This is a fairly classic detective story. Everything takes place in New York, you play as Max Payne, a cop integrity. Max is a happy guy, he likes his job he has a wife and a little girl that love short, this is heaven. But one day everything changed one evening when he came home he realizes that burglars have penetrated his home and even tagged the walls. Suddenly a cry arose of silence, he recognized the voice of his wife. Burglars are always there and threaten his family. Max, alas, despite his determination, will fail to save them. Our good cop becomes a killing machine the wicked, he joined the DEA and tries to infiltrate the middle to counter the plans thugs eager to put a new drug on the market, the Valkyrie. Only two of his colleagues knew of his mission and Alex BB One evening Alex gives him an appointment in the subway, something went wrong ... would there be a rotten apple in the tree of justice. The subway is full of killers and Max sees his friend Alex getting killed before his eyes. Max Payne decided to go on a crusade against crime and dives completely into a mixed world of sects, drugs, dangerous madman and violence. THE PLUS This game runs very quickly to simple shoot but has few cards advantageous to it. These cards are actually fairly pleasant and most unusual effects. There is the famous "Bullet Time" slowing effect of the movement, much like the scene in the movie Matrix roof where the hero saves the ball in slow motion. This effect helps to aim and gives a little more action. It is very pleasant, I must admit, to dive in slow motion on the sides to get behind an enemy sniper and finish him off once and for all or to jump back thus avoiding the pulls of an enemy and you can target the problem-free. Another nice effect is when you get the sniper rifle, when you aim and pull directly you will have such a view one would say that a camera follows the ball until impact. It is quite successful and varies a gives a little more pleasant. GRAPHICS I must admit that it is rather disappointing if the PC game seemed very suitable, the PS2 version is not the most successful. The sets are missing details and subtleties and character modeling as vehicles frankly inadequate. The colors are really not pleasant, flames and other lighting effects does not really fit the decor. THE SOUND Apart from some fairly realistic sound effects, you can not say that the soundtrack is the most successful. The music is reminiscent of bad Z series of espionage or police. Some sounds are quite repetitive like televisions and radio that you will still listen. And the dialogues are really bad. LIFETIME This game is not very difficult when one has mastered the character. Some of the chapters are very short and for others you will have to really try to squeeze through a hail of bullets to get away, it's easy to finish the game in one day, and the worst two days will suffice