" (which he himself did) and be regarded as a hero, he's a total psycho who have 0 remorse Richard is like a personification of "consequences", he appears when the Characters have doubts about their actions and remind them of what will happens if they keep doing it, but Pardo? He doesn't appear for Pardo, because Pardo have 0 doubts about the stuff he'd done
Pardo died a noble death- from a nuclear explosion. The actress killer, Jacket, Richter and Beard died from him. This does not mean that he is innocent, but it means that he did not want to kill because the rest of the characters did not die from a nuclear explosion
This cutscene, and most of the other ones with him imply that he's been trying to make these people realize their mistakes, though he is happy to keep them around while they deny their fates and the chance to become better people. He is the personification of death itself, saying "I wish we could've met under different circumstances to Beard" while acting callous towards the self-righteous. Everyone in the game is trapped in a cycle reminiscent of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, reliving their hell again and again until they realize that they should've chosen a better future. Unfortunately, as hard mode's opening suggests, there is no realization, and therefore, no atonement.
The way I view it, all the characters deserve hell, just for different reasons. Beard and Richter didn't want to cause pain and suffering, and were forced to, but that doesn't mean they didn't help cause the ruination of the world. Jake and Evan to me represent arrogance which again led to the ruination. The fans, the son, the henchman, Pardo and Martin however, they all loved the violence
@@Camo-un8ee I've never seen Evan as a force of evil. He's naive, if a bit stubborn about his ambitions, but the only real things he could really do as "evil" are all optional. By default, he restrains his actions to avoid violence, which is more then can be said for any other character. Curiosity kills the cat.
That would also explain why jacket and biker aren't here Biker and jacket realised that they should've chosen a better future, the only difference being that biker actually got to act on that realisation, and ran away, while jacket realised it after there was no turning back
I just realized that the corpses of the characters are how they died in the game. those who were killed retain their entire corpse. while those who were bombed turn into skeletons
@Ties de Jong He was just a colateral damage in the 50 blessings plan. He didn't really do anything impactful on the story. Had he written the book early he might have been killed by one of their members, and the org would have to probably rush their plan due to the truth being unveiled. In the end he was just another innocent victim.
Beard’s death always hits me hard..especially after Jacket became my fav character..when I found out it was their photo he threw away from that balcony at the end of 1st game I literally cired
@Ties de Jong they are literally the only characters you usually see together like at a bar together like the first time you play as evan you call pardo and talk to him
hiitoast242 no. His attitude is different towards Beard because he wasn’t cruel and/or thirsty for blood (or fame, in Evan’s case). He only served in the military because he was legally obliged to
@@swan777song also beard did save jacket so he technically saved the embodiment of Richard. Other than that I do agree with everything you said, he was a peaceful man wishing for a simple and peaceful life. He wasn't there for the murder. Nor the fame, but just because it was forced.
This game is a perfect example of why carefully-selected spoilers can sometimes sell a game instead of ruining it. I had just enough spoiled for me (certain deaths, Richard being some kind of supernatural entity instead of part of Jacket's psyche, the downer ending in general) that it made me want to play the game even though I wasn't all that interested in it initially.
I think the reason why this "Richard" or a figure of Death looks much like Jacket is because Jacket himself has affected each of these peoples lifes in one way or another (Jake I'm not so sure how he did but I'm sure theres a way to explain it) Pardo wanted to be more popular than Jacket since he was the Miami Mutilator, The Fans wanted to BE just like Jacket since they wanted to join 50 Blessings, Beard was Jackets friend and Richard even wishes that they met another way, The Sons father was killed by Jacket and destroyed most of their crime syndicate, Henchmen once again not so sure except that Jacket killed off the organization, I guess for whoever was in the Midnight Animal is since they both wear and commit horrible acts of voilence in masks, Evan is writing about Jacket, and Richter of course killed Hooker, and even in this cutscene Richter apologizes about what he did to Jacket. not sure if I missed anybody but thats everybody that was at the Table in this scene, and this is why I think Richard looks like Jacket
I like to believe in a theory where Jacket never woke from that coma. Where he dreams of the effects he believe will transpire the world. Hence why he disguises himself in the Richard mask, and he tries to tell the people he affected to change their actions, but knows in the end he can't.
Richard's talks with the last few protagonists, the blast victims, hit me the hardest. He tells Richter he appreciates his apology, but that it won't do anything He tells Manny that even he doesn't understand him and basically lets him die without any closure He tells Evan that unlike anybody in his book, he is an enigma Evan will never get to understand And he speaks to Beard in a somewhat nicer tone, and says he's glad Beard remembers him and wishes they met during better times.
one thing people don't really note is the "I wish we could have met under different circumstances" line. I like to pair this with the "there is only one way out of this, unfortunately" line, because we all know that Richard wants to save all of them, otherwise why warn them about their eventual deaths. I think the reason that the conversation between Richard and Beard is so heartfelt is because Richard knows that Beard is the key. Not only the key to starting all of this, but also that he could have had the power to stop all of it as well. Beard was the only one to do the right thing through out the game, to stop killing and even save anyone he could. Plus the fact that it was his death that made Jacket comply with 50 blessings to begin with. I think the "different circumstances" is reference to Richard feeling the most remorseful towards Beard's death, and knowing that if he lived, 50 blessings would have been stopped.
Richard is Jacket as much as Jacket's influence extends to a lot of the characters present here, and Beard is the only one truly close to him, except there is really another one involved, which is the Colonel. Had Beard lived, there is still no telling if 50 Blessings would have been stopped, but there are key differences as to why things would be a whole lot different without Jacket getting involved. Or maybe he would, considering 50 Blessings can just use Beard anyway to make Jacket comply.
I think Richard appears to those who get carried away by violence, as in he represents fate, violence and guilt or something like that. Thats why Richard says he met Jacket in April 3rd, on the first mission. So Beard having participated in extreme violence also knows Richard, but since he didn't like it and was forced into it Richard says he wished the circumstances were different
I just noticed something extremely unnerving. The corpses match the EXACT way the characters died. Even the skeletons, because Evan, pardo, richter and beard died in the nuke. They were scorched alive. christ I’m getting chills
I think that the most interesting thing about this is that all of the corpses/skeletons represent how they die in good detail. For instance, the ones that are withered away skeletons are the ones that died specifically from the nuclear blast. Another example with the people who are the full corpses is Jake. He specifically has a gunshot wound to the head. Everybody is given a representation of the same thing that they had died before. Really makes this scene even more intriguing and haunting.
Notice how all of the characters die.they each corrispond with their fates. Jake gets shot in the head,which is exactly the same as both of his fates,getting shot in the head.The pig killer has bullet wounds in his chest,like the time that he died on set because of a blank swap.The fans are all shot,like it is assumed in the room they all died in.The henchman has a wound on his head,and the fans beat him with a metal pipe in that same area.Son's limbs are all mutilated,as he jumped off the building he was on during his drug trip.The rest of the characters become skeletons,and those same characters are caught in some sort of nuclear explosion.
Carter Herrigstad It's about how everything goes around.When Richard plays the tape,it's likely either midnight animal or the whole HM series.He's playing the start again.
Jacket(Richard) dont kill all . He explain what they all died and are with him in the hell but i not understand because jacket don't die because they appear on the payday 2 in the year 2012 -2018 i dont know but i know beard are died in the hands of the rat in the hotline miami 1 WTF I WRITE ! !!!!!!!!!!!!??????!????!!?!!?!
