GAME MAX PAYNE 2 PC PC

Bullet Time - still feels fresh, as opposed to CoD, which just feels like an old school FPS dressed up with a cast of convincing looking buddies. Apart from perhaps Call of Duty, no other game has so much non-stop chaotic brilliance crammed into it, but the difference is Max Payne's trick, i.e. No other game has managed to successfully nail that feeling of being the grizzled action hero from all those equally improbable movies, screaming obscenities with an AK in hand, raking the evil enemy with lead.

Sure, it's still short, clocking in at about seven hours on the first run through, but its core gameplay mechanic is so moreish it's one of the few games you can just dip into and have a short intense session on and feel satisfied. What were people seriously expecting? Final Fantasy? The main point as to why it's good - and therefore worthy of a 9/10 in our original review - is the fact that it's far superior to the original in every conceivable way, immensely enjoyable throughout, stylish, a visual feast, the list goes on. It's the sequel to Max Payne of course it's going to be broadly similar to the massive selling original. Honestly, it's hard to see what's not to like about it (although we're priming the comment thread in expectation that some of you will delight in doing just that).

Rather than take six or seven years reinventing the wheel, Remedy has thrown in a refined bullet time system, vastly improved enemy behaviour, buddy AI, relentlessly enjoyable splendidly implemented Havok 2 physics and some of the most intricately illustrated gaming environments ever. Opinions are like arseholes - we've all got them, it's just that some of you get haemorrhoids from straining the point a little too hard. Some of you like the film noir 'love' story, the comic book styling, the over the top Voiceover Man narrative, and the self-referential humour in Dick Justice, Captain Baseball man and Lords And Ladies. Max Payne 2 is a classic case of horses for courses. Many of you didn't agree (including our Rob, bless 'im - no anime featured, y'see), complaining about it being a total rehash of the original, but I swear I've not played a more enjoyable all-out action game this year.

GAME MAX PAYNE 2 PC PC

The PC version, as we've already discussed at length, was a 9/10 for me. Think of it as the gaming equivalent of a brain dead action movie, and I don't mean that in a disparaging way it's just delivers the kind of shitfaced grin experience that most developers shy away from in this era of 50 hour epics. A game you can just pick up, play, enjoy, complete and play whenever you fancy something a little less cerebral. The more complex, involving and time consuming videogames get, the more something as fresh and immediate as Max Payne 2 stands out.

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