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PS2 version sucks.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a near perfect game. For the PC that is. The PS2 port is nothing short of a disaster. Graphics are scaled down, extremely slow frame rate, and load times that will make you want to rip out your hair. Worst of all, you won't be able to make use of mods for the PS2, like you can with the PC. Do yourself a favor and buy this for PC. You won't be sorry.

Great Game But original is better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I Like this game alot but i have a complaint with the Bullet Time. In the original the Bullet time is about 3x slower then the game. In this game the Bullet time is about 1.5x slower. I have no prob dodging bullets in the original but the 2nd one i got hit pretty much the same but the hits were in slow-mo. Aside from that, the game is great.

Where's The Beef?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: August 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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First off, I own the original Max Payne for the PS2 and loved it, so when I saw the billboards for it (I couldn't go two blocks without seeing one) I naturally was really looking forward to it.

And then I bought it, and then...well...for me, I had a hard time playing the game. Or, to be more accurate, working up the desire to play it once I got it. Everything that was in the original was in here, along with a few extras, such as switching between Max and Mona, as well as having computer-controlled cannon fodder accompany Max every now and then.

Maybe that's it: maybe they put too much of the original in this. The controls were the same, the graphics quality was the same, everything was the same. Normally in a good sequel, there are noticeable improvements and/or changes (how the Final Fantasy people do it I'll never know). Maybe that's what this game really needed.

Or was it the plot? In the original, the emotional weight of the plot, of Max avenging the murder of his family, was almost palpable, but in this it wasn't there. Watching Max trying to sort out his feelings for Mona while trying to figure out who's behind a power struggle within the Inner Circle just didn't resonate with me.

Anyway, I see a Max Payne 3 in my future. I just hope it gets a bit more beefed up.

this game is really awesome better then the 1st

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game and i was up until 7 in the morning playing it they did a great job on this game max payne rules hopefully they make a 3 next year and im glad i bought this game here comes the payne max payne 2 get it

TRULY AMAZING

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pick it up for a Christmas gift. The kids will love you for it.
Awesome graphics. Very emersive gameplay. AI and music are very well. Nice weapon selection. Better than the 1st one. BUy it today.

This is the real Fall of Max Payne

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

MAx Payne 1 was amazing. Max Payne 2 is very choppy and game play is not the same. Bullet time and game play where much better in the first game and the story on this game is not interesting at all. You can also notice many flaws in the video game specially when it comes to the movies and it kinda makes you wonder whether the game was rushed or simply not completely finished. Part 1 is way better cause it didnt take so long to load and because people like me who have played the first part are use to the autosave and in this one you no longer have the option. Its not a bad game but the first game is better in every way.

Awesome,but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: April 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think this game should have a "Warning adult content" on the front cuz sum 7-year old is going to buy it and thier parents will get upset cuz they thinck its sum game for 7-yr.-olds but its not.But who care(s)!This game is awesome!Mona is so ****ing hot!

TERRIBLE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 62
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Who would even think about such a sad sick game like this. The first game was horrible these games should be band. Who would want to play games about murdering babies. People who like games like this make me sick and dont deserve a Ps2.

Could be better

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game was just horrible....like its so easy and just incredibly short.theirs only like 4 parts...compared to the 8 in the 1st...the graphics are choppy and the plot sucks... im lucky i just rented it..dont buy it its not worth it....i expected alot more from rockstar seeing as they put out the great GTA games.The only good part was that their wasnt those retarded dream levels where u stay on the trail of blood......just horrible

One of the worst games I have ever played...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was one of the worst games I have ever played (it really doesn't even earn 1 star). Your movement is very (and I mean very) choppy and there are even more cut scenes than Metal Gear Solid 2. These cut away scenes are not a bad thing per say. They work well in the Metal Gear games and games like Dead to Rights where the scenes load quickly and keep the story moving. However, in this atrocity the slow story line combined with the slow "loading..." makes Max Payne very bad for the impatient gamer. To sum up this game, it's choppy. Your character's movement is choppy and the constant jumping to cut scenes is choppy. It's not a good game. I was really surprised seeing such a bad game from Rockstar. I would not recommend this game. Get Manhunt instead, it's a lot more fun and the character control is very good.

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