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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 are 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 running 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 sub-machine guns, 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?

Alternate Titles

  • "英雄本色" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Yingxiong Bense" -- Chinese title
  • "Max Heat" -- Working title
  • "Dark Justice" -- Working title

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User Reviews

[v1.2] Maximize the Payne! Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12749) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
A brilliant action game with a lot of style Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (53164) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Great game? Yes. Innovate? Yes. Blockbuster? No. JPaterson Bronze Star Contributing Member (9132) 4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars
Payne To The Max! Classic Nigel (145) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
Revolutionary John Woo meets the Matrix Film Noir shooter vulture (14) 4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars4.43 Stars
A fun but short game with too much of the same in it. Zovni (9114) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
One of the greatest disappointments I've ever experienced. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4480) 2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars2.57 Stars
The first of a kind. Max Payne is just a must-have. Schadenfreude (578) 3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars3.14 Stars
A real treat for action fans. Drew Dorton (61) 4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars
Streamlined action games never looked so good. Sycada (178) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

GamingExcellence Oct 22, 2001 9.7 out of 10 97
PC Gamer Brasil Sep, 2001 96 out of 100 96
GameSpot UK Jul 28, 2001 9.2 out of 10 92
GameSpot Jul 27, 2001 9.2 out of 10 92
Playback Jun, 2006 9 out of 10 90
Gamekult Jul 30, 2001 9 out of 10 90
ActionTrip Jul 31, 2001 88 out of 100 88
Game Revolution Aug 01, 2001 B+ 83
Super Play Aug, 2001 8 out of 10 80
Game Critics Feb 13, 2002 7.5 out of 10 75

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
XP SP2 4 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12749)
Jun 04, 2008

Trivia

Max Payne features a lot of Remedy employees as characters in the game, including screenwriter Sam Lake as Max Payne himself.

This led to a very weird E3 2001 showing of the game, since Sam Lake was at GOD Games´ Promised Lot along other members of Remedy with a demo. Everybody was a bit disoriented by seeing Max Payne on screen and his real-life counterpart talking about the title right next to it.


This entry was contributed by Brian Hirt (10007), karttu (4410), Kabushi (43635) and Derrick 'Knight' Steele (2190)
 

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