Jake: Very Low Honor Martin: Very Low Honor The Henchman: Neutral Honor The Son: Low Honor The Fans: Low Honor Manny Pardo: Very Low Honor Evan Wright: Neutral Honor Richter: High Honor Beard: Very High Honor Jacket: Neutral Honor
Ain't no way you gave jacket neutral what the hell did he do after the mass genocide against the Russia mafia go to saint denis and start greeting people
I've always loved hotline miami, and only recently replayed it. This scene confused me when i beat 1 and came back to 2, still on the same computer without uninstalling or changing the files. Playing it one more time then coming back to this made me think of all the shit that happens. I'm pretty sure Richard is just a physical incarnation of violence its self. Kind of a representation of why we're all playing the game, and the reason we see that last convo between Beard and Richard is because we as the player have gone through the violence and adrenaline, and Beard has always been in between acts in the first game, exactly why the players, the people who play the HM games, know Beard, we're all Richard in a way just for playing a hyper violent game and loving every moment.
We're not Richard, Richard does not enjoy the violence and events that unfold in HM, he warns Jacket about who leaves the messages in the first game, he warns almost everyone about their actions and their consequences in the second game, and most importantly... asks us and warns us of our decision about playing the games....
Richard is the personification of reason, he asks the questions we don't want to hear and tells us what's going to happen and that we won't like how it ends.
If Richard is a character in the game I think it's the general. Richter apologizes to him and Richard says 'I'm not who you think I am.' meaning he's not Jacket. Beard talks to him and say's we've met before and Richard answers yes. Well, in the course of the game the only other person that Beard met who didn't meet an untimely death is the commander who later gets promoted to general, and it's him who starts the coup. This makes him the opposite of why Wright is working on the book, he's the guy he can't figure out, he can't find and he can't stop. This means it makes sense why he plays the movie. It was all his plan.
the character deaths here represents how they died canonnicaly Mark - killed by the son Corey - shot by the son Ash - decapitated by the son Alex - killed by the son Tony - shot dead by Manny even though he was surrendering Richter - died in nuclear explosion Martin -accidentally shot to death Beard - died in nuclear explosion in san Francisco Manny - died in nuclear explosion Jake - shot in the head bu 50 blessings Evan - died in nuclear explosion The son - fell to death by walking of his building The henchman - brutally killed by the fans
I can't believe that up to this day, there isn't a fan comic about this conversation between all the characters. Because I wonder how the others will visually react at the deaths from the rest and listen what Richard tells them. (Of course we know what they answer to him, but still gives me the vibes to know those "what if" situations). Maybe the other Richard appearances could be more material to be another comic.
MrTherandomguy42 I don't think so, it is speculated that the Richard persona is a result of a dissociative identity disorder, schizophrenia, or a side effect to witnessing horrible crimes or having a disturbed psyche though... ... Which wouldn't really be that surprising seeing how insane most of the game's cast is :p
aIck I guess it is all just a theory for me. The thing that had me think that is Richter apologizing to Richard and the conversation that Richard has with the last person he talks to in this cutscene, Beard. Richard does tell Richter that he isn't who he thinks he is though. It is up for interpretation and the devs did say that there is no right answer. Now I want Game Theory to do an episode on both games XD
MrTherandomguy42 Yea the story and everything is pretty damn vague and mind-bending. I personally enjoyed 'em both though, Hotline Miami 2 is pretty much one of the best games I've played in 2015 :)
This is a really meta scene. A confrontation from Richard that I feel is supposed to provoke change, but ultimatly ineffective. I don't see anything here that shows these characters know what happens at the end. It is a new game after all, and so for them it's a fresh start as if nothing has happened yet. Richard however knows and speaks with each of them as they end up dying the way they were meant to. It is futile because of the nature of what HM2 is, a game. You can't break the sequence, you can't exceed what has been placed before you. To progress is to move closer to the same conclusion we've already seen. That's why he says it's pointless, we all know how it will end. He also confronts the nature of the person he is speaking to, hence why he was baffled by pardo and why he had feelings of sympathy and perhaps regret over beard. There is just so much in these games it's a lot to unpack. Even after all this time I'm still enjoying the game and all it has to offer.
I think it could represent him still feeling guilt and fear about it. In the final cutscense he asks Richard if they are on to him (or something like that). He simply fears the murders will catch up to him and that that will be his ultimate downfall, fearing it until shortly before his end....
The fact that the movie is projected behind beard's corpse is amazing. Beard dying in the nuke was what sparked jacket to go on his killing spree and start the story.
I love this. Whenever I finish a game it always lingers in my mind the thought of what happens to the characters after I beat it (Usually in games where the protagonists live) and my mind goes down this rabbithole of theories but with Hotline Miami 2, everyone dies, and here, even in some alternate realm of existence where just for a second Richard can bring them back, they still die. There's no ongoing world here (Unless there's ever a 3rd game), it is and always will be a true cycle.
I see a lot of ppl saying that Jacket is Richard, he obviosly isnt. Just look at the Richter conversation with Richard, Richter thinks he's Jacket and even apologize for the things he did to him (shooting him, killing his girlfriend), but Richard responds that "im not who you think im." thats all i can say about it
I think that Richard is the commander from hawaii. The fact that he knows about what everybody did because 50 blessings was spectating every member really proofs that as well as how Beard talks to Richard. They've met before but not in the best place.
Late to comment but here it is: there's a neat little detail here. Since Richard is something like a manifestation of Death in this game and tries (unsuccessfully) to dissuade the characters from continuing down the path they have choses, it stands to reason that he seems to know each one of them and what they are thinking or what motivates them. But when he gets to Manny he outright says "you, I don't get". Manny is such a maniac that even Richard doesn't understand him, it's so perfectly fitting.
So basically this plays when you replay the game again , they're all gathered up again because it's as if the player is keeping the infinite cycle of violence and death constantly going , but Richard is basically there to remind the player and the characters Nothing will change the outcome on how everything ends again Kinda wild when u think about it
I'm currently on my second playthrough of this game. It's my favorite game. I knew about this scene, and it was really sad to see it. This game really is one of a kind.
What weirds me out about Richard is that he can't be Jacket since they seem to be two separate entities in the first game, but here Richard seems to... Have Jackets memories? Either that or Richard and Beard have met at a moment we don't know of. Also I always wondered about the other 2 animal mask people in Jacket's dreams which seem to disappear in the second game. Are they part of 50 Blessings? Is Richard the "God" of 50 Blessings who has the great plan? Why does Richard want to try to prevent the characters from running into certain death?
Gotta love how they all end up dead in the way they die in game Henchman, blunt force Son, Fall Fans, Shot in various ways Pig, Filled with bullets Viper, Tortured to death Richter, The Writer, Beard, and the Policeman all disintegrated by nuclear fire only one who's missing is Jacket
Unfortunately, The Biker must be survived anything from "THIS" but, if you remembered Biker Actually says something with Evan that told "him" about this conversation. The biker Actually meet Richard anywhere, but The Biker decided to Run/Escaped from Miami - American. Somehow, he is the one & the only still Wandering around wastelands. That's why he was not there. Especially, He was Drunk at bar somewhere Longs around Miami. But, still managed to Escaped.
I mean... Pretty interesting is fact that those characters, even tho most of them died at different time are at the table... This game is known for breaking 4th Wall... Maybe Beard met Richard because He was already dead in plot od hotline Miami 1.
@@cloudtx you do have a point beard did kill people but they were bad guys I guess so you do have a point. The main reason I saw richter as innocent is cause I always think it’s wholesome when people how take care of their ill family members or just ill people in general cause like dude was doing this just to keep his mom safe too .
I played this beauty the day it got released on steam. I remember it like it was yesterday. I 10 years ago. yet it was so good. I played it over and over. then i played a few custom made levels and got burned out.and put it back to the shelf but this game lives in my head rent free and i am fine with it.
