Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment's embittered vigilante cop has
put his troubled past behind him and is ready to begin a new chapter in
his life with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. The stylized
third-person shooter, which initially turned heads with its combination
of gritty environments, film noir style, and use of bullet-time effects
for dramatic shootouts, returns with an enhanced graphic engine and
completely new storyline. The Fall of Max Payne chronicles the title
character's romance with a sultry siren named Mona Sax. Things are never
easy for Payne, however, as Sax just so happens to be a murder suspect
who leads him down a dark path from which he may be unable to walk away
from.<br><br>The new graphic engine allows for
motion-captured movement, facial animation from a cast of professional
actors, lip-synching, new lighting techniques, a rag doll physics model
using the licensed Havok development kit, and redesigned 3D characters.
Players will walk through cities as rain splashes down onto the streets
with puddles reflecting the glow of neon signs, streetlights, and other
details of urban life. The groundbreaking use of bullet time effects for
slow-motion combat has been redesigned to incorporate different rates
of speed for more theatrical gunplay. Max Payne is now a member of the
NYPD, so missions involve interrogating prisoners, speaking with
witnesses, and more. YOU WILL ENJOY THIS GAME FOR A LONG TIME! *(The video game is factory sealed in the shrink-wrap from the original manufacture)*