In fact, Tom Waits would have made the perfect score for this game, which is noticeably absent of one. The game is also filled with subtle cultural references, like the cleaner humming the title tune, and the dimwitted mobsters commenting on the incessant rain, saying “for I am a raindog too”, in reference to the great Tom Waits. In fact, one of the programs in the game, Captain BaseballBatBoy, becomes part of the plot later on, as one of the characters finds himself strapped to a bomb, inside the giant suit of the oversized Zombie hitting home-runner. It’s also a little cheesy, but the developers play on this in many ways, for example with the mini series that you can watch on the televisions found in the game. It’s always raining in Max Payne 2, and the mood and dialogue is as dark as the buildings and city that Max finds himself chasing through. The style is most definitely b-movie film noir. The production, the direction, the quality of the special effects, the plot and the dialogue are all comparable to a multi-million dollar movie production, but all created within the confines of your PC. Comparing it to a B-movie is fair, but it also does the game a disservice, for to even create an interactive experience on that level is an astonishing achievement. What you get in return, however, is a game that really plays like a movie, and not just a bit like one. The only possible directions are forward, or die. It’s linear stuff, though, just like a movie, and you won’t be able to stray too far from the main plot. It’s predictable, cliched, B-movie fare, that you wouldn’t want to sit through at the local cineplex, but one where you are the star, and you play all the moves. The main draw of Max Payne 2 is its near cinematic quality play-through. May Payne 2 gives you entertainment in spades. You don’t visit the cinema to be challenged, but to be entertained. Max Payne 2 certainly has plenty of gaming components, but you don’t need to have any real skill or experience as a gamer to complete it. Ostensibly it is a game, but when you examine it in more depth, you see that it is where the gaming evolutionary tree branches, with the competitive gamer oriented titles like Unreal Tournament going in one direction, and the plot driven interactive fictions going the other. There are games, there are movies, and somewhere in between the two you will find a title called Max Payne 2.

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