What Made Max Payne 2 One Hell of A Game?

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • The turn of the century was an important one for gaming, with the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox pushing for more mature and arguably violent experiences over the family-friendly platformers that dominated the last three generations. Amongst the genre-defining hits, Remedy Entertainment developed a game that felt way ahead of its time in the form of Max Payne.
    The unprecedented success of the game quickly called for a sequel, and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was conceived shortly after. The game was released on October 14th, 2003 for the PC, PS2, and Xbox. More than 18 years later, Max Payne 2 still stands tall as one of gaming's finest with a dedicated fan-following still clamoring for a remaster, a remake, or a sequel of any form. Its legacy, the fandom, and the sheer creativity beautifully coalesce together to make Max Payne 2 simply put, one hell of a game.

Комментарии • 238

  • @gamershead9924
    @gamershead9924 2 года назад +89

    I still remember playing this on my PC years ago, it feels like yesterday.
    Max's voice while narrating throughout the game still plays in my head.
    What a great game this was.

    • @mrdeath1059
      @mrdeath1059 2 года назад

      Same with me, i remember playing this game everyday when i lived in my home country, i didnt knew any English at the time so i didn’t understand the game completely but i enjoyed every bit of it, i now want to replay it but i dont find any way to, fun times.

  • @B_RadS89
    @B_RadS89 2 года назад

    I finished this earlier today I love this game can’t wait for the remake

  • @ananeghbarieh
    @ananeghbarieh 2 года назад

    I wouldn’t mind another max payne sequel

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    The describe don't want to be fanel fabien let's go kid. Right.

  • @brooklynbred1460
    @brooklynbred1460 4 месяца назад

    Sorry the weird body movement makes it a no for me

  • @jcarcr8
    @jcarcr8 2 года назад

    Second?

  • @gingergreek
    @gingergreek 2 года назад +226

    It's one of the greatest games ever made.

    • @kevinayala2277
      @kevinayala2277 2 года назад +10

      resident evil 4 it’s up there too

    • @faydulaksono
      @faydulaksono 2 года назад +2

      why ? this is one of the greatest game

    • @MackDaddyVic
      @MackDaddyVic 2 года назад +3

      This gaming series is definitely in my top 3.
      I’d say MGS2, then GTA 3, and Max Payne 2. Honestly no video game has stayed at the level these games have stayed at all these years later. Just my opinion tho. Obviously very subjective.

    • @TangoSuckaa1
      @TangoSuckaa1 Год назад +3

      100% in the top 10 games ever made. Dare I even say top 5.

    • @Inbraneinthememsane
      @Inbraneinthememsane Год назад

      Not really
      May Payne 2001 was way better and nothing came near it afterwards. Only weird knockoffs

  • @Radorian
    @Radorian 2 года назад +168

    I played this game almost everyday for 2 years. The ragdoll physics and environmental destruction blew me away

    • @chickenbiskit3620
      @chickenbiskit3620 2 года назад +10

      I'd intentionally get killed on scaffoldings and shit to watch him ragdoll down them while taking down random parts of it with his flailing limbs. The quick save/load buttons were spammed a lot lol.

    • @Radorian
      @Radorian 2 года назад +7

      @@chickenbiskit3620 I did the exact same thing. 😁

    • @SpectralSound.
      @SpectralSound. 2 года назад +6

      And had some great mods.

    • @MackDaddyVic
      @MackDaddyVic 2 года назад +1

      Still blows me away to this day. 18 years later.

    • @Mnh54360
      @Mnh54360 Год назад +1

      Max Payne 3&2 are the best tps games ever made .

  • @acehood9953
    @acehood9953 2 года назад +74

    Id kill for a full ground up remaster/remake of 1 and 2 with the same story, music and dialogue and a simple remaster of 3. One of the greatest franchises in gaming history.

