
For example, if the player's character dies too many times, the enemies' artificial intelligence is made less effective, while more health in the form of painkillers is made available. When first played, the game offers one difficulty level that is adjusted automatically if the game is too difficult for the player. To move the game along, the player is told what the next objective is through Max's internal monologue, in which Max iterates what his next steps should be. As they progress, the player gains access to more powerful weapons including other handguns, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and hand-thrown weapons. Initially, the player's weapon is a 9mm pistol. Throughout the majority of the game, the player assumes the role of returning protagonist Max Payne in several levels from the second and third chapters, the player controls secondary protagonist Mona Sax. Max Payne 2 is a third-person shooter featuring linear levels spread across three distinct chapters.
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A remake is in development for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. A sequel, Max Payne 3, was released by Rockstar in May 2012. Max Payne 2 received several industry awards, including Outstanding Art Direction at the Golden Satellite Awards 2004, and Editors' Choice Awards from GamePro, IGN, and GameSpy. Despite the positive reception, the game sold poorly, leading Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive to cite Max Payne 2 's sales as a cause for the company's reforecast finances of 2004. Praise focused on its action and story, while criticism targeted its short length. It received highly positive reviews from critics and, like its predecessor, has been cited as one of the greatest video games ever made.

Max Payne 2 was released in October 2003 for Windows, in November for the Xbox, and in December for the PlayStation 2.

Whereas the first game's plot was inspired by Norse mythology and traditional hard-boiled detective novels, the sequel is mostly based on tragic love stories like those seen in films noir, with Max and Mona's relationship being central to the game's narrative. The story is again told mostly through graphic novel panels with voice-overs, although several traditional cutscenes are also used. Due to the Havok physics engine being used, the game also features improved ragdoll physics. The bullet-time mechanic has been upgraded in Max Payne 2 to allow players to move faster as they kill more enemies, as well as reload weapons instantly. Both playable characters have access to a wide variety of weapons to eliminate enemies, as well as a bullet-time ability, which slows down time during combat. Throughout the single-player campaign, players mainly control Max, with Mona being playable in a few select levels. The game is played from a third-person perspective. After being unexpectedly reunited with contract killer Mona Sax, Max must work with her to resolve a conspiracy filled with death and betrayal, which will test where his true loyalties lie. Set two years after the events of the first game, the sequel finds Max Payne working again as a detective for the New York City Police Department (NYPD), while struggling with nightmares about his troubled past. It is the sequel to 2001's Max Payne and the second game in the Max Payne series.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a 2003 third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.
