Overview
I made this guide to help people get the best experience out of this amazing game. Shows you ways to get easy A+ most importantly this guide shows the locations of the masks and puzzle pieces with pictures for simple find!
Let’s Start
So right of the bat I can say I got most of this information from the “Hotline Miami Wiki”[hotline-miami.wikia.com] I took the screenshots and provide simple instructions on somethings, but most credit goes to the wiki.
For Best Play Experience
If you’re complaining that this game is too hard and hard to control PLAY IT WITH AND XBOX CONTROLLER. In the recent patch they added controller support so take advantage of that because I can ensure you that it makes the game so much easier. Comment if you need help. If your having problems with the game it self contact Dennaton at [email protected]
How to get A+ easy way
There’s lots of ways to get A+. To get them really quick look for an enemy that only has a melee weapon and just keep knocking him down it gives you points and another obvious way is to get longer combo chains with Brandon (Panther) or Zack (Frog).
The “X” marks on Chapters
The X marks on chapters stand for the mask you will get at the end of the chapter if you hit a certain score. They all so stand for the puzzle pieces in chapters. So if you play a chapter and you see 2 X marks it means you haven’t found the the puzzle piece and that you haven’t earned enough points for chapter mask. In other situations you only have earn the mask and there’s a X mark next to the mask it means you haven’t found the puzzle piece in the chapter.
Chapter Masks
Richard (Chicken): No Effect
Start the game with this one
Rasmus (Owl): An Eye For Secrets
Given for completing The Metro (Predule)
Tony (Tiger): Fists of Fury
Given for completing No Talk (Chapter 1)
Aubrey (Pig): More Guns
Given for completing Overdose (Chapter 2)
Don Juan (Horse): Lethal Doors
Given for completing Decadence (Chapter 3)
Graham (Rabbit): Walk Fast
Given for completing Tension (Chapter 4)
Dennis (Wolf): Start with Knife
Given for completing Full House (Chapter 5)
George (Giraffe): Look Further
Given for completing Clean Hit (Chapter 6)
Ted (Dog): Dogs Don’t Attack
Given for completing Neighbors (Chapter 7)
Rufus (Elephant): Survive One Bullet
Given for completing Push It (Chapter 8)
Rami (Camel): Extra Ammo
Given for completing Crackdown (Chapter 9)
Willem (Monkey): Rip And Steal
When you go up to a person bare handed and take there weapon you’ll take the weapon instantly with out waiting do to the description being “Rip & Steal”
Given for completing Hot & Heavy (Chapter 10)
Peter (Unicorn): Quiet Gunshots
Given for completing Deadline (Chapter 11)
Zack (Frog): Longer Combo Window
Given for completing Assault (Chapter 13)
Oscar (Mole): Darkness
Given for completing Vengeance (Chapter 14)
Rick (Fox): Good Shot
Given for completing Safehouse (Chapter 16)
Brandon (Panther): Walk Faster
Given for completing Fun&Games (Chapter 17)
Louie (Chameleon): Hard To Spot
Given for completing the game with normal ending
Nigel (Bat): Reversed Controls
Finish the game by solving the puzzle and discovering the alternative ending
Hidden Masks
Earl (Walrus): Survive Two Bullets
On a corpse in Overdose (Chapter 2)
Jones (Alligator): More Gore
In Full House (Chapter 5) Requires multiple steps. After your done with the chapter pick up a crowbar (it’s red) and don’t go in your car instead walk around the house in till you see a sewer or manhole and it will take you down to this guy and next to him is the Jones mask.
Carl (Grasshopper): Start With Drill
On the body in the disco room in Push It (Chapter 8), right as you enter the level
Jake (Snake): Killing Throws
On a body in Hot&Heavy (Chapter 10)
Richter (Rat): Start With Silenced Uzi
Found in the Assault (Chapter 13), upper right corner of the level with the police chief and the prisoner, on the table.
Charlie (Octopus): More Melee Weapons
Top left corner of the level, on the counter in the kitchen area of Safehouse (Chapter 16)
Phil (Fish): French Translation
When you do a chapter that has dialog while your wearing the mask the mask translate the english dialog in to french.
Laying on top of a box in sewers with Janitors in Resolution (Chapter 19)
Puzzle Pieces
THE PUZZLE PIECES ARE THE PURPLE PIXELS!!!!
The Metro (Predule) “U”: Bottom left corner of the first floor, next to tracks.
No Talk (Chapter 1) “T”: Top left corner of the second floor, in the kitchen
Overdose (Chapter 2) “A”: Bottom right corner of the second floor, in the bathroom next to toilet
Decadence (Chapter 3) “O”: Bottom left corner of the second floor, in the dining room.
Tension (Chapter 4) “A”: Left side of the second floor, in the bomb room close to the window.
Full House (Chapter 5) “E”: Bottom right of the first floor, in the kitchen area, right of the chairs.
Clean Hit (Chapter 6) “I”: Bottom right of the second floor, on the balcony, close to the second bush from top.
Neighbors (Chapter 7) “N”: Top left corner of the first floor, in the bed room, next to the table.
Push It (Chapter 8) “R”: Top right corner of the rightmost second floor, in the disco room.
Crackdown (Chapter 9) “S”: Top middle of the second floor, right next to the elevator from which the Swat enters from. I messed up and forgot to take the image but it’s next to that elevator
Hot&Heavy (Chapter 10) “I”: The floor which entrance is the top right door from the base map, bottom left room with deck chairs and pool in it, next to a chair.
Deadline (Chapter 11) “N”: Bottom left of the second floor, in the dark room, below the desk next to wall.
Trauma (Chapter 12) “W”: Bottom right of the floor you wake on, in the bathroom next to the toilet.
Assault (Chapter 13) “S”: Bottom left corner of the first floor, in the bathroom, next to toilet.
Vengeance (Chapter 14) “B”: In the bathroom of third floor that you see right as you come up the stairs, top left next urinals.
Showdown (Final Chapter) “H”: Left side of the first floor, between the sofa and the chair next to wall.
Secret Ending
To get the secret ending and unlock the Nigel (Bat) mask you need all the puzzle pieces once you get all the puzzle pieces hit [esc] on your keyboard or [back] button on your Xbox 360 controller and go to the puzzle board and put [IWASBORNINTHEUSA] after that get out of the menu and that lets you use the computer in chapter 19 “Resolution”
