Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

uncled's Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC) review

Those graphics!!!!! I thought this was last gen?...........

The first Max Payne was rather akin to a one night stand. It can be a great experience but is over before you can really get into it (no pun intended :P)
This sequel heightens the experience but once again finishes before it has really begun.

This game picks up where the last one left off, after Max's murderous rampage he is somehow installed to his former job with no charges against him. I won't spoil the story but suffice to say this story has just as much power as the previous.

The graphics have recieved a complete overhaul. No longer does Max look constipated nor the textures muddy. This game has to been seen to be believed. Just press pause in a big firefight and you will see what I mean. Even the console version have superb graphics, but they do not compare to the power of the PC. Where you would swear this was a game fir the 360 or PS3.

The sounds is excellent also with great atmospheric music and good voice actors. The musical motifs are excellent and certainly stick in the memory. Plus the bang and crackle of the guns cannot be faulted.

The only niggles with this game are the rather linear and repetative gameplay and the much maligned lack of longevity. Things I feel are holding this game series back from true greatness.

Max Payne 2 is a fantastic game no doubt..it has outstanding graphics, excellent sound and an engrossing story. For the price it can be picked up for today it is essential.......while it lasts.

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne(PC) by somadude on April 10, 2010
I remember watching my older brother play the first Max Payne. It was the first time I'd ever seen Slow-motion in a game and it was also the first time that I'd seen such a complex plot in an action game. The first max payne was simply a gem, but is the sequel just as praiseworthy?  Yeah, I know, I'm late to the Max Payne 2 Review party. But having completed it for the first time less then two weeks ago. I stil find myself thinking back on it, a rare thing indeed. I don't know, maybe it's the da...
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne(PC) by gbrading on April 22, 2010
The original Max Payne gave us a long enough taste of mind-bendingly exciting action and adventure to make us salivate profusely at the mouth with delight, and then quickly took it away before we got too greedy. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne takes almost the exact same approach, but gives us a slightly different game, as well as an even more engrossing experience. Although we all wish the game had been just a little longer, its quality would probably have suffered. For what you get then, Ma...
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