Max Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne

The graphics look great and I was impressed with your ability to interact with the environment. Most objects are movable and after a heavy gun battle, the room looks like you'd expect it. Blood on the walls, bullet holes everywhere, chairs and bottles knocked over. Graphically I noticed very few glitches...maybe 3 throughout the entire game.

The graphic novel style is still here and some people found that a bit annoying. This unique way of storytelling was used in the origional to save money and evidently it worked well enough that they've decided to stick with it. My only problem with it is that sometimes this slows the game down. It's nice to have a little breather after a difficult level and watch as the story advances, but sometimes the break was way too long. The story can get a little cheesy, but this is something I've come to expect from Max Payne.

One thing I noticed is that the weapon selection is exactly the same as the first one. While there are quite a few guns to choose from, there could have been a few additions just to keep things interesting.

Overall this is a great sequel and well worth the money, especially if you enjoyed the first game.


MP2 is AWESOME- BUY IT TODAY   December 14, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Awesome sequel to a great game. Bullet-time has a new spin that will amaze you. You must see it. Everyone will imitate this game just like the 1st one. Graphics are truly awesome ( especially on Xbox ). Music and sound effects will emerse you into this game for hours. Don't believe the nonsense about it being too short or easy. If it's easy for you, then raise the difficulty level to your standards. The cut scenes are shorter from the 1st one, so the action is less interrupted and makes the game much smoother to play. Please Buy This Game. You won't be disappointed.


Nearly Perfect, Nearly Breathtaking, Completely Max   February 21, 2004
Sean (United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Now that i have played this film noir love story, i can understand why so many people compared it to enter the matrix. It's ten times better. Matrix fans will have fun with the bullet time perfection, but max payne fans will appreciate everythign else. It is important that you know the first game story in order to fully understand the second though. The graphics are gorgeous, just one look at Mona Sax and her twin desert eagles and i tihnk you'll agree with me. The story-line is thick and twisting with dead ends here and there followed by an alternate route blocked by bravado and scum just waiting to eat your rapid deadly lead bullets. Ten minutes into this game it does get a little to difficult for those first timers but if you stick with it it gets ten times better and equally harder as the story unfolds. Nothign is as it seams in the world of max payne, when the sky is blue, the ground is red, and when your clips are empty, the danger is closer then ever. MAx is back and better then ever. Deffinately not a flick for the kids though, blood, gore and plenty of profanity. Stilll worthy of classic reference, this one should go down in xbox history as one fo the best action games ever put out by rockstar or any other gamign company for that matter. It's Max alright, yet it remains unique.


A True Masterpiece on all levels   March 11, 2004
The Dove (here and there)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

When Max Payne first came out in 2001, I was blown away. The voice-acting, action sequences, bullet-time, incredible story, along with a great cast of characters. In Max Payne 2, everything is better or improved. One thing that made this game so great was its story. Torn between right and wrong, love and hate, not to mention a dark tragic past, is a great background to set the story. This is perhaps one of the best games ever made on any system. I have this game for the computer. I reccomend that you buy it for pc. You can download cool mods,etc. In addition, the ending you could see coming frim a mile away. However, the ending is great but very sad. After the last scene, the song "late goodbye" plays which fits in with the theme of the game. Never have I played a game that contains so much emotion and violence. PARENTS!! THIS IS GAME IS NOT FOR YOUNG KIDS. This is a game that is truly hard to top. The only bad thing was that it is short. The story alone is a good reason to buy the game, not to mention bullet-time. The story unfolds like a movie, which makes for an incredible gaming experience.IF YOU DONT HAVE IT ALREADY, BUY IT. Now i am waiting for max payne 3 to come out and raise the standards for action games again.


Holy Guacamole!   April 11, 2005
Hobbes "Calvin" (Covina, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This game is spectacular! It has no flaws. The first game limited you, and, no offense to the designers, had the most hideous facial graphics ever! In Max Payne 2, he has great facial graphics. The game is more like a movie, it has calm scenes that may be in the NYPD offices and apartments to The Cleaners (Hence the name) and The Fun House (Hence the name again).

~~*Good*~~
~ Sounds
~ Graphics
~ Story
~ Difficulty
~ Intensity
~ Menu Scenes
~ Comicagraphy
~ Inside Reality
~ Violence
~ Bloody

~~*Cons*~~
~ NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!