the game is not as fast-paced and straight forward as the first HM but i think overall it was better.....
gameplay,narrative and almost everything were a huge improvement over the first game,With HM2 you still get your crazy and brutal action game but this time with more gameplay elements and a lot more explanation about story and Hotline miami's world.
the story can be really really confusing but you just have to pay attention to the detail and dialogs then you'll see how each part of the story connects to each other....or you can just checkout the story thread in the game's forums :D

anyways,it's a great game and everybody knows that,definitely worth playing, this game is awesume ...