Max Payne 2 and Mafia reviews

[Redhotdragon]

I've written these:

http://ripnet-uk.com/reviews/software/max_payne_2/index.shtml

http://ripnet-uk.com/reviews/software/mafia/mafia.shtml

Enjoy!

[YODA]

Nice!

I agree on Max payne 2 - although I'm not a big fan of bullet time. Awesome game - too short!

[Cain]

Good reviews.

Yeah it was short alright :(

But sweet :D

You forgot to mention ragdoll physics aka havok2, the only game which had it, the other one to have it was half life 2 but was delayed....

Also dead man walking in MP2 is'nt mentioned....

|Cain|

[DeepFreeze]

You're mistaken there Cain. Both Hitman-games had ragdoll physics. I believe they were the first ones to introduce them in published game.

[pgm316]

What are ragdoll physics?

[Cain]

You're mistaken there Cain. Both Hitman-games had ragdoll physics. I believe they were the first ones to introduce them in published game.

Havok2 not havok1 the hitman series had havok1

PGM, ragdoll physics are where every object has a specific weight and there are no preset animations, the CPU will calculate for eg, if you hit an enemy on the shoulder with a bullet most games will have a set animation for that but with ragdoll it will calculate how much to spin the body and all.

If you notice closely MP2 had a ton of improvement over hitman for ragdoll reason is of course max payne 2 is the first game to have featured havok2. Max Payne also ragdolled objects then just bodies which makes it a hell of a lot of fun ;)

go here for a demo - http://www.havok.com

|Cain|

[pgm316]

Thanks Cain, that sounds interesting and another leap forward in games software. I'll be playing a copy of MP2 next week. Shoul dbe good :)

[Cain]

You bet it should be good :D

The physics are awesome, I spent way too much time shooting at dead enimies and objects just to appreciate it ;)

|Cain|