Richard isnt Jacket, and the reason Jacket isnt there isbc u dont play as him in this game and obvs everyone at the table is playable throughout the campaign. What makes most sense at least to me : Richard is like " The Lord of the Flies " but not as in the devil but if you ever read that book, You know the pig head on the staff talks to everyone in that story and it's just this overbearing scary enigmatic force and like you can kinda see that in game with Richard. My reason for thinking is how he interacts with the cast prior to their deaths, always foreshadowing that the fates they face is their fault alone etc. Another reason i thought this was in the first game whenever you spoke to the 3 animals, there were flies all over the room and that's kinda like how LOTF is portrayed in the novel and also when the game was coming out the promotional images made it seem like Aubrey was gonna be the main mask but using the LOTF theory, maybe they got rid of it because a pig head speaking to the player surrounded by insects would be to heavy handed and they opted for the Rooster? idk this just makes sense to me.
TLDR : Richard is like the lotf and i only say this because this series tends to focus on the pointless brutality of humans just like the novel did. also something i noticed : Tony's mask it had that gunshot and Jacket prior never got shot and it supposed to be his mask ; but maybe that eye wound is a foreshadow to when Pardo shoots him in the room
I don't believe Jacket isn't there just because gameplay-wise..but honestly can't be sure...maybe because after being severly harassed by Richard's dreams he already knows he's done horrible things, and there's no point him being there...Beard being there might just be for Richard to have one last meeting with him.. This is just a "theory", not near truth...but I find the "there're only the playable characters on the table" a bit cheap, at least story-wise. And by the way, Tony's mask isn't the exact same Jacket owns..a further proof of this might be that during Jacket's Trial you can see a table in front of the judge that has many of Jacket's masks..one of them being Tony's, which isn't damaged at all. And it's believed that the real owner of the mask was another man wearing the Tiger mask on a HM1 level..pressumably named Tony as well. This last part is pure speculation. But Tony (HM2)'s mask is a different one from Jacket's, and the bullet wound is probably painted: kinda hard to survive a shot to the head and remain without a single mark o scar (unless you're Jacket, he is surely a thick skinned motherfucker). Hope this has been useful for ya' mate :D
i feel like at this point, jacket has accepted everything. theres no need for him to be talked to by richard, because he already has been talked to. thats what happened in hm1. jacket shares the same mindset as richard and richter, theres nothing anyone can do, so no need to fight it.jacket just realized this sooner, which is why he never attempted to escape prison. after all, whats there to go back home to? his best friend was killed, he has no family (as far as we know), nothing. theres no point in trying to do anything.
Мне нравится как они не понимают что происходит... Кто-то узнает в Ричарде знакомого человека, кто-то пытается понять что здесь происходит, а кто-то просто смирился с тем что произойдет через несколько минут
This game is my favorite the graphics arent good because its 8-bit but the storyline and music are just OMFG THE BEST LIKE IT IS SO DEEP AND HONESTLY THE 8-BIT GRAPHICS GO GREAT BECAUSE ITS EARLY 90s AND JUST OH MY GOD AWESOME!
As someone who always got motion sickness with 3D graphics games (man, I just wish I could play them way longer than 1 hour), this 8-bit graphics is godly to my eyes.
One thing that I don't get it is Corey death. In her actual death, she was shot in the stomach and slowly bled out to death. Here, it looks like someone chainsawed her and rip her guts out.
There is an easter egg in Hotline Miami 2 called The Bar of Broken Heroes where you meet Biker in a bar, according to what he said he was injured badly and had to escape the battle against Jacket, after that he skipped town and went into hiding in the desert.
I don’t think Jacket died in the nuclear explosion. I mean think about it. He’s in a prison that’s probably a decent ways away from any major city and the walls are pretty fortified. Also it’s worth noting that he is not present at that table🤔
@@unkilledher I think that Jacket isnt on the table because in hotline miami 1 Richard told him that this was the last time they were seeing each other.
I love the mystery around just who or what Richard is in this game. With Martin you could reasonably guess he was a figment of his imagination based around his fear of the audience becoming inspired to commit more massacres, but with almost everyone else, he’s bleeding into reality and directly interacting with them. This is the one aspect of the game that is debatably supernatural, and I love it. I personally believe Richard is a ghostly harbinger type entity, trying to warn people off the path they’re going or get them to value their lives more before they inevitably end. This could be why he never appears to Pardo or Jake and basically mocks Mark; they are completely irredeemable and dedicated to what they’re doing, so trying to change them is pointless.
imho, richard is humanity / mortality. or, the concept of it beard came to terms with his humanity, but it happened in horrific and traumatizing circumstances (deployment into a warzone). he had to leave that understanding behind because of the trauma it came with - he remembers meeting richard, but can't keep richard with him manny doesn't possess any humanity and can't understand it beyond it being something that judges him harshly for how he behaves evan has utterly mistaken the purpose of his mortal life and is wasting time chasing after the unattainable immortality of being a famous author. he's trying to be remembered rather than trying to live, and in that sense may as well already be dead the son plays at being self-made while in reality being chained to the institute of his family dynasty and business. his acceptance that he will die by the sword isn't what kills him (he defeats his attackers in the end); his guilt and desire to find something better than the path he'd been walking down, but too late, does. he couldn't live like the machine he wanted to be richter is full of remorse but has nowhere to direct it. being sorry doesn't grant absolution, at least not in the mortal world our lives are just dreams - but we can make them happy ones if we want. and we probably should, because goodness knows there will be too many moments where we're shaken out of that happiness to awaken in one nightmare or another
It's a good, menacing track. Maybe you have a good taste? Welcome to Hotline Miami, the OST of this game is absolutely fantastic and tight, just like the game is.
@@aIcktastic It’s not the music I’m confused about, everybody knows Hotline Miami’s OST is a gift from God, I’m just wondering why it was a cutscene with the track in it and not the track itself.
@@tigerlover2853 maybe it's a sign for you to revisit Hotline Miami games and see if you still... like hurting other people? **que in the Midwich Valley drop**
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i love that Richter mistakes Richard for jacket, as he's the only one to see jacket in that uniform
I mean the first game, Richard is wearing the same outfit as Jacket
And live
Arent you supposed to execute richard before leaving? Was it optional? i just didnt hesitate and went for it...
I feel horrible
@@ishakarbia8070biker did too
@@spooky7048i dont think biker died
The end conversation between Beard and Richard always hit me the hardest.
+MaroonThief yeah it's rlly sad
Yea bruh he so innocent and he still gets killed
@@prod.ayeblick He was killed in San Francisco when a nuke dropped by Soviet Union. Really unexpected and sad
Gives me chills. Music adds so much to the feeling
Ikr
The first line Beard says in this scene is one of the first lines Richard says in the first game.
_"We've met before, haven't we?"_
HOLY SHIT WAIT
Yes it is. I'm surprised most people didn't catch that.
It's also literally lifted straight from Lost Highway, when the Mystery Man goes up to old mate and says "We've met before, haven't we?"
Ikr it’s almost like Richard was two different people at 2 different points
everyone's talking about beards convo, but Richter's is my favourite. the guy gets to apologize and it helps his character even more
yeah
That's because Richter thinks that Richard is Jacket, so he tries to say him sorry for killing hooker (jacket's gilfriend)
Noodle.
@Anonymus 563
“Look, I’m sorry for...”
‘I appreciate it, but...
I’m not really who you think I am.’
... shit man, u right.
He just care of his sick mother
What I actually find sweet about this scene is that beard is the only that seems to understand it and that he knows he is dead.
Richter knew before the bombs dropped he was going to die as well, so I assume he knows and that's why he apologizes
@@Camo-un8ee he apologizes because he thinks Richard is jacket
@@stick6969 I always thought he was apologizing in more of a religious sense, like he knew he was dead and was apologizing for his sins or something like that
It’s both fellas Richter apologized because he didn’t understand what was going on, and thought Richard was jacket, apologizing for killing his girlfriend, and such such. He is also apologizing to Richard, because he like beard is one of the only characters to reconcile with himself.
