Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

THE GOOD:
Great story.
Great graphics,sound & voice-over acting.
Easy controls.

THE BAD:
Single-minded enemy A.I.
Short game.

SUMMARY:

A couple of years ago, the predecessor of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne changed my gaming habits with its unique and stylish game play, story and everything else. It converted me into a pc gamer for life!!! The first thing I did after finishing Max Payne 1 was to check if it had a sequel or not. Praying to the Gods of gaming, I clicked into the Max Payne website and with a sigh of relief, I found out that the sequel to the most stylish and coolest game ever made was already out. Not knowing that it was going to push Max Payne hard for the No.1 spot in favorite games list, I went ahead and purchased it.

Preview

The protagonist of this game, Max Payne, has been freed from police custody for whatever he did in the previous installment of the game, with the help of...

THE GOOD:
Weapons, medium good selection
Gameplay, pretty good few glicthes, rarely lags
Graphics, low requirements so widely availble

THE BAD:

SUMMARY:
I gotta say that this was a pretty good sequel. You really get into the storyline but at times it does get a little odd. The weapon selection is pretty good but not the best.
Overall I would recommend this to pretty much anyone that wants a good action game and definetly wants to kill as many bad guys as possible. And now it is pretty inexpensive so anyone can buy it and play even on a mediocre machine.

THE GOOD:
+ low system requirements (runs decent on FX5200 video card)
+ Bullet Time 2 is even better than from the original
+ Weapons are fun, and varied enough to keep you interested
+ Dream sequences are emphasized much LESS, and end very quickly (no more running around in circles forever)

THE BAD:
- I didn't like the ending, I'm not sure why but I think the story writer went a little overboard.
- The story could have been improved
- Not much innovation from Max Payne 1
- Feels like the game is a little short

SUMMARY:
Fans of the original Max Payne title should be happy with Max Payne 2. For one thing, we're treated to the same dark storytelling style, though the pace of it has been picked up. Max Payne is still as cynical as ever, and always getting into more trouble than a normal person would think was possible. While the first game in the series was highly anticipated and hailed for its innovative use of Bullet Time...

THE GOOD:
+ Improved graphics (naturally)
+ Better 'Bullet Time' function
+ Realistic body movements
+ Bad guy Vinnie Gognitti in a "Captain Baseball Bat Boy" costume (lol!)

THE BAD:
- Storyline not as good as the first game
- Slightly more repeative
- Character's lips hardly move when talking
- Frustrating in places (especially if out of bullet time)

SUMMARY:
Max Payne brought something new into the 3rd Person Shooter world, now attempts the same in the sequal: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

It's after the events in MP1, and Max has had all the charges cleared and has gone back to the NYPD, where one night he goes to check on a routine hostage situation...which begins another quest of extreme violence and wild nightmares.

The graphics are much more improved over the first game, they're no where near as blocky. Max Payne certainly looks like he's had a face lift, as have the other characters who return...

THE GOOD:
two thumbs ups. the best game i've played so far thsi year. get yours now or you'll be disappointed. not for sissies.

THE BAD:
i can't find anything to say bad about this game. everything works and the chick is hot, hot, hot!!!!!

SUMMARY:
better than the first one. u gotta get this game. the action is none stop. the films cuts are great. the graphics are mind blowing if u have the memory and video capacity. it takes a chunk of memory to run but i don't care. they out did themselves on this sequel.
the game is hard but that's what makes it so much fun. my 10 year old sister can do "dax" so what? hard makes the game last longer so u get ur moneys worth. the only down side i can find is that when i'm done playing the game there will be no more. run don't walk to get ur's.

THE GOOD:
-improved graphics
-bullet time 2.0
-guns
-levels
-background
-objects and interactions
-ragdoll effect
-control
-cutscenes
-mini TV shows
-dreams, the dreams are cool this time!
-the coversation in the NYPD headquarters

THE BAD:
-annoying sound problem
-shorter than Max Payne
-ending wasn't as good as Max Payne
-Max Payne doesn't look as cool

SUMMARY:
The sequel to Max Payne, Max Payne 2 was great game and a good sequel. Some basics: It's a 3rd person shooter, it uses cartoon/pic frame cutscenes, the main character is Max Payne(you also play as Mona Sax 2 times), it takes place in NY, there are a lot of cool guns. The improvements were good along with the new gameplay and effects. Some of the new effects were the new bullet time which was more complex and had cool cinematic reloading. The ragdoll effects were really cool too especially in bullet time. If you go in deep bullet time, you can...