Description:Max Payne has nothing to lose. His wife and son are gone, killed by Valkyr junkies. His DEA partner Alex is gone, killed by forces unknown, and Max is blamed for Alex's death. The mob is out to get him. The police is out to get him. The only way out is with guns blazing...
Max Payne is a 3rd person action shooter with a twist... InMax Payne has nothing to lose. His wife and son are gone, killed by Valkyr junkies. His DEA partner Alex is gone, killed by forces unknown, and Max is blamed for Alex's death. The mob is out to get him. The police is out to get him. The only way out is with guns blazing...
Max Payne is a 3rd person action shooter with a twist... Instead of just run around and shoot like Lara Croft, Max has a trick called Bullet-Time (tm). First seen in "The Matrix" movie, Bullet-Time slows the action WAY DOWN so you can shoot the bad guys full of holes before they take three steps... But your amount of bullet time is limited. Perform rolls and leaps like those you see in action movies and perform bullet-time runs or shot-dodging. Take on all comers armed anywhere from baseball bats to Ingram machine pistols, even grenades and molotov cocktails. Salvage ammo, weapons, and painkillers from this hellhole version of New York to keep your fighting edge. See plot develop in graphic novel-style panels. Will Max Payne see his revenge?... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Take 2 Interactive Release date : 26 July 2001 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 5026555034302
"My first run in with Rockstar Games was Max Payne. It was one of the first games I ever picked up cheap when I bought the PS2. At the time, I had not seen such violence in video games with the exception of being scared shitless by Shadowman.
Max Payne really caught my attention with it's intro and the style of using comic book style pages to tell it's story that related to somewhat of the old Film Noir films I grew up loving. The gameplay itself was very easy to get learned and down with the s"
"The over-the-top film noir setting mixed with elements from Norwegian mythology is entertaining, and the bullet time effect never loses it appeal. The game repeats itself somewhat though, and despite the various environments the game simply can't escape its decade-old graphics."
Mr. Saturn added this to a list 4 months, 2 weeks ago
" I wanted to like it. I like noir, and this game oozed with noir style. I like graphic novels, and this was presented as one. But I loathed the control system so much I gave up on it within an hour or two and never looked back."
Kookosbanaani added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago
"Modernizing Noir in the best way possible.
Storyline to video games never seems to really get into me. Other than Starcraft, I really don't care for them. Games like GTA have a story but it's just a game, you're not really into it, and it's so unbelievable considering how many people you kill. Max Payne on the other hand, reminded me how Film Noir was always my favorite classic films, but also why I read comic books. The game is so un-believable as he mass murders so many people, body count ove"
Tiiviste added this to a list 10 months, 1 week ago
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