Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cover

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2003

Released: October 15, 2003
Genre: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 2
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Publisher: Rockstar Games
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Where to buy

Digital: Steam Xbox
In a collection: Max Payne Bundle

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Is it still worth playing?

Remedy Entertainment's 2003 third person shooter, for Windows, the Xbox and the PlayStation 2. It is set two years after the first game, with Max working again as an NYPD detective. Levels are linear across three chapters, and Mona Sax is playable in several of them. It has a bullet time mode, a shoot dodge maneuver and pistol whipping. Difficulty adjusts automatically early on, and extra modes unlock after one playthrough. Every successful kill raises Max's movement speed, so bullet time slows him less as he keeps killing. Sam Lake's screenplay was about three times as long as the first game's. That change to bullet time is why the combat still flows today: the more you kill, the less it slows you.