Nor has it overshadowed the use of the classic MP mechanics, this is not Gears of Misery: Max Steroid.

And have no fear, as I said it's not an insta-win button, cover can be destroyed and your enemies will be shooting at that nose that's sticking out.

Talking about cover, that's one of the new and fancy abilities. Combine that with an AI that will try to flank you, and use cover quite effectively themselves, and voila. Bullets simply hurt a lot, especially when fired with a reasonable level of accuracy, and cover is not an impenetrable force field. So what makes the game difficult? Happy to say, not a cheating AI. I remember from the originals I walked around with 8 painkillers in my inventory at nearly all times, in this game I needed to carefully monitor when to use the scant few painkillers I found, and when I had a whole lot of 'm I could be assured that this really wouldn't last long. Normal, which is what I'm basing this review on, is quite challenging at times. These bastards made the NYPD look like the Hari Krishnas.Īt least they will be once you stop kissing the pavement, because I kid you not, this game is actually pretty difficult. Nothing could ever go wrong with you two. Have no fear, rich people, Max Payne is here. The plot thickens when gangs turn out to not be the only ones interested in the ransom money and a brand new roaring rampage of revenge, that gets roarier with the second, later loads of people find themselves dead at your shoes. His past escapades have left him with a painkiller addiction and an unhealthy penchant for booze, and if it wasn't for his new best friend – a man named Passos – he'd be wasting away in some Jersey gutter.īut we wouldn't have much of a game if we just had to walk behind some rich people, of course everything goes awry and the hot, blonde trophy wife gets herself kidnapped. He's now an older, somewhat overweight, jaded rent-a-cop. Tragical indeed, because our hero's misfortune has made him even more cynical and fatalistic. Look it's Max, and his trusty friends Pills and Hard Liquor Old friends become enemies and an alluring femme fatale, a throw-away character from MP1, now becomes the centerpiece in a film noir tragical love story taking place in between a few more painkiller-fueled bouts of ultra-violence. Lots and lots of slow motion gun battles and film noir references later, he makes them pay for their sins.Ī while later, now working for the regular NYPD again, a few old acquaintances from the first game pull him back into a life of stylishly depicted, but quite brutal violence. Unfortunately for him, his partner gets killed due to all sorts of drug-related shenanigans and he goes on a painkiller-fueled roaring rampage of revenge that ultimately brings him into contact with the very people behind the murder on his family. The man lost his wife and kid to a few crazy drug addicts and to drown the sorrows, went undercover for the DEA. or rather vice versaįor those of us who missed the first two iterations, Max Payne - what's in a name – is a particularly cynical cop who's life has gone the drain, along with the blood of a few hundred hapless mobsters and shady mercs. A dame with a past and a hero with no future.

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