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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Remedy Entertainment

2003•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 7 hours

Taste attributes: actionthrillerdetectivefastunsavouryheavylinearbig & variedcomplex relationshipfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a fast, unsavoury shooter, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

1,081 ratings

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About This Game

Max Payne 2 is a third-person shooter, in which the player assumes the role of Max Payne, but also plays as Mona Sax in a few levels. Initially, the player's weapon is a 9mm pistol. As they progress, players access other weapons including other handguns, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and hand-thrown weapons. To move the game along, the player is told what the next objective is through Max's internal monologue, in which Max iterates what his next steps should be.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In Max Payne 2, the player controls Max Payne, a former DEA agent for the NYPD and a fugitive framed for murder of his best friend and fellow cop Alex. Two years after the events of the first game, Max has cleared his name and is now an NYPD detective. He reunites with Mona Sax, whom he met in the previous game, as they set out to resolve a conspiracy of death and betrayal, finding the Inner Circle in the center of it all.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionThrillerDetectiveComplex relationshipFighting evilInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

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Where to play

Details

Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Released: 14 October 2003
Series: Max Payne
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 5h rushed, 7h normally, 8h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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