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86 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 174 Ratings

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  • Summary: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story for mature audiences. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts. The fans of Max Payne won?t be disappointed. The fierce, yet stylish action sequences and slow-motion gunplay that has become synonymous with Max Payne is back and better than ever. New and enhanced moves and options provide breathtaking cinematic game play. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is set to raise the bar on action games all over again. [Rockstar]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Four Fat Chicks
    100
    Frankly, Max Payne 2 makes me confident that the best is yet to come for gaming, that the awesome narrative and creative capability of this medium has yet to be explored to its fullest extent.
  2. Adrenaline Vault
    100
    It gives exactly what it promises: an engaging story with stylish, polished visuals wrapped tightly around fluid and virtually bug-free gameplay.
  3. GMR Magazine
    70
    We'd be hard pressed to stake the claim that any of these add significantly to the first game's singularly terse thrill. [Jan 2004, p.60]
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  1. Positive: 61 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 66
  3. Negative: 1 out of 66
  1. RainbowDashie13
    10
    Rockstar Games took Remedy's franchise and developed Max Payne 2, and boy, did they do a job well done. They improved everything in this game; Graphics, Sound Design, Animations and so on... Much like the first game, this game is WAY too outstanding for it's time, Half Life 2 has one of the best graphics of 2004 but I think Max Payne 2 might just beat it in the slightest pixel. They added physics to this game and WOW it works very well and it actually adds a lot to the game and it is very helpful, like pushing an explosive barrel towards an enemy and then blowing it up, or if a dead enemy's weapon gets stuck in some edge just shoot it a couple times for it to fall in your hands. This game is outstanding and I just can't tell which game is better the 1st Max Payne or the 2nd one, they are both just perfect. But still, I wonder what would of happen to the series if Remedy kept making the games... Hmmm... Max's face from the first game in the third one...… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Pete
    5
    I just bought the game (Max Payne 2 The fall of Max Payne ), and installed the disk, but a sreen comes up that i need a Directx 9.0 compatible display adapter. It's not my computer & i'm stupid when it come to technical mumbo jumbo, where do i download or where do i buy that at. please help.......… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. HowardB.
    4
    More of the same...same gimmick.
    • 2 of 9 users said yes

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