This should be the shortest review ever: Plays like the first, only much better (voice acting, story, presentation, level design, etc.). Enough said. But this game did not sell well and at a running time of six or so hours I guess can understand part of that. Given the price tag is $20 and sometimes as low as $10, just consider this a downloaded extra chapter to Max Payne 1. If you liked the first even slightly, get this immediately. If you never played the first Max Payne, this will still break you in slow and take off from there. Double-fisted, John Woo-loving action gaming doesn't play much better than this.