Also, the control is about as good as it gets â rarely did I yearn for the precision of my mouse. All the content is still there, and when you're in the zone capping thugs, you tend not to notice a dropped frame here and there.
On the plus side, Max 2 is still an excellent game. Tack on the abysmal load times and three-menu-deep saves, and you've got a significantly slower play than can be found elsewhere. The only times it really felt smooth were when I was in a small room with no other characters present â it was a fairly bumpy ride pretty much everywhere else. Though the title does maintain a stable number of frames per second, it's just not a very high number. It's no secret that this doesn't look as good as its bigger brothers, but it can certainly stand up to against anything else on this console.
Massive production values include a motion-picture stunt crew, professional talent for voice acting and graphic novels, live motion capture, and authentic digital source material from New York City.īringing PC titles to the PS2 never seems to work out quite right it's to developer Remedy's credit that The Fall of Max Payne plays as well as it does, especially considering the graphical sophistication of the title. Detailed environments with stunning photorealistic textures, highly enhanced radiosity lighting, and extremely lifelike characters (including facial animations and lip synchronization) provide a visually staggering cinematic experience. All new AI cooperative non-player characters and more believable enemies create tension and an interesting and varied challenge. The fully integrated Havok physics engine allows for interactive environments with ragdoll characters and physics in slow motion that create breathtaking combat scenes. Get ready for Bullet Time 2.0, with new guns and moves that make action more intense and cinematic. Max Payne's signature slow motion gunplay has been improved on every level.
The story is a thrill ride of shocking twists and revelations. "p" Features include a film noir love story between a cop (Max Payne) and a femme fatale murder suspect (Mona Sax). "i"Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne raises the bar for action games all over again. Now, working together with Rockstar Games, Remedy has combined Max Payne's hallmark gameplay with all new innovations and unmatched production values. In 2001, Max Payne arrived to set the benchmark for action gaming, earning countless awards and revolutionizing the genre with cinematic combat sequences fueled by the groundbreaking use of slow motion and compulsive narrative-driven gameplay. Platform: PlayStation 2 Product DescriptionĪ violent, film-noir love story with stylish action sequences and slow-motion gunplay.