if you wanted to play Max Payne 2 in fps camera this mod is for you
1st Version
An interesting concept badly executed. It gets the job done, however when you shootdodge backwards or roll in any direction you see Max Payne's full body. All this mod does is change the camera location, and this is made obvious through seeing bits of Max's head when you walk into a wall or a door.
2nd Version (Shepard)
Much better. Much MUCH better. Rolling and shootdodging no longer goes noticeably out of 1st Person. The new guns are fun to use, too. I really enjoy this version. However, cutscenes and mirrors should be avoided. Max often appears headless, which is necessary to make it better in gameplay. That, as much as it is necessary, is why this doesn't get a 9 or 10.
It's interesting playing through Max Payne 2 from a different perspective, but once the action begins to pick up, the difficulty just becomes unfair.
Max Payne 2 was meant to be played from third person, but in first person, there are plenty of blind-spots that beginners would fall victim too, and the addition of the ridiculously cartoonish blood pulled me out of the atmosphere.
This is a fantastic mod, it does what it says and surprisingly, it works incredibly well.
However, there's some clipping and it also doesn't have any options to tweak the first person view, such as fov, or the ability to hide Max's head.
Despite these issues however, I really like the mod and frankly don't think the experience gets that hurt by these complaints.
my reception is almost the same as what Keystrokes said in the previous review but I have few thing I would like to add about Shepard's version:
Shepard mod have noticeable gameplay improvement. New gun and weapons.The fully automatic glock is great,decent damage & accuracy,but the best thing is it has custom animation when shootdoging which is really cool.The C4 act like a satchel charge with a 10s timer.The Desert Eagle now look meanner and pack way more punch,it have very high one hit kill chance.The player bullet now travel way faster than the enemy.
But here the catch,the author of this mod decide to **** around with the character models.Max have an ugly models now and sometime both max and mona appear headless.He added a new death scream for some reason, which I found overtly loud and annoying. Also the new menu background and that russian music,it ruined the aethestic of the vanilla game.
Really changes how max payne 2 is played makes more intense at times but always fun!!!!
Max has no head sometimes and the menu theme is corny and annoying, this gets a one because of the glocks and the c4