Trivia / Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

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• Acclaimed Flop: Despite great review scores and being regarded as an Even Better Sequel by the fanbase, Max Payne 2 sold poorly and was regarded as a disappointment by Take-Two. While no official sales figures have been released, it is estimated that the lifetime sales of Max Payne 2 were less than half of the first game.
• Breakaway Pop Hit: "Late Goodbye" by Poets of the Fall, played during the credits roll of the second game and repeatedly sung by characters or played on piano throughout the game.
• Development Gag: Two fictional television shows in Max Payne 2, Dick Justice and Max Heat, were rejected names for the protagonist during early development of the first game.
• In Memoriam: In ''The Million Dollar Question", during the scaffolding sequence, one can find an open window that leads to a room with a memorial to Miika Forsell, one of the game's developers, who died in 2003.
• No Export for You: For some reason, the current owners of the franchise rights decided that the second game of the series would be forbidden to be sold in Asia and France, despite the first and third still available without any difficulty.

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