That chicken thing is a LIE, you can avoid their outcomes if you play well enough. I guess none of yall got the REAL ending...
Get gud.
*”I’m the opposite of why you’re writing your book. I’m something you will never understand.”*
Always gives me chills.
It's also funny as the writer didn't *really* want to see the truth. Even at the edge of the ultimatum he couldn't due to his fear. The book was all about money and ego.
@@yol_nego? Nah i think is only for money
You could presume from this line that he is a savior, as the book is written because of a killer/killers.
When the discord admin mutes everyone in the server and bans them one by one.
aren't you clever, talking from a butt hurt memory I take it
Lmao
hey guys i think erwins a discord mod who takes their position too seriously
@@ViNncentSmith hey Erwin why don't you go mod
Mod some bitches
thats me banning all the member one by one from old cringy group chats when i get owner
The last exchange between Richard and Beard makes my brain hurt.
Beard is the character that appears when Jacket, (the player) is in a state of relief and comfort (having beaten a stressful level) 9/10 it isn't actually beard talking to him he just sees beard as a coping mechanism of his mental trauma. The face of man who saved his life in Hawaii makes him feel at ease. Makes the horror of what he just did go away.
Could that be some kind of connection as to why they recognize eachother? What a wonderful mindfuck this game is.
darthkahn45 That's why they most likely are coming back for a sequel.
Bear McBearFace A sequel? Dennaton said they aren't making another HM. Did something change?
Marcus Munitions I said most likely
Most unlikely
When richard appears its like a sign that you're gonna die soon or something bad is gonna happen
I showed this to a friend who didnot play hotline miami
"KFC ceo kills rivalry companies in the most cruel ways"
That is fucking perfect.
lmao
great
Absolutely amazing. Bloody radical. Simply unrivaled. Much like the KFC CEO after this cutscene.
But thats what this game exatly is
Richard's conversation with Beard, Richter and Evan was sad af.
Pardo though... Damn, when even Richard doesn't get you, you know you are fucked up.
Jacket: “Don’t worry pal, I can speak his language.”
Biker wasn't at the table. He must have survived.
OH SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT BEST MAN IS GONNA BE THE MAIN CHARACTER OF HOTLINE MIAMI 3
He's the only one who "listened" to Richard. Biker calls it losing his will to fight. We don't even see him much of the game, only to watch him sling what little he remembers for booze money. He's a traumatized alcoholic who lost everything. But he's still alive. That's more than anyone else has.
Slyzx6 *there will be no Hotline Miami 3*
or just died somewhere offscreen by the 50 Blessing's hired gun.
@@newfacepaula Nah, he was alive in the 2nd game so unless 50 Blessings sent people after him after he was missing for so long and before the (spoiler) was (spoiler) on (spoiler)
Cool details that I only noticed upon re-watching;
- Richard is sitting in front of two dead plants, which ties into the whole "Richard is the Grim Reaper" theory.
- Mark is closer to Richard than any of the other Fans, and since he is the first Fan to die in "Death Wish" (and again tying into the Richard/Grim Reaper theory), that could mean that he is closer to death than any of the others.
- Alex is the only person in the room who is standing up, which mirrors the intro of "Down Under", where she is the only Fan at the party who isn't sitting down.
- Ash is subtly aiming an Uzi at the Son the whole sequence.
- Martin is gripping both of his chair's armrests like an electric chair, just like he appears on the poster of "Final Cut". He is also looking directly at Manny the whole time, which can be significant if you subscribe to the theory that Martin isn't actually real and is simply a figment of Manny's imagination.
- The Henchman and the Son are separated by some money that is strewn on the floor. The Henchman is on the Son's payroll.
- Jake is the only person on the bottom half of the table who is wearing a mask.
- Beard is sitting directly in front of the projector, and since Richard plays the film reel (which, of course, is the game) after Beard dies, that could be symbolism for how Jacket began his murder sprees (and, by extension, multiple of the second game's subplots) after Beard was killed in the bombing of San Francisco.
The explanation for Martin Brown is that during Decadence, the only scene in HM1 with cameras, the level before Jacket unlocked the Aubrey mask, that's why MB uses the Aubrey mask, albeit there was also that guy with the scar on his face who Biker was questioning at the beginning of Part 5. The film connection to Manny Pardo is the filming crew in Caught and during the outro to Homicide, the moment he says that "the press will be all over it" you can momentarily see a filming crew.
thanks i didnt recognise all of this
This game is fucking genious. I hope that there is at least a small chance that they will continue the story and create HLM 3...
I noticed that the ones that died by the nukes are skeletons, this game has a lot of details.
It's because the one that "killed" MB is Manny who is also there at the film shooting. You can see him among the "police" staff lining up just below MB after he died (above if you play on hard mode.)
The gun that the woman use to shot MB in the film is the same revolver Manny use and the one he thought was lost during his last section. That and the fact that he really wants his "Miami Mutilator" persona to be famous, as he seems really want Evan to write about it instead of Mask Maniac, as well his hatred for Mask Maniac and their wannabes, hinted at the end of "Deathwish" when he kills the tiger guy in the room and lie about it. Suggests that he swap his revolver with a prop, causing MB to be shot and die for real.
"I am the opposite of why you are writing your book" To this day, I still haven't understood what he meant by that.
I think it relates to the truth. Evan can visit Biker and get a story that lines up with Jacket, or go to 50 B’s HQ and see the masked crowd, yet doesn’t connect the dots in any way. He listens to Richter who has no idea about what the bigger picture is and can only tell about what he did.
Richard is the Rooster of Fate. By instinct a rooster caws just before sunrise, which we've used to help ourselves wake up. A rooster can't stop the sun from rising, or control what people do during the daytime. It doesn't understand how or why the sun comes up, only that it does and its coming soon.
The Writer on the other handing is dedicated to finding out the Truth behind the masked murderers. He isn't even searching for this Truth as a reporter--its a private endeavor that separates him from his family, nearly gets him killed, and leads to the possible death of so many other people needlessly. Meanwhile the Writer is so busy piecing facts and dates together that he can't see that Fate is coming, and time for Miami is running out
The writer doesn't understand that knowing the Truth does not stop Fate. He could have taken Richard's advice and fled Miami with his family, like Biker. Instead he got caught up in a goose chase that ran out the little time he had left.
ApocGenesis this comment is the most powerful thing i have read in my life
The reason he was writing his book, putting his life on the line, for his family, for his prosperity, his reason to live.
Richard is the avatar of death, the final end, no matter what his purpose is or what it gets him, he will still end up in the ground.
You have to include the 2nd line :
I am the opposite reason you are writing your book. I am something you wouldn't understand.
You can delete the first line and still keep the meaning tbh.
You almost feel like they escaped death. *almost*
Phoenix Richard: so damn close but they still died, I guess we will see this story again, and again, until you realize your mistakes
It makes sense why Richard doesn't understand Pardo, and vice versa. As a messenger of Fate, he appeals to the conscience of the characters who know deep down their motives for committing acts of violence will be made meaningless by their consequences. The Hitman slays for his girlfriend who betrays him, the Son fights to re-establish his dad's gang which gets toppled again, Evan risks his life for a book that won't be read, Beard served America and both are haplessly defeated, Richter obeys orders to protect his mother and helps cause a war that will kill her anyway, and so on.
However, Pardo is an insane psychopath, which is why he never sees Richard during his life and gets angry and confused at being 'judged'. He's an impulse murderer with no sense of wrong and thus no real sense of consequence, tautologically driven to kill for the sake of killing and becoming a famous killer. That he died BEFORE he accomplished infamy is, to his ego, deliberate injustice by a higher power, when in fact his deeds (which have little impact on the main plot) were as utterly inconsequential to the universe as they were to him.
