Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

It's also great that they tweaked the design of the dream and hallucination sequences; they now serve the visual and psychological narrative of the character without being annoying or breaking the game's pacing, like what I experienced in the first game.

The gameplay is a lot smoother, with improvements such as being able to aim and shoot on the ground after landing from a shoot dive and throwables/melee weapons having a dedicated button rather than forcing the player to switch from their guns.

The feeling you get when you dive around rooms and take out enemies, whether using weapons or exploiting the environment?

The graphics are also a massive improvement and hold up better than those of the first.

Even though I had a few minor gripes with the gunshot sound effects and how some enemies reacted to them (which happens very rarely), it was fantastic overall.

Plus, the game introduces another playable character: the femme fatale Mona Sax, and she is awesome.