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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC) - 5.5/10

To be honest, I never liked this one. Sure, the visuals are improved, especially the character models, but that's about it. I'm still disappointed Sam Lake didn't play Max Payne again, the voice actor James McCaffrey stayed though, but the amount of dialogues and monologues seem quite limited, compared to the first game where Max Payne's (James McCaffrey's) inner monologues were driving the story forward. The soundtrack is also somewhat sporadic, the game being quiet for the most part.

This game also has a then brand new physics simulation model, but just like any such implementation at that era, they put it everywhere just to show off (loose objects and explosions everywhere). The ragdoll effect is well done, though.

The game also uses way too many cut scenes, compared to the first game and even though you now switch between two characters the game felt very short and easy. I finished it in 4 hours with no issues whatsoever. Just checked, it took me 7.5 hours to finish the first Max Payne game and to be honest I got stuck here and there when I couldn't beat some enemies right away.
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One to watch out for if you like Medieval fighting: Half Sword will be available as Early Access from the 30th Jan. It has the most unhinged trailer I've seen in a while

https://youtu.be/-A7eNUfqePg

There's a demo version available on Steam with a fair amount to get your teeth into, mostly rag-dolls and cheesy physics. Even so, if you follow proper sword fighting techniques - as laid out in the various German Fechtbücher - you might just keep your head!
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[RhynoCZ]

Since I've never played Max Payne 3 before, also got it on sale, I'm trying it now. It's not a Remedy Entertainment game, by the way.

Well, it took me quite a lot of time to figure out how to even launch the game on W11. For some reason the game doesn't launch from the Steam launcher. So, I tried everything I could, reading forums of all sorts, then somehow figured it out on my own. I downloaded the Rockstar launcher, logged in, and I launch the game from the game directory using the ''PlayMaxPayne3'' file as admin that redirects me to the Rockstar launcher and then the game launches.

As for the game itself, I'm not sure wether I'm going to complete it. It just isn't a Max Payne game any more. The only few bits that were left from the original games is James McCaffrey (voice of Max Payne) and some sound effects and music here and there. Apart from that they turned the original dark gritty Max Payne 1 and 2 into GTA:V without the cars/bikes/planes/boats/openworld... You can tell right way it even runs on the same engine and all the Max Payne bullet time stuff is very poorly implemented. Also, Rockstar loves long in game cutscenes, way too long if you asked me.

TL; DR: Max Payne 1 remains the best of the series and Max Payne 3 isn't good at all. It's just way too far from the two original games by Remedy Entertainment.
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