    • @alialatrach9788
      @alialatrach9788 2 года назад

      If anything needs a remake then it's 3, we need a better story for it

    • @alialatrach9788
      @alialatrach9788 2 года назад

      @I hate Women Why? Because you didn't like the story? No one said 3 isn't canon

    • @alialatrach9788
      @alialatrach9788 2 года назад

      @I hate WomenI see, then you mean if your head, but the reality still stand that it is canon.
      If you say is true, then many video games sequel made by the same company but different teams or other studios are never canon to you even so they are

    • @SaberRexZealot
      @SaberRexZealot 2 года назад +6

      @@alialatrach9788 aw c’mon, Max Payne 3 was awesome

    • @alialatrach9788
      @alialatrach9788 2 года назад +4

      @@SaberRexZealot Don't mistake me, I do love max payne 3 so much, however it is the story I am saying it wasen't as good as the first 2. The gameplay is fun, the bullet time events are amazing and more, the game only failed in it's story

  • @ToeTag9899
    @ToeTag9899 2 года назад +55

    I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video but Max Payne 2 was the first game I believe to use the Havok physics engine which was a huge step not only for this sequel but gaming in general. Everybody talks about Half-Life 2 amazing physics well Max Payne 2 used it a year earlier it's a game changer in alot of ways how objects and npc's moved in the world.

    • @Volition_To_The_Max
      @Volition_To_The_Max 2 года назад

      Red Faction used Havok in 2001

    • @Volition_To_The_Max
      @Volition_To_The_Max 2 года назад

      And I think Summoner in 2000 also used jt

    • @ToeTag9899
      @ToeTag9899 2 года назад +2

      @@Volition_To_The_Max No, Red Faction used Geo-Mod engine.

    • @Volition_To_The_Max
      @Volition_To_The_Max 2 года назад

      @@ToeTag9899 yes, for its destruction. I think Havok might have been used for the physics other then destruction though

    • @verzeda
      @verzeda 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@Volition_To_The_Max the death animations for red faction were all the same, there was no ragdoll physics

  • @HuGiv5
    @HuGiv5 2 года назад +6

    REMAKE ANNOUNCED!!!

  • @Mr333a222
    @Mr333a222 2 года назад +28

    Rockstar needs to Remake Max Payne, at least Remaster on 4K HDR

    • @pajdovelicanstveni
      @pajdovelicanstveni 2 года назад +5

      Rockstar needs to stay the HELL away from Max.
      Remedy needs to get her baby back.

    • @sentrystormreaver
      @sentrystormreaver 2 года назад

      @@pajdovelicanstveni imagine the Remedy Heroes invading Rockstar to get Max out of their vault lol

    • @enevarez1471
      @enevarez1471 2 года назад

      From the ground up for sure

    • @jbeachboy100
      @jbeachboy100 2 года назад +3

      Wish granted.

    • @enevarez1471
      @enevarez1471 2 года назад +1

      @@jbeachboy100 thank you so much sir!

  • @allwegotisus814
    @allwegotisus814 2 года назад +21

    Why didn’t they remastered 1,2,3 max Payne yet

    • @CyborgSodaCollects
      @CyborgSodaCollects 2 года назад +11

      Blame take two. They only care about running GTA 5 into the ground.

    • @trumpjongun8831
      @trumpjongun8831 2 года назад +8

      Rockstar...
      If the franchise was still Remedy's im pretty sure the Max Payne 1 and 2 would be already remastered or even remake.

  • @MORGATH99
    @MORGATH99 2 года назад +7

    "The past is a gaping hole. You try to run from it, but the more you run, the deeper, more terrible it grows behind you, its edges yawning at your heels."

  • @TheLastBen.
    @TheLastBen. 2 года назад +22

    The story telling is what made this game unforgettable, whenever I hear of this game, memories come rushing back

  • @stylusmaestro
    @stylusmaestro 2 года назад +3

    Here because *Remedy Entertainment Enters Agreement with Rockstar Games for New Max Payne 1&2 Project*

  • @TrueDiox
    @TrueDiox 9 месяцев назад +3

    This hits different knowing we won't have John McCaffrey voicing Max again :(
    RIP you magnificent SOAB

    • @Unclejack328
      @Unclejack328 3 месяца назад

      *James McCaffrey* 💯💯

  • @seraphimsforge-master5433
    @seraphimsforge-master5433 2 года назад +5

    SLO mo jump shooting 👀

  • @simen30
    @simen30 2 года назад +8

    fun fact: kojima is a big fan of sam lake

  • @kizunadragon9
    @kizunadragon9 2 года назад +8

    the monotone narration is classic flim Noir which Max Payne pays Homage to.

