How to unlock all difficulty levels

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Max Payne 2 locks all difficulty levels ("Dead Man Walking" is an alternative game mode") by default, forcing players to complete the game multiple times. Additionally, "detective" is an adaptive difficulty level according to the game's Wikia page and experienced players may want to skip over the setting entirely.

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In the original Max Payne, it was possible to unlock all difficulty levels by editing registry (source, under "instantly unlock all gameplay modes"). Max Payne 2 even follows the same folder structure (Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Remedy Entertainment\Max Payne 2\Game Level), but I'm unsure what values to set.

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Best Answer

As mentioned by @Frank some self research is a nice thing to do. But since it has been unanswered here it is.

Go to Start Menu->Run and type in ''regedit''. Press Enter. In the directory tree on the left, Go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->RemedyEntertainment->Max Payne 2.

Click on the ''Game Level'' folder, and some items will appear on the right side of the screen.

Right-Click and select New->DWORD Value

Double-Click on the entry you just made and set the value to 1. Rename the entries to the following:

  • LevelSelector - Unlocks ''Level Select'' mode
  • timedmode - Unlocks> ''New York Minute'' and ''Dead Man Walking'' modes
  • nightmare - Unlocks ''Hard-Broiled'' mode
  • hell - Unlocks ''Dead On Arrival'' mode

EDIT: Instead of renaming the entries you can create a new (DWORD 32-bit) entry that way not destroying any of the original values.

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