However, Vlad appears and shoots her, before setting off charges in the building and killing Woden. Max resolves to end this once and for all and sets out to kill Vlad. He chases him through the mansion, dispatching his henchmen along the way, and confronts him on the roof over a skylight. Vlad has the high ground and throws molotov cocktails at Max, but Max manages to shoot out the platform he is standing on and Vlad falls to his death, burning because of his own molotovs.
Max returns to Mona just in time to hear her last words: "God, I turned out to be such a damsel in distress. If playing the game under Dead on Arrival difficulty, Mona lives in an alternate ending. Having walked free after the events of the first game due to the influence of Alfred Woden , Max is once again back on the force as a detective for the NYPD.
Still haunted by his inner demons and unable to forget losing his wife and daughter, he is thrust once again into the criminal underworld.
Max remains introverted and deeply thoughtful about the events that unfold in the second game, constantly expressing his situation and feelings with clever and complex metaphors. The actual in game character is different from the one seen in the first game. In the original Max Payne, the 3D model was based off Sam Lake , while in the sequel the developers were able to hire professional actors, choosing Timothy Gibbs to be the new model for Max.
A killer who used to work for the mob, presumably killed in the previous game. She resurfaces, hired to kill Vladimir Lem by Alfred Woden. However, Vladimir Lem has sent his "cleaners" after her.
She develops a relationship with Max, as they both lived through the events of the first game. She is a suspect in the murder of a senator. She may or may not have a bullet lodged somewhere in her body. She revealed she was also instructed to kill Max. During the latter stages of the game Mona becomes a playable character and portions of the story told from Max's perspective are revisited from the point of view of Mona.
A one-time Russian mob boss who has allegedly cleaned up his act and started a legitimate business, Club Vodka, a restaurant. In truth he is plotting to wipe out the competing Italian gang and the Inner Circle so he can take it over and control the city's underworld. Tries to have Max and Mona killed and controls the gang of hitmen disguised as cleaners. By the resolution of the game Vlad is revealed to be the power hungry former protege of Alfred Woden.
Leader of the Italian mafia, rival to Vlad's own gang. A fan and collector of Captain Baseball Bat Boy memorabilia. First seen in the previous game, where Max left him wounded in an alley. The last remaining member of the Inner Circle, Alfred Woden has ties to the murdered senator and other influential people. He hired Mona to kill Max, Vladimir and anyone else tied to the Inner Circle in order to preserve his power base.
Single mother to a blind child and Vladimir's mistress, which is how she was constantly one step ahead of the police. She agreed to kill Max and Mona for Vlad, but was shot by Max and died in the hospital.
Valerie at times acts as a foil for Max's character; she is rational and does things by the book, qualities that Max admires but ultimately create conflict between the two detectives. Max's commanding officer who arrested him at the end of the first game. A former alcoholic.
He assigns Max to a desk job because he aided Mona, a fugitive. Jim attempts to empathize with Max's emotional and mental state by encouraging him to attend AA meetings. He gets shot in the hospital as Vlad's men try to kill Max, but survives the attack.
The game carries the moniker 'A Film Noir Love Story' and it is suitably set up to deliver these codes and conventions. Visually the game is gritty and dark, featuring many low key lit locations that allow the extensive use of shadows. The in-game graphic novels are also a perfect example of conventional film noir visuals.
Max's face is frequently covered in shadows during the graphic novels helping externalize his deeply troubled feelings. Structurally, the game also plays to film noir conventions. For example, the game begins in media res and makes extensive use of flashbacks and internalization Max's dreams. The story also features many plot twists and conspiracies, also a staple of film noir.
As for character types, the game suitably fulfills these as well. Max Payne is a brooding detective whose monologues are deep and thought provoking, while Mona Sax is the stock femme fatale who acts as Max's love interest but also provides further twists to the complex story. When you beat the game, the song in the background is called "Late Goodbye" by Poets of the Fall. Located in the main menu, this mode recaps the story from the original Max Payne using a series of graphic novels. After completing the game, the player can start a new game and choose any chapter from the story mode.
This mode places the player in an enclosed space surrounded by enemy spawn points. The aim of this mode is to stay alive as long as possible while killing the waves of enemies that continuously appear.
The mode starts out with a single enemy and further enemies are introduced, escalating in difficulty. The speed-run mode. The aim here is to complete each chapter in the fastest possible time. Each chapter starts with a timer that counts upward; killing enemies reduces the time as does using bullet time.
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And painkiller addiction. We take a look back at the first two Max Payne titles with Sam Lake, the writer of both games, and Remedy studio head Matias Myllyrinne. Welcome to Mona's funhouse. The main protagonist will be once again Max Payne, who is a New York police officer. Features include a film noir love story between a cop Max Payne and a femme fatale murder suspect Mona Sax. The story is a thrill ride of shocking twists and revelations.
Max Payne's signature slow motion gunplay has been improved on every level. Max Payne 2 is a neo-noir, third-person shooter game developed for both console and PC players.
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