Max Payne 2 - **Contains Spoilers**

crackityjonescrackityjones Reppin East CHHS Ya'll!!! NO, I'M NOT
edited October 2003 in Gaming
Make your predictions

The first game was hella cool, will the second one trump it?

:crosses fingers:
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  • CoasterCoaster
    edited June 2003
    I sure as hell hope so crackityjones, the first one is up there with Half Life, GTA3 Vice City and Mafia in terms of what it has done for games.

    The game gave me goose-pimples, the storyline was electrifying, I’ll be crossing my fingers with you bud :)

    Be sure to check out any news and previews here at Icrontic when it arrives :)
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    i really really hope it will be swell. the first one is still probably one of the best games of all time in my opinion and i cant wait for the second to top it off. i know a lot of folks that were at E3 were skeptical because it didnt have a very strong presence. just the "fall of max payne" poster that i beleive is up at the mp2 website. anyway, i have no doubts that it will be one of the best sequels ever . . .
  • PyobliEPyobliE UK
    edited June 2003
    Max Payne is the best game I have ever player on PC, just pipped Half Life in my oppinion. Really cant wait for a sequel.... Infact I might play the origional now, If i can find it...
  • CoasterCoaster
    edited June 2003
    Infact I might play the origional now, If i can find it...

    GRRR! You do know I am going to have to play it now you have put that idea into my head :p

    /me installs Max Payne
    [edit - but never did re-play it]
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    er........ what is going to happen in the second one? Are they going to kill some other realative or something? Can't really think of any way they can carry on.......

    NS
  • PyobliEPyobliE UK
    edited June 2003
    Although the story was good.... Who cares!! Lemmie shoot more people with bullet time!

    /me grabs machine gun, jumps, rolls, slows down time and shoots the living 'doobie-whatsits' outta everything in site !
  • verselloversello New
    edited June 2003
    Some people like the storyline, some people don't...

    I loved it however.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Have to admit I liked the story. Liked the comic style aproach and Max's over the top poetic style scene introductions. Added a unique feel to the game, made it more interesting.

    NS
  • xDeluxexxDeluxex DeLuxembourg
    edited June 2003
    the game was really good and im sure the second one will be alot better... for me the low point of the game was when he was drugged and walking aroudn in the dark following paths of blood... that really gave me a headache... :confused:
  • PyobliEPyobliE UK
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by xDeluxex
    ... for me the low point of the game was when he was drugged and walking aroudn in the dark following paths of blood... that really gave me a headache... :confused:

    YEA! I had totally forgotten about that, was really weird, fair enough he was drugged or whatever, and they wanted us to feel his confusion, but it was feally frustrating. Esp when you could see the exit, and fell just before you got there.
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    yeah the dream sequences were really tough. my girlfriend ALMOST beat it without any help, but she did need some assistance in the second dream sequence and at the very end where there are the two guys with the grenade launchers at the end of the long, high hallway. i will also admit that i did enjoy the storyline. if you ever want some good laughs, check out the penny arcade comic on max payne, its hilarious and so so true . . .
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Was this part of it?

    <img src="http://atomnet.co.uk/dl?funny=maxmad"&gt;
    NS
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    yeah, although i dont remember the "i need a poo" thing being there. i will try to find it . . .
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    You do have to admit he looks constipated in that picture :p

    NS
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    k, i found it. i tried to go edit my original message, but it wouldnt let me attach an image . . .
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    wow, the first screenshots of max payne 2 are finally showing up. i think it looks incredible. they really did a good job on the engine . . .
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    second image . . .
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Looks pretty realistic. Cant wait till it comes out.


    mD
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited June 2003
    I too LOVED the original... That whole dark New York junkie underground feel of it was just a superbly created atmosphere!!

    I personally didnt like the comic book sequences between scenes, but then again I have never been a fan of comic books. And they were definately tollerable.

    Those new screenys are lookin sweet, I dont however like Paynes new look. He looks too old in those pics. I mean whose that supposed to be Charles Bronson. They really should use his old look...more of a Bruce Willision Die Hard.
  • d-rkerd-rker UK
    edited June 2003
    the first max payne was very enjoyable experience and it was something new in the way of presenting ,developing and finishing a story .
    i think the comic book sequences with payne's narration gave a more dramatic feeling than if it was ingame/fmv cutscenes .

    screenshots don't say a lot ,we need in game footage a la HL2 .maybe next E3 ?
  • Ninja-Kreon2Ninja-Kreon2
    edited June 2003
    I love the expressionless face on the guy standing nearby in the first pic. It's like he sees gun fights all the time :D

    And thank god they got rid of the look of Payne's face from the first one.. That was the single bad thing about that game :D
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited June 2003
    "oh god, you killed my family. and on top of that, i am constipated like you would not believe."

    that face? :p

  • Ninja-Kreon2Ninja-Kreon2
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by drowd
    "oh god, you killed my family. and on top of that, i am constipated like you would not believe."

    that face? :p


    Yeah :D
  • PyobliEPyobliE UK
    edited July 2003
    Looks nice, they def in game screenies? and not just the cut scenes? Im excied if thats in game, looks really good. Might be a stupid question - The sequel will have bullet time right?
  • Epyon202Epyon202 New York
    edited July 2003
    it has to have bullet time, it wont be max payne without bullet time right?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Oh no, theyve ruined it! I loved the stupid expressions! Plus he looks WAY too old, is it like 20 years on or something? He doesnt look cool anymore.....

    NS
  • Epyon202Epyon202 New York
    edited July 2003
    hm, your right. But the wierd expressions scared me :D
  • Ninja-Kreon2Ninja-Kreon2
    edited July 2003
    Originally posted by NightShade737
    Oh no, theyve ruined it! I loved the stupid expressions! Plus he looks WAY too old, is it like 20 years on or something? He doesnt look cool anymore.....

    NS

    They're story excuse will probably be that he had to have time to get through all the killing and the fact of losing his wife. Eventually he got over it and remarried or something.
  • Epyon202Epyon202 New York
    edited July 2003
    what ever happend in the end of max payne, i think i beat it but not sure can anyone tell me the ending? my max payne cd is messed up or something so i cant play it.
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited July 2003
    I read that they will indeed have bullet time for this one. in addition, despite the fact that he looks a bit older in these screenies, it takes place one year after the first one ended. supposedly, he has a romantic interest that gets tied up in the story, so they are gonna try to play that angle into the plot as well. as for the ending, i think we have to look to the opening movie to see what happened. over the police intercoms, you hear them say something about "Officer in danger! Officer in danger!" Correct me if i am wrong, but i dont believe there were any more cops at the scene of the crime, so my assumption is that the officer they were referring to was good ol' max. i guess they finally understood WHY you had to go on a balls-to-the-wall killing spree all over the city, and that was, you know, cool with them. anyway, long story short, they were on there way there to protect max, only to arrive and realize that max had already pretty much mopped up . . .
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