    • @acsysin
      @acsysin 2 года назад +1

      Yes, it was a deliberate choice

  • @highstereolove
    @highstereolove Год назад

    0:31 turn on V Sync to fix the bullet time glitch for newer computers! The higher above 60fps the engine goes, the more the physics break :)

  • @kajmak64bit76
    @kajmak64bit76 2 года назад +11

    I played this a lot when i was a KID... and the nightmare sections were scary af... but the game was really cool... still is... it's just so good...

  • @acsysin
    @acsysin 2 года назад +10

    I played this game a few months ago, fucking amazing, would recommend

    • @faydulaksono
      @faydulaksono 2 года назад

      why this game is good?

    • @aundradrake2418
      @aundradrake2418 2 года назад

      How did you get it to launch I Just got into PC gaming very recently and this is one of the first games I purchased but it doesn’t launch no matter to what I try

  • @schinos12
    @schinos12 2 года назад +6

    I played all the Max Payne games. I was a Max Payne junkie

  • @blackmambo8702
    @blackmambo8702 2 года назад +10

    I’ve never played it but the concept was always interesting to me.

    • @derrickalexander9710
      @derrickalexander9710 2 года назад +2

      It's too late.

    • @Eclipsed972
      @Eclipsed972 2 года назад +6

      It’s still great

    • @SaberRexZealot
      @SaberRexZealot 2 года назад +1

      It still holds up. Just finished it for the first time and it was a blast.

    • @redninelowdog
      @redninelowdog 2 года назад

      @@SaberRexZealot, I finished it for the first time last year, and I agree.

    • @jbeachboy100
      @jbeachboy100 2 года назад +1

      Play it.

  • @watthell
    @watthell 2 года назад +8

    I always thought it was pretty neat that a big ally in the first game turned into the main bad guy in this one,

    • @AcesPlace22
      @AcesPlace22 2 года назад +2

      Not that I care bc I've played the games
      But in general don't be a @ueer and spill spoilers for shit in your comment.

  • @stolenname94
    @stolenname94 2 года назад +3

    Max payne 1 *Best atmosphere*
    Max payne 2 *Best story*
    Max payne 3 *Best combat feel*
    Max payne 3 was alil lacking in some places for me but not bad by any means, but 1 and 2 imo were just better. Plus, Max payne one and two are improved tenfold by its mods. You slap one mod on 2 and it plays more like 3 and its practically perfect (payne evolution) and a great way to play it if u want a fresh experience, while retaining the original tone.

    • @taw4527
      @taw4527 Год назад

      Max Payne 3 on PC is the greatest 3rd person shooter of all time. the combat and gunplay are unmatched to this day.

  • @CainethecolplayerW
    @CainethecolplayerW 2 года назад +2

    My favorite is Max Payne 3

  • @KH0LRA
    @KH0LRA 2 года назад +9

    Rockstar funded the sequel as one of their exchanges to get this IP; their request for the sequel included it only having 16 months to be developed which actually caused Remedy some burnout before heading on to Alan Wake some two years later.
    Props to Remedy for creating such a tight masterpiece under such little time!

  • @weretheguilminos3147
    @weretheguilminos3147 2 года назад +4

    Still waiting on that backwards compatibility for Max Payne 1&2 on XSX/S.

  • @muaythaiforever7893
    @muaythaiforever7893 2 года назад +9

    I would love to have a remake of max Payne 2!

  • @SammyRenard
    @SammyRenard 2 года назад +1

    vlad didn't lie with the "biggest mob body count ever" because max kills over EIGHT HUNDRED PEOPLE in the span of the first game

  • @SegaSaturnGamer48
    @SegaSaturnGamer48 2 года назад +3

    Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne is my favorite game and most memorable game in the Max Payne franchise in my opinion. :)

  • @momo.ru-kun
    @momo.ru-kun 2 года назад +2

    They could make a remake of this as John Wick

  • @claytonbearden7793
    @claytonbearden7793 2 года назад +3

    I wonder if Michael's character design was based off Max Payne 3 character model? Especially after he shaves his head, when he has those aviators on, totally reminds me of Michael De Santa. Just a random thought.

  • @steveafanador6441
    @steveafanador6441 2 года назад +13

    I used to love playing this on PC with the matrix mod.

  • @MrFlamethrower32
    @MrFlamethrower32 2 года назад +2

    Rockstars money + Remedys creative freedom made this game a banger. People assume Rockstar made all three. When they only truly made the 3rd one.
    Please for the love of god, sell remedy the rights to REMAKE 1+2 akin to what the Resident Evil games did with 2 and 3.