A subtle hint to it was that after his first seen miami mutilation during the outro to Homicide, the moment he says that "the press will be all over it" you can momentarily see a filming crew, and obviously there's the cart guy in Caught who delivers him to his "next scene".
The only people at the end that will understand Richard is Beard and Ritcher at the end of the game.
@@asais1024 what does that mean
@@gavriilkremastiotis1914 it means that Pardo is a monster
Him keep talking about "the press", going out of his way to do dangerous stuff by himself, and the film crew appearing as an illusion
It all implied that Pardo do all of the killing so he can get attention from the media, that way he can "solve" the case of this "Miami Mutilator" (which he himself did) and be regarded as a hero, he's a total psycho who have 0 remorse
Richard is like a personification of "consequences", he appears when the Characters have doubts about their actions and remind them of what will happens if they keep doing it, but Pardo? He doesn't appear for Pardo, because Pardo have 0 doubts about the stuff he'd done
Pardo died a noble death- from a nuclear explosion. The actress killer, Jacket, Richter and Beard died from him. This does not mean that he is innocent, but it means that he did not want to kill because the rest of the characters did not die from a nuclear explosion
This cutscene, and most of the other ones with him imply that he's been trying to make these people realize their mistakes, though he is happy to keep them around while they deny their fates and the chance to become better people. He is the personification of death itself, saying "I wish we could've met under different circumstances to Beard" while acting callous towards the self-righteous. Everyone in the game is trapped in a cycle reminiscent of I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, reliving their hell again and again until they realize that they should've chosen a better future. Unfortunately, as hard mode's opening suggests, there is no realization, and therefore, no atonement.
The fuck? This is the correct answer
@@ibøøru This scene makes the ending seem less bad as in all reality it could be just one of many outcomes
The way I view it, all the characters deserve hell, just for different reasons. Beard and Richter didn't want to cause pain and suffering, and were forced to, but that doesn't mean they didn't help cause the ruination of the world. Jake and Evan to me represent arrogance which again led to the ruination. The fans, the son, the henchman, Pardo and Martin however, they all loved the violence
@@Camo-un8ee I've never seen Evan as a force of evil. He's naive, if a bit stubborn about his ambitions, but the only real things he could really do as "evil" are all optional. By default, he restrains his actions to avoid violence, which is more then can be said for any other character.
Curiosity kills the cat.
That would also explain why jacket and biker aren't here
Biker and jacket realised that they should've chosen a better future, the only difference being that biker actually got to act on that realisation, and ran away, while jacket realised it after there was no turning back
I just realized that the corpses of the characters are how they died in the game. those who were killed retain their entire corpse. while those who were bombed turn into skeletons
SIKE they just falled to a vat of acid
I only really felt bad for Richter and Beard in the game.
Beard's death was the saddest, imo.
@Ties de Jong
He was just a colateral damage in the 50 blessings plan.
He didn't really do anything impactful on the story.
Had he written the book early he might have been killed by one of their members, and the org would have to probably rush their plan due to the truth being unveiled.
In the end he was just another innocent victim.
Beard’s death always hits me hard..especially after Jacket became my fav character..when I found out it was their photo he threw away from that balcony at the end of 1st game I literally cired
@Ties de Jong it’s sad Evan was so focused on that book it probably set off pardo making him mutilate people and want to be known
@Ties de Jong they are literally the only characters you usually see together like at a bar together like the first time you play as evan you call pardo and talk to him
Here’s what I think
Richard is normal in the beginning,standard old Richard.
But when beard talks to him he becomes jacket.
no he remains richard jacket is dead and isnt in the new intro because you didnt play as him
im gonna cry
@@cryptohello7666 1 you didint play as him and 2 he was arrested in the end of the first game
hiitoast242 no. His attitude is different towards Beard because he wasn’t cruel and/or thirsty for blood (or fame, in Evan’s case). He only served in the military because he was legally obliged to
@@swan777song also beard did save jacket so he technically saved the embodiment of Richard. Other than that I do agree with everything you said, he was a peaceful man wishing for a simple and peaceful life. He wasn't there for the murder. Nor the fame, but just because it was forced.
It seems Richard doesn’t understand the thick skinned Pardo. Well that makes sense since he never talks to him.
I was surprised the nuke went through his thicc skin
@@wippettee Nuke don't kill him. Manny just lost his hair, because it's not thicc. But he's alive
Hahahaha
Pardo survived the nuke, he has to catch that dastardly Miami Mutilator somehow!
this game is so hauntingly beautiful in ways i dont think any of us saw coming when we first played it
This game is a perfect example of why carefully-selected spoilers can sometimes sell a game instead of ruining it. I had just enough spoiled for me (certain deaths, Richard being some kind of supernatural entity instead of part of Jacket's psyche, the downer ending in general) that it made me want to play the game even though I wasn't all that interested in it initially.
I think the reason why this "Richard" or a figure of Death looks much like Jacket is because Jacket himself has affected each of these peoples lifes in one way or another (Jake I'm not so sure how he did but I'm sure theres a way to explain it) Pardo wanted to be more popular than Jacket since he was the Miami Mutilator, The Fans wanted to BE just like Jacket since they wanted to join 50 Blessings, Beard was Jackets friend and Richard even wishes that they met another way, The Sons father was killed by Jacket and destroyed most of their crime syndicate, Henchmen once again not so sure except that Jacket killed off the organization, I guess for whoever was in the Midnight Animal is since they both wear and commit horrible acts of voilence in masks, Evan is writing about Jacket, and Richter of course killed Hooker, and even in this cutscene Richter apologizes about what he did to Jacket. not sure if I missed anybody but thats everybody that was at the Table in this scene, and this is why I think Richard looks like Jacket
but I'm still wondering who is Richard he is not Jacket that's for sure Richard himself tells that too when Richter try's to say sorry
Jake's dead body gets found in one of HM1's levels.You can even get a snake mask if you pick up his.
Intelligent 10 I know that :)
Cracka Panda that's could explained why jacket isn't at the table
I like to believe in a theory where Jacket never woke from that coma. Where he dreams of the effects he believe will transpire the world. Hence why he disguises himself in the Richard mask, and he tries to tell the people he affected to change their actions, but knows in the end he can't.
Death, is close, and you can't evict it.
Ah 69 likes, let me ruin that
In Hard Mode, Henchmen doesn't die. He's just sitting here
I'm pretty sure that happens if you straight-up skip everything or just scroll the text fast enough. It's still funny, though.
wait so, henchman in hm3????
Richard's talks with the last few protagonists, the blast victims, hit me the hardest.
He tells Richter he appreciates his apology, but that it won't do anything
He tells Manny that even he doesn't understand him and basically lets him die without any closure
He tells Evan that unlike anybody in his book, he is an enigma Evan will never get to understand
And he speaks to Beard in a somewhat nicer tone, and says he's glad Beard remembers him and wishes they met during better times.
At the end of HM1 biker levels, Biker biked out of Miami, so I'm pretty sure biker survived the nukes by just not being in Miami when they went off.
Actually nah, Richter was killed by the nukes in Hawaii, implying they were dropped all over the country.
@@ToastyDaEngi biker biked out into space
Biker biked dodging eveey nuke in style
@@Destroyer_Of_Rats I cried when Biker said "it's bikin' time" and he biked all over them
@@Destroyer_Of_RatsIvan, the Space Biker
one thing people don't really note is the "I wish we could have met under different circumstances" line. I like to pair this with the "there is only one way out of this, unfortunately" line, because we all know that Richard wants to save all of them, otherwise why warn them about their eventual deaths. I think the reason that the conversation between Richard and Beard is so heartfelt is because Richard knows that Beard is the key. Not only the key to starting all of this, but also that he could have had the power to stop all of it as well. Beard was the only one to do the right thing through out the game, to stop killing and even save anyone he could. Plus the fact that it was his death that made Jacket comply with 50 blessings to begin with. I think the "different circumstances" is reference to Richard feeling the most remorseful towards Beard's death, and knowing that if he lived, 50 blessings would have been stopped.
