For those new to the series, Max Payne is an amalgamation of every action movie ever conceived. The core gameplay is largely unchanged from the first Max Payne game, which is more of a blessing than anything else since they are still the same solid, flowing controls Max Payne fans have come to expect. Upon entering the warehouse, an unstoppable and tragic chain of events is set in motion, a discovery is made, and once again Max’s life is rocked by violence, death, and corruption. On one rainy night Max is on patrol when he gets reports of shots being fired at a gun warehouse. Now free, Max rejoined the NYPD and got back on the police force. Soon thereafter, Alfred Woden, the shady leader of the Inner Circle, pulled some strings and not only got Max out of jail but made him look like a hero. Was it just going to be a rehash of the original? How will they continue the story? What could Remedy possibly do to make bullet time cooler than it already was? These questions held firm amongst the masses right up until the release, when fans of the original finally saw that Max Payne 2 not only holds up against its predecessor but also exceeds it nearly across the board.Īt the end of the first game, Max Payne was arrested, charged with various crimes and then thrown into jail. Buy 'MAX PAYNE 2: The Fall of Max Payne':īoth Rockstar and Remedy had been keeping relatively quiet about Max Payne 2 in the months before it was released, and other than a few scraps of information fed to the ravenous gaming public, no one really knew much about Max Payne 2 other than speculation and rumors.