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If you haven't played these titles, buy them used and give them a go.
I have an xbox 360 and I have been buying older used titles to play.
Then resell them to recoup your investment.
While the titles are older, they're new to me and heck if you buy them used through amazon they're cheaper than renting.
The dream sequences are a hoot, and the action keeps you on your toes.
As to the games, both were great fun and very entertaining, the story pulls you along, and the action is non stop.
I got both max payne and max payne 2 used and both worked beautifully.
While it is true that technically they are dated, they still have the goods.for both I paid approximatedly ten bucks which is cheaper than a movies ticket and popcorn and ended up having hours of fun being in my own detective movie.
You can't go wrong.
And maybe due to less inspired level structure than the first (warehouses.ughh), it felt shorter. .by producing dull paint-by-numbers sequels. The complex time-warped romance of MP2 is disorienting and silly, and by the halfway point I had been jerked around by so many false flashbacks and faked death scenes that I really couldn't care less if Mona lived or died. Unfortunately Max Payne 2 has retained the flaws and added nothing new to the experience.MP2 is still too easy with Bullet Time assistance, far too many health and ammo powerups, and an overall simple level of play. The original Max Payne was inventive (with its bullet-time interludes and playable nightmare sequences) and moody (pulp comic storytelling and Noir York backdrops), and held my attention despite some pretty serious gameplay and difficulty balance flaws. I'm just an average shooter player, but I breezed through it in a few hours. Yes, the graphics are nice and the storyboarding and character expressions are more realistic, but it will take more depth and innovation to hold my interest in the Max Payne series.
No matter what your reason, you will want to revisit this game even after beating it quickly the first go around. That is probaly my biggest gripe with Max Payne 2 is that it is also somewhat short. Highly recommended. The story is deep and lost me on a couple occassions, still this made me want to replay those levels. Max Payne on the PC was one of the craziest games I've ever played.
It truely was a visceral experience from front to finish, which came all too soon. The is depth to be found in it's simplicity. I still play it once in a while for nothing more than its all out gunning madness. The game looks and plays too good to complain.
Xbox shooter fans, do yourselves a favor and buy this game. There are no reflective effects such as the ones found on the PC and sacrifices have been made in the explosion department, but its likely you wont notice. The run and gun tactics make for one intense experince that you will easily want to relive. Though, there is greatness to be found in this game.
Graphically, Max Payne 2 on the xbox is pretty sweet. It is one heck of an experience offering some of the best graphics, rag-doll physics, and gameplay around.
This game is spectacular. The game is more like a movie, it has calm scenes that may be in the NYPD offices and apartments to The Cleaners (Hence the name) and The Fun House (Hence the name again). In Max Payne 2, he has great facial graphics. It has no flaws. The first game limited you, and, no offense to the designers, had the most hideous facial graphics ever. ~~*Good*~~~ Sounds~ Graphics~ Story~ Difficulty~ Intensity~ Menu Scenes~ Comicagraphy~ Inside Reality~ Violence~ Bloody~~*Cons*~~~ NOTHING.
If only all M-rated games were as sophisticated and intelligent. The innovative Grand Theft series gets all the press, but for me, Max Payne is tops. Sure there's blood, profanity, and a little sex, but it's never excessive or gratuitous and it serves to enhance the grim story, always reminding the player that this ain't Marioland. To wrap it up, every single aspect of this game is expertly done: Gameplay, levels ( the theme/amusement park is genius ), sound, voice-acting and story. The graphic novel cut-scenes are compelling and, along with the moody orchestral score ( think the Angel theme ), really draw the player into Max's noir state-of-mind. As far as 3rd-person action/shooters go, it can't be matched. Yeah it's short, but a game this fully imagined and atmospheric is a rare thing. Highest recommendation, can't wait for #3.
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