  • @saurabhsinghmakrahi
    @saurabhsinghmakrahi 2 года назад +6

    I still remember playing both 1 and 2 and remember the grittiness of it all and how it drew me in. Loved every moment of them both.

  • @ramses1134
    @ramses1134 2 года назад +4

    I wish they would take MP1 and 2, remake it RE2 style, make it into a 40 hour epic. Amazing story, amazing game.

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Lol How Can One Man Carry A Chicken....They See Virgil ...but it was the right thing it did lol 😂 chicken it's all right now all that shit is to the chicken try saying it now Vergil ....

  • @jeff_costello
    @jeff_costello 2 года назад +1

    Many people liked MP3 and i know it deserves, but me as a Catholic MP player i honestly didn't like it, i know i would have liked it as another game for sure but MP for me is 1&2, the neo noir style, the leather jacket, the voice acting, late nights NYC at rainy days, the comic panels..etc

  • @Eclipsed972
    @Eclipsed972 2 года назад +5

    One of the greatest games ever made

  • @SpectralSound.
    @SpectralSound. 2 года назад +3

    Back in the day i had a 128 mb video card.damn this game looked the most realistic shit ever.the 3rd part ia great too,but the first 2..a pleasure playing them even now on steam.

  • @Dusty_617
    @Dusty_617 2 года назад +5

    I’m hoping we get a remastered Max Payne game !

  • @mantus3243
    @mantus3243 2 года назад +1

    Sam Lake's character from the original is by far the best. Not this boring ass dude.

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Vector Plugs in maezami they all shitie Shane ...synicaml is the need for the game.

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    Comic Run. IM IN THE WHOLE TIME THEM TOO OH THEY JUST CANT SEE ANYMORE. ME COMIC ZONE IM DEF ME BIG KEN LOL GIVE ME HEAD

  • @rodrigopinchiari4027
    @rodrigopinchiari4027 2 года назад +3

    This game really NEED a remake ASAP!!!

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    White people thats not whats going on you wont get thru tachalla blessed armor. Lol

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Characters I beat it all super monkey ball blitz Madden

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    The illusion I had yes Master I got you I'll give you pills yes.

  • @gamejew123
    @gamejew123 2 года назад +9

    I played Max Payne 2 so much as a kid, and as an adult with all that time In it I'm able to speed run it no glitches and drunk in 50 mins

  • @anantmohan731
    @anantmohan731 2 года назад +2

    Have no fear Vlad is here

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Death of Payne right before your eyes 👁️ don't need it.

  • @CyborgSodaCollects
    @CyborgSodaCollects 2 года назад +2

    Deserves a remaster with better character models and animation's\weapon action animations. I played the hell outve max payne 2 on PS2 back in the day.
    Take two killed the franchise. We should've gotten a port of MP3 on 8th gen hardware.

    • @tylercouture216
      @tylercouture216 2 года назад

      T2 killed it ?

    • @CyborgSodaCollects
      @CyborgSodaCollects 2 года назад

      @@tylercouture216 They didn't do anything special for the 20th anniversary nor did they port MP3 to the 8th gen consoles even though when the game released they were right around the corner. We don't have max Payne 2 on mobile devices which seemed like a no brainer.

  • @mr.emulator9166
    @mr.emulator9166 2 года назад +1

    Max Payne 2 an manhunt are a MUST HAVE for ur OG consoles …💥🤘🏻

  • @malcolmmacdonald3597
    @malcolmmacdonald3597 22 часа назад

    20 years later and I've yet to experience a third person shooter with tighter controls and more satisfying physics.

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    No computer its not free they are getting run you no you lost.

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    The Man Push Vergil Up Their In Max Payne

  • @GhostGamer799
    @GhostGamer799 2 года назад +1

    I played this on pc and on xbox 360 trough backwardcompatible

  • @VegetaEx
    @VegetaEx 2 года назад +3

    Just finished it this Year again, its a Masterpiece.

