A great sequel to one of the best 3rd person shooters ever. The gameplay is tighter and more responsive than the first, especially the platforming sections, there's some new guns and the bullet time mechanic is more refined because now it slowly auto-refills and when you do the shootdodge it doesn't drain your bullet time meter anymore either.

The story is great as always this time focusing on Max's relationship with Mona Sax. Max learns to live and love again after the events of the first game. It's a neo-noir love story full of betrayal and death and it's really well told, but it just doesn't hit me as hard as the story of revenge in the first game.

Also I miss Sam Lake as the face of Max.