Name game: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Platform: PC, Playstation2, Xbox
Genre: action
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Take-Two
The official system requirements: Minimum: Pentium III 1000MHz, 128 MB ram, 3D-graphics card with 32 MB RAM, HDD 1.7 GB
Recommended: Athlon 1400 MHz or 1700 MHz Pentium 4 processor, 512 MB ram, 3D-graphics card with 64 MB of memory, HDD 1.7 GB
Link to the official website: www.maxpayne2.com
Remedy Entertainment - a small, but demanded a Finnish firm of developers, released in 2001, all known Max Payne. Existed in the development about three years, an ambitious project yet seen the light and proved to many that the games do not always turn out to be protracted and frustrating failures. Gorgeous, ahead of their time computer graphics, dramatic storyline, as well as the mode of "Bullet Time" (trump card game), did their job. The game immediately won recognition of gamers, and become one of the main representatives of the militants with a third person for the PC .
In the spring of this year developers announced that in the bowels of the company in full swing, work on a sequel. Since then, the entire gaming community with bated breath, waiting for release of Max Payne 2. The game was released on time and your attention is given an overview of the new adventures of Max, who at this time, though not a revolution in the genre, but certainly a pleasant surprise for gamers, eager to touch and test in practice the long-awaited sequel to the hit two years ago.
Let's start with the plot. The action takes place one year after the events of the preceding paragraph. Despite the fact that our hero is sewn virtually the entire segment of the criminal underworld of New York City, Max smiles in court good luck, and his warrant. He then returned to where you would think, yes it is there, the police station and becomes a detective. At one point, Max is being suspected of murdering his partner and then the fun begins: once again - shooting again - violence. Narrative inserts on the game engine is a much better, but not forgotten, and painted in gouache cartoons, which, incidentally, are now much more readable. If you dig a little deeper component of the story, then we will have a real love story that unfolded between Max and familiar to us by the previous part of Mona. Intrigue, lies, betrayal, love, passion and death. Through this whole wide range of players will go, playing Max Payne 2. The sequel is longer than the original and a rich variety of locations. We will visit the hospital, police station, factory, theater, and in combination - the residence of Mona. According to the plot, we, incidentally, to stun her taking a shower ...
Turning to the graphic component, I think, would not be superfluous to state that today it is almost the most high-tech for the PC. Competition, perhaps, can make a Splinter Cell. Yes, let's be honest, the graphics simply gorgeous: lighting effects, detailed characters, environment, devastatingly realistic fire, even on a jacket by Max shows the refraction of light rays. Especially all these charms will be able to feel the happy owners of the latest generation graphics cards.Remember the legendary "Mafia", remember what the realistic and detalizovannye were persons of the main characters? So, the characters in Max Payne 2 in graphic terms, leaving far behind the mob leaders. Another song - realism. The developers have also considered this point, and now each board each table, barrel, etc. are subject to the most direct interaction. Imagine this picture. In the hands of the evil character "bleed" and met with cries of "Payne!" runs no less an evil security guard with two Uzi in his hands. Two shots of a gun - and foe flies back straight into a pile of boxes standing near the stairs. The body of the enemy blows all the boxes like a bowling ball. And how it looks with the included slo-mo - words can not describe. Speaking of Bullet Time, in principle, the regime so and remained the same, the only notable innovation is the process of reloading weapons in this mode. When Payne firing at the enemy, for example, of a double Berettas, and the store was almost empty, then begins a short clip on the engine, showing how our fighter for justice reloads his weapon by moving around its axis. This camera is approaching it as closely as possible and also makes a few laps. However, this is undoubtedly fashionable feature turns out not always, but only in those cases where you thorough shot from multiple enemies at once.
And now propose to touch on use of weapons in the game. The main advantage is the ability to beat the butt. New "trunk" of the game is not so much - "darling" AK-47 semiautomatic shotgun, and MP5. The latter, incidentally, with a telescopic sight. Also there is a Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD) of which Mona, I must say, excellent shot. The rest we all know the weapons in the first part. Another detail that enthralls - it's enemies. No, not their diversity, not the intellect (although he is at a high level), and the process of shooting these. Shooting, such as Desert Eagle, you drop them far back. Wielding Uzi, it seems that they are doing a sieve. And what a pleasure - shot from them using M16 or have already mentioned my AK-47! Body of fallen enemies no longer fall on the floor according to the defined algorithm, they take very different, and sometimes even ridiculous poses. Convulsions and hang on every barrel, hood of the car, drawers, desks, and banisters and killed enemies provided.
Summing up, of course, is to throw a couple of stones in the garden Remedy Ent. Why creating a new graphics engine, the developers have forgotten about at least some some environmental destruction? All of these boxes, which I throughout the entire review singing the praises can not detonate or break up into small pieces. The same applies to virtually everything that you see on your way. And what would have been nice to run into an old apartment Old ladies and spread there from all your favorite shotgun into the nines! But no matter how much shoot the interior, there are only bullet holes. I really do not affect the barrels with fuel and other explosives. And the game on its duration is not too great, a promise that the sequel will be three times longer than the original developers could not hold back. Also do not forget that in the continuation of Max supposedly had to learn techniques of unarmed combat.
Well, despite some flaws and arcade gameplay sequel to the hit 2001 can be considered valid. A couple of memorable evenings of the game you provided, especially if you have a powerful PC and a great stereo system, because the sound in the game played a significant role.
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