- Storyline - a violent, Film Noir love story between a cop and a femme fatale murder suspect, between Max Payne and Mona Sax. Dark, tragic and intense, the story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations.
- Max Payne's signature slow motion gunplay has been improved on every level. Get ready for Bullet Time 2.0.
- New guns and new moves make action more cinematic and intense than ever before.
- Fully integrated Havok physics engine allows for interactive environments creating incredible combat scenes. Ragdoll characters and physics in slow motion create breath-taking combat scenes.
- All new AI - cooperative NPC's fight with Max and more believable enemies create tension and more interesting and varied challenge.
- A stunning level of detail: Extremely detailed environments with photorealistic textures, highly enhanced radiosity lighting and extremely lifelike characters (including facial animations & lip synchronization) provide a visually staggering cinematic experience.
- Massive production values - including a motion picture stunt crew, professional talent for voice acting and graphic novels, motion capture and authentic digital source material from New York City.
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- Release Date 10/15/2003
- Publisher Rockstar Games
- Developer Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
- Platform PC Games
- Genre Action Adventure
- Number of Players 1
Game Description
In 2001, Max Payne arrived to set the benchmark for action gaming, earning countless awards and revolutionizing the genre with cinematic combat sequences fuelled by the groundbreaking use of slow motion and compulsive narrative-driven gameplay. Now, working together with Rockstar Games' New York-based production team, Remedy has combined Max Payne's hallmark gameplay with all new innovations and unmatched production values. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne has raised the bar for action games all over again.
Critic Reviews
GameSpot Review
"Short but sweet" is a good way to describe 2001's Max Payne, as well as its newly released sequel. Actually, the main difference between Max Payne 2 and its predecessor involves more of the circumstances under which the games arrived than anything existing in the games themselves. The ori...more
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Average Member Rating: 9.2 out of 10
Max Payne 2 is an awesome shooter and story.. (9 out of 10)
posted by jgarbuz (FAR ROCKAWAY, NY) on Jan 19, 2013
Member since Jun 2005
Member since Jun 2005
I have been a Max Payne fan since it first came out in 2002. To me Max Payne defines the genre of good storytelling along with great shooting. The plot of Max Payne 2 is twisting and often surprising. The trademark "bullet time" shooting mechanics is awesome. The various settings and environments b...more
Specs & Requirements
Minimum OS Windows® 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Minimum Processor 1 GHz Pentium III / Athlon or 1.2GHz Celeron or Duron
Minimum Memory 256 MB
Minimum Graphics 32 MB DirectX 9 Compatible AGP Graphics Card with HWT & L support
Minimum Sound 100% DirectX Compatible
Recommended OS Windows® 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Recommended Processor 1.4 GHz Athlon or 1.7 GHz Pentium 4, Celeron or Duron
Recommended Memory 512 MB
Recommended Graphics 64 MB DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics AGP graphics card with HWT & L support
Recommended Sound 100% DirectX Compatible
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