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Max Payne 2 Demo Released, Developers Quizzed

Posted by simoniker on from the total-anguish dept.

Thanks to Blue's News for their post announcing that a playable demo of Remedy's PC third-person shooter Max Payne 2 has been released, with the 246 MB download featuring "the first three levels from the game, as well as a 'dead man walking' level that must be unlocked", and download sites including a BitTorrent link from 3DGamers. The well-received action title recently got a post-release interview over at Beyond3D, with project leader Markus Maki commenting on recent PC benchmarking controversy ("if a vendor can make the game run significantly faster with optimizations, without ruining the visual experience, I'm all for it"), and what they would have done with more time ("We're just scratching the surface of physics gameplay. With more development time, I'm sure our guys would've figured out a lot of cool stuff to do with them.")

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  1. 3 Levels? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    3 Levels? Isn't that like half the game?!

    Only kidding. It's a great game, even if it's a little short maybe ;)

  2. No duh.. by MMaestro · · Score: 3, Funny
    "if a vendor can make the game run significantly faster with optimizations, without ruining the visual experience, I'm all for it"

    Well DUH! Thats like saying "well if we can remove the speed limit everywhere without increasing traffic accidents, I'm all for it."

  3. Re:Is it worth the download? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, it's worth the download if you liked the original MP at all...

    The demo clocks in at about half an hour to finish, which means that you'll have played through roughly three quarters of the game.

    MP2 - Great, but so short it hurts.