Richard is Jacket as much as Jacket's influence extends to a lot of the characters present here, and Beard is the only one truly close to him, except there is really another one involved, which is the Colonel. Had Beard lived, there is still no telling if 50 Blessings would have been stopped, but there are key differences as to why things would be a whole lot different without Jacket getting involved. Or maybe he would, considering 50 Blessings can just use Beard anyway to make Jacket comply.
I think Richard appears to those who get carried away by violence, as in he represents fate, violence and guilt or something like that. Thats why Richard says he met Jacket in April 3rd, on the first mission. So Beard having participated in extreme violence also knows Richard, but since he didn't like it and was forced into it Richard says he wished the circumstances were different
I just noticed something extremely unnerving.
The corpses match the EXACT way the characters died.
Even the skeletons, because Evan, pardo, richter and beard died in the nuke. They were scorched alive.
christ I’m getting chills
what about of Corey, his guts are not shown in the deadwish outro
@@vortexo5073 Her*
Also, her guts are out because was shot through the stomach.
@@miserum8206 thanks
I think that the most interesting thing about this is that all of the corpses/skeletons represent how they die in good detail. For instance, the ones that are withered away skeletons are the ones that died specifically from the nuclear blast. Another example with the people who are the full corpses is Jake. He specifically has a gunshot wound to the head. Everybody is given a representation of the same thing that they had died before. Really makes this scene even more intriguing and haunting.
Notice how all of the characters die.they each corrispond with their fates.
Jake gets shot in the head,which is exactly the same as both of his fates,getting shot in the head.The pig killer has bullet wounds in his chest,like the time that he died on set because of a blank swap.The fans are all shot,like it is assumed in the room they all died in.The henchman has a wound on his head,and the fans beat him with a metal pipe in that same area.Son's limbs are all mutilated,as he jumped off the building he was on during his drug trip.The rest of the characters become skeletons,and those same characters are caught in some sort of nuclear explosion.
Aye, can't help but applaud the devs for the effort they put into even little details like that.
I noticed that, but I still don't understand what this last clip means
Carter Herrigstad It's about how everything goes around.When Richard plays the tape,it's likely either midnight animal or the whole HM series.He's playing the start again.
Jacket(Richard) dont kill all .
He explain what they all died and are with him in the hell but i not understand because jacket don't die because they appear on the payday 2 in the year 2012 -2018 i dont know but i know beard are died in the hands of the rat in the hotline miami 1
WTF I WRITE ! !!!!!!!!!!!!??????!????!!?!!?!
then wat happen if they wake up?
I love chicken
*transforms into a nuked skeleton for disrespecting chicken*
Reboomer 097 this is gold
*wheeze*
@@reboomer8369 *ah yes the legend of spooktober*
Thanks scout
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Jake: Very Low Honor
Martin: Very Low Honor
The Henchman: Neutral Honor
The Son: Low Honor
The Fans: Low Honor
Manny Pardo: Very Low Honor
Evan Wright: Neutral Honor
Richter: High Honor
Beard: Very High Honor
Jacket: Neutral Honor
Ain't no way you gave jacket neutral what the hell did he do after the mass genocide against the Russia mafia go to saint denis and start greeting people
@@MF-_-MOON1buddy, I made this list at 3am
@@peartree9008 😐
I've always loved hotline miami, and only recently replayed it. This scene confused me when i beat 1 and came back to 2, still on the same computer without uninstalling or changing the files. Playing it one more time then coming back to this made me think of all the shit that happens. I'm pretty sure Richard is just a physical incarnation of violence its self. Kind of a representation of why we're all playing the game, and the reason we see that last convo between Beard and Richard is because we as the player have gone through the violence and adrenaline, and Beard has always been in between acts in the first game, exactly why the players, the people who play the HM games, know Beard, we're all Richard in a way just for playing a hyper violent game and loving every moment.
I personally think that Richard is death. Plain and simple.
We're not Richard, Richard does not enjoy the violence and events that unfold in HM, he warns Jacket about who leaves the messages in the first game, he warns almost everyone about their actions and their consequences in the second game, and most importantly... asks us and warns us of our decision about playing the games....
Richard is the personification of reason, he asks the questions we don't want to hear and tells us what's going to happen and that we won't like how it ends.
Richard: How bout you dont do that?
Everyone(except beard): HOW BOUT I DO ANYWAY
except richter too
Weird how the biker isn’t here, and we never explicitly see his death unlike every other major character in hotline miami
Did he really die though?
"dying is gae Im out"
-Biker
If Richard is a character in the game I think it's the general. Richter apologizes to him and Richard says 'I'm not who you think I am.' meaning he's not Jacket. Beard talks to him and say's we've met before and Richard answers yes. Well, in the course of the game the only other person that Beard met who didn't meet an untimely death is the commander who later gets promoted to general, and it's him who starts the coup. This makes him the opposite of why Wright is working on the book, he's the guy he can't figure out, he can't find and he can't stop. This means it makes sense why he plays the movie. It was all his plan.
the character deaths here represents how they died canonnicaly
Mark - killed by the son
Corey - shot by the son
Ash - decapitated by the son
Alex - killed by the son
Tony - shot dead by Manny even though he was surrendering
Richter - died in nuclear explosion
Martin -accidentally shot to death
Beard - died in nuclear explosion in san Francisco
Manny - died in nuclear explosion
Jake - shot in the head bu 50 blessings
Evan - died in nuclear explosion
The son - fell to death by walking of his building
The henchman - brutally killed by the fans
Alex was shot
jake was killed by russian mafia
@@burnedgrapes in one of his endings. The easiest one.
@@motivatedman4630 canonically, it was by the russian mafia.
I can't believe that up to this day, there isn't a fan comic about this conversation between all the characters. Because I wonder how the others will visually react at the deaths from the rest and listen what Richard tells them. (Of course we know what they answer to him, but still gives me the vibes to know those "what if" situations). Maybe the other Richard appearances could be more material to be another comic.
Is Richard...an apparition of Jacket?
MrTherandomguy42 I don't think so, it is speculated that the Richard persona is a result of a dissociative identity disorder, schizophrenia, or a side effect to witnessing horrible crimes or having a disturbed psyche though...
... Which wouldn't really be that surprising seeing how insane most of the game's cast is :p
aIck
I guess it is all just a theory for me. The thing that had me think that is Richter apologizing to Richard and the conversation that Richard has with the last person he talks to in this cutscene, Beard. Richard does tell Richter that he isn't who he thinks he is though. It is up for interpretation and the devs did say that there is no right answer. Now I want Game Theory to do an episode on both games XD
MrTherandomguy42 Yea the story and everything is pretty damn vague and mind-bending. I personally enjoyed 'em both though, Hotline Miami 2 is pretty much one of the best games I've played in 2015 :)
aIck
Though I heard that the ending could of been better. The whole 'everyone dies' ending is kind of a cop-out, but I guess there has been worse.
MrTherandomguy42 Yea the ending was bit on the "... what?"-side I'll give you that. The trippy ending sequence was pretty awesome though.
This is a really meta scene. A confrontation from Richard that I feel is supposed to provoke change, but ultimatly ineffective. I don't see anything here that shows these characters know what happens at the end. It is a new game after all, and so for them it's a fresh start as if nothing has happened yet. Richard however knows and speaks with each of them as they end up dying the way they were meant to.
It is futile because of the nature of what HM2 is, a game. You can't break the sequence, you can't exceed what has been placed before you. To progress is to move closer to the same conclusion we've already seen. That's why he says it's pointless, we all know how it will end. He also confronts the nature of the person he is speaking to, hence why he was baffled by pardo and why he had feelings of sympathy and perhaps regret over beard.
