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whiteflip
4th October 2003, 06:16
Screen shots are awesome looking. Is the Havok engine the Half Life 2 engine?
Fickle
4th October 2003, 14:37
..linkage?
zootm
4th October 2003, 14:58
i think havok is proprietary. the HL2 engine is called "source".
LollipopLustKil
4th October 2003, 17:58
I've seen screenshots too, it does look amazing. I found a new (I think) gameplay movie, it's downloading now.

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=3712
YtseJam
5th October 2003, 09:45
Both Half-Life 2 and Max Payne 2 are using in their own game engines a physics engine called Havoc.
zootm
5th October 2003, 15:17
edit: i have answered my question myself.

the havok physics engine (http://oldsite.havok.com/newsletter/0503.html), for those interested.
whiteflip
7th October 2003, 09:11
you never asked a question zoomt. just postead a questioning statement :)

yep the source engine is a modified version of the havok engine where as maxpayne dropped all their developed engine code solely to run on havoks code.

makes sense cuz both games look alike. but to what extent did valve go to make the source engine? whats different from the havok part?
zootm
7th October 2003, 13:53
Originally posted by whiteflip
yep the source engine is a modified version of the havok engine where as maxpayne dropped all their developed engine code solely to run on havoks code.
not true. havok is just a physics engine. source includes a modified version of havok, whereas max payne uses havok. it's a subtle but important difference, in my opinion. havok doesn't have its own graphics engine.

as for my questioning statement, i posted a question, then found the answer a few minutes later. that's why i replaced my post with "answered my own question" :)
whiteflip
7th October 2003, 22:10
ah you edited yourself that makes a lot more sense :) ok that also makes more sense now to me. i thought havok had something to do with the graphics engine also.
Fickle
16th October 2003, 01:32
it's out now. I shall go and get.

btw, anybody got 50 bucks?
LollipopLustKil
16th October 2003, 01:37
Ooooh, it is isn't it? :D
LawnGnome2005
16th October 2003, 02:56
Couldn't find this game anywhere today... Went to EB, Gamestop, BestBuy. Wal-Mart, and KB. Nobody had it. damnit i wanna play
bored154
16th October 2003, 03:31
max payne 2.......... i want it but my computer cant handle the sys requirements... :(:(:(
LollipopLustKil
16th October 2003, 20:11
Amazon says it's not out till December something. Damn them.
Fickle
20th October 2003, 01:02
Bullshit. I've played it and beat it. Well, for PC. Great game, really it is.
LollipopLustKil
20th October 2003, 01:09
I knew Amazon was wrong from the begining, that's why I said damn them. Now I have to go to Target or something.
LawnGnome2005
20th October 2003, 18:56
Finally got it. This game is awesome. 9/10
sidd
23rd October 2003, 09:44
new bullet time stuff.. its pretty crazy..
anyone else got a hold of it yet?
whiteflip
24th October 2003, 08:18
Its out on PC but not on the Box. Is it out for PS2? Or will it be out for the PS2?
FlyingDutchman
24th October 2003, 08:40
same stuff as Max Payne 1... nothing much different...
graphics look kinda good, except for the enemies, i mean why the hell can i see 2 exactly the same (face, clothes, everything) men in 1 room? and if you walk to the next room, there's even more of them! like they're cloned or something, really stupid...
but gameplay is still great, no major changes i think...

whiteflip: i guess it WILL be out on the PS2, but will take like a year or so, same as with 1... just hope it won't be the same shit again (ps2 version of 1 was shiiiiit :))
netdiver
26th October 2003, 08:20
This game actually looks worth playing, looks to resemble Matrix gameplay a lot though, however, the trailer for it is significantly more dramatic than the first, looks great, probably be getting it.
EfaustuS9
28th October 2003, 00:49
Originally posted by whiteflip
Its out on PC but not on the Box. Is it out for PS2? Or will it be out for the PS2?

Actually its coming out before xmas for Xbox and ps2. Unfortunately like before (MP1) the PS2 is going to be least appealing of the three with its customary jaggies, blurred textures, and amputated levels. Because of this I played the 1st Max Payne on my PC, but alas the sys requirements for Max Payne 2 is too steep for my aging comp so I guess I’ll purchase the PS2 vers Since I don’t own a xbox.
whiteflip
28th October 2003, 09:40
Which is why console gaming is cheaper and more enjoyable :)
zootm
28th October 2003, 13:39
Originally posted by whiteflip
Which is why console gaming is cheaper and more enjoyable :)
lol, not for me. i can't afford a console, but i need a PC in order to work.

have only upgraded it once, and it cost about the price of a console game.