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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a third-person shooter, serving as a direct sequel to the first game. The player follows the story of an NYPD detective, tasked with resolving crimes and answering many questions of its predecessor’s story. The game is set in noir tones, providing with main character’s monologues and various cutscenes.
The titular protagonist, Max Payne, is a traumatized officer of the police. After the first game’s events, Max is once again involved in the bloody conflicts of the mafia, with its drama, romance, and bitterness. The game offers its players various game mechanics for maximum replayability. For instance, the difficulty of each level adapts to how you play overall, with enemies dealing less damage and painkillers being more effective if the player has died too many times. The series’s feature mechanic, Bullet Time, is also present in the game, allowing players to plan their movements and save precious ammunition during the slowed time.
The game’s physics engine allows the players to experience the most fearsome battles hand-to-hand, with the realistic destruction of surroundings, cinematographic kills, and dramatic deaths. Max Payne 2 also features a game editor, with user-created modifications serving as a tool to further enhance every playthrough.

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Remedy Entertainment
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Rockstar Games
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17+ Mature
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne reviews and comments

Too fast and boring.
People, who played this game in childhood - replay it again, please.
«Game over at last!»
Completed as of writing this review: Base Game.

The sequel, that showed how the developers did their homework. Max Payne 2 is the best Max Payne yet with an interesting action-packed drama plot. It also has some funny moments and an a diverse cast of characters. It also is not ridiculously challenging with damage from grenades and bullets anymore.
Though it's recommended to play only after you played the first game, but it's your choice anyway, since this game has a recap. But to really understand Max's pain (no pun intended), I'd suggest beat the first game first.
«Blew my mind»
«Constantly dying and enjoy it»
«BLEW MY MIND» «JUST ONE MORE TURN» «CAN’T STOP PLAYING» «TIME-TESTED» «LIKED BEFORE IT BECAME A HIT»
9/10
«Can’t stop playing»
«That ending!»
Let's not fool ourselves. The gameplay in Max Payne 2 is interesting but dwarfed by modern games. The story is pretty cliche, but... BUT the way it is presented, the narrative, the sarcastic remarks of Max's and the ending.... oh, the ending... these are what make this game one of a kind and an absolute must-play in 2020.
«Blew my mind»
«Time-tested»
Gameplay 8/10. Graphics 9/10. Soundtrack 8/10. Storyline 8/10. OVERALL 8.25/10.0 (A : 8.5)
«OST on repeat»
This has the best love story I have ever seen in video game. It's poetic as Alan Wake and brutal as The Punisher. The saddest superhero from Remedy. One of the kind.
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
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