There is just so much in these games it's a lot to unpack. Even after all this time I'm still enjoying the game and all it has to offer.
look richter has half of his mask at his dead body which means he never escaped from the murder hes commited
I think it could represent him still feeling guilt and fear about it. In the final cutscense he asks Richard if they are on to him (or something like that). He simply fears the murders will catch up to him and that that will be his ultimate downfall, fearing it until shortly before his end....
fun fact pardo is the only one not to see richerd because he feels nothing for the things hes done
The fact that the movie is projected behind beard's corpse is amazing. Beard dying in the nuke was what sparked jacket to go on his killing spree and start the story.
I love this. Whenever I finish a game it always lingers in my mind the thought of what happens to the characters after I beat it (Usually in games where the protagonists live) and my mind goes down this rabbithole of theories but with Hotline Miami 2, everyone dies, and here, even in some alternate realm of existence where just for a second Richard can bring them back, they still die. There's no ongoing world here (Unless there's ever a 3rd game), it is and always will be a true cycle.
Weird, the Henchman didn't die when I played this cutscene.
how do i access it?
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Szymon Molik After finishing the game, just restart the story mode and you will see this cutscene
cheers
Oh now i see it too.
The Henchman on my Version didn't die either.
I see a lot of ppl saying that Jacket is Richard, he obviosly isnt. Just look at the Richter conversation with Richard, Richter thinks he's Jacket and even apologize for the things he did to him (shooting him, killing his girlfriend), but Richard responds that "im not who you think im." thats all i can say about it
I think that Richard is the commander from hawaii. The fact that he knows about what everybody did because 50 blessings was spectating every member really proofs that as well as how Beard talks to Richard. They've met before but not in the best place.
good ending: if you hold down right mouse button before richard talks the henchman stays alive
i love how beard is the only one who understands
Late to comment but here it is: there's a neat little detail here. Since Richard is something like a manifestation of Death in this game and tries (unsuccessfully) to dissuade the characters from continuing down the path they have choses, it stands to reason that he seems to know each one of them and what they are thinking or what motivates them. But when he gets to Manny he outright says "you, I don't get". Manny is such a maniac that even Richard doesn't understand him, it's so perfectly fitting.
So basically this plays when you replay the game again , they're all gathered up again because it's as if the player is keeping the infinite cycle of violence and death constantly going , but Richard is basically there to remind the player and the characters
Nothing will change the outcome on how everything ends again
Kinda wild when u think about it
want to know something interesting?
Biker isn't here.
PowerSkiff12 yeah looks like he is just not their
PowerSkiff12 he survived. Biked off to the desert at the end of HM1 and avoided the blast.
But he returned to Miami in the game.
I guess it wasn't really shown.
Nakadashi.V2 richter wasn’t in Miami either he went to Hawaii with his mother
I'm currently on my second playthrough of this game. It's my favorite game. I knew about this scene, and it was really sad to see it. This game really is one of a kind.
Is this the only time we see Richter talking with his mask on in the second game?
Before death,his mom become Richard
Yes, this is the only time masked Richter has dialogue in the second game. And in the first, his only masked dialogue is when he tries to kill Jacket
i really hope they make another one, i love everything about this game
I got bad new for you...
Potato_Spirit FUCK
Honestly, I'm glad they won't continue, no need to. But I am planning to make a campaign that I think could be canon, but we'll have to see
What weirds me out about Richard is that he can't be Jacket since they seem to be two separate entities in the first game, but here Richard seems to... Have Jackets memories?
Either that or Richard and Beard have met at a moment we don't know of.
Also I always wondered about the other 2 animal mask people in Jacket's dreams which seem to disappear in the second game. Are they part of 50 Blessings? Is Richard the "God" of 50 Blessings who has the great plan? Why does Richard want to try to prevent the characters from running into certain death?
Don Juan has the body of the Girlfriend and Rasmus has the Russian Mobster one
idk if is a mandela's effect or what but i swear that in my HM 2, in that scene the henchman is the only one who survives
It's a bug apparently
“Why the hell are you still here?”
@@randomamericansoldier8586 I am out for revenge... Got played all my life. Time to reclaim *Carpenter Brut Remorse Remix* plays
Gotta love how they all end up dead in the way they die in game
Henchman, blunt force
Son, Fall
Fans, Shot in various ways
Pig, Filled with bullets
Viper, Tortured to death
Richter, The Writer, Beard, and the Policeman all disintegrated by nuclear fire
only one who's missing is Jacket
i wish some producer would pick this up and make a tv show with the creators of the game
*You* came back huh, why? *You* already know how this ends, don’t you?
Cant wait for hotline Miami 3 right guys
I wish :’(
Is Biker the only the person who listened to Richard? He was not there at all.
Unfortunately, The Biker must be survived anything from "THIS"
but, if you remembered Biker Actually says something with Evan that told "him" about this conversation.
The biker Actually meet Richard anywhere, but The Biker decided to Run/Escaped from Miami - American.
Somehow, he is the one & the only still Wandering around wastelands.
That's why he was not there. Especially, He was Drunk at bar somewhere Longs around Miami. But, still managed to Escaped.
@@TN_Kuhorizki Yea, he probably came to Miami to get his reward money from Evan and see Jacket’s trial and left after.
I don't know what to make out of this all, but damn, 3 minutes and it hits HARD
that video make's me wanna play hotline Miami again
I mean... Pretty interesting is fact that those characters, even tho most of them died at different time are at the table... This game is known for breaking 4th Wall... Maybe Beard met Richard because He was already dead in plot od hotline Miami 1.
just wanted to point out that richter’s death pose is the same pose that he’s doing when he shoots jacket
Could this lead to a theory that the game is purgatory
Richard's conversations with Manny and Evan are my favourite. well. manny is my favourite out of HLM2's cast.
Wait if biker isn't here does that mean he's alive?
This scene leaves me with too much questions and no answers to what will come next
beard Richter and Evan are the only innocent people in this cutscene
Richter killed an innocent woman. He Isn't innocent and deserved to die.
@@cloudtx actually they threatened him by threatening his mom so he had no choice his mom is disabled so actually he didn’t deserve to die
@@ratb0yjoey620 You are right but regardless he's still a murderer, not an innocent man. Beard is as close as you get to innocent.
@@cloudtx you do have a point beard did kill people but they were bad guys I guess so you do have a point. The main reason I saw richter as innocent is cause I always think it’s wholesome when people how take care of their ill family members or just ill people in general cause like dude was doing this just to keep his mom safe too .
@@cloudtx also ur opinion is a great one so u gained my subscription to ur channel
This game is a fucking masterpiece.
I played this beauty the day it got released on steam.
I remember it like it was yesterday. I 10 years ago. yet it was so good. I played it over and over. then i played a few custom made levels and got burned out.and put it back to the shelf
but this game lives in my head rent free and i am fine with it.
Richard isnt Jacket, and the reason Jacket isnt there isbc u dont play as him in this game and obvs everyone at the table is playable throughout the campaign.
What makes most sense at least to me : Richard is like " The Lord of the Flies " but not as in the devil but if you ever read that book, You know the pig head on the staff talks to everyone in that story and it's just this overbearing scary enigmatic force
and like you can kinda see that in game with Richard. My reason for thinking is how he interacts with the cast prior to their deaths, always foreshadowing that the fates they face is their fault alone etc.
Another reason i thought this was in the first game whenever you spoke to the 3 animals, there were flies all over the room and that's kinda like how LOTF is portrayed in the novel and also when the game was coming out the promotional images made it seem like Aubrey was gonna be the main mask but using the LOTF theory, maybe they got rid of it because a pig head speaking to the player surrounded by insects would be to heavy handed and they opted for the Rooster? idk this just makes sense to me.
