Max Payne

Max Payne
by Rockstar Games

Max Payne
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Product Summary

Brand: Rockstar Games
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2001-07-26
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Product features:
  • Max Payne is a fugitive undercover cop, hunted by both the cops & the mob. There is no hope for Max to win in this cat-and-mouse game -- all he can do is take as many of them as he can. How he does it is up to you.
  • Unique 3rd-person perspective takes into the darkest parts of New York
  • Shoot it out with thugs and crooked cops in the worst blizzard in a century
  • Play in Bullet Time -- slow-motion timing that lets you dodge shots
  • Dark and gritty just went to a whole new level!
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Video Game Reviews of Max Payne

Customer Review: Get it just for fun
Summary: 4 Stars

Sometimes a guy just wants to kick back and shoot the holy heck out of everyone. Max Payne lets you do that and lets you do it with a modicum of style. There is something almost ballerina like that I found very immerssive(sic) as I got deeper into the game.

You can find Max lounging laconically in the bargain bin of most computer/gaming stores thusly the purchase price will be around 5 or 6 bucks. A good deal if you want to kill 6 to 12 hours depending on your 3rd/p/s expertise. If you are one of those players that was born with a keyboard in your mouth and a mouse stuck where the sun doesn't shine you will whiz through your MPE (Max Payne Experience) in less than 5 hours, tops. And that is one of the games shortcomings; it's on the short side. Get it? Shortcomings & short? Heh, heh, heh... I kill myself sometimes.

One last thing that bothered me a tad and it is the expression on Max's face. He is quite obviously terribly constipated. Poor guy! You would think that with all that running around New York City he could pop into a drug store to find some OTC relief.

Description of Max Payne

Max Payne is the game where your life has fallen apart in a New York minute, and you have to get revenge before you can move on.
Max Payne, the New York police detective, has had a bad time of it recently, and it's time for payback. Three years ago, junkies high on a mysterious new narcotic called Valkyr slaughtered his wife and child. The tragedy drives him on a prolonged path of vengeance. It turns him from a detective looking for easy work to a deep undercover vice cop infiltrating the Mob to a hardened vigilante. Max Payne is a film-noir-inspired game about revenge that is unflinching in every way possible. It's dark and moody, extremely twisted, and turns PC action gaming on its ear by featuring state-of-the-art graphics, audio, and cinematic action.

Aside from its inspired use of photorealistic graphics and unique graphic novel (comic book) panels to further the plot, the game also features something called Bullet Time: a slow-motion toggle, usable for a limited time, that re-creates the awe-inspiring diving maneuvers made popular by director John Woo and, of course, The Matrix. At the touch of a button, Max can go into slow motion and leap forwards or back, and side to side, while pumping generous amounts of lead into his enemy's bodies. This toggle isn't just eye candy, it's a strategic device that evens the sometimes staggering odds the game throws at you. The action is made even more visceral by the interactive environments (glass shatters, plaster puffs into dust, and wood splinters) and generous amounts of blood.

The game carries a Mature label, and this should be taken very seriously. The game doesn't pull a single punch, whether in flashbacks showing Max's reaction to his gunned-down spouse, or even, somewhat tastelessly, flashbacks that include his slain infant daughter. And he mows down a virtual army of hackneyed Joe Pesci-style Italian mobsters or ski-mask-wearing terrorists with extreme prejudice. The plot is predictable, the script is humorously bad (intentionally so?), but the action will definitely make a shooter fan drool. Max Payne is the ?bershooter, and as such, it should be kept out of the hands of kids. But mature action fans will love it. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

  • Fantastic graphics and unparalleled action
  • The slow-motion Bullet Time is The Matrix or Hard Boiled come to life
Cons:
  • It's a little on the short side
  • The script is, at times, hilariously bad

Remedy and 3D Realms present Max Payne, a story-driven 3rd person action game aimed for a mature audience. Realistic weapon setup includes over a dozen real-life guns, all fitting the crime-story setting like a bullet in the head. The action is surrounded with more than 80 hand-painted comic-screens that enhance the game's gritty atmosphere and attitude, introduce the game's murderous cast of characters, and carry the plot from one location to the next.

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