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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.

This is a tremendously underrated game. I received it as a gift -- I'm not sure I would have purchased it if left to my own devices. I would have missed out on one of the most engrossing and coolest video games I've ever played.

Everyone seems to be into the non-linear games and "hundreds of hours", etc., etc., but what games of that nature lack is plot. There's a lot to be said for a good story, with good characters, and most games don't offer that these days. Max Payne 2 plays (and reads) like a very dark graphic novel, with an excellent cast and some cool turns in the plot. It's a movielike experience, with some weight to the emotions evoked -- grief, remorse, anger/revenge, love, and the confusion that results when that love isn't with whom you expect, and with someone you're unable to trust. It also incorporates some very cool, one might even say "trippy" nightmare scenes.

On top of all that, the game not only provides a welcome break from all those 1st person shooters (you play in the 3rd person), but it includes its vaunted matrix-like "bullet-time" to great advantage. Simply one of the coolest games I've ever played. I'd say it took me about 12 hours to complete it, and I liked the game so much, I did it in two days! Beating the game also unlocks other play modes, so I imagine I'll be wading back in...

I bought both Max Paynes and enjoyed them both. Max Payne 2 was great. The only draw back was that it was short but that only irritated me because I was enjoying the story and twists so much. If you enjoy games that actually have a plot then this is one for you. This is one of the best games I have bought up to date.