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?

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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 (12749)
A brilliant action game with a lot of style	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Great game? Yes. Innovate? Yes. Blockbuster? No.	JPaterson (9132)
Payne To The Max!	Classic Nigel (145)
Revolutionary John Woo meets the Matrix Film Noir shooter	vulture (14)
A fun but short game with too much of the same in it.	Zovni (9114)
One of the greatest disappointments I've ever experienced.	Tomer Gabel (4480)
The first of a kind. Max Payne is just a must-have.	Schadenfreude (578)
A real treat for action fans.	Drew Dorton (61)
Streamlined action games never looked so good.	Sycada (178)

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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

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Forums

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XP SP2	4	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12749) Jun 04, 2008

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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.

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