TLDR : Richard is like the lotf and i only say this because this series tends to focus on the pointless brutality of humans just like the novel did.
also something i noticed : Tony's mask it had that gunshot and Jacket prior never got shot and it supposed to be his mask ; but maybe that eye wound is a foreshadow to when Pardo shoots him in the room
I don't believe Jacket isn't there just because gameplay-wise..but honestly can't be sure...maybe because after being severly harassed by Richard's dreams he already knows he's done horrible things, and there's no point him being there...Beard being there might just be for Richard to have one last meeting with him..
This is just a "theory", not near truth...but I find the "there're only the playable characters on the table" a bit cheap, at least story-wise.
And by the way, Tony's mask isn't the exact same Jacket owns..a further proof of this might be that during Jacket's Trial you can see a table in front of the judge that has many of Jacket's masks..one of them being Tony's, which isn't damaged at all. And it's believed that the real owner of the mask was another man wearing the Tiger mask on a HM1 level..pressumably named Tony as well. This last part is pure speculation.
But Tony (HM2)'s mask is a different one from Jacket's, and the bullet wound is probably painted: kinda hard to survive a shot to the head and remain without a single mark o scar (unless you're Jacket, he is surely a thick skinned motherfucker).
Hope this has been useful for ya' mate :D
I've always associated Richard with the "Beast" ever sine I read the novel too.
i feel like at this point, jacket has accepted everything. theres no need for him to be talked to by richard, because he already has been talked to. thats what happened in hm1.
jacket shares the same mindset as richard and richter, theres nothing anyone can do, so no need to fight it.jacket just realized this sooner, which is why he never attempted to escape prison. after all, whats there to go back home to? his best friend was killed, he has no family (as far as we know), nothing. theres no point in trying to do anything.
I forgot i had a big brain moment relating 2 this gMe holy smokes this is ebic
Мне нравится как они не понимают что происходит... Кто-то узнает в Ричарде знакомого человека, кто-то пытается понять что здесь происходит, а кто-то просто смирился с тем что произойдет через несколько минут
Он буквально сама смерть, которой не понравилась концовка и она замкнула всех тех из-за кого случился апокалипсис в петле, в качестве наказания.
@@толямбокатеман я сомневаюсь что они в петле. Эта катсцена появляется из-за второй игры игрока, так что
The question is, why Jacket isn't in the same room as the other?
No matter what happens it'll end up the same way. Reliving the bullshit over and over again
This game is my favorite the graphics arent good because its 8-bit but the storyline and music are just OMFG THE BEST LIKE IT IS SO DEEP AND HONESTLY THE 8-BIT GRAPHICS GO GREAT BECAUSE ITS EARLY 90s AND JUST OH MY GOD AWESOME!
The graphics are awesome
Killer Swan what the games aren't good because their 8 bit are you dumb not all games are about 3d graphics
Killer Swan The graphics may be pixels but it is all well done pixel art. Better than any of that HD Brown, lens flare or other tired effects.
Yess, the art style is very good, with hidden massages placed neatly. And the soundtrack? Oh God yes, it's a collection of great great music
As someone who always got motion sickness with 3D graphics games (man, I just wish I could play them way longer than 1 hour), this 8-bit graphics is godly to my eyes.
Richard and Jacket are like spilt the one in reality and the other is watcher,dreamer, changing reality.
Now nothing remains except for our regrets.
We love off
One thing that I don't get it is Corey death.
In her actual death, she was shot in the stomach and slowly bled out to death.
Here, it looks like someone chainsawed her and rip her guts out.
your table are so living and clean
mine are full of bloody mess
Thanks for this. I don't want to reset my game, so this is a good way to view the cutscene.
You don’t reset your game by viewing this cutscene
If Biker isn't here, that means that he's alive or just don't been too bad guy for this trap.
There is an easter egg in Hotline Miami 2 called The Bar of Broken Heroes where you meet Biker in a bar, according to what he said he was injured badly and had to escape the battle against Jacket, after that he skipped town and went into hiding in the desert.
no
its because he's not a major character in hm2
Interesting that biker and jacket aren't here since they are only playable in the first game.
The biker isnt here because he wasnt dead in part 1/2 and Jacket isnt here because in part 1 Richard told him that they had their last encounter.
I like how their corpses are the same as how they died
I don’t think Jacket died in the nuclear explosion. I mean think about it. He’s in a prison that’s probably a decent ways away from any major city and the walls are pretty fortified. Also it’s worth noting that he is not present at that table🤔
@@unkilledher to be fair considering the crimes he committed they probably tossed his ass in the hole so its possible he survived
@@unkilledher Is Beard playable in 2?
@@galvinbrown2144 Yes, in the Hawaii flashbacks.
@@unkilledher I think that Jacket isnt on the table because in hotline miami 1 Richard told him that this was the last time they were seeing each other.
When I play it Henchman just sits there, he doesn't even die lol
So are Richard and jacket the same person or what im so confused i thought he was an icon of death or something
I love the mystery around just who or what Richard is in this game. With Martin you could reasonably guess he was a figment of his imagination based around his fear of the audience becoming inspired to commit more massacres, but with almost everyone else, he’s bleeding into reality and directly interacting with them. This is the one aspect of the game that is debatably supernatural, and I love it. I personally believe Richard is a ghostly harbinger type entity, trying to warn people off the path they’re going or get them to value their lives more before they inevitably end. This could be why he never appears to Pardo or Jake and basically mocks Mark; they are completely irredeemable and dedicated to what they’re doing, so trying to change them is pointless.
imho, richard is humanity / mortality. or, the concept of it
beard came to terms with his humanity, but it happened in horrific and traumatizing circumstances (deployment into a warzone). he had to leave that understanding behind because of the trauma it came with - he remembers meeting richard, but can't keep richard with him
manny doesn't possess any humanity and can't understand it beyond it being something that judges him harshly for how he behaves
evan has utterly mistaken the purpose of his mortal life and is wasting time chasing after the unattainable immortality of being a famous author. he's trying to be remembered rather than trying to live, and in that sense may as well already be dead
the son plays at being self-made while in reality being chained to the institute of his family dynasty and business. his acceptance that he will die by the sword isn't what kills him (he defeats his attackers in the end); his guilt and desire to find something better than the path he'd been walking down, but too late, does. he couldn't live like the machine he wanted to be
richter is full of remorse but has nowhere to direct it. being sorry doesn't grant absolution, at least not in the mortal world
our lives are just dreams - but we can make them happy ones if we want. and we probably should, because goodness knows there will be too many moments where we're shaken out of that happiness to awaken in one nightmare or another
I neeeeed the soundtrack for this intro
This looks really fucked up to me. Like I'm experiencing something unnatural.
Looks like some psyops
I like how the cutscene resembles stereotypes for players who would come back to this
Some would be confused, upset, give up or brave
I just realized the ways they died in this room emulated the deaths they actually faced in their actual lives, the detail is crazy
I just found out about this cutscene because my little brother was messing around with my game after I finished hard mode
Are these the scene after they all get nuked?
huh even when i 100% this game i still didnt know about this
For God knows what reason, RUclips decided to put this in a music playlist.
It's a good, menacing track. Maybe you have a good taste? Welcome to Hotline Miami, the OST of this game is absolutely fantastic and tight, just like the game is.
@@aIcktastic It’s not the music I’m confused about, everybody knows Hotline Miami’s OST is a gift from God, I’m just wondering why it was a cutscene with the track in it and not the track itself.
@@tigerlover2853 maybe it's a sign for you to revisit Hotline Miami games and see if you still... like hurting other people? **que in the Midwich Valley drop**
Where was jacket and biker during this?
Oh shoot I remember when happened