I ended up cheating to see the alternate ending because I couldn't imagine playing through the game another two times, but I'd recommend to anyone playing this game on the PC to just unlock the Dead On Arrival difficulty via a registry setting, and play through the game the first time on the highest difficulty.
The aim of this mod is to combine some of the best features of Max Payne 3 with the unique style and feeling of Max Payne 2. Unfortunately, the Dead on Arrival level isn't unlocked until you clear Detective and then Hard Boiled, so you have to beat the game 3 times to see the alternate ending. Max Payne 2: The 'Real' Fall of Max Payne ( Payne Evolution Enhanced Edition mod ) This mod will evolve your Max Payne 2 experience to a whole new level, one step closer to its successor Max Payne 3. According to her, the love story featured in the game was driving the video game medium into 'a new direction'.
I think the bad guys were supposed to run out from cover, but they weren't for some reason.įor anyone planning to play Max Payne 2, they should be aware that there are alternate endings, and the ending you get on Dead on Arrival is (IMO) superior to the one you get playing on the default "Detective" level. Tong described her involvement shooting Max Payne 2 as something she had never done before and as an enjoyable experience, while also commending the producers of the project. That part of the level felt like it was buggy, because there really wasn't any way to keep Max from getting shot. I had some molotov cocktails which I threw down to smoke them out, and then shot them. When I played this level, the problem I had was that the bad guys stayed underneath a overhang, so I couldn't hit them with a rifle.