The sequel is very much like the first game except it's even more depressing and you really start to get to know Max and see things from his eyes. There are drug addicts and thugs everywhere and it seems that the weather is always in lockstep with Max’s current mental health. The dark, cold, rainy, depressing conditions outside compliment the run down, decaying décor of most indoor areas. Both between levels and during play, Max voices several internal monologues that let you know what he’s thinking and keep you connected to his point of view. The levels are the perfect segue from one act to the next and between each act there are either dreams or hallucinations that remind you how screwed up Max has become from all the trauma in his past. The levels are like chapters and the chapters are also a part of larger “acts”, each with significant plot development and change in main objectives. The game is set up like a graphic novel at first and opens into a trainer type level which is also a prelude into Max’s story. The only activity consists of hostile robots out to kill you, so you have to stay very sharp and watch every angle as you trace your way through the infected arteries of the mine, in the dark. The mines themselves are of no consolation. You are so far away from home and this contact is coming from people who could care less about your life. It does somewhat isolate you because you realize these transmissions are the only human contact you ever get. The plot plays a minimal role and you are only really reminded of your mission in between levels when you get a short briefing from the PTMC about the next mine. To protect its financial interests, the PTMC sends you to destroy the infected mines and to a lesser degree, save hostages, until the virus has been contained. The AI malfunction is growing like an infestation, making more mechs and spreading to other mines. When the mines make contact with the PTMC, they soon learn the robots have become infected by a virus and are turning on their masters.
A big mining company known as the PTMC has several mines throughout the solar system on planets and moons, all run by robots and a minimal complement of human staff.
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