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    Comic if it aint s comic book what can it be. But

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    Your max payne on africa can kill max panye

  • @fazeee06
    @fazeee06 2 года назад +1

    We played it in 2012 when we were young

  • @tanaylko
    @tanaylko 2 года назад +1

    This was real fine first-person alternating narrative compiled brilliantly into a graphic novel. Sure it was also a playable first-person game :)

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    To him the white man must be Valerie yes

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    That Kidd Shane that's yekatina

  • @astrobro7322
    @astrobro7322 2 года назад +1

    Here after the announcement of remake

  • @humblephillybull215
    @humblephillybull215 2 года назад +1

    Literally my favorite Max payne game

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    1 no 2 no 3 no easy lol easy i beat your game vice city grand theft.

    • @JehroMaico
      @JehroMaico 11 месяцев назад

      how, please explain

  • @fpereira77
    @fpereira77 2 года назад +2

    3:55 what's wrong with Max's voiceovers? I think they are totally in line with the game's atmosphere... always loved his delivery.

    • @SalvatorMundi_
      @SalvatorMundi_ 11 месяцев назад

      100% the main thing about the games

  • @cdmwwf
    @cdmwwf 2 года назад +1

    This and Midnight Club needs a remaster for current gen pc and consoles

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Bat girl surprise people ...

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    It must be jin Kazama wow

  • @trajoanmayberry3808
    @trajoanmayberry3808 2 года назад +1

    Greatest Sequel Of All Time

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    No panye his not yours

  • @ryanarmitage872
    @ryanarmitage872 2 года назад +1

    I’m so pleased 1 and 2 are getting remade

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Mona Lisa Said Zues

  • @chiapets2594
    @chiapets2594 2 года назад +1

    They should remake the trilogy and also another game I MISS THE PAYNE GAMES.ROCKSTAR GET TO IT

  • @kammya665
    @kammya665 29 дней назад

    Just played it today im amazed how its still holds up legendary max payne 1+2

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    And sit down they did

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    Thats Valerie lol

  • @diegoaespitia
    @diegoaespitia 10 месяцев назад

    the gunplay in MP2 was AMAZING. the story? not so much. when did the game go from dark noir to GTA? i mean, the fucking escort mission of Vinni? like cmon, they went a bit too far on the gag jokes in MP2

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    My style too Ugly lol

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Batwoman is val

  • @fanelfabien2795
    @fanelfabien2795 2 года назад +1

    Madden means move

  • @jolm
    @jolm 2 года назад

    Best game in the world, don’t you ever fuck with the original. It’s perfect.

  • @saurabhpathakYT
    @saurabhpathakYT 2 года назад +1

    Easy answer : Bullet time & style!

  • @thelahna-8747
    @thelahna-8747 Год назад

    they could start making Max Payne comics, they already have comic panel cutscenes there so it would be kind of natural direction, like sin city comics..

  • @e30lev
    @e30lev Год назад

    My childhood game, bought it from Frys electronics, 2 discs later installed, tore it up on my toshiba laptop 🤣

  • @fanelfabien6672
    @fanelfabien6672 2 года назад +1

    Means yours

  • @asylum1166
    @asylum1166 2 года назад +1

    This is was soaked in legendary water!!! Timeless game

  • @DamonLaRiche
    @DamonLaRiche 8 месяцев назад

    I wish they'd port this to PlayStation like they did the first game. Amazing games that will always have a huge place in my heart

  • @alialatrach9788
    @alialatrach9788 2 года назад +1

    Max Payne 2, is a game I can call a true Legend. When I was little I saw others playing it and after a while, I got the chance to get a PS2 version of it and go throughout the story. I played nothing but MP2. Now I own it on PC with MP1. It is my best and top game series right after Half-Life.

  • @Lucian_Andries
    @Lucian_Andries Год назад

    They changed his face. It's a complete different person.💩💩😢

  • @alittlebitoflight
    @alittlebitoflight Год назад

    "Lot's of tough guys are into this stuff. Frankie was into this stuff. He was a f*ckin' tough guy."

  • @taw4527
    @taw4527 Год назад

    Max Payne 3 on PC is the greatest 3rd person shooter of all time. the combat and gunplay are unmatched to this day

  • @christianrogers9439
    @christianrogers9439 Год назад

    im wondering if vlad voice over the pa system at vodka was real or if it represented max’s derealization

  • @stavros3438
    @stavros3438 Год назад

    max payne 2 sucks lmao, the first game is better in every single aspect

  • @michaeluy114
    @michaeluy114 Год назад

    im kinda glad that the nightmares are short to get through. I hated the nightmares in mp 1